Keynote Speakers

Barth Green (Neurosurgeon, USA) Peter Hutchinson (Neurosurgeon, UK)Jeffrey Rosenfeld (Neurosurgeon)Andrew Bleasel (Neurologist)Michael Buckland (Neuropathologist) Charles Brooker (Anaesthetist) Rob Kuru (Orthopaedic Surgeon)Georgina Long (Medical Oncologist)

Ying Mao (Neurosurgeon, China) Jean Regis (Neurosurgeon, France)Rhea Liang (General Surgeon)Mark Mackay (Paediatric Neurologist)Peter McCombe (Orthopaedic Surgeon)Andrew Nunn (Spinal Physician)Brendan Steinfort (Radiologist)David Stewart (Hand Surgeon)

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31 August – 2 September 2016 Hilton Sydney, Australia

PROVISIONAL PROGRAM DAY 1: Wednesday

31 August 2016DAY 2: Thursday

1 September 2016DAY 3: Friday

2 September 2016

7.15am – 8.00am Annual General Meeting

7.15am – 8.30am Medical negligence: a medico-legal

neurosurgeon’s perspective (interactive session)

Michael Weidmann

8.00am – 8.30am MBS Coding and Billing Forum

Andrew Kam

7.15am – 8.30am Brachial plexus injury: current

reconstruction options Michael Biggs

President’s Welcome Address 8.45am – 9.00am

Poster Presentations 8.30am – 9.00am

Poster Presentations 8.30am – 9.00am

9.00am – 10.30am New horizons in neurotrauma

Patrick Chan

9.00am – 10.30am Cerebral revascularisation:

developments in multimodal treatmentsRodney Allan

9.00am – 10.30am Adult spine deformity and other

challengesMark Davies

Morning Tea with the Industry 10.30am – 11.00am

Morning Tea with the Industry 10.30am – 11.00am

Morning Tea with the Industry 10.30am – 11.00am

11.00am - 11.30am Eccles Oration

Bionic vision and the future of the brain-machine interface (Jeffrey Rosenfeld)

11.00am – 11.30am Jamieson Memorial Oration

Roles of a neurosurgeon as a physician, educator and humanitarian in the

developing world(Barth Green)

11.00am - 11.30am Invited Lecture

The role of microdialysis in increasing our understanding of the pathophysiology

of traumatic brain injury(Peter Hutchinson)

11.30am – 1.00pm Education and standards

Marcus Stoodley

11.30am – 1.00pm Management of low grade glioma in the

era of molecular diagnosisJonathon Parkinson

11.30am – 1.00pmInnovations in neurosurgery

(including Peter Leech Memorial Prize) Free papers

Lunch with the Industry1.00pm – 2.00pm

Lunch with the Industry1.00pm – 2.00pm

Lunch with the Industry1.00pm – 2.00pm

2.00pm – 3.30pm MIS - Thinking outside the keyhole:

The evolution of spine surgeryAndrew Kam

2.00pm – 3.30pm Malignant brain tumours : The role of

immunotherapy in metastatic melanoma and its relevance in glioblastoma

Brindha Shivalingam

2.00pm – 3.30pm Issues in surgical training: a meeting of

surgical supervisors and trainers

End of Meeting 3.30pm

Afternoon Tea with the Industry3.30pm – 4.00pm

Afternoon Tea with the Industry3.30pm – 4.00pm

4.00pm – 5.00pm Neuromodulation: what works, what doesn’t and the potential application and timing of such interventions in

spinal surgical practice Peter Teddy

4.00pm – 5.00pm Paediatric stroke: The evolving role of

the neurosurgeonAlison Wray

5.00pm – 6.00pm A resurgence of lesioning v DBSChristopher Lind and Matthew

McDonald

5.00pm – 6.00pm The roles of invasive electrode

recordings in non - lesional and tumour related epilepsy

Mark Dexter

Day Close 6.00pm Day Close 6.00pm

Welcome Dinner 6.30pm – 9.30pm

Society Dinner 7.00pm – 10.30pm

Dr Barth A Green (United States of America)

Eccles LecturerProfessor Jeffrey V. Rosenfeld AM OBE (Australia)

Dr Green is Professor and Chairman of the Department of the Neurological Surgery and Professor of Orthopaedics, Rehabilitation and Neurology at the University of Miami Medical School. He served 37 years in the US Army Reserve Medical Corps where he reached the rank of Lt. Colonel. Dr Green is a world-renowned specialist in the surgical management of complex spine and spinal cord injuries and disorders and a co-founder of “The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis”. Dr Green also co-founded Project Medishare for Haiti in 1994 and has helped to organise and coordinate major medical relief efforts following such natural disasters as Hurricane Katrina (2005) and the Haiti earthquake (2010).

