Scientific Programme


  • » Wednesday, 15 March 2017
    14:00 Academic Organising Committee Meeting
    18:00 Opening Reception and Dinner
  • » Thursday, 16 March 2017
    08:00 - 08:15 Opening: Tanju UÇAR, Talat Kırış
    08:15 - 09:10 Session 1 Tanju Uçar
    08:15 - 08:35 Honorary lecturer: Microsurgery for temporo-mesial gliomas and insular gliomas Johannes Schramm
    08:35 - 08:45 Oncology and basic terminology Koray Özduman
    08:45 - 09:00 WHO 2016 classification Özlem Yapıcıer
    09:00 - 09:10 Genetics of brain tumors Koray Özduman
    09:10 - 09:55 Session 2 Ali Kafadar
    09:10 - 09:20 Anatomical Landmarks Hakan Seçkin
    09:20 - 09:35 Intraoperative techniques to enhance safety of resection Talat Kırış
    09:35 - 09:45 The non-resectable tumor: Technical standards for stereotactic biopsy Hakan Emmez
    09:45 - 09:55 Discussion and Questions  
    Interactive 1st question and answer  
    Interactive 2nd question and answer  
    09:55 - 10:15 Coffee Break
    10:15 - 11:10 Session 3 Yusuf İzci
    10:15 - 10:20 Case Presentation: Interactive question about the case and receiving answers from the audience  
    10:20 - 10:30 Basic principles of radiotherapy Selçuk Peker
    10:30 - 10:40 Basic principles of chemotherapy Cengiz Canpolat
    10:40 - 10:50 Basic principles of neuroanestehesia Neval Boztuğ Uz
    10:50 - 11:00 Anticonvulsant treatment Soner Şahin
    11:00 - 11:10 Discussion and Questions  
    Receiving the 2nd answer on case presentation from the audience  
    Case discussion, Interactive 1st question and answer  
    Interactive 2nd question and answer   
    11:10 - 12:20 Session 4 Emel Avcı
    11:10 - 11:15 Case Presentation: Interactive question about the case and receiving answers from the audience  
    11:15 - 11:30 Glial tumors: Epidemiology, natural course, differential diagnosis Tatiana Vilasboas
    11:30 - 11:40 Radiology of glial tumors Kader Karlıoğuz
    11:40 - 11:55 The role of surgery in glial tumors Osaama H. Khan
    11:55 - 12:10 The recurrent gliomas : The role of re - resection, re - irradiation  Melih Bozkurt
    12:10 - 12:20 Discussion and Questions  
    Receiving the 2nd answer on case presentation from the audience  
    Case discussion, Interactive 1st question and answer  
    Interactive 2nd question and answer   
    12:20 - 14:00 Lunch
    14:00 - 14:50 Session 5 Cengiz Çokluk
    14:00 - 14:05 Case Presentation: Interactive question about the case and receiving answers from the audience  
    14:05 - 14:15 Meningiomas: Epidemiology, natural course differential diagnosis Tatiana Vilasboas
    14:15 - 14:25 Radiology of meningiomas Kader Karlıoğuz
    14:25 - 14:40 Surgical management of meningiomas Cengiz Çokluk
    14:40 - 14:50 Discussion and Questions  
    Receiving the 2nd answer on case presentation from the audience  
    Case discussion, Interactive 1st question and answer  
    Interactive 2nd question and answer   
    14:50 - 15:45 Session 6 Burak Sade
    14:50 - 14:55 Case Presentation: Interactive question about the case and receiving answers from the audience  
    14:55 - 15:05 Metastatic tumors: Epidemiology, presentation, natural course, differential diagnosis  Çağatay Onal
    15:05 - 15:15 Metastatic tumors: Radiology Kader Karlıoğuz
    15:15 - 15:25 Role  of surgery in metastatic brain tumors Tatiana Vilasboas
    15:25 - 15:35 The role for non - surgical treatment in brain metastases Hakan Emmez
    15:35 - 15:45 Discussion and Questions  
    Receiving the 2nd answer on case presentation from the audience  
    Case discussion, Interactive 1st question and answer  
    Interactive 2nd question and answer   
    15:45 - 16:10 Coffee Break
    16:10 - 18:00 Midas - Rex Hİgh Speed Drill hands on course (Hall I)
    Midas - Rex Hİgh Speed Drill hands on course (Hall II)
  • » Friday, 17 March 2017
