Caribbean Neuroscience Symposium
January 27th- 30th,2010
UHWI/Ritz-Carlton
DAY 1
Wednesday January 27th, 2010
8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.Basic Drilling Techniques - Setup, use and care
Dept. of Surgery/Surgical Skill UHWI
8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.Nurses
10:00a.m. – 4:00 p.m. ENT/Faciomax, Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery Residents and Consultants
Sue Frye (Medtronic)
DAY 2
Thursday January 28th, 2010
8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.Spine Workshop Dept. of Anatomy/Surgical Skill UHWI(Kingston)
Dr. Sean Christie - MIS Decompression of Lumbar Spine
Dr. Eric Massicotte
Dr. Sean Smith
Dr. Valdez Russo - MIS Microdiscectomy using Endoscope
Dr. Kingsley Chin – LES - Facet fusion
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.Spinal Orthosis Workshop Salon 1 Ritz-Carlton, Rose Hall (Montego Bay)
7:30 P.M. – 9:30 P.M. BEACH BARBEQUE
THE REGGAE JERK CENTRE
RITZ-CARLTON HOTEL
Caribbean Neuroscience Symposium
January 29th – 30th, 2010
Ritz Carlton Conference Center, Montego Bay, Jamaica
DAY 3
Friday January 29th, 2010.
7:00 – 7:30 Breakfast
7:30 – 8:00Registration
CONCURRENT SESSION (CEREBROVASCULAR)
Session 1
Salon 1
Chairperson Dr. Dwight Webster, Prof. Owen Morgan & Dr. Hyacinth Harding-Goldson
8:00 – 8:15Surgical Management of Carotid Stenosis and Who Should be Doing These Surgeries?
Prof. Renn Holness CRH, Montego Bay
8:15 – 8:30 Shaped Beam Stereotactic Radiosurgery for the Brain and Spine
Dr. Leonardo Frighetto Porto Alegre - Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
8:30 – 8:50Stroke, Brain Aneurysms and Vascular Malformations are Treatable diseases – Advances inEndovascular Neurosurgery
Dr. Italo Linfante Miami, USA
9:00 – 9:15 Sports Concussion— A New Definition and Management of an Old Problem
Prof. Chris Ekong Saskatchewan, Canada
9:15 – 9:35Radiosurgery in Puerto Rico
Dr Ricardo Brau University of Puerto Rico, San Juan
9:35 – 9:55Subarachnoid Hemorrhage from Aneurysm Rupture, a Tailored Management Protocol at Hermanos Ameijeiras Hospital
Prof. Justo Gonzalez Cuba
9:55 - 10:00Questions & Answers
CONCURRENT SESSION
Session 1A
Salon 3A
Chairperson Dr. John Gill (Head of Dept. of Surgery—QEH)Dr. Suzanne Lalljie & Dr. Hector Robinson
8:00 – 8:15Management of Spinal Tumors
Dr. Rupert Indar San Fernando, Trinidad & Tobago
8:15 – 8:30MASS for Metastasis
Dr. Eric Massicotte Toronto, Canada
8:30 – 8:45Radiosurgery for Spine Tumors
Jose Valerio Cleveland Clinic, Cincinnati Ohio
8:45 – 9:00Endoscopic Sinus Surgery
Dr. Myrton Smith UHWI, Kingston
9:00 – 9:15 Skull Base Surgery Approaches for Lesions at the Foramen Magnum
Antonio Bernardo Cornell, New York
9:15 – 9:35Clinical Advances in Cyberknife Neurosurgery
Dr. Silvio Garcia Miami, Florida
9:35 – 9:50Results of Multi-Centre Dural Substitute Trial
Dr Oscar Gerardo Aponte Puentes Bogota, Colombia
9:50 - 10:00Questions & Answers
10:00 – 10:30 COFFEE BREAK WITH EXHIBITORS (SALON 2)
10:10 – 10:20 Presentation by PanCaribbean
PLENARY SESSION
10:30 – 10:35Introduction
Dr. Carl Bruce Scientific Chairman
10:35 – 10:40 Welcome
Prof. Ivor Crandon Head Department of SURRADIC
10:40 – 10:50The Minister’s Address
The Hon. Rudyard Spencer Minister of Health
10:50 – 10:55 Greetings from the Medical Association of Jamaica
Dr. Winston De La Haye President of MAJ
10:55 – 11:00Citation to Awardees
11:00 – 11:2035 Years of Neurosurgery
Prof. Renn Holness CRH, Montego Bay
11:20 – 11:35Drug Resistant Epilepsy
Dr. Roxanne Melbourne-Chambers UHWI, Kingston
11:35 - 11:50Formulation of a Multi-Disciplinary Epilepsy Team
Dr. Amza Ali UHWI, Kingston
11:50—12:05Is the Executive Profile a Worthwhile Screening Tool?
