Newsletter Archives - January 2007 FROM SECRETARY'S DESK January 2007 Dear Members, 55th NSI Annual Conference at Madurai was a nice experience with good attendance. However, lesser participation in NSI annual conferences by Neurologists was a concern. Absence of Prof. M. Natarajan was very much felt. Younger members of the society are encouraged to avail more and more of fellowships awarded by NSI. Henceforth, preference will be given to publish articles from India in our NSI journal "Neurology India". Every attempt is being made to update the membership list, kindly inform any change in address immediately to me. All of us must contribute in whatever possible way to increase public awareness of neurological diseases sponsorship for this is welcome. With regards & best wishes (B. S. Sharma) Hony. Secretary NSI Professor &Head Department of Neurosurgery Neurosciences Centre All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110029 Phone : 26593291, 26588927(O) 26490989 (R) Email: [email protected]Urgent Immediate must do All Members Please Send Current E-Mail ID to The Secretary at the earliest Annual Conference 2008 Bids are invited, on prescribed form, for holding the Annual Conference of Neurological Society of India to be held in December, 2008. Bids on the
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Newsletter Archives - January 2007
FROM SECRETARY'S DESK
January 2007
Dear Members,
55th NSI Annual Conference at Madurai was a nice experience with good attendance. However, lesser participation in NSI annual conferences by Neurologists was a concern. Absence of Prof. M. Natarajan was very much felt.
Younger members of the society are encouraged to avail more and more of fellowships awarded by NSI. Henceforth, preference will be given to publish articles from India in our NSI journal "Neurology India". Every attempt is being made to update the membership list, kindly inform any change in address immediately to me.
All of us must contribute in whatever possible way to increase public awareness of neurological diseases sponsorship for this is welcome.
With regards & best wishes
(B. S. Sharma)Hony. SecretaryNSIProfessor &HeadDepartment of NeurosurgeryNeurosciences CentreAll India Institute of Medical Sciences,New Delhi-110029Phone : 26593291, 26588927(O) 26490989 (R)Email: [email protected]
Urgent Immediate must doAll Members Please
Send Current E-Mail ID to The Secretary at the earliest
Annual Conference 2008
Bids are invited, on prescribed form, for holding the Annual Conference of Neurological Society of India to be held in December, 2008. Bids on the prescribed form should reach the Secretary, NSI before 30.04.2007.
» 9th Annual AIIMS Microneurosurgery Workshop, & Sarveshwari Memorial Oration
from 14th-15th Feb,07 Orator: Prof. Arnold Menezes IOWA, USA, Guest Faculty: Prof. B. A Chandramouli, NIMHANS, Bangalore, Contact Address: Room NO. 712, Department of Neurosurgery, Neurosiences Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110029 • Tel.: (D) 011-26594888, 26593291 • Fax: 011-26862663 Email: [email protected]
» 4th South Asian Association of Neurosurgeons Conference 15th - 18th February,
2007, New Delhi. Email : [email protected] » A Conference on "1st Indian Update on Radiosurgery" will be held on 7 - 8 April,
2007 at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi on the occasion of 10 years of Gamma Knife Centre, at AIIMS. Organized by Department of Neurosurgery & Radio oncology AIIMS. For information please contact: Dr. Aditya Gupta, Organizing Secretary Email: [email protected] • Ph.: 9868398239
» 2nd International Symposium and 8th Annual Conference of Indian Society of
Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care (9th -11th February 2007)
Organizers: Department of Neuroanaesthesiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110029, India.
» Dr. B.K. Mishra invited as faculty to 2007 AANS meeting to speak in "Future of
Global Neurosurgery" » Prof. M. Gourie Devi nominated as Expert Member of the "International Brain
Disorders Review Panel" of National Institute of Health and Forgarty. She also gave a lecture on Neurotuberculosis Challenges and Opportunities" at University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, USA.
» Dr. M.L.Babu promoted as Professor & Head, Dept. of Neurosurgery, Sher-I-
Kashmir Institute Medical Sciences, Srinagar. » Dr. Trimurti D. Nadkarni promoted as Professor in the Department of
Neurosurgery, King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth G.S. Medical College, Mumbai.
» Dr. P.K. Sahoo promoted to the rank of Brigadier and appointed as Professor &
Head of the Department of Neurosurgery, at AFMC, Pune. » Dr. Kameshwar Prasad, Professor of Neurology, AIIMS, New Delhi was invite to
hold a series of meetings to plan strategies for the WHO Collaborating Centre for Educational Development at the College of Medicine and Medical Sciences. The Arabian Gulf University, Bahrain from 18th to 23rd November, 2006.
MESSAGE Dear Colleagues,
The Neurological Society of India has grown over the years & gained reputation internationally. I am grateful to you for giving me the opportunity to take the society forward for the next one year.
We know that neurological disorders are far more common than one believes. We also realize that inspite of Phenomenal developments and innovations in the field of neurosciences in the last few decades there are many things which we still do not understand about the functioning of the nervous system and we need to know much more about it.
Fortunately the Government has established the National Brain Research Center at Manesar, Gurgaon. I appeal to all the neuroscientists to take advantage of this facility maximally. All its facilities including Library are available to all the members of the Society. In the long run this would benefit our patients more effectively.
Inspite of Neurological disorders being far more common than other diseases, yet the public money spent for research on neurological disorders is far less than other fields of medicine. This short coming to my mind is due to the lack of public awareness, and I am sure it can be Improved, which could automatically put pressure on various funding agencies to provide more funds for research,
prevention & rehabilitation of our patients.
I request all the members of our society to work unitedly to improve public awareness of neurological disorders. In this regard I suggest following steps be initiated this year. We should regularly arrange a public lecture during our annual conference every year with wide publicity. I also further appeal to all other national societies pertaining to neurosciences to make it a regular feature to have a public lecture during their annual conferences with wide publicity & media coverage.
In addition all local, state & regional branches should celebrate days associated with neurological disorders throughout the country under the banner of Neurological Society of India by local branches & try for media coverage. Public lectures, exhibitions etc. should highlight neurological disorders including its prevalence, prevention & management.
There are: 1 World Parkinsonism Day 11th April2 World Stroke Day 24th June 3 World Alzheimer's Day 21st September4 World Trauma Day 16th October5 World Epilepsy Day 17th November To achieve this I suggests to all the Neuroclubs / Societies / Associations
/Chapters of the different cities / States / Regions to forward names & addresses of their office bearers to Secretary NSI so that they can be issued outlines for celebrating these activities locally under the joint banner of Neurological Society of India and local body.
I would welcome other suggestions from any member to achieve our goals and
objectives.
Thanks & kind regards,
Dr. V S Mehta
President of Neurological Society of India Top Bids are invited on prescribed form given below for holding the 13th
Asia - Australio Asian Society of Neurological Surgeons Congress 2011
Bids should reach the secretariat of Neurological Society of India before
13th April 2007. Form for bidding of 13th Asia - Australio Asian Society of Neurological Surgeons
9. How many neurosurgeons are there in the host country? Minutes of meeting of board of Trustees of WFNS (I) Trust held at
Madurai on 21.12.06. Members present.
(i) Dr. S.N. Bhagwati
(ii) Dr. A. K. Banerji
(iii) Dr. V.S. Mehta
(iv) Dr. K. Ganapathy
(v) Dr. Atul Goel
(vi) Dr. Suresh Nair 1. The meeting was chaired by Dr. S.N. Bhagwati Vice-President in the absence of
Dr. P.N. Tandon.
2. The Secretary's report was read out & accepted. Ten conferences/seminars/workshop were given financial assistance for organizing them. One neurosurgeon was given assistance for overseas trainings. Fourteen neurosurgeons were given financial assistance to attend national meetings, while thirteen were given financial assistance to attend international meetings abroad.
3. It was decided to stop in future the clause of giving audited reports by organizers of symposia/workshop/conferences receiving grants from our Trust. This was done due to poor response from those who were given financial grants by the Trust.