    08:30 - 09:25 Session 7 Yusuf İzci
    08:30 - 08:35 Case Presentation: Interactive question about the case and receiving answers from the audience  
    08:35 - 08:45 Sellar and parasellar region: Anatomy Emel Avcı
    08:45 - 08:55 Sellar and parasellar region: Radiological anatomy Yelda Özsunar Dayanır
    08:55 - 09:05 Sellar and parasellar tumors: Classification and pathology Özlem Yapıcıer
    09:05 - 09:15 Endocrinological evaluation Soner Şahin
    09:15 - 09:25 Discussion and Questions  
    Receiving the 2nd answer on case presentation from the audience  
    Case discussion, Interactive 1st question and answer  
    Interactive 2nd question and answer   
    09:25 - 10:25 Session 8 Hakan Emmez
    09:25 - 09:30 Case Presentation: Interactive question about the case and receiving answers from the audience  
    09:30 - 09:40 Pituitary adenomas: Epidemiology, natural course, differential diagnosis  Ossama Khan
    09:40 - 09:55 Management of pituitary adenomas: Surgical Melih Bozkurt
    09:55 - 10:05 Management of pituitary adenomas: Medical Bülent Düz
    10:05 - 10:15 Craniopharyngioma Gökmen Kahiloğulları
    10:15 - 10:25 Discussion and Questions  
    Receiving the 2nd answer on case presentation from the audience  
    Case discussion, Interactive 1st question and answer  
    Interactive 2nd question and answer   
    10:25 - 10:45 Coffee Break
    10:45 - 11:45 Session 9 Gökmen Kahiloğulları
    10:45 - 10:50 Case Presentation: Interactive question about the case and receiving answers from the audience  
    10:50 - 11:00 Embryonal tumors: Classification and pathology Özlem Yapıcıer
    11:00:11:10 Embryonal tumors: Radiology Yelda Özsunar Dayanır
    11:10 - 11:25 Embryonal tumors: Epidemiology, presentation, natural course, differential diagnosis and surgery  Alp Özgün Börcek
    11:25 - 11:35 Embryonal tumors: Radio - chemoterapy Cengiz Canpolat
    11:35 - 11:45 Discussion and Questions  
    Receiving the 2nd answer on case presentation from the audience  
    Case discussion, Interactive 1st question and answer  
    Interactive 2nd question and answer   
    11:45 - 12:25 Session 10 Yusuf İzci
    11:45 - 11:50 Case Presentation: Interactive question about the case and receiving answers from the audience  
    11:50 - 12:00 Posterior fossa anatomy (Cerebellar hemispheres , vermis, 4. ventricle) Emel Avcı
    11:45 - 12:00 Posterior fossa (Cerebellar hemispheres, vermis, 4. ventricle): Normal and pathological radiology Yelda Özsunar Dayanır
    12:00 - 12:15 Posterior fossa tumors: Surgery and complications  Talat Kırış
    12:15 - 12:25 Discussion and Questions  
    Receiving the 2nd answer on case presentation from the audience  
    Case discussion, Interactive 1st question and answer  
    Interactive 2nd question and answer   
    12:25 - 13:30 Lunch
    13:30 - 14:30 Midas - Rex Course (Hall I)
    Midas - Rex Course (Hall II)
    14:30 - 15:25 Session 11 Hakan Seçkin
    14:30 - 14:35 Case Presentation: Interactive question about the case and receiving answers from the audience  
    14:35 - 14:50 Lateral and 3. ventricle anatomy, radiology, presentation,epidemiology Burak Sade
    14:50 - 15:05 Lateral and 3. ventricle tumors: Classification and pathology Özlem Yapıcıer
    15:05 - 15:15 Lateral and 3. ventricle tumors: Surgery and complications Talat Kırış
    15:15 - 15:25 Discussion and Questions  
    Receiving the 2nd answer on case presentation from the audience  
    Case discussion, Interactive 1st question and answer  
    Interactive 2nd question and answer  
    15:25 - 16:00 Coffee Break 
    16:00 - 18:00 Discussion Groups 
    Cerebellopontine Tumors :
    Surgery - Radiosurgery (Hall I)
    Hakan Emmez
    Şükrü Çağlar
    Sellar - Parasellar Tumors:
    Endoscopic surgery Microsurgery (Hall II)
    Gökmen Kahiloğulları
    Talat Kırış
