World Vestibular Schwannoma Awareness Day 2024
Saturday, June 22, 2024
North America
11AM-4PM PDT
1PM-6PM CDT
2PM-7PM EDT
Europe
6PM-11PM GMT
7PM-12AM CET
Sunday, June 23, 2024
Asia
2AM-7AM CST
3AM-8AM JST
This 5-hour Zoom webinar is dedicated to cutting-edge innovations in vestibular schwannoma. Join us for a discussion of high-yield topics from international thought leaders. Registration is free and open to clinicians, scientists, patients, and patient advocates.
Program Schedule
Welcome and Introduction: Matthew Carlson, MD and Michael Link, MD (Mayo Clinic, USA)
Hour 1: Advances in Neuromonitoring
Continuous facial nerve and cochlear nerve action potential monitoring
Transcranial motor evoked potentials (MEP) for facial nerve monitoring
Tailoring extent of resection in vestibular schwannoma microsurgery
Electrical monitoring of the cochlear nerve for optimizing cochlear implantation
Discussion / Q&A
Hour 2: Techniques in Vestibular Schwannoma Treatment
Technical pearls for facial nerve microdissection
Technical pearls for hearing preservation microsurgery
Technical pearls of radiosurgery to optimize hearing outcome
Managing giant tumors
Discussion / Q&A
Hour 3: Optimizing Patient Outcomes through Multidisciplinary Care
Optimizing facial nerve outcomes through collaboration with facial plastic surgeons
Cochlear implant placement after vestibular schwannoma treatment
Benefits and organization of a multidisciplinary NF2 clinic
Magnetic resonance imaging after cochlear implantation or auditory brainstem implantation
Discussion / Q&A
Hour 4: On the Horizon - Molecular Genomics and Applications
Medical therapy for sporadic and NF2 vestibular schwannoma
Prediction of tumor behavior based on genetic profile
Tumor microenvironment and implications for vestibular schwannoma care
Circulating-free DNA (cfDNA) and potential applications for CNS tumors
Discussion / Q&A
Hour 5: Difficult Cases
Case 1
Case 2
Case 3
Case 4
Discussion / Q&A
Registration
Interested in attending the webinar? Please complete the form below and click Submit. We will email you the Zoom link within 48 hours of the event.