4. The work being done by the Trust was commended.
5. Special thank were expressed for Dr. V. P. Singh who has donated Rs. 3,34 lacs to our Trust from the savings after organizing the annual conference of ISPN & ISS FNS. If there is any future income tax liability on this amount the Trust has agreed to pay the same.
6. The meeting closed with a vote of thanks to the chair. Minutes of the Executive Committee Meeting held on 21-12-2006 at
Madurai. The following members attended the meeting:- Dr. K. Ganapathy, Dr. V.S. Mehta, Dr. B.S. Sharma, Dr. Ravi Ramamurthi, Dr. Atul
Goel, Dr. S.R. Dharkar, Dr. C.U. Velmurugendran, Dr. K. Bhattacharya, Dr. A.S. Narayanswami, Dr. C.E. Deopujari, Dr. V. Rajshekhar, Dr. Chitra Sarkar, Dr. A.K. Banerji, Dr. S.N. Bhagwati .
1. The meeting was called to order by the President (Dr. Ganapathy)
2. Condolence for the sad demise of Dr. V. Balasubramaniam, Dr. A. D. Sehgal and Dr. A.D. Desai. The President (Dr. Ganapathy) requested the Secretary to send a formal note to all families on behalf of NSI conveying condolences as well as appreciation for services rendered.
3. Secretary's Report was read out by Prof. B.S. Sharma.
a. Minutes of Executive Committee meeting held in May 2006 at Madurai have been published in the newsletter of June 2006 issue.
b. Following actions have been taken.
i.) Space for permanent office of NSI has been acquired at Mata Chanan Devi Hospital. Currently the previous records, newsletters are being collected. Dr. Ganapathy requested Secretary to put this information on the website and in the next newsletter.
Prof. A.K. Banerji expressed apprehensions regarding terms and conditions of acquiring this office space. He was of the opinion that decision to give this space to NSI must be the resolution of the trust of Mata Chanan Devi Hospital not of an individual. Presently a single room had been given to NSI in the old building with provisions for free telephone, internet etc. for an initial period of 15 years when will be shifted later on in new building.
Dr. B.S. Sharma (Secretary) was asked to take legal opinion, and bring the matter
back to the EC in the mid term meeting at Agra in May 2007.
Dr. Ravi Ramamurthi informed that in VHS there was a large museum with all archives related to neurosurgery. This could come as a proposal later once the Mata Chanan Devi issue was settled.
ii.) Training in Neurosciences Dr. A.K. Banerji expressed concern over the dumping of the 5 year course and lack of uniformity in the present courses (some centre 2 yrs. & some 3 yrs.) He along with the entire Executive Committee were of the opinion that the 5 year course should be re-introduced and that there should a uniform 3 year course for both Neurology and Neurosurgery. No place should have a DM/Mch. programme unless emergency services were available. He felt that it was very crucial for Neurology and Neurosurgery to co-ordinate an internal meeting to draw up a curriculum. Prof. Mehta informed that a meeting had been held in this regard with MCI about 1 ½ yrs. ago but there was no reply from MCI till date. The Secretary was asked to follow up this matter with MCI. The President Dr. Ganapathy informed that he had discussion with Prof. Rajsekaran President of NBE who had agreed to discuss specific curriculum recommendations made by NSI. The Executive Committee appointed Secretary Prof. B.S. Sharma as the convenor for co-ordinating a meeting of selected senior people including allied specialties (1) to develop and design the curriculum in difference subjects in Neurosciences & (2) to draw up recommendations/criteria for recognition of training centres and trainers.
It was decided to have the meeting in Delhi on 13the December and get NBE and
MCI officials also for the meeting. The Executive Committee passed a resolution that the entire NSI wanted the 5/6 year course to be reintroduced which should be reiterated to NBE.
Dr. Ganapathy informed that NBE had started a supplementary exam in June for candidates who had failed in December. Dr. Bhagwati suggested that operative skills should be tested in exams but other Executive Committee members expressed reservations. It was decided that this matter may be discussed in the curriculum committee.
4. Treasurer's Report Dr. Ravi Ramamurthy informed that 75 lakhs was available in RBI bonds (8% interest). This year Rs. 6,13,000/- had been received as fees from life and associate members (till December 13, 2006). He expected that collection to be around 10 lakhs by end March, 2007. The main expenses was the WFNS contribution which had increased from 6 to 8 dollars / person. Total Rs. 2,66,000/- paid this year. The other expenses were travel expenses in mid-year Executive Meeting and pay to the Secretary (Rs. 3000/- PM) and accountant (Rs. 2000/- PM) of the Treasurer.
Dr. Ravi Ramamurthi informed that the original SBI account in Delhi was being handled by Dr. B.S. Sharma and Dr. V.S. Mehta, while the Chennai account was being handled by Dr. Ravi and Dr. Ganapathy. Dr. Bhagwati informed that Dr. Deopujari had sent the papers for Income Tax exemption. Dr. Ravi informed that he had computerized the whole system and requested that copy of every new membership should be sent to Secretary and Journal Editor of NSI.
The Treasurer's Report was Proposed by Prof. C. Velumurgendran and Seconded
by Dr. Kalyan Bhattacharya.
5. CME Report - Prof. Rajshekhar informed that the new formats in CME esp. Controversies in Neurology and Neurosurgery were very much appreciated. Feed back forms will be analyzed and subsequent changes made after receiving these inputs. Dr. Kalyan informed that due to some printing mistakes the CME book had been given for rebinding hence was not available during the conference. He would courier this book to each registered delegate by 10th - 15th January. He also informed that this year the printing charges had escalated since the no. of copies as well as no. of pages /volume had increased and also art paper had been used for 500 books.
The Treasurer had promised Rs. 220 per book for this year. It was decided by the EC that the Treasurer should pay the extra Rs. 37,000/- to Dr. Kalyan this time. But Dr. Ravi reminded that this should not be precedence. The EC fixed an amount of Rs. 250/- per CME book from next year as contribution from NSI. In no circumstance should the cost be > Rs. 250/-. If it exceeds Rs. 250/- then CME convenor should generate the funds. Prof. Rajshekhar suggested that publication of this CME book should be professionalized by giving to a good publisher. This will ensure uniformity and bring in professionalism.
The EC agreed and authorized Prof. Rajshekhar to entrust the CME book publication with a professional publisher with good track record. Copyright of publisher to be checked. Prof. Rajshekhar should make the proposal and being it to the mid year EC meeting for discussion and finalization.
6. Editor's Report - Dr. Atul Goel informed that Journal was being published on time. No. of articles had increased 3 times as compared to last year. Website hits > 2000/day. Online publication started before the article comes in print. Impact factor to be informed in mid term Executive Committee.
Submission to acceptance time 58.9 days (approximately 2 months). Increase of comments on published papers.
The Editor said that he needed more time to think about making the journal bimonthly. Regarding audited statement of accounts he informed that he has a deficit of Rs. 1,52,000/- The EC sanctioned the payment of this amount from NSI funds this time. The EC authorized the Treasurer to collect funds on behalf of the Journal editor. Subsequently the Treasurer would pay the required amount to the editor.
The EC agreed that the abstract of papers read in conferences should be published under the banner of Neurology India. The Editor was asked to come back with specific details when a final decision would be taken in mid term EC.
7. Orations for Agra Conference : Nomination committee nominated Prof. Mark Hallett, Dept of Neurology NIH for Tandon Oration.
Orator for Ramamurthy Oration be finalized soon.
The earlier resolution was re-iterated that only Rs. 30,000/- would be given by NSI for all orations. The local Organising Secretary would take care of local hospitality
and waive off registration of orators.
8. Symposia at Agra- The President reiterated that there would not be > 2 overseas speaker in any Neurology/Neurosurgery CME/Symposia.
For Neurosurgery - Prof. Atul Goel's suggestions of "management of cavernous sinus tumors" was accepted for Neurology - "Movement disorders" suggested by Dr. Kalyan Bhattacharya was approved.
