WHITE MATTER DISSECTION
8 – 9 May 2023
NEUROSURGICAL ANATOMY
10 – 12 May 2023
CADAVERIC COURSES
Athens Microneurosurgery Laboratory
Director: Prof. G. Stranjalis
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
G. Stranjalis
Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Athens, Evangelismos GH
C. Koutsarnakis
Neurosurgeon, Head of the Athens Microneurosurgery Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Athens, Evangelismos GH
L. Stavrinou
Assistant Professor, 2nd Department of Neurosurgery, University of Athens, Attikon GH
P. Stavrinou
Neurosurgeon, Metropolitan GH, Athens / Assistant Professor, Dep. of Neurosurgery, University of Cologne, Germany
F. Liakos
Neurosurgeon, Therapis GH, Athens, Greece
E. Liouta
Neuropsychologist, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Athens, Evangelismos GH
E. Charalampopoulou
Research Fellow, Athens Microneurosurgery Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Athens, Evangelismos GH
L. Anastasopoulos
Research Fellow, Athens Microneurosurgery Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Athens, Evangelismos GH
GUEST FACULTY
G. Samandouras
Consultant Neurosurgeon, National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery, London, UK
L. Bello
Professor of Neurosurgery, Department of Oncology & Hemato-Oncology, University of Milano, IT
INVITED FACULTY
Ι. Fouyias
Clinical Lead, Dept. of Clinical Neurosciences, Western GH, Edinburgh, UK
Α. Fratzoglou
Neurosurgeon & Lead Clinician, Piraeus GH
A. Kalyvas
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Neuro-Oncology - Skull Base Surgery, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Canada
M. Lee
Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery, Stanford University, USA
K. Papadopoulos
Intraoperative Neurophysiologist, Athens, Greece
K. Varaki
Director, Neuroradiology & Advanced Oncologic MRI Dpt, Metropolitan Hospital, Athens
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
S. Siametis
MSc
ADMINISTRATION
M. Loufardaki
MSc
A. Loufardaki
LOCATION
ATHENS MICRONEUROSURGERY LABORATORY, EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL
REGISTRATION
For online Registration Click Here or e-mail: ekne@neurosurgery.org.gr
Early registration is strongly recommended due to limited stations
REGISTRATION FEE
White Matter Dissection 8 – 9 May 2023
Single Registrant (1 brain X 1 registrant)
1200 €
Neurosurgical Anatomy 10 – 12 May 2023
Single Registrant (1 cadaver specimen X 1 registrant)
1400 €
Team Registrant (1 cadaver specimen X 2 registrants)
700 €
Both Courses 8 – 12 May 2023
Single Registrant
2300 €
Team Registrant
1700 €
For the EANS Individual members a 10% discound is offered.
WHITE MATTER DISSECTION
Day 1. Monday 8 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 Modern Neuroscience and Neurosurgery
K. Varaki
10.30 - 13.30
SURFACE ANATOMY AND GREY MATTER DISSECTION
LAB
13.30 - 14.30
Lunch Break
14.30 - 15.15
Lateral to Medial Dissection
Α. Kalyvas
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 1)
LAB
Day 2. Tuesday 9 May
9.00 - 9.45
Tractography and Brain mapping
K. Varaki
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 (PART 1)
LAB
13.30 - 14.30
Lunch Break
14.30 - 15.30
Functional neuro anatomy of the motor system: evidence from intraoperative neurophysiology during brain tumor surgery
L. Bello
15.30 - 17.30
MEDIAL TO LATERAL DISSECTION (PART 2)
LAB
17.30 - 18.00
Closing Remarks and Quiz
C. Koutsarnakis
NEUROSURGICAL ANATOMY
Day 1. Wednesday 10 May
8.00 - 8.30
Registration
8.30 - 9.00
Introduction
G. Stranjalis
9.00 - 10.00
Anterior Fossa. Pterional , Sylvian Fissure
I. Fouyias
10.00 - 13.00
CADAVER DISSECTION (RIGHT SIDE)
LAB
13.00 - 14.00
Lunch Break
14.00 - 14.30
Supra-orbital Approach
M. Fratzoglou
14.30 - 15.15
Middle Fossa. Extradural, Cavernous Sinus, Intradural
P. Stavrinou
15.15 - 18.00
CADAVER DISSECTION (LEFT SIDE)
LAB
18.00 - 18.30
Quiz
M. Lee
Day 2. Thursday 11 May
9.00 - 10.00
Posterior Fossa. Midline, Supracerebellar, Transtentorial, RS
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 - 15.00
Cerebellum, fourth ventricle, brainstem and thalamus: surgical anatomy, neurophysiology and operative techniques
G. Samandouras
15.00 - 18.00
CADAVER DISSECTION (LEFT SIDE)
LAB
18.00 - 18.30
Quiz
C. Koutsarnakis
Day 3. Friday 12 May
9.00 - 10.00
Midline. Parasagittal and Transcallosal
L. Stavrinou
10.00 - 13.00
CADAVER DISSECTION
LAB
13.00 - 14.00
Lunch Break
14.00 - 16.30
FREE DISSECTION
LAB
16.30 - 17.00
Closing Remarks
G. Stranjalis