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GKS Training and Accreditation Course
This course is paramount for local specialists as it plays a crucial role in the accreditation and re-accreditation process. For international participants, it serves as an excellent introductory program for new or early users of the GKS system.
28 February 2025, Friday
| Time | Programme | Speakers | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0800 – 0900 | Registration and Breakfast | – | NUH Khoo Teck Puat Advanced Surgery Training Centre (ASTC) |
| 0900 – 1200 | GKS Training and Accreditation Course (AM Session) | Dr Bengt Karlsson / Dr Yeo Tseng Tsai | |
| 1200 – 1300 | Lunch | ||
| 1300 – 1600 | GKS Training and Accreditation Course (PM Session) | Dr Bengt Karlsson / Dr Yeo Tseng Tsai | |
| 1600 – 1800 | Registration and welcome reception for ALGKS 2025 | NUHS Staff Lounge | |
| 1900 onwards | Evening Programme: ALGKS 2025 Faculty Dinner (Faculty) | TBC |
ALGKS Day 1
1 March 2025, Saturday
| Time | Programme | Speakers | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Session 1: Arteriovenous Malformations and Vascular Disorders | |||
| 0900 – 0910 | Opening Address | Dr Vincent Nga / Dr Balamurugan | NUHS Tower Block Auditorium |
| 0900 – 0920 | Welcome Address | Dr Bengt Karlsson (Singapore) | |
| 0920 – 0940 | Arteriovenous Malformations and the Risk of Rupture in Pregnancy | Dr Bengt Karlsson (Singapore) | |
| 0940 – 1005 | Radiosurgery for Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas | Prof Guo Wan-Yuo (Taiwan) | |
| 1005 – 1100 | Free Paper Presentations | ||
| 1100 – 1200 | Lunch | ||
| Session 2: Management of Brain Metastases | |||
| 1200 – 1220 | Current Strategies for Treatment of Brain Metastases Using Systemic Therapies | Dr Yvonne Ang (SG) | NUHS Tower Block Auditorium |
| 1220 – 1245 | Pre-surgical Radiosurgery for Brain Metastases | Dr Lee Jung-Il (South Korea) | |
| 1245 – 1310 | Staged Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Large Brain Metastases | Dr Toru Serizawa (Japan) | |
| 1310 – 1335 | Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for brain metastases from melanoma | Dr Neda Haghighi (Australia) | |
| 1335 – 1430 | Free Paper Presentations | ||
| 1430 – 1500 | Tea Break | ||
| Session 3: Diagnosis and Management of Radiation-induced Sequelae | |||
| 1500 – 1525 | Management of Radiation-inducedComplications | Dr Hidefumi Jokura (Japan) | NUHS Tower Block Auditorium |
| 1525 – 1545 | Tumour vs Radiation Changes – Can WeTell? | Dr Clement Yong (Singapore) | |
| 1545 – 1630 | Free Paper Presentations | ||
| 1830 onwards | Conference Dinner (Faculty + Delegates) | TBC | |
ALGKS Day 2
2 March 2025, Sunday
| Time | Programme | Speakers | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Session 4: Radiosurgery for Benign Brain Tumours | |||
| 0900 – 0925 | Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for atypical meningiomas | Dr Wade Yang (Taiwan) | NUHS Tower Block Auditorium |
| 0925 – 0950 | Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for large vestibular schwannomas | Dr Yu Chung Ping (Hong Kong SAR) | |
| 0950 – 1015 | Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for recurrent and residual meningeal hemangiopericytomas in Tiantan hospital | Dr Sun Shibin (China) | |
| 1015 – 1040 | The radiosurgical intervention for Tpit lineage silent corticotroph adenomas | Dr Wu Hanfeng (China) | |
| 1040 – 1200 | Free paper presentations | ||
| 1200 | Closing address | ||
| Accreditation Course Topic | Speakers |
|---|---|
| Role of GKS for Multiple Brain Metastases | Adj. A/Prof Balamurugan A Vellayappan |
| GKS for Pituitary | Dr Aaron Foo |
| Neuroradiology for GKS | Prof Guo Wan-Yuo |
| Is There a Role for AI in GKS? | Prof Guo Wan-Yuo |
| Microsurgery or GKS for Vestibular Schwannomas? | Dr Hidefumi Jokura |
| Basic Principles of GKS | Prof Bengt Karlsson |
| Unruptured AVMs, Wait and See or GKS? | Prof Bengt Karlsson |
| Cavernomas, Wait and See or GKS? | Prof Bengt Karlsson |
| Long Term Results Following GKS for Meningiomas | Prof Bengt Karlsson |
| MVD or GKS for Trigeminal Neuralgia? | Prof Yeo Tseng Tsai |
| Neurocytomas and GKS | Dr Nivedh Dinesh |