9. Rules and names for travel fellowship. - EC authorized Treasurer to use his discretion within framework of rules to grant travel fellowship. NSI to be deleted from Travel fellowship rule of constitution.
10. Bid for NSI 2008 - Only one bid from Dr. Purohit of Hyderabad received EC extends date to 30th April 2007 for bidding for 2008 conference.
11. Electronic voting - The Secretary informed that only 25% members with email number. To pursue electronic voting 100% email ID acquired. Decision to start electronic voting only when 100% email IDs available.
12. Election Results -Dr. B. K. Mishra, Dr. Venkatraman, Dr. Ramesh Chandra were the contestants,
Dr. B.K. Mishra was declared- President (Elect)
13. Asia - Australian Congress, 2011 - Neurological Society of India, Executive Committee endorsed / supported bid to AASNS from India, to be submitted before November, 2007.
Hence, all interested to host AASNS should submit their bid to Secretary, NSI by 30th April, 2007. Format for submitting bid to be published in newsletter. Final decision will be taken in mid term Executive Committee Meeting.
14. Reduction of CME fees - EC agreed for 1 day registration for CME to increase attendance - fixed at Rs. 1000/-.
15 Dr. A.K. Banerji and Dr. S.N. Bhagwati raised the matter of accepting undue favours like for Air tickets, accommodation and local transport from drug and equipment companies. This process of accepting undue favours has already been stopped by AAN & AANS in USA. Germany has initiated strict criminal proceedings against violators Executive Committee noted with concern the increasing dependence of individual members on company sponsorship. EC unanimously endorse that such practices should be stopped forthwith. Treasurer Dr. Ravi, Dr. Ganapathy and Dr. Rajshekhar were requested by Executive Committee to lay down guidelines and get back at the mid term Executive Committee meeting for discussion.
16. Counting of votes in General Body - Executive Committee discussed existing procedure is as per constitution and will continue.
18. Next Executive Committee Meeting - 26th & 27th May, 2007.
19. Breakfast Session - Chairman of scientific committee to finalize the academic programme.
20. Dr. Deopujari's proposal "For the President and Secretary post the candidate must have served executive for at least one term was accepted in principle by the Executive Committee only for Secretary post but cannot be applied retrospectively. He was requested by the EC to submit his proposal in proper format for constitutional amendment.
21. Prof. V. Rajshekar was nominated as webmaster of NSI. Rs. 20,000/- to Rs. 25,000/- can be paid to computer professional with him for its maintenance.
22. Awards - Following were declared winner for respective awards:
a. Hindustan Ciba - Geigy : Dr. Faizuddin Ahmed, Department of Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
b. Allied Neurosciences : Dr. Ariva zhagana, Dept. of Neurosurgery, NIMHANS, Bangalore
c. Herbert Krause Neuro Oncology : Dr. Manish S. Sharma, Department of Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
d. NSI Neurosurgery : Dr. Nupur Pruthi, Dept. of Neurosurgery, NIMHANS, Bangalore
e. MCQ : Dr. Naren Nayak, Sri Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, Kerala.
f. Best Poster award Neurology : Dr. Sohan Desai - Neurological manifestation in a patient with 4 A syndrome Department of Neurology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
g. Best Poster award Neurosurgery : Dr. Purav Patel, Post Traumatic Trochlear Nerve injury - Study of 26 patients, Department of Neurosurgery, Apollo Hospital, Chennai.
Minutes of GBM to be held on 22nd December, Raja Mularyah Hall,
Madurai
President called the meeting to order. All the members and executives observed 2 minutes silence to express condolence on sad demise of Dr.
Balasubramaniam, Dr. A.D. Sehgal, Dr. A.D. Desai and M. Natrajan. Secretary's Report including proceeding of EC meeting held on 21st Dec. 2006 at
Akash Club in Madurai was read.
President requested Treasurer to present his report. Dr. Sahu asked the explanation about the miscellaneous income mentioned in the Report. Treasurer replied that it has come from the advertisement published in newsletter in favour of Sains University Malaysia.
Dr. Bhatoi proposed it and Dr. K. Bhattacharya Seconded. Dr. Kalairajan handed over a cheque of Rs. 7,05,400/- (registration fee + stall amount) to the Treasurer, NSI. In history of NSI, this was done for the first time for which organizing secretary was congratulated. President expressed that this should form a good precedence for the future.
President requested Dr. Rajshekhar to present CME Convenor's Report. It was pointed out that the CME book should also be available in CD. The report was proposed by Dr. Sarla Menon and seconded by Dr. Karam Chand Sharma.
President requested the Editor to present his report. Dr. B.K. Mishra suggested that abstracts should be published in Neurology India and Organising Secretary of the conference should send the abstracts to the Editor. Dr. K. Bhattacharya suggested that abstract publication should come out after the conference. The Editor's Report was proposed by Dr. K. Bhattacharya and Seconded by Dr. Ashish Pathak. Dr. B. S. Sharma suggested that articles from India should be given preference for publication in Neurology India. Editor assured that more articles from India will be published henceforth. Dr. Narayan Swami pointed out that the papers in neurology were of low standard.
Dr. Ramchandran suggested that a provision should be made to deposit ballot papers at conference venue also. Dr. Taoari felt that if a single member feels some doubt about the process it should be given weightage. Dr. B.K. Mishra suggested to have candidate is representative at the time of counting. Dr. K. Bhattacharya suggested that candidate himself should be present counting. Dr. Naidu suggested that election should be held at conference venue.
Dr. Kailairajan suggested that the time of GBM should be changed. And it may be incorporated in between the business sessions. Whereas, Dr. Taoari said that changing of time and incorporation of GBM between the sessions may spoil the academic sessions by spilling over.
Dr. Ramchandran expressed concern over less attendance by Neurologist in NSI conferences. He suggested that a joint meeting of NSI and IAN should be organized once in 2-3 years and symposium should be on the topics of common interest to neurosurgeons and neurologists. Dr. Thomas Joseph also suggested a joint conference of IAN and NSI every 2-3 years.
The NSI website should be updated and the NSI constitution should also be put on the website.
The meeting ended with vote of thanks to the chair. NEUROLOGICAL SOCIETY OF INDIA Application form for Life/Associate Membership
Name in full (IN BLOCK LETTERS)
Age and Date of birth:
Sex: Membership No. (If any):
Mailing Address with Pin code No.,
Telephone No., Fax No. and E-mail Address:
(Any change in mailing address must be communicated to the Secretary, Treasurer, and Editor immediately so as to enable us to maintain the contact with you.)
Qualifications:
Past appointments and Experience in the speciality:
*Present Appointment and Hospital(s) where working:
Attach List of Publications
Place : Signature
Date :
Proposed by : Seconded by:
(Only Full Member who have no outstanding dues to the Society or Life Members are eligible for proposing and seconding an application for grant of Full Membership.)
*State whether full time worker (attach documents supporting your claim) in Neurology, Neurosurgery and its allied disciplines or if part time, whether attending to all the neurological work in the hospital(s) or running special neurological clinics.
Note: A full time worker in Neurology, Neurosurgery or its allied disciplines can apply for direct enrolment as a Full Member of the Society. But the membership will be granted only during the Annual Conference of the Society, which is held in the Third week of December.
Details of Payment
Associate Members Rs. 600
Admission fee Rs. 1800
3 years subscription (Renewable in 3 year Blocks)
Full Members
Annual Subscription Rs. 1000
Effective 2001 full members would be admitted only as life members.
Conversion of existing Full members to Life members:
Rebate of 2.5% for the life membership subscription would be given for every completed year of continuous Full membership.
Conversion of Associate member to Life member:
Admission Fees Rs. 200 Annual subscription as per rules. Effective Dec. 2001 Full members would be admitted only as life members.
Life Members Rs. 9,000
(in one installment or Rs. 3,250- in three installments)
+
Rs. 800/- (admission fee)
(For Direct Life Membership)
Postal surcharge for sending newsletter and journal for members/associate members residing abroad Rs. 1000 per year.
