Pacific Rim Master Class 2023

Pacific Rim Master Class in Endoscopic Endonasal and Keyhole Surgery

FOR BRAIN, SKULL BASE AND PITUITARY TUMORS WITH HANDS-ON MICRODISSECTION

A collaboration between Pacific Neuroscience Institute & University of Colorado

March 24-26, 2023 | Santa Monica, California, USA

This endoscopic endonasal and keyhole surgery CME course will provide an extensive immersion in advanced endonasal and transcranial keyhole surgical techniques using didactic and anatomical lectures, cadaveric dissections, and a live surgery on Day 1.

The course faculty are highly experienced and recognized world-experts in minimally invasive endoscopic and keyhole surgery.

The course emphasis will be on:

• Patient and approach selection
• Surgical judgement
• Anatomical awareness
• Technical nuances
• Complication avoidance
• Maintaining quality of life
• Optimizing clinical outcomes

Specific approaches discussed and performed in the lab will include:

• Endoscopic endonasal route including extended approach variations
• Supraorbital eyebrow craniotomy
• Mini-pterional craniotomy
• Gravity-assisted transfalcine and transtentorial endoscopic approaches
• Retromastoid route

A team approach involving neurosurgery, otolaryngology and neuro-ophthalmology will be stressed as well as collaboration with neuro-oncology, endocrinology and radiation oncology.

The course will have parallel sessions on keyhole surgery for neurosurgeons, and endonasal approaches for ENTs/ophthalmologists.

Audience

Neurosurgeons, otolaryngologists/ENT/rhinologists, plastic surgeons, and neuroophthalmologists/ ophthalmologists with some prior experience in endoscopic and keyhole surgery who want to expand their repertoire and capabilities.

Pricing

$3,000 individual

• Didactic & hands-on

$5,000 pair ($2,500 individual)

• Didactic & hands-on

$1000 residents / fellows

$500 didactic only

Pacific Neuroscience Institute

Faculty Speakers

PNI Faculty

In alphabetical order by last name

• Garni Barkhoudarian, MD
  • Co-Director, Pituitary Disorders Center
  • Director, Adult Hydrocephalus Center
  • Director, Facial Pain Center
  • Director, SJCI/PNI Neuroanatomy
• J. Frank Berry, MD, MS
  • Neurosurgery Fellow 2022-23
  • Pacific Neuroscience Institute
• Chester F. Griffiths, MD, FACS
  • Head & Neck Surgery
  • Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery
  • Director, Facial Pain Center Director, Pacific Eye, Ear & Skull Base Center
• Daniel F. Kelly, MD
  • Director, Brain Tumor Center
  • Director, Pituitary Disorders Program
  • Director & Co-Founder, Pacific Neuroscience Institute
• Amit Kochhar, MD
  • Director, Facial Nerve Disorders Program
• Howard Krauss, MD
  • Director, Eye, Ear & Skull Base Center
  • Co-Founder, Pacific Neuroscience Institute
• Walavan Sivakumar, MD
  • Director, Neurovascular Surgery
  • Director, Neurosurgery PNI South Bay

CU Faculty

In alphabetical order by last name

• Anne Getz, MD
  • Rhinology & Otolaryngology
  • Head & Neck Surgery
  • University of Colorado Medicine
• A. Samy Youssef, MD, PhD
  • Director, Skull Base Surgery
  • Professor of Neurosurgery & Otolaryngology
  • University of Colorado Medicine

Invited Faculty

In alphabetical order by last name

• Ivan El-Sayed, MD
  • Professor of Clinical Otolaryngology
  • Director of the Otolaryngology Minimally Invasive Skull Base Surgery
  • Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (OHNS)
  • University of California, San Francisco
  • San Francisco, CA
• Kentaro Horiguchi, MD, PhD
  • Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery
  • Chiba University Hospital
  • Tokyo, Japan
• Doo Sik Kong, MD, PhD
  • Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery
  • Samsung Medical Centre, Korea
• Pablo Villanueva, MD
  • Facultad de Medicina
  • Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
  • Santiago, Chile
• Gabriel Zada, MD
  • Director, USC Brain Tumor Center
  • Professor of Neurological Surgery (Clinical Sch)
  • Otolaryngology and Internal Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC
  • Co-Director, USC Pituitary Center
  • Los Angeles, CA

Course Overview

Friday, March 24^th
12 – 5pm – Live surgery, short lectures, and evening reception

Saturday, March 25^th
All-day lectures & dissection & course dinner

Sunday, March 26^th
All-day lectures & dissection
5pm – Adjourn

Days At-A-Glance

Friday, March 24^th, 2023 – DAY 1
Noon – 5pm
Pacific Neuroscience Institute, 2125 Arizona Ave, Santa Monica, CA 90404

Saturday, March 25^th, 2023 – DAY 2
All day
Saint John’s Cancer Institute, 2200 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90404

Sunday, March 26^th, 2023 – DAY 3
All day
Saint John’s Cancer Institute, 2200 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90404

Where to Stay

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