Program
Scientific Program
| SUNDAY, MAY 25, 2025 / MSSFN DAY 1 | TOPIC | FACULTY | COUNTRY | |
| 08:00 - 08:15 | MORNING SESSION Aly Ibrahim, Mustafa Kılıç, Osman Akçakaya |
Can LIFUS replace electrical DBS in the future? Insights from PerceptPc recordings | Can Sarica | CAN |
| 08:15 - 08:30 | Past and Future of DBS | Ali Zırh | TUR | |
| 08:30 - 08:45 | Neurosurgical treatment of movement disordes in children | Dmitry Zinenko | RU | |
| 08:45 - 09:00 | DBS for Dystonia | Zeyad Fayed | EGY | |
| 09:00 - 09:15 | Lumbosacral Rhizotomy, What is going wrong | Walid Abdel Ghany | EGY | |
| 09:15 - 09:30 | The Vagal Rhizopathies: a neurosurgical discovery | Christopher Honey | CAN | |
| 09:30 - 09:45 | OPENING CEREMONY for 4th Middle Eastern Society for Stereotactic & Functional Neurosurgery Congress | President of Turkish Neurosurgical Association | Hayri Kertmen | TUR |
| President of MSSFN | Walid Abdel Ghany | EGY | ||
| MSSFN president elect | Atilla Yimaz | TUR | ||
| MSSFN presidency hand over | ||||
| Memorial Lecture | Ahmed Alkhani | KSA | ||
| 09.45 - 10.15 | COFFEE BREAK  |
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| 10:15 - 10:30 | SPECIAL SESSION ABLATION IN THE ERA OF NEUROMODULATION Ali Savaş, Ümit Akın Dere, Mehmet Tönge |
Cingulotomy for Cancer Pain | Harith Akram | ENG |
| 10:30 - 10:45 | Gamma Knife treatment in the thalamic area for movement disorders | Jean Regis | FRA | |
| 10:45 - 11:00 | Deep brain lesioning for psychiatric conditions | Nico Enslin | RSA | |
| 11:00 - 11:15 | ANT lesioning in drug- resistant epilepsy | Andrey Sitnikov | RUS | |
| 11:15 - 11:30 | Spinal cord ablation for pain | Ahmed Raslan | USA | |
| 11:30 - 11:45 | Bilateral Stereotactic Radiofrequency Lesioning for Parkinson’s Disease | Konstiantin Kostiuk | UKR | |
| 11:45 - 12:00 | Discussion | USA | ||
| 12:00 - 13:00 | LUNCH SYMPOSIUM MEDTRONIC |
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| Adaptive DBS Redefining the Future of Deep Brain Stimulation Mohammed Akbar Hussain |
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| 13:00 - 13:20 | Movement Disorders Session Volker Coenen, Sibel Ertan, Bülent Elibol |
Anthropology of deep brain stimulation | Marwan Hariz | SWE |
| 13:20 - 13:40 | Movement disorders surgery: where are we heading for. | Joachim Krauss | GER | |
| 13:40 - 14:00 | Patient selection for Tremor surgery | Cenk Akbostanci | TUR | |
| 14:00 - 14:15 | Where are we and where are we heading in Tremor surgery | Patric Blomstedt | SWE | |
| 14:15 -14:30 | Keynote Lecture | Advances in functional neurosurgery | Andres Lozano | CAN |
| 14:30 - 14:50 | PAIN SECTION Kim Burchiel, Ahmet Bekar, Gül Talu |
Trigeminal Neuralgia:Diagnosis, Surgical Management and Genomics | Kim Burchiel | USA |
| 14:50 - 15:10 | PNS overview | Konstantin Slavin | USA | |
| 15:10 - 15:30 | The Placebo Effect in Neurostimulation | Robert Levy | USA | |
| 15:30 - 15:50 | Neuromodulation for facial pain: Indications, techniques and outcomes | Mojgan Hodaie | CAN | |
| 15:50 - 16:10 | Non-stimulation procedures for head and facial pain | Suleyman Ozyalcin | TUR | |
| 16:10 - 16:30 | Spinal Cord Stimulation - Update on available waveforms | Georgios Matis | GER | |
| 16:30-17:00 | COFFEE BREAK |
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| 17:00- 17:15 | FUNCTIONAL NEUROSURGERY IN NEIGHBOOR AREA Walid Abdel Ghany, Murteza Çakır, Yavuz Samancı |
DBS in Tourette Syndrome: our experience in Iran | Mansour Parvaresh | IRA |
| 17:15- 17:30 | Neuromodulation: our experience in Kazakhstan | Cinghiz Shashkin | KAZ | |