DD/cheque to be drawn in favour of "Neurological Society of India", payable at the city of residence of Treasurer NSI. Outstation bank charges Rs.80/- to be included in the cheque.
The completed application form along with the draft is to be sent to:
Dr. S. Sampath Application form for Inviting Annual Conference of Neurological Society
of India Name and address of member / Neuro Group / Club inviting the Conference [with
PIN Code & Tele Nos. Fax, E-mail]
Proposed organizing secretary and his Address [with PIN Code & Tele Nos. Fax, E-mail]
Institution / Site where the conference is to be held [with full postal address and Telephone No., Fax, E-mail]
Air, Rail & Road Connection available.
Facilities available:-
a No. of conference halls and their seating capacity for conducting concurrent sessions.
b Audio / Video / Visual facilities.
c Electricity and alternate arrangements.
d Facilities for transportation including proposal arrangements from railway station / airport transfers, local tansport to venue & social functions from approved places of stay.
e Hotel / Hostel / Guest House accommodations available.
f Facilities for catering services.
g Telephone facilities.
h Facilities available for conduct of Cultural Programmes Accommodation Tariff.
i Subsidised package for Neuro-nurses meeting.
j Subsidey payable to Neurology India: Manner in which savings would be spent:
k Space available for:- a Poster / exhibits
b Exhibition stall for drugs / instruments
c State of CME books
d Registration
e Society's office
Brief description of Historic places.
No. of Neuroscientists available for helping the organizing secretary for efficient conduct of conference.
Certificate from the President & Secy. of the Neurosciences Group of the city.
Proposed registration fee
Any special information
Recommendation of head of institution [when venue is in an Institution]
I confirm that I will pay
1. 20% of the Registration Fee to the Treasurer, NSI.
2. Rs. 10,000/- per stall exhibited in the conference to the Editor, Neurology India through Treasurer, NSI.
3. Rs. 200/- per delegate fro printing of CME book "Progress in Clinical Neurosciences" to the Convenor of CME through Treasurer, NSI.
4. Submit an audited account within six months of conclusion of the conference.
Date Signature
Congratulations
1Dr. C.U. Velmurugendran : Elected as fellowship of Royal College of Physician Glasgow.
2 Dr. B.K. Misra : Guest Member Japan Neurosurgical Society,
Invited as Faculty at Congress of Neurological Surgeons at Chicago, USA,
Faculty for World Federation of Neurological Surgeons for WFNS courses at Bali, Indonesia and Vietnam in 2006.
3 Dr. Sudhir Shah promoted as Professor and Head of Department of Neurology at
K. M. School of PG Medicine and research and NHL Municipal Medical College: Sheth VS General Hospital, Ahmedabad.
4 Dr. V. S. Mehta invited guest lecture : 6th National Conference of Neurosurgeon of
China at Beijing, Asia Academy Neurosurgeons at Shangai, 8th International Conference on Cerebro Vascular Surgery at Tapei.
5 Dr. K. K. Bansal, Dehradun, name appeared in Guinness World Records for
removing eight tumors from one patient.
Fellowship The Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgical Program at the Jaslok Hospital offers a fellowship course in Functional Neurosurgery to post M.Ch or DNB Neurosurgical candidates. The fellowship will bear a stipend and would be offered for 1-2 yrs. period.
Contact:
Dr. Paresh K. Doshi
In-Charge, Department of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre
15, G. Deshmukh Marg,
Mumbai-400026, India
Tel. : +912266573185
Mob. : +91 9820063854
www.parkinsonsdiseasesurgery.net
Positions Available The School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia seeks a neurologist to join the Department of Neurosciences. He/she will work as an integral member of the existing interdisciplinary team. This position is a combination of clinical service, training and scholarly activity. The successful applicant will be expected to maintain an active research
profile, secure extramural funding, supervise master/doctoral students and contribute to undergraduate and post-graduate medical education.
QUALIFICATION/EXPERIENCE:
PROFESSOR:
Master's and Ph.D. with M.B.B.S/MD degree with at least 12 years of teaching experience in the field, especially at university level. Should also have demonstrated research experience and substantial publications in refereed journals at both national and international level.
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR:
Master's and Ph.D. with M.B.B.S/MD degree with at least 7 years of teaching experience as a lecturer. Should also have demonstrated research experience and substantial publications in refereed journals at both national and international level.
LECTURER:
Master's and Ph.D. with M.B.B.S/MD degree with at least 3 years teaching and/or industrial experience.
BENEFITS:
Return passage for appointee and family (wife and three children below 18 years); excess baggage assistance, paid annual leave of 30 days, free medical benefits. A nontaxable gratuity at the rate of 17.5 percent of the last drawn salary for every month of service will be paid on completion of contract.
ANNUAL SALARY RANGE (INCLUSIVE OF ALLOWANCES): (USD1.00 = RM3.80):
The salary level shall be determined according to the appointee's academic qualifications, current position and professional experience.
Professor : RM130,629 - RM149,070
Associate Professor : RM78,000 - RM98,400
Lecturer : RM49,417 - RM79,608
TENURE:
Selected candidates will be appointed for three years in the first instance and renewable for another three years if necessary.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE:
Application forms can be downloaded from http://registry.usm.my/z_web/unit_pengambilan.htm Please fill in the form using block letters in black ink or typescript and post this together with 1) curriculum vitae, 2) three referee reports, and 3) a copy of all degree certificates before 30th January 2007. Please address it
to Professor Jafri Malin Abdullah, Head, Department of Neurosciences, School of Medical Sciences, Health Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia 16150 Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, MALAYSIA. Fax No.: +609-7648613 and email : [email protected]
Please note that curriculum vitae will only be accepted in support of a fully completed
application form, 3 letters of recommendation and copies of certificates. Applicants are however, encouraged to provide supplementary information in support of the application, where appropriate. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
PROPOSED CME PROGRAM FOR MADURAI NSI CONCURRENT SESSIONS Controversies in Neurosurgery How I do it CONCURRENT SESSIONS Thursday 21st December HERBERT KRAUSE NEUROONCOLOGY CONCURRENT SESSIONS (15:00-16:00) HALL - B CONCURRENT SESSIONS (15:00-16:00) HALL - C CONCURRENT SESSIONS (15:00-16:00) WALKING POSTER HALL - I CONCURRENT SESSIONS (15:00-16:00 ) WALKING POSTER HALL - II EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING M Abraham, H V Easwer, N M Kurshid,S Nair. CONCURRENT SESSIONS (16:15-17:45) HALL - C FRIDAY 22 DECEMBER CONCURRENT SESSIONS (08:30-09:30) HALL - C CONCURRENT SYMPOSIA (10:45- 12:45) HALL - A CONCURRENT SYMPOSIA (10:45- 12:45 HRS) HALL - B CONCURRENTSESSIONS (12:45-13:30) WALKING POSTER HALL - I CONCURRENT SESSIONS (12:45-13:30) WALKING POSTER HALL - II CONCURRENT SESSIONS (12:45-13:30) WALKING POSTER HALL - III CONCURRENT SESSIONS (14:15-15:45) HALL - A CONCURRENT SESSIONS (14:15-15:45) HALL - B CONCURRENT SESSIONS (14:15-15:45) HALL - C CONCURRENT SESSIONS (16:00-17:15) HALL - A CONCURRENT ESSIONS (16:00-17:15) HALL - B CONCURRENT SESSIONS (16:00-17:15) HALL - C SATURDAY, 23 DECEMBER Atul Goel, Abhidha Shah, Sangeeta Rawat. CONCURRENT SESSIONS (08:30-09:30) HALL - B CONCURRENT SESSIONS (08:30-09:30) HALL - C CONCURRENT SESSIONS (09:30:-10:30) WALKING POSTER HALL - I CONCURRENT SESSIONS (09:30:-10:30) WALKING POSTER HALL - II CONCURRENT SESSIONS (09:30:-10:30) WALKING POSTER HALL - III The School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia seeks a neurologist to join the Department of Neurosciences. He/she will work as an integral member of the existing interdisciplinary team. This position is a combination of clinical service, training and scholarly activity. The successful applicant will be expected to maintain an active research profile, secure extramural funding, supervise master/doctoral students and contribute to undergraduate and post-graduate medical education. Top Obituaries DR. V. BALASUBRAMANIAM New Members of NSI Associate Member's change of address
RA-107 Dr R. Ramnarayan Associate Professor & Head Department of Neurosurgery Dr. S.M. CSI Medical College Hospital Karakonam-695504 Ph: 91-471-2250233 Fax: 91-471-2250239E-mail: [email protected]
SA-216 Dr. RABI NARAYAN SHAU Associate Consultant Dept. of Neurosurgery Kalinga Hosptials Ltd. Bhubaneswar-23, Orissa Ph: 09861026995 Email: [email protected]
LNS-6 Dr. Snehaja Lal S. Consultant Neurosurgeon Dept. of Neurosurgery Gokulam Medical College Venjaramoodu Trivandrum-695 607 Email: [email protected]
RA-5 Dr. (Mrs) Sudha S. Ramachandran 'Shamrock' New No. 88-B Santhome High Road Chennai-600 028.