Professor Peter Hutchinson (United Kingdom)Professor Hutchinson is a Professor of Neurosurgery, NIHR Research Professor and Head of the Division of Academic Neuro-surgery within the Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge. He holds an Honorary Consultant Neurosurgeon post at Addenbrooke’s Hospital. He is also Director of Clinical Studies at Robinson Col-lege, Cambridge. He has a general neurosur-gical practice with a sub-specialist interest in the management of neuro-trauma, specifi-cally head and traumatic brain injury. He has a research interest in acute brain injury, utilising multi-modality monitoring technol-ogy to increase the understanding of the pathophysiology of brain injury.

Professor Ying Mao (China)Professor Mao is a Professor and Vice Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery, Hua Shan Hospital, Fudan University, Vice President of Hua Shan Hospital and recipient of the Chinese Government “Chang Jiang Scholarship”. His major interests include the clinical practice and research of cerebrovascular diseases, especially the surgical treatment of complicated cerebral aneurysms, AVM, cavernomas and moyamoya disease. Currently he is focused on the treatment of glioma and has had fruitful results.

Professor Jean Regis (France)Professor Regis is a Professor of Neurosur-gery and Head of the Stereotactic, Functional Neurosurgery and Radiosurgery Depart-ment at Aix Marseille University. Professor Regis completed his neurosurgery residency before performing military service in general neurosurgery and fellowship training in functional neurosurgery. Profes-sor Regis has published 360 peer reviewed papers and is the former President of the International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Society.

Professor Jeffrey V. Rosenfeld is Foundation Director, Monash Institute of Medical Engineering (MIME); Senior neurosurgeon, Alfred Hospital; Adjunct Professor in Surgery at the F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS), Bethesda, MD, USA and Honorary Professor in Neurosurgery, Univer-sity of Papua New Guinea (PNG). His current research interests are traumatic brain injury and bionic vision. Professor Rosenfeld was awarded the Syme Professorship and the King James IV Professorship of Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh. He has been an invited Visiting Professor in 11 countries and an invited speaker for 15 named orations and 65 international meetings. He has published over 250 peer reviewed articles (including Lancet, Lancet Neurology and NEJM), 40 book chapters and 2 books. He is a Principal Investigator with the Monash Bionic Vision Group.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Mr Rob Kuru(Australia)Mr Rob Kuru is a Newcastle based spinal surgeon with an interest in adult and paedi-atric deformity correction. He developed an interest for spinal deformity correction whilst at Shriners Hospital for Children as a registrar in 1996 and subsequently returned to the United States for further post-fellowship training in 1998. He returned to Newcastle in 1999 to establish practice and currently holds clinical appointments at John Hunter, Lake Macquarie and Newcastle Private Hospi-tals.

Dr Andrew Bleasel(Australia)Dr Bleasel is a Neurologist at Westmead Hospital. He became interested in epilepsy while training in Neurology and went on to a Clinical Fellowship in Epilepsy at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. He came to Westmead Hospital in 1996 where he is the Director of the Epilepsy Unit. In 2010 he be-came Head of the Department of Neurology. He has co-directed the Australian and New Zealand Association of Neurologists annual EEG teaching course and was President of the Epilepsy Society of Australia 2010-2012. He is currently Secretary of the Commission of Asian and Oceanian Affairs for the Interna-tional League Against Epilepsy. He teaches throughout South East Asia and Australia.

Dr Charles Brooker(Australia)Dr Charles Brooker is an anaethetist and has been practicing pain medicine for 13 years. He is involved in all aspects of acute and chronic pain medicine and related clinical research. He is currently Head of Depart-ment of Pain Medicine at Royal North Shore Hospital.

