3rd Zagreb International Symposium in Epilepsy

„EPILEPSY SURGERY“
ZAGREB, CROATIA
SEPTEMBER 24-25TH, 2009

Thursday, September 24th

16h Johannes Schramm, MD, Head, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Presidential Lecture: “History of epilepsy surgery”

17h Hrvoje Hećimović, MD PhD, Head, Zagreb Epilepsy Center, Department of Neurology, University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia
“Why do we need epilepsy surgery program”

Friday, September 25th

09h Joseph Price, D Phil, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Washington University, St. Louis, USA
“Neuroanatomy of limbic circuits“

10h Cigdem Ozkara, MD PhD, Department of Neurology, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
“Mesial temporal lobe epilepsies and presurgical evaluation”

11h Christoph Baumgartner, MD, Head, Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, Department of Neurology, Vienna University, Vienna, Austria
“Neocortical epilepsies and preoperative algorithm“

12h Frank Gilliam, MD MPH, Head, Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, The Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA
„Implantation of invasive electrodes and intracranial monitoring“

Lunch break

14h Johannes Schramm, MD, Head, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
“Mesial temporal lobe resections and epilepsy surgery”

15h Jeffrey Ojemann, MD, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, USA
„Surgical treatment of neocortical epilepsies“

16h Discussion