ISPS 2010: Preliminary Program Agenda

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Thursday, October 14
3:00 - 5:00 PM                 Registration and Speaker’s Corner – Download talks onto presentation
                                           computer

7:30 - 10:30 PM               Reception and Dinner at MacArthur Place Inn

Friday, October 15

7:00 - 8:00 AM                  Breakfast in the MacArthur Place Inn Eatery

8:00 – 8:05 AM                 ISPS Background and Overview – Laws

8:05 - 08:10 AM                Welcoming Remarks – Oyesiku

8:10 - 10:25 AM                Mini-Symposium: Endoscopic Pituitary Surgery
                                   
8:10 - 8:25 AM                  Results and Outcomes of Endoscopic Pituitary Surgery: An Overview of
                                            the Global Experience - Gentili
 
8:25 - 8:40 AM                  Microscopy vs. Endoscopy: An Assessment - Mayberg

8:40 – 8:55 AM                 Microsurgery vs. Endoscopy: The Status and Trends from Asia – Deopujari

8:55 - 9:10 AM                  Revision Endoscopic TSS: Difference in outcome after open Microsurgical Resection - Shrivastava
                          
9:10 - 9:25 AM                 

9:25 - 9:40 AM                  Endocrine Outcomes Following Endoscopic Surgery for Acromegaly
                                            Mamelak

9:40 - 9:55 AM                  15 Minute Discussion Break

9:55 - 10:10 AM                Endoscopy vs. Microscopy in Pituitary Adenomas: Status and Trends – Jane

10:10 - 10:25 AM              3D Endoscopic Surgery: Rationale,Techniques and Results– Oyesiku

10:25 - 10:45 AM              COFFEE BREAK

10:45 - 01:00 PM              Mini-Symposium: Cushing’s Disease

10:45 - 11:00 AM              Early Post-OP Cortisol as Guide to Management – White 

11:00 - 11:15 AM              Early Re-Operation for Cushing’s Disease – Mayberg

11:15 - 11:30 AM              Evaluation of Cushing’s Syndrome – Katznelson

11:30 - 11:45 AM              Cushing's Disease - is Multi-Centricity the Cause of Failure? – Banerji
                                               
11:45 - 12:00PM               Hyperplasia in Cushing's Disease - Mayberg 

12:00 - 12:15 PM              Cushing's Disease: Large Adenomas Management Outcomes -  Shrivastava

12:15 - 12:30 PM              Endoscopic Surgery for Cushing's - Can It Improve Outcomes -  Dehdashti

12:30-12:45 PM                IPS Catherization for Cushing's Disease – Azevedo

12:45-1:00 PM                  Man’s Best Friend – TS Treatment of Cushing’s Disease in Dogs –
                                             Techniques, Results and Rationale -  Mamelak

1:00 – 2:00 PM                  LUNCH

2:00 – 2:55 PM                  Mini Symposium: Role of Radiotherapy in Pituitary Adenomas          

2:00 - 2:15 PM                   Hypo-Fractionation for SRS – Role of Cyberknife and Linac – Mayberg

2:15 – 2:30 PM                  Outcomes and Complications Associated with Single Fraction
                                             Radiosurgery for Pituitary Adenomas – Sheehan

2:30 – 2:45 PM                  Decreased use of Radiotherapy/Radiosurgery in the Multi-Modality
                                             Management of Acromegaly – Law

2:45 - 2:55 PM                   10 Minute Discussion Break

2:55-3:00                           Housekeeping / Adjourn

3:00-4:00                           Change for Evening Event

4:00                                     Board bus (20 min drive time) 

4:30-9:30 PM                     Benziger Family Winery – Tour, Reception and Dinner
           
Saturday, October 16      
                                                                                               
7:00-8:00 AM                     Breakfast in the MacArthur Place Inn Eatery        

8:00-8:50 AM                     Mini-Symposium: Role of Medical Therapy in Pituitary Adenomas        

8:00 - 8:15 AM                   Experience with TMZ for Aggressive Tumors – Laws          

8:15 - 8:30 AM                   Role of Temodar in the Management of Aggressive Pituitary
                                             Adenomas – Jane

8:30 - 8:45 AM                   Treatment of Pituitary Neoplasm with Temozolomide – Little

8:45 - 8:50   AM                 5 Minute Discussion Break

8:50 - 10:30 AM                 Broad Topic Talks

8:50 - 9:05 AM                   Update on Silent Corticotroph Adenomas – Ioachimescu

9:05 - 9:20 AM                  Pituitary Adenoma Surgery as a Paradigm of How Innovations are
                                            Introduced in Surgery: Does Endoscopic Pituitary Surgery Improve
                                            Short-term Outcome Compared to Microscopic Pituitary Surgery?
                                            A Systematic Review of the Literature -  Ammirati

9:20 - 9:35 AM                   Pituitary Tumours and Skull Base Pathology – Vargas

9:35 - 9:50 AM                   Pituitary Stem Cells – Quinones-Hinojosa

9:50 - 10:00 AM                10 Minute Discussion Break

10:00 - 10:10 AM              Survey Results: Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Pituitary Surgery – Little

10:10 - 10:20 AM              Neuro-Navigation in Endoscopic Surgery: Results of ISPS Survey - Capabianca 

10:20 - 10:30 AM              Results of an ISPS survey of clinical practice – Mamelak

10:30-10:45 AM                COFFEE BREAK

10:45- 12:00 PM               Mini-Symposium/Panel: Open and Expanded Endoscopic Approaches
                                             for Sellar/Parasellar and Suprasellar Lesions

10:45 - 11:00 AM              Role of Open vs. Endoscopic Approaches for Craniopharyngiomas – Gentili

11:00 - 11:15 AM              Transcranial Approaches for Pituitary Adenomas - Rojas          

11:15 - 11:30 AM              Complex Repair of Sellar Defects after TSS - Shrivastava    

11:30 - 11:45 AM              Management of Giant Invasive Pituitary Adenomas- Sbeih

11:45 - 12:00 PM              Pituitary Senescence – Melmed

12:00 – 1:00 PM               Case Presentations

1:00 - 2:00 PM                   LUNCH

2:30 PM                              Board bus to downtown San Francisco CNS hotels