Dr Michael Buckland(Australia)Clinical Associate Professor Buckland is a Senior Staff Specialist Neuropathologist and Head of the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPAH) Department of Neuropathology. He provides sub-specialist neuropathology di-agnostic expertise to RPAH and the broader New South Wales (NSW) medical community. His clinical duties include histopathological diagnosis of RPAH brain biopsies and brain tumour resections, a busy “second opinion” service for difficult cases, as well as oversee-ing the molecular neuropathology laboratory which performs molecular characterisation of gliomas for many patients across NSW. His current research activities are centered on molecular heterogeneity in low grade gliomas and the role of extracellular vesicles in glioma progression and recurrence.

Professor Georgina Long(Australia)Georgina Long is Professor of Melanoma Medical Oncology and Translational Research and Medical Oncologist at Melanoma Institute Australia, University of Sydney. She leads an extensive clinical trials team and laboratory, with a focus on targeted thera-pies and immuno-oncology, and has been the principal investigator on trials using anti-PD1 compounds as immunotherapy treat-ment or in combination with other agents. She is chief investigator on NHMRC funded research into the molecular biology of mela-noma, with a particular interest in clinical and tissue biomarker correlates of system-atic therapy sensitivity and resistance. In recognition of her ground-breaking research, Associate Professor Long was awarded the Outstanding Cancer Research Fellow 2013 at the CINSW Premier’s Awards.

Dr Rhea Liang(Australia)Dr Liang is a general and breast surgeon and Director, Breast Services at Gold Coast HHS. Her educational interest stems from a BA ma-joring in Education Theory. She is a Surgical Teachers Course convenor and CCrISP course director. Current research projects include ongoing multicentre breast cancer research and a thesis project about women in surgical training torwards a Master of Surgical Educa-tion. She is the current recipient of the Ian and Ruth Gough Surgical Education Scholar-ship and the inaugural recipient of the John Collins Educational Research Development Prize in 2015. She is the Surgical Education section convenor for the 2016 RACS ASC in Brisbane.

Dr Mark Mackay(Australia)Dr Mackay is a Paediatric Neurologist at the Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) Melbourne. He is Director of the RCH Stroke Program, Head of the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Childhood Stroke Research Group, Chair of the Australian and New Zealand Child Neurology Society Paediatric Stroke Special Interest Group and an executive com-mittee member of the International Pediatric Stroke Study Group. He has recently com-pleted a PhD focusing on timely and accurate recognition of childhood stroke in prehos-pital and emergency department settings. Current international research collaborations focus predominantly on ischaemic stroke.

Dr Brendan Steinfort(Australia)Dr Steinfort is an interventional neuroradi-ologist (INR). He was the inaugural INR fellow at Royal North Shore Hospital and completed a further fellowship at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queens Square, London. Dr Steinfort is a pioneer in novel neurovascular techniques. He was the first doctor in Australia to perform mechanical stent thrombectomy for acute large vessel occlusion stroke, and we believe the second doctor in the world. His works are frequently published in peer reviewed journals. Dr Steinfort regularly lectures on advanced aspects of INR nationally and inter-nationally. Doctors Steinfort and Faulder are the only full time INR clinicians in New South Wales and founded Specialist Endovascular Services in 2009 dedicated to providing INR care in private practice.

Dr David Stewart(Australia)Dr David Stewart graduated medicine from the University of Edinburgh in 2001, com-pleting his basic surgical training in the UK. He moved to Sydney in 2005 for a research fellowship in plastic surgery at Prince of Wales Hospital and then completed his FRACS in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. He underwent fellowship specialty training in hand and microsurgery at Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne and worked there as a consultant prior to returning to Sydney where he is a VMO at Royal North Shore Hos-pital and a senior lecturer at the University of Sydney. Specialist interests include periph-eral nerve surgery, particularly traumatic brachial plexus injuries, and microsurgical soft tissue and limb reconstruction.

Dr Peter McCombe(Australia)Dr McCombe is a full time orthopaedic spine surgeon in Brisbane. He is the senior visiting consultant in spine sur-gery at the Royal Brisbane Hospital and has practiced exclusively in adult spine surgery for the last 25 years. He has a special interest in sagittal imbalance and the theoretical mathematical analysis of spinal balance and disc arthroplasty. His practice specialises in cases of deform-ity causing nerve compression such as spondylolisthesis and degenerative adult scoliosis and in the correction of sagittal imbalance in the degenerative spine or in iatrogenic acquired deformi-ties. He has an interest in, and experi-ence with spinal implant design.

Dr Andrew Nunn(Australia)Dr Andrew Nunn is a Spinal Physi-cian, Director of the Victorian Spinal Cord Service (VSCS), who is involved in comprehensive care from accident with acute management, rehabilitation, community integration and long-term follow-up. He has a 25 year association with Monash and Melbourne Universi-ties (as well as Latrobe and Swinburne) in engineering and medicine. Ongoing funded clinical research within the VSCS includes telehealth, the application of emerging and merging technology, remote ambulatory monitoring using multiparameter data loggers, new approaches to bladder management, nerve transplantation, integration of data sets and neurodiagnostics.

KEY DATES Abstracts Submissions Closing 18 April

Abstract Notifications 18 May

Early Bird Registrations Close 31 May

The meeting will be held at the Hilton Sydney, 488 George Street, Sydney. The hotel is located approximately 30 minutes from the Sydney International and Domestic Airports.

Accommodation can be booked online at www.nsa.org.au or by downloading the accommodation booking form.

For any accommodation queries please contact:

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Room Single Rate Per Night (Room Only), including complimentary basic Wi-Fi

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* King Executive with Club Access $469.00

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Full buffet breakfast available at $29.00 per person, served in the Glass Restaurant.* All guests staying in Executive Rooms and Suites will have continental breakfast served in the Club Lounge.

Check-in: 3.00pm

Check-out: 11.00am

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS Abstract submission deadline: Monday 18 April 2016

Abstract notification: Wednesday 18 May 2016

Abstracts must be submitted via the NSA website www.nsa.org.au. Other forms of submission will not be accepted.

Please note the following submission guidelines:

1. Abstracts should not exceed 275 words (excluding the title, author(s) and presenter’s name). Any references must be included in this allowance. If you exceed this limit, the excess text will NOT appear in the final program.

2. Include author(s) and indicate presenting author.3. Include details of main institution.4. Research papers should follow the format: Purpose, Methodology, Results and Conclusion.5. Tables, diagrams, graphs and the like cannot be accepted in the abstract.6. Conflicts of interest must be declared at the time of the abstract submission.7. A 50 word Curriculum Vitae is required from each presenter to facilitate their introduction by the Chair.8. All successful abstracts will be published in the final program.9. Authors must be registrants at the meeting to present, and for their abstract to appear in the final program and on the meeting

website.10. Amendments to abstracts after submission is not guaranteed.11. The timing (presentation and discussion) of all papers is at the discretion of the organising committee.

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WELCOME DINNER The Welcome Dinner will be held on Wednesday 31 August 2016 at the Hilton Sydney from 6.30pm to 9.30pm. Open to delegates and their accompanying person/family members and registered company representatives. Tickets are essential.

NSA ASM Welcome Dinner - Wednesday 31 August 2016 NSA Members, Partners & Family $65

Non Members, Partners & Family $75

SOCIETY DINNER The Society Dinner will be held on Thursday 1 September 2016 in the Terrace Room at the Australian National Maritime Museum from 7.00pm to 10.30pm. Open to delegates and their accompanying person. Return coach transfers are included from the Hilton Sydney. Tickets are essential.

NSA ASM Member’s Dinner - Thursday 1 September 2016NSA Members & Partners $135

Non Members & Partners $155

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Category Early Fee (Ends 31 May 2016)

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Day Registration $375 $475

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Thursday: Annual General Meeting (Full & Senior) No charge

Thursday: MBS Coding and Billing Forum No charge

Friday: Medical Negligence No charge

Friday: Brachial plexus injury No charge

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DAY 1: WEDNESDAY 31 AUGUST 2016

8.45am President’s Welcome AddressMark Dexter, Neurosurgeon (Australia)

SESSION 19.00AM

NEW HORIZONS IN NEUROTRAUMA CONVENED BY PATRICK CHAN

9.00am New horizons in brain trauma managementPeter Hutchinson, Neurosurgeon (United Kingdom)