BNS-62 Dr J.V. Bhushan C/o K.a. Antony No. 1 Lewis Road Cooke Town, Banagalore-560005 Email: [email protected]
MNP-9 Dr. B.Maiti Former Prof. & Head, Dept. of Neurology Bangur Institute of Neurology & IPGMER, Kolkata 1/6 Rupchand Mukherjee Lane Kolkata-700025 Ph: 24854814, 24542941 Mob. 9830165484 Email: [email protected]
SNS-120 Dr. Sanjiv S. Suri Neurosurgeon G-1, Hari Towers (117/H-1/186) Pandu Nagar, Near J.K. Temple Kakadeo, Kanpur-208005 UP Email: [email protected]
PNP-35Dr. B. PrakashConsultant Neurologist & ElectrophysiologistKasturi Neuro Diagnostic Centre89-A, East Logamanya StreetR. S. PuramCoimbatore-641002TamilnaduPh: 0422 25700320422 4367338Mobile: 0936 320039309894769926Email: [email protected]
NNP-19Dr. Sunil NarayanProfessor & HeadDepartment of NeurologyJawaharlal Institute of Postgraudate Medical Education & Research,Dhanvanthari Nagar, Pondicherry-6Ph: 91-413-2272380 extn. 4330/4331 (O)+91-413-2279009+91-9443-617120 (M)+91-413-2272067 (F)Email: [email protected]@gmail.com
Dr. Rajiv Kumar C/o Dr. C.E. Deopujari R. No. 120 B 1st Floor MRC Building Bombay Hospital 12 New Marine Lines Mumbai-400 020 Mobile: 9819836055 Tel: 22003730
KA-137 Dr. P. Sunil Kumar Qtr. No. 4 Block III Resident Doctors Quarters Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences Tirupati, AP-517 507 Mobile: 99849848559 Tel: 0812 2288706
IA-4 Dr. Sandeep Pandurang Inchanalkar Plot No. B-10 Sector-7 Omshanti row house Khanda Colony New Panvel (west) Pincode No. 410206 Tel: 022-27464262 Mobile: 9820260310 Email: [email protected]
VA-63 Dr. Venkidesh K Flat No. 238 PT Chacko Nagar Ulloor Thiruvananthapuram-691 011 Kerala
SA-244 Dr. Sharmad M.S. Shadimanzil Attinkuzhy Kazhakutton PO Pin 695582 Tel: 0471-2418747 Email: [email protected]
Dept. of Neurosurgery Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Amrita Lane Elamakkara PO Kochi, Kerala-682 026 Tel: 0484-2801234 Ext. 1309 Mobile : 9895712104 Email: [email protected]
PA-93 Dr. Ashok Bhaskaran Pillai Dept. of Neurosurgery Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Amrita Lane Elamakkara PO Kochi, Kerala-682 026 Tel: 0484-2801234 Ext. 1309 Mobile : 9895712104 Email: [email protected]
AA-72 Dr. Periakaruppan Alagappan Sai Krishna Apartments (A-2) Old No. 52/new no. 60 Palayakaran Street Kodambakkam Chennai-600024 Email: [email protected]
SA-246 Dr. R. Subasree R. No. 112, Cauvery Hostel NIMHANS, Bangalore Mobile: 9980081032 Email: [email protected]
SA-247 Dr. Abhishek Srivastava R. No. G-21 Kabini Hostel NIMHANS, Hosur Road, Bangalore-560 029 Mobile: 98805 18070 Email: [email protected]
AA-74 Dr. I. Mohamed Abith Ali S/o Dr. S. Iqbal 31-A, Sathapadi Street Chidambaram - 608 001 Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu Email: [email protected]
AA-75 Dr. Rajiv Agarwal Q. No. 28 Sree Chitra Quarters
CA-67 Dr. Manmeet S. Chhabra C/o Dept. of Neurosurgery Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences Trivandrum- 695 011 Mobile: 09349853500 Email: [email protected]
VA-64 Dr. Vikas V. 2/592 Merry Land Rajiv Gandhi Nagar, Near Medical College Junction Trivandrum-693 011 Email: [email protected][email protected]
DA-59 Dr. Ganesh Divakar Thenguvilla Aeram Chathannoor (PO) Kollam-691 572
NA-43 Dr. Naren N Nayak 11, Sundarshan Society Near Tilak Nagar Post Office Dombivli (East) Thane District Maharashtra State Pin-421 201
JA-55 Dr. Vishal Jain Emergency Chemist Main Road Tundla District Firozabad-283204 Tel: 0941216130, 05612 228448
BA-99 Dr. Ritesh Kr. Bhoot Apollo Speciality Hospital 320 Padma Complex Teynampet Chennai-600 035
SNS-161 Dr. Arun Kumar Sharma Meerut Institute of Mental Heath and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) 281, 283 Sector-1 Mangal Pandey Nagar Opp. CCS University Meerut Tel : 0121 2768833 Mobile : 9837056769
MNS-86 Dr. Thiraiyan Muthu Dept. of Neurosurgery Waikato Hospital Pembroke and Selwyn Sts Post Bag 3200 Hamilton, Newzealand Email: [email protected]
JNS-30 Dr. Ashish John Jonathan Department of Neurological Sciences Christian Medical College and Hospital Vellore-632 004 Tel: 0416 2282116, 2232035 [email protected]
SNS-163 Dr. R. Srinivas 19, Gandhi Road Denkanf Kotta Krishnagiri (Dist.) Pin-635 107 Mobile: 9442114149 [email protected]
BNS-66 Dr. Arundhati Biswas 251, deshbandhu Apartments Kalkaji, New Delhi-110019 Tel: 011-26216539 Mobile: 09312077108 [email protected]
NNR-01 Dr. K. Nagarajan No. 1 Single Agraharam Sholavandan Madurai Dist. 625214 Tamil Nadu Tel: 04543 259048 Mobile- 9940078308 Email: [email protected]
(31st MAY 1924 - 23rd August 2006.)
M.B.B.S 1947. Eight prizes and seven gold medals including the Johnstone Gold Medal (awarded to the best outgoing student in Madras Medical College). M.S. (Gen. Surg) 1953,M.S. (Neurosurg) 1963, Ph.D. (Neurosurg) 1969 ( Thesis -Stereotaxic Amygdaloid Lesions in Behavioural Disorders. First to receive Ph.D in Neurosurgery in Madras University.
Hon. Asst. Surgeon (Neurosurgery) 1959-1967.Hon. Clinical Prof. of Neurosurgery, Madras Medical College. 1967 to 1982. Hon. Neurosurgeon, Institute of Neurology, Madras. 1965 to 1982.