| 17:30- 17:45 | Deep Brain stimulation: our experience in Croatia | Fadi Almahariq | CRO | |
| 17:45- 18:00 | Philosophy of Lesioning in Parkinson's Disease | Faisal Taleb | LYB | |
| 18:00- 18:15 | Neuromodulation: our experience in Jordan | Mazen Samaha | JOR | |
| 18:15- 18:30 | Neuromodulation: our experience in Iraq | Hussein Omran | IRQ | |
| 18:30- 18:45 | Deep Brain stimulation: our experience in Algeria | Lakhdar Guenane | ALG | |
| 18:45- 19:00 | Functional Performance following Combined Anterior and Posterior Lumbar Rhizotomy for Mixed Dystonia and Spasticity in Children | Abdulrahman Alkish | LYB | |
| MONDAY, MAY 26, 2025 / Joint Meeting | TOPIC | FACULTY | COUNTRY | |
| 08:00 - 08:15 | EPILEPSY SECTION Peter Reinacher, Bekir Tuğcu, Emre Durdağ |
Multimodal Imaging-Guided SEEG and Its Applications in Spatial Navigation Research | Peter Reinacher | GER |
| 08:15 - 08:30 | Epilepsy surgery in eloquent regions | Cihan İşler | TUR | |
| 08:30 - 08:45 | Peri insular hemispherotomy for epilepsy | Nico Enslin | RSA | |
| 08:45 - 09:00 | DBS for Epilepsy | Alfonso Fasano | CAN | |
| 09:00 - 09:40 | OPENING CEREMONY OF 3rd DBS & NEUROMODULATION INTERVENTIONS CADAVER COURSE | Ali Savaş | ||
| Konstantin Slavin | ||||
| Jean Regis | ||||
| Cihan Isler | ||||
| Aly Ibrahim | ||||
| Atilla Yılmaz | ||||
| 09.40 - 10.00 | KEYNOTE LECTURE | From imaging we came and to imaging we shall return; Amen | Marwan Hariz | SWE |
| 10:00 - 10:15 | COFFEE BREAK |
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| 10.15 - 10.30 | What does the future technology brings? New indications and new Era Marwan Hariz, Kelly Foote, Ersoy Kocabıçak |
Update on DBS for Alzheimer disease | Andres Lozano | CAN |
| 10.30 - 10.45 | Adaptive neurostimulation | Kelly Foote | USA | |
| 10.45 - 11.00 | Frameless Asleep DBS | Kim Burchiel | USA | |
| 11.00 - 11.15 | Update on dystonia surgery | Joachim Krauss | GER | |
| 11.15 - 11.30 | Individualized DBS targeting in Parkinson’s disease with 7Tesla MRI-connectivity analysis | Rick Schuurman | NE | |
| 11.30 - 11.45 | Networks involved using sEEG in depression patients | Sameer Sheth | USA | |
| 11.45 - 12.00 | DBS: Where are we and where are we going | Paresh Doshi | IND | |
| 12.00 - 13.00 | INOMED LUNCH SYMPOSIUM |
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| 13:00 - 13:15 | Neuromodulation Joachim Krauss, Hayri Kertmen, Tanju Uçar |
Urban Legends in Movement Disorders Surgery | Ali Savaş | TUR |
| 13:15 - 13:30 | From Parkinson’s Disease to Disorders of Consciousness | Hagai Bergman | ISR | |
| 13:30 - 13:45 | Image Guided and Image Verified Functional Neurosurgery | Harith Akram | UK | |
| 13:45 - 14:00 | intraoperative Brain mapping | Ahmed Raslan | USA | |
| 14:00 - 14:15 | Double Target DBS on Rare Tremor Types | Atilla Yilmaz | TUR | |
| 14:15 - 14:30 | Discussion | |||
| 14:30 -15:45 | Were are we on Psychosurgery? Patric Blomstedt, Murat Vural, Vural Hamzaoğlu |
A Decade of Clinical and Translational Experience of Superolateral Medial Forebrain Bundle Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) in Depression and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) | Volker Coenen | GER |
| DBS for OCD | Bart Nuttin | BEL | ||
| DBS for Depression | Sameer Sheth | USA | ||
| DBS for Tourette | Kelly Foote | USA | ||
| Lesioning surgery for OCD | Selçuk Peker | TUR | ||
| 15:45-16:15 | COFFEE BREAK |
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| 16:15- 16:30 | Anatomy in Functional Neurosurgery Konstantin Slavin, Abuzer Güngör, Batu Hergünsel |
Anatomy of the Anterior Nucleus of the Thalamus and or Anatomy of the cingulate cortex | Jean Regis | FRA |