Dr. Tanya Clarke UHWI, Kingston
12:00 – 1:00LUNCH (BALLROOM TERRACE)
12:20 – 12:40 Presentation by First Caribbean
CONCURRENT SESSION SPINE I
Session 2A
Salon 3A
Chairperson - Dr Kingsley Chin & Dr Paula Dawson
1:00 - 1:15Physiotherapy Techniques for Lower Back and Lumbar Radicular Pains
Ms. Debra Callender Kingston, Jamaica
1:15 - 1:30The Use of Acupuncture in Addressing Low Back Pain
Dr. Tracey-Ann Brown Kingston, Jamaica
1:30 - 1:45 Management of Neuropathic Pain
Dr. Kelvin Ekinmetalor UHWI, Kingston
1:45 - 2:00 Differentiating Between Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Cervical Stenosis
Dr. Daniel Graham Kingston, Jamaica
2:00 - 2:15Preoperative Improvements of the Bone Stock Prior to Fusion Surgery
Dr. Derrick McDowell St. Ann’s Bay, Jamaica
2:15 - 2:30Osteobiologics in Neurosurgical Application
Jorge Mendoza Celaya, Mexico
2:30 - 2:45Less Exposure Surgery - Evolution of Facet Fusion
Dr. Adriano Valdez Russo Santo Domingo, Dom. Rep
2:45 - 3:00Long-term Outcome of Surgery in the Developing Spine
Dr. Kenneth Vaughan UHWI, Kingston
3:00 – 3:30 COFFEE BREAK WITH EXHIBITORS
CONCURRENT SESSION ETHICS
Session 2B
Salon 3B
Chairperson – Dr. Garfield Badal & Dr. Curtis Yeates
1:00 –1:30Ethics and the Academy
Prof. Owen Morgan UHWI, Kingston
1:30 –1:45Ventral Cervical Approach for Cervical Spondylothic Myelopathy Techniques and Complications
Dr. Gabriel Vargas Bucaramanga, Colombia
1:45 – 2:15Patient Care (Ethics)
Dr. Allan Barnett UHWI, Kingston
2:15 – 2:45Special Guest Lecturer
3D Endoscopic Pituitary Surgery
Prof. Nelson Oyesiku Emory, Atlanta
2:45 – 3:15 COFFEE BREAK WITH EXHIBITORS
CONCURRENT SESSION SPINE II
Session 3A
Salon 3A
Chairperson Dr. Francis Lindo & Dr. Kenneth Vaughan
3:15 – 3:45Conduct and Liability (Ethics)
Dr. Anthony Mullings UHWI, Kingston
3:45 – 4:00When is an Interbody Graft Indicated?
Dr. Kingsley Chin Palm Beach, Florida
4:00 – 4:30Professionalism in Medicine (Ethics)
Dr. Errol Daley (Ethics)
CONCURRENT SESSION TRAUMA
Session 3B
Salon 3B
Chairperson Dr. Delroy Fray & Dr. Jeffrey East
3:30 – 3:45Keynote Speaker
Hypothermia – Cooling Helmet (Role of Hypothermia in TBI)
Dr. Odette Harris MD Stanford University, Palo Alto
3:45 – 4:00Decompressieve Craniectomy: Is it a Worthwhile
Salvage Therapy?
Dr. Franz K. Pencle UHWI, Kingston
4:00 – 4:15Indications and Intervention of Neuropsychology Evaluation Post Traumatic Brain Injury.
Dr. Tammy Hayes-Robinson Kingston, Jamaica
4:15 – 4:30Overview of Facial Fracture Fixation
Dr. Pierre-John Holmes KPH, Kingston
END OF DAY 1
COMPLIMENTARY SHUTTLE TO THE
SHOPPES AT ROSE HALL
4:00 P.M.
RECEPTION ON
THE BALLROOM TERRACE
6:30P.M. – 7:30P.M.