Consultant to The CHILDS Trust Medical Research Foundation. from, 1982. Hon. Neurosurgeon, Govt. Mental Hospital, Madras 1963 to 1980. Consultant Neurosurgeon, Southern Railways, Madras 1974 to 1984. Consultant for Iswari Prasad Dattatreya Orthopaedic Centre, Consultant and Surgeon in charge Pain Clinic, Cancer Institute, Adyar, Madras. Charter Member International Society for study on Human Aggression, Member, Congress of Neurological Surgeons. International Brain Research Organisation. Founder & Past President of Indian Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences. Fellow of American College of Surgeons. Association of Surgeons of India. Neurological Society of India, International Congress of Psychosurgery. In addition to a large number of publications in local, regional, national and international journals (75 on Stereotaxic Surgery) monographs were brought out on Human Aggression, Psychosurgery and Reincarnation Major research projects included an ICMR study on Stereotaxic Surgery of Deep Nucleii of Brain in Cerebral Palsy., a P.L.480 project on "Research and demonstration project for the maximal rehabilitation of cerebral palsied children with special reference to Stereotaxic Surgery".
Prof VBS's Stereotaxic Amygdalotomy and Hypothalamotomy series is one of the largest in the world. Has been able to point out the nucleii for elimination for some of the specific disabilities in cerebral palsy like hypertonus and involuntary movements. He introduced Stereotaxic Cingulumotomy for Drug Addiction and Obsessive neurosis, and unilateral amygdalotomy and dentatothalamotomy for refractory infantile hemiplegia with athetosis, thus eliminating the need for hemispherectomy. He carried out depth studies of various nucleii of brain and their localization and worked out a model of behavioural brain with a heirarchial system.
The technical achievements of Prof VBS, highlighted above ,pale into insignificance when VBS the Man is considered. His stature made up for his height Erudite, his sense of humour was remarkable. Repartees were forthcoming in real time .A walking encyclopedia one wondered, how he could know so much about everything. Quiet, unassuming he shunned being in the limelight and went out of his way to avoid publicity. His speed during surgery belied the minute attention to details. His lectures on the behavioural brain was indeed a treat to listen to. His enthusiasm was infectious. Two of his students got a Ph.D in the use of stereotactic procedures in management of cerebral palsy. It is difficult for today's trainee to understand the conviction, commitment and passion that must have been necessary to dare to stimulate the hypothalamic nuclei 40 years ago in Chennai when there hardly any one doing this anywhere in the world.. As a teacher he was exemplary. "Flamboyant, ostentatious and flashy" were words which did not exist in his vocabulary. Soft spoken, cool, calm and composed Prof VBS would never ever raise his voice or get excited. Once when the vertebral artery was accidentally cut by the assistant he came, repaired it and went on as though nothing had ever happened. Not for him was the volley of expletives, associated with surgeons. " Vini, Vidi, Vici" could truly apply to him. He came, he saw, he conquered. People like Dr Balasubramaniam never die. They visit the planet earth He will forever live in the minds and hearts of thousands of patients, hundreds of doctors and staff of all the hospitals where he worked and scores of his students at the Institute of Neurology , in each of whom he has left an indelible mark. May his soul rest in peace.
Dr. Ifthikar Ali Raja
The Neurological Society of India places on record its deep distress on hearing the news of the untimely demise of Prof. Ifthikar Ali Raja Hon President of the WFNS, Hon President of the AASNS and former President of the Pakistan Society of Neurosurgeons. Dr. Raja took a very active part in promoting neurosurgery in the region. He was a personal friend to many of us. He was always appreciative of the growth and development of neurosurgery in India. He was a staunch supporter of Indian neurosurgery. May his soul rest in peace.
K. GANAPATHY
President, NSI
Secretary, Asian Australasian Society of neurological Surgery
QUALIFICATION/EXPERIENCE:
PROFESSOR:
Master's and Ph.D. with M.B.B.S/MD degree with at least 12 years of teaching experience in the field, especially at university level. Should also have demonstrated research experience and substantial publications in refereed journals at both national and international level.
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR:
Master's and Ph.D. with M.B.B.S/MD degree with at least 7 years of teaching experience as a lecturer. Should also have demonstrated research experience and substantial publications in refereed journals at both national and international level.
LECTURER:
Master's and Ph.D. with M.B.B.S/MD degree with at least 3 years teaching and/or industrial experience.
BENEFITS:
Return passage for appointee and family (wife and three children below 18 years); excess baggage assistance, paid annual leave of 30 days, free medical benefits. A nontaxable gratuity at the rate of 17.5 percent of the last drawn salary for every month of service will be paid on completion of contract.
ANNUAL SALARY RANGE (INCLUSIVE OF ALLOWANCES): (USD1.00 = RM3.80):
The salary level shall be determined according to the appointee's academic qualifications, current position and professional experience.
Professor : RM130,629 - RM149,070
Associate Professor : RM78,000 - RM98,400
Lecturer : RM49,417 - RM79,608
TENURE:
Selected candidates will be appointed for three years in the first instance and renewable for another three years if necessary.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE:
Application forms can be downloaded from http://registry.usm.my/z_web/unit_pengambilan.htm Please fill in the form using block letters in black ink or typescript and post this together with 1) curriculum vitae, 2) three referee reports, and 3) a copy of all degree certificates before 30th January 2007. Please address it to Professor Jafri Malin Abdullah, Head, Department of Neurosciences, School of Medical Sciences, Health Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia 16150 Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, MALAYSIA. Fax No.: +609-7648613 and email : [email protected]
Please note that curriculum vitae will only be accepted in support of a fully completed
application form, 3 letters of recommendation and copies of certificates. Applicants are however, encouraged to provide supplementary information in support of the application, where appropriate. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
NEUROSURGERY
CHAIRPERSONS : DR. RANGANATHAN JOTHI, DR. RAMKRISHNA EASWARN
09:30 - 09:35 Neuro Navigation system-our initial experience: Manish kumar, K R Suresh bapu, Siddhartha ghosh, B Chendilnathan.
09:35 - 09:40 Dedicated flat panel based Neuroangiography system with integrated 3-D imagina first experience: Vipul Gupta, Manish Chugh, Ajaya N Jha, B S Walia, S Vaish.
09:40 - 09:45 Cosmetic and radiological outcome following the use of synthetic hydroxyapatiteporous-dense bilayer burr- hole buttons: Rajiv Agarwal, Easwer HV, Bhattacharya R N, Mathew A, Rajesh B J, Rao BRM, Menon G, Nair S, Varma HK.
09:45 - 09:50 Endoscopic intervention for aqueductal stenosis in infants experience: Anirban Deep Banerjee, Anandh B, Santhanam R, Sampath S, Chandramouli BA.
09:50 - 09:55 Arterio-venous malformations of spinal cord: Shailesh Kelkar, L Singh, Fulare.
09:55 - 10:00 Endoscopic decompression of colloid cyst of third ventricle: Venkidesh K, Ajith R, Jyothish L S, Bijukrishnan R, B P Rajmohan, Anil kumar P, Pushkala S, Suresh kumar K L.
10:00 - 10:05 Resistant CNS Tuberculous infections-what to do?: V Saravanan, K Deiveegan, Ranganathan Jothi, M M Sankar, C Sekar, M Kodeeswaran, N Swarnarekha, K Anupama, Mohd Abith Ali.
10:05 - 10:10 Tuberculosis of the Cranio-vertebral junction: Is Surgery Necessary?:S K Gupta, Rajesh Chhabra, Sandeep Mohindra, Rahul Gupta, K K Musherjee, M K Tewari, A Pathak, S N Mathuriya, V K Khosla.
10:15 - 10:20 Post traumatic isolated gangliocapsular lesions: Biji Bahulejan, V George, Mathew joseph.
10:30 -10:45 COFFEE BREAK
10:45 -11:55 COMMON HISTORY SESSION
HISTORY OF NEUROSCIENCE
CHAIRPERSON : DR. S KALYANARAMAN, PROF K SRINAVASAN
10:45 - 10:55 Spine surgery: yesterday today and tomorrow: Patel P.
10:55 - 11:05 History of trephine craniotomy: Karam Chand Sharma, Hukum Singh,
Vikas Gupta, VMM College.
11:05 - 11:15 The jack ruby trial: Abhijit kr Hazra, Ritesh Bhoot.
11:15 - 11:25 Col T E Lawrence: Col H S Bhatoe.
11:25 - 11:35 Charles David Marsden - The master of movement: Kalyan B Bhattacharya.
11:35 - 11:45 A Brief illustrated history of surgery for spinal injury: Anil Pande, Murali Mohan S, M vikram, Nigel PS, M C Vasudevan, Ravi Rammamurthi.
11:45 - 11:55 Landmarks in the history of surgery for meningiomas: Murali Mohan S, Anil Pande, M Vikram, Nigel P S, M C Vasudevan, Ravi Ramamurthi.
11:55-12:40 CLOSING CEREMONY
12:40 LUNCH
LIST OF ABSTRACTS TAKEN AS READ
1. Imaging of Suprasellar lesions: T Dhibar, P K Ghorai, A Bhadra, B Bhattacharya.
2. Assessment of intra-dural extrameduallary lesions: Gauri Joshi.
3. Cerebral abscess. Swarna rekha narayanan: K Deiveegan. Maheshwar, Sekar, Ranganathan, A Sundaram, M M Sankar, Saravanan, Kodeeswaran, Anupama, Mohd Abith Ali.
4. Diffuse axonal injuries clinical study out come analysis: Rajsekhar Redy K, Mastan Reddy A, MRC Naidu.
5. Intracranial meningiomas: V Saravanan, K Deiveegan, Ranganathan jothi, K Maheswar, M M Sankar, M Kodeeswaran, N Swarnarekha, K Anupama, Moh abith ali.
6. Non traumatic ICH-conservative Vs Operative Management: Tapas Chatterjee.
7. Inflammatory granulomas manifesting as isolated opthalmoparesis: Sohan Dilip Desai, Rohit Bhatia, K Prasad, M V Padma, M Tripathi, Ajay Garg.
8. Excellent result, even without the modern medical facilities, of a timely performed bilateral decompressive craniectomy in a case of severe head injury with GCS 5 & Pt. In shock with multiple injuries: Dr H C Lal karn.
NEUROSURGERY
CHAIRPERSONS : DR. NR NANDA, DR. DEEVIGAAN K
09:30 - 09:35 An interesting case of spinal dysraphism: Ramkumar G, Rajesh Babu V, Sachdevan EK.
09:35 - 09:40 Intraspinal hematomas: report of four cases with review of literature: Rakesh Ranjan, Arundhari Biswas, kamal Verma, Gazanfar Rahmathulla, Bipin Walia, Sandeep vaishya, A N Jha.
09:40 - 09:45 Variant of a lumbar disc in a 77 year adult: Gazanfar Rahmathula, Bipin Walia, Sandeep Vaishya. A N Jha, Raghavan Iyengar, Arundhari Biswas, Kamal Verma, Rakesh.
09:45 - 09:50 Spontaneous Paradoxical CSF Rhinorrhoea - A case report: Sajeev S, Vadakkedam, Raymond Morris, MC Kottayam.
09:50 - 09:55 A rare case of juvemile xanthogranuloma presenting as-supra tutorial lesion: Nisanth Paul P, Raymond Morris, MC Kottaya.
09:55 - 10:00 Intratumoral Hemorrhage in Posterior Fossa Tumors following Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt. A report of two cases: Santhanam R, Anandh B, Chandramouli BA.
10:00 - 10:05 Bifrontal Metastasis of Medulloblastoma: Sharmad, Jyothish L S, Biju Krishnan R, B Prajmohan, Anil kumar P , Pushkala S, Suresh Kumar K L.
10:05 - 10:10 Reverse coning-2 case reports with CT evidence: M Kodeeswaran, K Deiveegan, Ranganathan Jothi, K Maheswar, M M Sankar, V Saravanan, N Swarnarekha, K Anupama.
10:10 - 10:15 Medulloblastoma patient getting married: K Deiveegan, M Kodeeswaran, Ranganathan, Jothi, A Sundaram, M M Sankar, V Saravanan, N Swarnarekha, K Anupama, Mohd Abith Ali.
NEUROSURGERY
9.30 Dr V Rajshekhar, Dr Bhatoe
09:30 - 09:35 Trigeminal schwannomas - A fourteen year experience from a single institution: Faiz Uddin Ahmad, Bhawani Shankar Sharma, P Sarat Chandra, Ashok kumar Mahapatra.
09:35 - 09:40 Minimally invasive approach to giant anterior sacral meningocele - A rare surgical achievement: Kamal Verma, Gazanfar Rahmathulla, Arundhati Biswas, Rakesh Ranjan, Bipin Walia, Sandeep Vaishya, A N Jha.
09:40 - 09:45 Reliability of carotid tubercle (Chassainac's) in Anterior cervical approach:
P Srinivasan, K R Suresh Bapu.
09:45 - 09:50 Intraventricular cystic lesions: L N Gupta, Narendra Kumar.
09:50 - 09:55 Primary leiomyosarcoma of the neural axis: Ritesh Bhoot, Siddhartha Ghosh, Abhijit Kumar Hazra.
09:55 - 10:00 Surgical outcome of middle cerebral artery aneurysms: Sorte S, Sinha S, Singh D, Srivastava A K, SinghA K.
10:00 - 10:05 The Histopathological and immunohistochemical analysis of pituitary adenomas and their correlation with clinical and Hormonal Findings: Gupta S, Sinha S, Srivastava A K, Singh D, Tatke M.
10:05 - 10:10 Intratumoral immumotherapy in recurrent high grade gliomas: Deepak kr Gupta, A K Mahapatra, Chitra Sarkar, Praveen gulati, Hubert Heinrichs, Karl-Hermann Schlingensiepen.
10:10 - 10:15 Intraorbital tumors: Dawn Antony, Jyothish L S, Bijukrishnan R, B P Rajmohan, Anil Kumar, P Pushkala S, Suresh Kumar K L.
10:15 - 10:20 Cerebrospinal cavernomas our experience: M M Sankar, K Deiveegan, M Kodeeswaran, RanganathJothi, Sundaram, K Maheshwar, B Chendilnathan, V Saravanan, SwarnaRekha, K Anupama, Mohd Abith Ali.
MISCELLANEOUS
CHAIRPERSON : DR. VANI SANTOSH, DR. GEETHA CHACKO
08:30 - 08:40 Interhemispheric abscess: V Inba Sekaran, D Kayilairajan, V Suresh kumar.
08:40 - 08:50 Brain Abscess A clinico pathological study: P Hari Prasad, MRC Naidu.
08:50 - 09:00 Rate of resolution of histologically verfied intracranial tuberculomas:
Maqsood Ahmed AR, Anandh B, Shibu Pillai V, Ravishankar S.
09:00 - 09:10 Differential Upregulation of Insulin like growth factors (IGBP) in glioblastoma multiforme: Santosh V, Tandon A, Sreepathi HK, Reddy PS, Vinnakota K, Somasundaram K , Kondiaah K, Hegde AS, Hegde S, Rao MRS.
09:10 - 09:20 Tumour suppressor gene and Oncogene protein expression in adult glioblastomas - prognostic significance: Umesh S, Ramona B, Somasundaram K, Anandh B, Sampath S, Chandramouli BA, Santosh V.
09:20 - 09:30 Surgical management of pressure ulcer in neurological rehabilitation set up: Abhishek srivastava, A B Taly, A Gupta, T Murali.
IMAGING
CHAIRPERSONS : DR. MANOJ BHATTACHARYA , DR. A K PUROHIT
08:30 - 08:40 Superficial siderosis of the CNS-an unusual clinical presentation: Jagath Lal G, Paritosh Pandey, Sampath S, Dawn P, Vani Santhosh
08:40 - 08:50 Brain tumour imaging using diffusion perfusion and spectroscopy with histopathological correlation: A L Periakaruppan.
08:50 - 09:00 In vivo phosphorus MR spectroscopy reveals alkaline pH in intracranial tuberculomas: K Nagarajan, P N Jayakumar, M K Vasudev, S G Srikanth, H S Chandrashekhar, S K Shankar.
09:00 - 09:10 Anatomical and radiological study of middle meningeal artery and its variations: Thirumurthy K S, Inbasekaran V, Kailairajan D, Muthukumar N.
09:10 - 09:20 Prospective assessment of memory in patients with intracranial arteriovenous malformations after gammaknife radio surgery: Sai Kiran NA, Sandeep Vaishya, Kale S S, Aditya Gupta, Sharma B S, Mahapatra AK.
09:20 - 09:30 Scientific selective motor fasciculotomy (SMF) and hamstring lengthening surgery (HIS) in management of focal hamstring spasticity in cerebral palsy: G Venkat, A K Purohit, E Rajender.
09:10 - 09:20 Occipital lobe epilepsy: Sudhir B J, Mathew A, Ashalatha R, Nayak S D, Nair S, Easwer V, Rajesh B J, Menon G, Rao BRM, Bhattacharya R N.
09:20 - 09:30 Focal cortical dysplasia - Resection for seizure control: Vikas V, Mathew Abraham, Dinesh Nayak, Radhakrishnan K, Suresh Nair, R N Bhattacharya
715-815 BREAKFAST SEMINAR: Antisense ologonucleotide treatment for high grade glioma: Dr. R Schlingensiepen.
Neuro Imaging - Specetroscopy: Dr. K. G. Srinivasan.
CONCURRENT SESSIONS (08:30-09:30) HALL - A
EPILEPSY
CHAIRPERSONS: DR. VINOD PURI, DR. ANUPAM DAS GUPTA
08:30 - 08:40 An Audit on the cost effective utilization of video-EEG monitoring: Thomas chemmanam, R Ashalata, P N Sylaja , K Radhakrishnan.
08:40 - 08:50 Seizure outcome - A follow up study: A K Roy, Lakshmi Achar, Raj Binod, G R K Sharma, Vikram Kamath, Thomas Mathew.
08:50 - 09:00 A Comparative study of anxiety and depression (A & D) in patients with controlled versus uncontrolled epilepsy: G A Khwaja, A Saxena, M M Mehndirata.
09:00 - 09:10 A mygdalahippocampectomy (AHC): Anatomical correlates and report of surgical experience with 45 cases:
MOVEMENT DISORDER
CHAIRPERSONS: DR. PARESH DOSHI, DR. U K MISHRA
16:00 - 16:10 Quality of sleep in parkinson's disease: a preliminary clinical study: A Roy,
A Pandit, S Basu, A K Senapati, K B Bhattacharya, S Das, T Roy
16:10 - 16:20 Hypersexuality or just punding? Post deep brain stimulation: Doshi paresh, Aggarwal Anu, Bhatt Mohit.
16:20 - 16:30 Chronic bilateral subthalmic nucleus stimulation for advanced parkinson's disease: Survendra Rai Annu Aggarwal, Mohit Bhatt, Paresh Doshi.
16:30 - 16:40 GPi deep brain stimulation surgery in a case of DVTI dystonia: Goyal V, Gupta A, Verma A, Shukla G, Singh S, Garg A, Behari M.
16:40 - 16:50 Clinical profile of cervical dystonia in Indian patients: Goyal C, Behari M.
16:50 - 17:00 Clincial and genetic profile of writers cramp in eastern India: D P Chakraborty, Deep Das, A K Misra, Tufan Naiya S Bose, A K Senapati, J Roy, K Bhattacharya, S K Das, T Roy.
17:00 - 17:10 A study of the utility of botulinum toxin in patients with writers cramp:
Deep Das, D P Chakraborty, A K Misra, Arup Biswas, S Bose, A K Senapati, K Bhattacharya, S K Das, T Roy.
17:30 General Body Meeting
PAEDIATRICS
CHAIPERSON: DR. AJAY SHARMA, DR. K SURESH BAPU
16:00 - 16:10 Spectrum of distal renal tubural acidosis in children with spinal dysraphism: Sanjeev Gulati, Raj Kumar, Manu Gupta, Rakesh Kapoor.
16:10 - 16:20 Terminal and Nonterminal Myelocystoceles: N Muthukumar, M Paraneetharan, S Vijayakumar, V Inbasekaran.
17:00 - 17:10 Severe head injury in peadiatric population: G Venugopal, MRC Naidu.
17:10 - 17:20 Bone saving surgery in growing skull fractures: K C Sharma, H Singh, V Gupta.
TRAUMA
CHAIRPERSONS: DR SARLA MENON, DR SIDDHARTH GOSH
16:00 - 16:10 Cerebral contusions: A Lakshman Rao, MRC Naidu.
16:10 - 16:20 Headinjury in patients aged 70 yrs and above: C Anupama, K Deiveegan, Ranganathan jothi, M Kodeeswaran M M Sankar, V Saravanan, Nswarnarekha, K Anupama, Mohd. Abith ali.
16:20 - 16:30 Chronic subdural Haematoma - quest for diagnosing & managing cases of unusual etiologies: Sanghmitra sarkar, A C Dhal, B D Saha, K Roy, P Tripathy, S P Ghorai, S N Ghosh, S K Saha, P Deb, A K Chowdhury.
16:30 - 16:40 Biochemical markers in Traumatic brain injury: Samit mehta, S Kalyanaram, J Reynald R K Ganapathy, Suresh Bapu, Vineet Thambu Raj.
16:40 - 16:50 Cognitive & Radiological correlates of delayed post traumatic epilepsy: Khalil Issac Mathai,
17:00 - 17:10 Traumatic Brachial plexopathy. A clinical and electrophysiological study: Vinod Puri, Neera Chaudhry, K K Jain Ravi Nehru, Debashish Chowdhury.
RECENT ADVANCES
CHAIRPERSONS: DR. PARIMAL TRIPATHI, DR. MANAS PANIGARHI
14:15 - 14:25 Organization of integrated intraoperative high field MRI-technical considerations: Sandeep Vaishya, Vipul Gupta, A N Jha, Bipin Walia, Rakesh Ranjan, Gazanfar Rahmathulla, Kamal Verma, Manish Chugh.
14:25 - 14:35 Early experience with intraoperative high field MRI and neuronavigation: Ajaya, N Jha, Rakesh Ranjan, Gazanfar Rahmathulla, Kamal Verma, Arundhati Biswas, Bipin walia, Sandeep vaishya.
14:35 - 14:45 Intraoperative neuronavigation by MRI - a useful alternative at Indian set up: Vinod kumar Tewari.
14:15 - 14:25 Analysis of surgical experience of 170 cases with cushing's syndrome: Abhidha shah, Atul Goel.
14:25 - 14:35 Pituitary Apoplexy: Goutham C, Ravi Ramamurthi, M C Vasudevan, Anil Pandse, N P Symss.
14:35 - 14:45 A study of 127 cases of Giant pituitary adenomas. Is Transcranial surgery really required? : Sumit Sinha, B S Sharma, A Suri, Chitra Sarkar, A K Mahapatra.
14:45 - 14:55 Giant Pituitary Adenomas: Ari G Chacko, S Mani, M S Sashadri, Kalman Kovacs, Bernd W Scheithauer.
14:55 - 15:05 A new classification of invasive pituitary adenomas: Pathak A , Mohindra S, Chhabra R, Mukherjee K, Tewari MK, Gupta SK, Mathuriya SN, Khosla VK, Khandelwal N, Radotra BD
15:05 - 15:15 Minimal invasive treatment of pituitary adenomas by endoscopic surgery followed by SRT: Sunder S Sogani S K Sachdev S, Prasad R.
15:15 - 15:25 Early post operative growth hormone levels as a predictor of long term outcome after surgery for growth hormone secreting pituitary adenoma: Pratheesh R, Nihal T, Roy R Daniel, MS Sesadri, