The Neurosurgery module provides lectures that focus on surgical indications and surgical techniques pertaining to a variety of primary brain tumors, skull-based tumors, and metastatic brain tumors for both the adult and pediatric patient populations. The module features clinicians and researchers speaking on surgical advances in the field of neurosurgery.

Education Committee Chairs: Patrick Wen, Isabel Arrillaga- Romany

Co-Chair: Isabelle Germano

Topics in this track include:

Section I: Surgical Indications and Outcome:

• • Low-grade gliomas
  • High-grade gliomas
  • Pituitary Adenomas
  • Skull Base Meningiomas
  • Metastatic brain tumors

Section II: Surgical techniques:

• • Surgical Techniques and Advances for the Basic Scientist
  • Harnessing Surgical Techniques for Translational Research in Neuro-Oncology
  • Surgical aspects of pediatric neuro-oncology