Saturday January 30th, 2010
7:00 – 7:30 Breakfast
Session 4A
Salon 1
Chairperson –Dr. Robert Ramcharan & Dr. Mark Morgan
CONCURRENT SESSION (TUMOURS)
7.30 - 7.45Unidentified Bright Objects (UBO’s)
Dr. Peter Johnson / Resident UHWI, Kingston
7.45 - 8.00 ER Approach to the Patient with Headaches
Dr. Murphey Osbourne UHWI, Kingston
8.00 – 8.15Chemotherapeutic Options in GBM
Dr. Andre Williams UHWI, Kingston
8.15 - 8.30Initial Experience Using 5-ALA (GLIOLAN)
Dr. Gabriel Vargas Bucaramanga, Colombia
8.30 – 8.45Glioblastoma Multiforme Update
Dr Ricardo Brau University of Puerto Rico, San Juan
8:45 – 9:05 Image Guidance and Laser Interstitial Thermo Therapy for Brain Tumours
Dr. Jose Valerio Cleveland Clinic, Cincinnati Ohio
9:05 – 9:25Outcomes of Aneurysms and Coiling in the Developing Country
Dr. Robert Ramcharan Port-of–Spain, Trinidad
9:25 – 9:45Evolution of Skull Base Surgery – Minimally Invasive Endoscopic Techniques
Prof. Fred Gentili Toronto, Canada
9:45 – 10:00Questions & Answers
COFFEE BREAK WITH EXHIBITORS (SALON 2)
Class of 1969 Presentation to Prof. Renn Holness
CONCURRENT SESSION SPINE III
Session 4B
Salon 3B
Chairperson Dr. Christopher Rose & Dr. Ian Neil & Dr. Melton Douglas
7:30 – 7:45Bracing and Utilizing Orthosis in the Spine
Dr. Wayne Palmer UHWI, Kingston
7:45 – 8:00The Effectiveness of Epidural Spinal Injections
Dr. Paula Dawson UHWI, Kingston
8:00 – 8:15Honoured Guest Spine
Minimal Invasive and Lumbar Fixation for Degenerative and TraumaticSpine
Dr. Sean Christie Dalhousie, Halifax
8:15 – 8:30Two-Year Clinical Experience with the FACETFUSE in over 1000 Facets Fused
Dr. Kingsley Chin Palm Beach, Florida
8:30 – 8:45 Osteobiologics in Complex Scoliosis
Dr. Felipe Villota Cali, Columbia
8:45 – 9:05Keynote Address
Evolution of Spinal Deformity Correction
Dr. Robert Brady Connecticut, USA
9:05 – 9:25Day Surgery for ACDF
Dr. Sean Smith Toronto, Canada
9:25 – 9:40Management of Asymptomatic and Mildly Symptomatic Cervical Spinal Stenosis
Prof. Chris Ekong Saskatchewan, Canada
9:40 – 9:55Techniques in Vascular Anastamosis
Dr. Rajeev Venugopal UHWI, Kingston
9:55 – 10:00Questions & Answers
Session 510:30 A.M.
Multidisciplinary ICU Workshop
WORKSHOP ON PRACTICAL MANAGEMENT OF NEUROCRITICAL CARE AND TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
TIME / SPEAKER / TOPICDr. Derrick Harvey
Dr. Delroy Fray / Chairperson
10:30 – 10:35 / Dr. Wendy Gardner / Introduction
10:35 – 10:50 / Nurse Melisa Salmon-Blidgen / Overview on Aspects of Nursing of the Neurosurgical Patient
10:50 – 11:05 / Dr. Odette Harris / Update on Pathophysiology of TBI
11:05 – 11:20 / Dr. Kelvin Metalor / Ventilatory Management
11:20 – 10:35 / Dr. Althea Aquart / DVT Prophylaxis and Gastric Prophylaxis
11:35 – 11:50 / Dr. Annette Crawford-Sykes / Fluid Management
11:50 – 12:05 / Dr. Dean Soogrim / ARDS
AM Panel
12:05 – 12:35 / BREAK
Dr. Hyacinth Harding-Goldson
Dr. Lambert Innis / Chairperson
12:35 – 12:50 / Dr. Dwayne Hall / Managing Polytrauma
12:50 – 1:05 / Dr. Mark Morgan / Advanced Neuromonitoring
1:05 – 1:20 / Dr. Franz Pencle / Role of Decompressive Craniectomy
1:20 – 1:35 / Dr. Adriana Hamilton
Dr. Marvin Reid / Nutrition
1:35 – 1:50 / Dr. Paula Dawson / Rehabilitation
PM Panel
CANS Charity Golf Classic
Cinnamon Hill Golf Course
Tee time – 11:00 a.m.