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 is accredited with 40 ECMECs 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 Aristotelis
Assistant Professor, Dpt of Neurosurgery, University of Athens, Attiko GH
Koutsarnakis Christos
Neurosurgeon, Dpt. of Neurosurgery, Hellenic Red Cross GH, Athens
Liouta Evangelia
Assistant Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology, University of Nicosia, Athens
Panourias Ioannis
Director, Dpt. of Neurosurgery, Hellenic Red Cross GH, Athens
Stavrinou Lampis
Associate Professor, Dpt of Neurosurgery, University of Athens, Attiko GH
Stavrinou Pantelis
Neurosurgeon, Metropolitan GH, Athens
Stranjalis George
Professor, Dpt of Neurosurgery, University of Athens, Evangelismos GH
Anastasopoulos Lykourgos
Athens Microneurosurgery Laboratory, Research Fellow
Charalampopoulou Eirini
Athens Microneurosurgery Laboratory, Research Fellow
KEY NOTE LECTURER
Radovanovic Ivan
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Canada
GUEST FACULTY
Karadimas Spyros
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Stanford University, School of Medicine, USA
INVITED FACULTY
Anagnostopoulos Christos
Neurosurgeon, Dpt of Neurosurgery, Hellenic Red Cross GH, Athens
Bairamidis Evriviadis
Consultant Neurosurgeon, Vostanio GH, Lesvos
Drosos Evangelos
Pediatric Neurosurgery Fellow, Royal Children’s Hospital, Bristol, UK
Fouyias Ioannis
Clinical Lead, Dpt. of Clinical Neurosciences, Western GH, Edinburgh, UK
Kapsalaki Eftyxia
Professor of Radiology, University of Thessaly, Larisa
Lee Marco
Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery, Stanford University, USA
Mazarakis Nektarios
Assistant Professor, Dpt of Neurosurgery, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki
Varaki Kalliopi
Director, Neuroradiology & Advanced Oncologic MRI Dpt, Metropolitan Hospital, 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
E. Charalampopoulou
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
A. 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 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
E. Drosos
12.00 - 13.30
Medial to Lateral Dissection
LAB
13.30 - 14.30
Lunch Break
14.30 - 15.00
Arteriovenous Malformations as a Natural Experiment in Human Cortical Plasticity
S. Karadimas
15.00 - 15.30
Incorporating Imaging in Glioma Surgery: the Neurosurgeon's Perspective
A. Kalyvas
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 - 9.45
Anterior Fossa. Pterional, Sylvian Fissure
I. Fouyias
9.45 - 10.00
Extradural Anterior Clinoidectomy
E. Bairamidis
10.00 - 13.00
CADAVER DISSECTION (RIGHT SIDE)
LAB
13.00 - 13.45
"Evolution and Revolution around the Skull Base"
I. Radovanovic
13.45 - 14.45
Lunch Break
14.45 - 15.15
Middle Fossa. Extradural, Cavernous Sinus, Intradural
P. Stavrinou
15.15 - 15.45
Is Skull Base Training Necessary For A Dually Trained Cerebrovascular Surgeon ?
S. Karadimas
15.45 - 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
L. Stavrinou
10.00 - 13.00
CADAVER DISSECTION
LAB
13.00 - 14.00
Lunch Break
14.00 - 15.00
Endoscopic. Transphenoidal, Transplanum, Transtuberculum
A. Kalyvas
15.00 - 17.30
CADAVER DISSECTION
LAB
17.30 - 18.00
Closing Remarks
G. Stranjalis