9.25am New horizons in management of spinal cord injury Barth Green, Neurosurgeon (United States of America)

9.50am Beyond the first 24 hours of spinal cord trauma – Australian experienceAndrew Nunn, Spinal physician (Australia)

10.15am Controversies in neurotrauma: A panel discussion

10.30am Morning Tea with the Industry

11.00am ECCLES ORATIONBionic vision and the future of the brain-machine interfaceJeffrey Rosenfeld, Neurosurgeon (Australia)

SESSION 211.30AM

MANAGEMENT OF LOW GRADE GLIOMA IN THE ERA OF MOLECULAR DIAGNOSISCONVENED BY JONATHON PARKINSON

11.30am

State of the art in molecular diagnosis for gliomasMichael Buckland, Neuropathologist (Australia)

11.55am Target at glioma: what to learn from molecular research?Ying Mao, Neurosurgeon (China)

12.25pm Free papers: Low grade glioma

1.00pm Lunch with the Industry

SESSION 32.00PM

MIS - THINKING OUTSIDE THE KEYHOLE: THE EVOLUTION OF SPINE SURGERYCONVENED BY ANDREW KAM

2.00pm Less invasive surgery - from METRx Discectomy to FusionMartin Wood, Neurosurgeon (Australia)

2.20pm Less invasive WiltseRichard Ferch, Neurosurgeon (Australia)

2.40pm Evolution of spine surgery - Acceptance/resistance of new techniques/technology (A senior surgeon’s perspective)Barth Green, Neurosurgeon (United States of America)

3.00pm Conquering the limitations of keyhole surgery (fusion versus balance)Rob Kuru, Orthopaedic Surgeon (Australia)

3.30pm Afternoon Tea with the Industry

SESSION 44.00PM

NEUROMODULATION: WHAT WORKS, WHAT DOESN’T AND THE POTENTIAL APPLICATION AND TIMING OF SUCH INTERVENTIONS IN SPINAL SURGICAL PRACTICECONVENED BY PETER TEDDY

4.00pm Neuromodulation debate: what works, what doesn’t and the potential application and timing of such interventions in spinal surgical practiceCharles Brooker, Anaesthetist (Australia)

4.20pm Neuromodulation debate: what works, what doesn’t and the potential application and timing of such interventions in spinal surgical practicePeter Teddy, Neurosurgeon (Australia)

4.40pm Interactive Panel Discussion

SESSION 55.00PM

A RESURGENCE OF LESIONING V DBS CONVENED BY CHRISTOPHER LIND AND MATTHEW MCDONALD

5.00pm Respective role of DBS and lesioning techniques in movement disordersJean Regis, Neurosurgeon (France)

5.25pm Free papers: related topics

5.45pm Panel discussion: pros and cons of new lesioning modalities versus DBS

6.00pm Day Close

6.30pm - 9.30pm

Welcome Dinner

DAY 2: THURSDAY 1 SEPTEMBER 2016 7.15am Annual General Meeting

(Full and Senior Members Only)

8.00am MBS Coding and Billing ForumAndrew Kam, Neurosurgeon (Australia)

8.30am Poster Presentations

SESSION 69.00AM

CEREBRAL REVASCULARISATION: DEVELOPMENTS IN MULTIMODAL TREATMENTS CONVENED BY RODNEY ALLAN

9.00am Outcomes of recent stroke trials and implications for practiceBrendan Steinfort, Radiologist (Australia)

9.30am Precisional surgical design for the bypass surgery of moyamoya disease: multi-modality quantitative high-techniquesYing Mao, Neurosurgeon (China)

10.00am Free papers: Cerebrovascular

10.30am Morning Tea with the Industry

11.00am JAMIESON MEMORIAL ORATIONRoles of a Neurosurgeon as a Physician, Educator and Humanitarian in the Developing World Barth Green, Neurosurgeon (United States of America)

SESSION 711.30AM

INNOVATIONS IN NEUROSURGERYCONVENED BY (TO BE DETERMINED)

