WHITE MATTER DISSECTION
11 – 12 May 2026
&
NEUROSURGICAL ANATOMY
13 – 15 May 2026
CADAVERIC COURSES
Venue: NeuroLab
Course Director: Christos Koutsarnakis MD, PhD
The course will be accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing
Medical Education (EACCME®)
“The scientific and educational content of this event has been endorsed by the EANS.”
FACULTY
Kalyvas A.
Assistant Professor, Dpt of Neurosurgery, University of Athens, Attiko GH
Koutsarnakis C.
Neurosurgeon, Dpt. of Neurosurgery, Hellenic Red Cross GH
Liouta E.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology, University of Nicosia, Athens
Panourias I.
Director, Dpt. of Neurosurgery, Hellenic Red Cross GH
Stavrinou L.
Associate Professor, Dpt of Neurosurgery, University of Athens, Attiko GH
Stavrinou P.
Neurosurgeon, Metropolitan GH, Athens
Stranjalis G.
Professor, Dpt of Neurosurgery, University of Athens, Evangelismos GH
GUEST FACULTY
To be announced
INVITED FACULTY
Anagnostopoulos C.
Neurosurgeon, Dpt of Neurosurgery, Hellenic Red Cross GH
Bairamidis E.
Consultant Neurosurgeon, Vostanio GH, Lesvos
Drosos E.
Pediatric Neurosurgery Fellow, Royal Children’s Hospital, Bristol, UK
Fouyias I.
Clinical Lead, Dpt. of Clinical Neurosciences, Western GH, Edinburgh, UK
Kapsalaki E.
Professor of Radiology, University of Thessaly, GR
Lee M.
Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery, Stanford University, USA
Mazarakis N.
Assistant Professor, Dpt of Neurosurgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Varaki K.
Director, Neuroradiology & Advanced Oncologic MRI Dpt, Metropolitan Hosp, Athens
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
S. Siametis
MSc
ADMINISTRATION
M. Loufardaki
MSc
A. Loufardaki
LOCATION
7, Sevastoupoleos Str. 115 26 Athens, GR
REGISTRATION
For online Registration Click Here or e-mail: ekne@neurosurgery.org.gr
Early registration is strongly recommended due to limited stations
REGISTRATION FEES
White Matter Dissection 11 – 12 May 2026
Single Registrant (1 brain X 1 registrant) 1400 €
Neurosurgical Anatomy 13 – 15 May 2026
Single Registrant (1 cadaver specimen X 1 registrant) 1600 €
Team Registrant (1 cadaver specimen X 2 registrants) 800 €
Both Courses 11 – 15 May 2026
Single Registrant 2800 €
Team Registrant 2000 €
For the EANS individual members a 10% discount is offered
WHITE MATTER DISSECTION
Day 1. Monday 11 May
8.30 - 9.00
Registration
9.00 - 9.30
Surface Anatomy and Radiographic Correlation
A. Kalyvas
9.30 - 10.00
Cortical Functional Anatomy
E. Liouta
10.00 - 10.30
f-MRI in Neuroscience and Neurosurgery
K. Varaki
10.30 - 13.30
Surface Anatomy and Gray Matter Dissection
LAB
13.30 - 14.30
Lunch Break
14.30 - 15.15
Lateral to Medial Dissection
E. Drosos
15.15 - 15.40
White Matter Functional Anatomy
E. Liouta
15.40 - 16.00
Microsurgical Anatomy of the Medial Temporal Gyrus
C. Koutsarnakis
16.00 - 18.00
Lateral to Medial Dissection (Part I)
LAB
Day 2. Tuesday 12 May
9.00 - 9.45
Tractography and Brain mapping
E. Kapsalaki
9.45 - 10.15
Ventral and Dorsal Language Pathways
C. Koutsarnakis
10.15 - 11.30
Lateral to Medial Dissection (Part 2)
LAB
11.30 - 12.00
Medial to Lateral Dissection
F. Liakos
12.00 - 13.30
Medial to Lateral Dissection
LAB
13.30 - 14.30
Lunch Break
14.30 - 15.30
Guest Faculty Lecture
Guest Faculty
15.30 - 17.30
Lateral to Medial Dissection (Part I)
LAB
17.30 - 18.00
Closing Remarks
C. Koutsarnakis
NEUROSURGICAL ANATOMY
Day 1. Wednesday 13 May
8.00 - 8.30
Registration
8.30 - 9.00
Introduction
G. Stranjalis
9.00 - 10.00
Anterior Fossa. Pterional , Sylvian Fissure
C. Koutsarnakis
10.00 - 13.00
CADAVER DISSECTION (RIGHT SIDE)
LAB
13.00 - 13.30
Guest Faculty Lecture
Guest Faculty
13.30 - 14.30
Lunch Break
14.30 - 15.00
Middle Fossa. Extradural, Cavernous Sinus, Intradural
P. Stavrinou
15.00 - 15.15
Cavernous sinus. Extradural Anterior Clinoidectomy
E. Bairamidis
15.15 - 18.00
CADAVER DISSECTION (LEFT SIDE)
LAB
18.00 - 18.30
Quiz
M. Lee
Day 2. Thursday 14 May
9.00 - 10.00
Posterior Fossa. Midline, Tentorial, Retrosigmoid
G. Stranjalis
10.00 - 13.00
CADAVER DISSECTION MIDLINE, Retrosigmoid (RIGHT SIDE)
LAB
13.00 - 14.00
Lunch Break
14.00 - 14.30
Foramen Magnum. Far Lateral
M. Lee
14.30 - 17.30
CADAVER DISSECTION (LEFT SIDE)
LAB
17.30 - 18.00
Quiz
C. Koutsarnakis
Day 3. Friday 15 May
9.00 - 10.00
Midline. Parasagittal and Transcallosal
C. Koutsarnakis
10.00 - 13.00
CADAVER DISSECTION
LAB
13.00 - 14.00
Lunch Break
14.00 - 14.30
Endoscopic. Transphenoidal, Transplanum, Transtuberculum
A. Kalyvas
14.30 - 17.00
CADAVER DISSECTION
LAB
17.00 - 18.00
Closing Remarks
G. Stranjalis