| 16:30- 16:45 | Comparative Analysis of Prefrontal Cortex Connectivity in Marmoset and Human: Evolutionary Insights and Implications for the treatment of Psychiatric Disorders with DBS | Volker Coenen | GER | |
| 16:45- 17:00 | Anatomy and Physiology of the Basal Ganglia and DBS | Hagai Bergman | ISR | |
| 17:00- 17:15 | Deciphering Deep Brain Networks: neuroanatomy in focus | Vanessa Holanda | BRA | |
| 17:15- 17:30 | Discussion | |||
| 17:30 - 18:00 | Moderators: Aydın Aydoseli, Pınar Eser, Gülşah Öztürk | |||
| 17:30 - 17:45 | How can I Be Trained in Functional Neurosurgery? |
Internet based learning in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery | Patric Blomstedt | SWE |
| 17:45 - 18:00 | Networking/Fellowship/Observership/Online education | Training opportunities in MSSFN | Aly Ibrahim | EGY |
DBS Hands on Cadaver Course
| CADAVER LABS | ||||
| Moderators: Halil Ulutabanca, Akın Sabancı | ||||
| 08:00 - 08:15 | Obtaining the images, fusion and AC/PC determination | Atilla Yılmaz | ||
| 08:15 - 08:30 | Targeting STN | Patric Blomstedt | ||
| 08:30 - 08:45 | Targeting GPi | Kelly Foote | ||
| 08:45 - 09:00 | Targeting Vim + PSA | Atilla Yılmaz | ||
| 09:00 - 09:15 | Targeting the IC-area and the BNST, Hypothalamic targets and PHA | Patric Blomstedt | ||
| 09:15 - 09:30 | Targeting centromedian thalamic (CM) | Kelly Foote | ||
| 09:30 - 09:45 | Troubleshooting in Deep Brain Stimulation surgery | Raghuram Gopalakrishnan | ||
| 10:00 - 13:00 | Hands-On DBS Cadaver activity (Cadaver Lab - 1) | |||
| Station 1: Frame mounting and electrode implantation on Cadaver Patric Blomstedt Inomed ZD Frame - Inomed MicroDrive MEDTRONIC Stealtth S8 DBS software Electrode implantation (Medtronic) - Body part: HEAD |
Station 2: Frame mounting and electrode implantation on Cadaver Kelly Foote Inomed Susy Frame - FHC MicroDrive Inomed IPS software Electrode implantation (Medtronic) - Body part: HEAD |
Station 3: Frame mounting and electrode implantation on Cadaver Feridun Acar Inomed ZD frame - Inomed microdrive MEDTRONIC Stealtth S8 DBS software Electrodes (Abbott) - Body part: HEAD |
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| Group A | Group B | Group C | ||
| Group E | Group A | Group B | ||
| Group D | Group E | Group A | ||
| Station 4:Frame mounting and electrode implantation on Cadaver Peter Reinacher Inomed Susy frame - Inomed MicroDrive Inomed IPS software Electrode implantation (Abbott) - Body part: HEAD |
Station 5: Frameless DBS on model Edison Zapata FHC StarFix WayPoint Navigator software Electrode implantation (Medtronic) - Head model |
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| Group D | Group E | |||
| Group C | Group D | |||
| Group B | Group C | |||
| 13:00 -14:00 | Lunch |
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| Moderators: Vanessa Holanda, İlkay Işıkay | ||||
| 14:00 - 14:15 | VNS surgical techniques tips and tricks | Walid Abdel Ghany | ||
| 14:15 - 14:30 | Stereo EEG surgical techniques tips and tricks | Peter Reinacher | ||
| 14:30 - 14:45 | Percutaneous trigeminal gangliolysis Tips and Tricks | Ahmed Raslan | ||
| 15:00 -18:00 | Station - 1 VNS implantation on cadaver Walid Abdel Ghany Liva Nova VNS electrodes |
Station - 6 RF for TGN (Percutaneous trigeminal gangliolysis) by C-Arm Kim Burchiel Inomed RF Generator and C-Arm |
Station – 7 RF for TGN (Percutaneous trigeminal gangliolysis) by C-Arm Ahmed Raslan Inomed RF Generator and C-Arm - Body part: HEAD |
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| Group A | Group B | Group C | ||