11.30am Peter Leech Memorial Prize Finalists

12.00pm Clinical and research free papers

12.55pm Announcement of Peter Leech Memorial Prize Winner

1.00pm Lunch with the Industry

SESSION 82.00PM

MALIGNANT BRAIN TUMOURS: THE ROLE OF IMMUNOTHERAPY IN METASTATIC MELANOMA AND ITS RELEVANCE IN GLIOBLASTOMACONVENED BY BRINDHA SHIVALINGAM

2.00pm The current state of play on the role of systemic treatments for metastatic melanoma brain metastasesGeorgina Long, Medical Oncologist (Australia)

2.30pm Free papers: Malignant brain tumours

3.30pm Afternoon Tea with the Industry

SESSION 94.00PM

PAEDIATRIC STROKE: THE EVOLVING ROLE OF THE NEUROSURGEONCONVENED BY ALISON WRAY

4.00pm Development of the Australasian Paediatric Stroke Registry - what does it mean for neurosurgeryMark Mackay, Paediatric Neurologist (Australia)

4.20pm Stroke intervention - Bypass surgery in children: who, when and how?Ying Mao, Neurosurgeon (China)

4.32pm Stroke intervention - Indirect revascularisation: who, when and how?To be determined

4.44pm Panel Discussion: Stroke hypothetical

SESSION 105.00PM

THE ROLE OF INVASIVE ELECTRODE RECORDINGS IN NON-LESIONAL AND TUMOUR RELATED EPILEPSY CONVENED BY MARK DEXTER

5.00pm Is there a case for invasive electrode recordings in lesional epilepsy?Andrew Bleasel, Neurologist (Australia)

5.25pm The evolving role of SEEG in the evaluation of non-lesional epilepsyJean Regis, Neurosurgeon (France)

5.50pm Panel Discussion: the role of invasive electrode recordings in non-lesional and tumour related epilepsy

6.00pm Day Close

7.00pm - 10.30pm

Society Dinner

SESSION 117.15AM

MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE: A MEDICO-LEGAL NEUROSURGEON’S PERSPECTIVE (INTERACTIVE SESSION)CONVENED BY MICHAEL WEIDMANN

BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY: CURRENT RECONSTRUCTION OPTIONS CONVENED BY MICHAEL BIGGS

7.15am Breakfast Breakfast

7.30am Medical negligence: a medico-legal neurosurgeon’s perspective (interactive session)Michael Weidmann, Neurosurgeon (Australia)

Nerve grafts and nerve transfersMichael Biggs, Neurosurgeon (Australia)

7.50am Free muscle transfers David Stewart, Hand Surgeon (Australia)

8.10am Reconstructive proceduresRichard Lawson, Orthopaedic Hand Surgeon (Australia)

8.30am Poster Presentations

SESSION 129.00AM

ADULT SPINE DEFORMITY AND OTHER CHALLENGES CONVENED BY MARK DAVIES

9.00am Adult spine deformity - what every neurosurgeon should knowBill Sears, Neurosurgeon (Australia)

9.25am The assessment and quantification of adult spinal deformity - what is clinically and surgically relevant for spinal surgeonsPeter McCombe, Orthopaedic Surgeon (Australia)

9.50am The management of post-traumatic spinal deformity in the wake of the Haiti earthquakeBarth Green, Neurosurgeon (United States of America)

10.10am Free papers: Spine deformity

10.30am Morning Tea with the Industry

11.00am INVITED LECTURE The role of microdialysis in increasing our understanding of the pathophysiology of traumatic brain injuryPeter Hutchinson, Neurosurgeon (United Kingdom)

SESSION 1311.30AM

EDUCATION AND STANDARDSCONVENED BY MARCUS STOODLEY

11.30am The relevance of cognitive load theory in surgical training and on-line tools for management of training problemsRhea Liang, General Surgeon (Australia)

11.55am Academic neurosurgical  training in the United KingdomPeter Hutchinson, Neurosurgeon (United Kingdom)

12.20pm Free papers: Educational

1.00pm Lunch with the Industry

SESSION 142.00PM

ISSUES IN SURGICAL TRAINING: A MEETING OF SURGICAL SUPERVISORS AND TRAINERS

3.30pm End of Meeting

DAY 3: FRIDAY 2 SEPTEMBER 2016

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