    Complications in Brain Tumor Surgery(Hall III) Bülent Düz
    Hakan Seçkin
    22:00 Friendship Party
  • » Saturday, 18 March 2017
    08:30 - 09:30 Session 12 Çağatay Önal
    08:30 - 08:35 Case Presentation: Interactive question about the case and receiving answers from the audience  
    08:35 - 08:45 Pineal region anatomy Emel Avcı
    08:45 - 08:55 Pineal region tumors: Classification and pathology Özlem Yapıcıer
    08:55 - 09:05 Pineal region tumors: Normal and pathological radiology Utku Şenol
    09:05 - 09:20 Pineal region tumors: Epidemiology, presentation, natural course, differential diagnosis, surgery and complications  Osaama H. Khan
    09:20 - 09:30 Discussion and Questions  
    Receiving the 2nd answer on case presentation from the audience  
    Case discussion, Interactive 1st question and answer  
    Interactive 2nd question and answer   
    Discussion  
    09:30 - 10:30 Session 13 Tanju Uçar
    09:30 - 09:35 Case Presentation: Interactive question about the case and receiving answers from the audience  
    09:35 - 09:45 Anatomy of brain stem Gökmen Kahiloğulları
    09:45 - 09:55 Brain stem tumors: Classification and pathology Koray Özduman
    09:55 - 10:05 Brain stem tumors: Normal and pathological radiology Utku Şenol
    10:05 - 10:20 Brain stem tumors: Epidemiology, presentation, natural course, differential diagnosis, surgery and complications  Memet Özek
    10:20 - 10:30 Discussion and Questions  
    Receiving the 2nd answer on case presentation from the audience  
    Case discussion, Interactive 1st question and answer  
    Interactive 2nd question and answer   
    10:30 - 10:45 Coffe Break
    10:45 - 11:45 Session 14 Ali Kafadar
    10:45 - 10:50 Case Presentation: Interactive question about the case and receiving answers from the audience  
    10:50 - 11:00 Pontocerebellar and petroclival region tumors: Anatomy Bülent Düz
    11:00 - 11:10 Pontocerebellar and petroclival region tumors: Normal and pathological radiology Utku Şenol
    11:10 - 11:25 Petroclival region tumors: Epidemiology, presentation, natural course, differential diagnosis Necmettin Pamir
    11:25 - 11:35 Current strategies for vestibular schwannomas Şükrü Çağlar
    11:35 - 11:45 Discussion and Questions  
    Receiving the 2nd answer on case presentation from the audience  
    Case discussion, Interactive 1st question and answer  
    Interactive 2nd question and answer  
    Discussion  
    12:30 - 13:30 Lunch  
    14:00 City tour - Social Programme  
  • » Sunday, 19 March 2017
    08:30 - 09:55 Session 15 Çağatay Önal
    08:30 - 08:35 Case Presentation: Interactive question about the case and receiving answers from the audience  
    08:35 - 08:45 Brain Tumors in Pediatric Population Hakan Karabağlı
    08:45 - 09:00 DNET and Gangliogliomas Ali Kafadar
    09:00 - 09:15 Posterior fossa tumors Alp Özgün Börcek
    09:15 - 09:30 Optic Pathway Tumors Mehmed Özek
    09:30 - 09:45 Neurocutaneous Tumors Hakan Karabağlı
    09:45 - 09:55 Discussion and Questions  
    Receiving the 2nd answer on case presentation from the audience  
    Case discussion, Interactive 1st question and answer  
    Interactive 2nd question and answer   
    09:55 - 10:15 Coffee Break 
    10:15 - 11:15 Session 16 Hakan Emmez
    10:15 - 10:30 Responsible Authorship and Publication Yusuf İzci
    10:30 - 10:45 Basic principles in article writing Burak Sade
    10:45 - 11:00 How to convince a reviewer Selçuk Peker
    11:00 - 11:15 Discussion and Questions  
    11:15 - 12:00 Session 17: STUDENTS LECTURES Tanju Uçar, Ali Kafadar
    11:15 - 11:25 Calvarial Tumors Tuğba Moralı Güler, Turkey
    11:25 - 11:35 Pseudotumor Cerebri Sina Ahmadi, Iran
    11:35 - 11:45 CNS Lymphomas Lihle Ncumısa Jilata, South Africa
    11:45 - 11:55 Brain Edema Eleni Tsianaka, Greece
    12:00 CLOSING CEREMONY (BEST RESIDENT LECTURE AWARD)