| Group D | Group A | Group B | ||
| Group C | Group D | Group A | ||
| Group B | Group C | Group D | ||
| Station – 4 Setereo EEG Peter Reinacher for SEEG DIXI implantation kit, Drill, Drill bits -Body part: HEAD Inomed RF Generator and C-Arm - Body part: HEAD |
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| Group D | ||||
| Group C | ||||
| Group B | ||||
| Group A | ||||
| Group E will be divided among other 4 groups | ||||
| 18:00 - 19:00 | Free Practice on all Cadavers & Stations | |||
Neurology Section
| LECTURE ROOM | ||||
| Patient Selection for DBS Moderators: Pervin İşeri, Esra Okuyucu |
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| 08:00 - 08:30 | Patient selection for Parkinson's Disease | Cenk Akbostancı | TUR | |
| 08:30 - 08:45 | Patient selection for Dystonia | Alfonso Fasano | CAN | |
| 08:45 - 09:00 | Patient selection for Tremor | Stefan Jun Grois | GER | |
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Patient selection for Psychiatric Diseases | Bart Nuttin | BEL | |
| 09:30 - 09:45 | Patient selection for DBS for Epilepsy | Alfonso Fasano | CAN | |
| 09:45 - 10:00 | Q&A | |||
| 10:00 - 10:15 | Preoperative preparation of DBS cases | Stefan Jun Grois | ||
| 10:15 - 11:45 | Fundamentals of MER & Macrostimulation | Christian Moll | ||
| 11:45 - 12:00 | Postoperative Management of DBS cases | Hatice Omercikoglu Özden | ||
| 12:00 - 12:30 | MER Hands on Inomed | |||
| 12:30 - 13:00 | Local Field potential recording Alpha Omega | |||
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch |
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| 14:00 - 19:00 | DBS Programming and & Free Practice | |||
| 14:00-15:00 | DBS Programming Basics | Stefan Jun Grois | ||
| 15:00-16:00 | Programming Hands on | Stefan Jun Grois, Alfonso Fasano | ||
| 16:00-19:00 | Free Practice | MDT Abbot | ||
| Neuromodulation Interventions on Cadaver Course | ||||
| Moderators: Navid Atarod, Bositkhuja Sulaymonkhujayev | ||||
| 08:00 - 08:15 | Spinal Cord Stimulation Patient selection and percutaneous implantation | Süleyman Özyalçın | ||
| 08:15 - 08:30 | Sacral Stimulation Patient selection and percutaneous implantation | Rahmi Onur | ||
| 08:30 - 08:45 | Intrathecal Baclofen Pump Patient selection and implantation | Ahmed Alkhani | ||
| 08:45 – 09:00 | Iıntrathecal Baclofen Pump Concentration and Dosage adj. | Walid Abdel Ghany | ||
| 09:00 – 09:15 | Peripheral RF approache Patient selection and tips & tricks | Halil Cetingok | ||
| 09:15 – 10:00 | Q&A | |||
| 10:00 - 13:00 | Station - 1 SCS implantation on cadaver by C-Arm Georgious Matis Medtronic Electrodes and C-Arm |
Station - 2 SNS implantation on cadaver by C-Arm Emre Huri Medtronic Electrodes and C-Arm |
Station - 3 Peripheral RF approaches on cadaver by USG and C-Arm Halil Cetingok Inomed Rf Generator, Ultrasound |
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| Group A | Group B | Group C | ||
| Group C | Group A | Group B | ||
| Group B | Group C | Group A | ||
| 13:00 -14:00 | Lunch |
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| 14:00 -17:00 | Station - 1 SCS implantation on cadaver by C-Arm Süleyman Özyalçın Abbott Electrodes and C-Arm |
Station - 2 ITB implantation on cadaver Walid Abdel Ghany Medtronic ITB Pump and C-Arm |
Station - 3 Peripheral RF approaches on cadaver by USG and C-Arm Halil Cetingok Inomed Rf Generator, C-Arm |
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| Group A | Group B | Group C | ||
| Group C | Group A | Group B | ||
| Group B | Group C | Group A | ||
| 17:00 - 19:00 | Free Practice on all Cadavers & Stations | |||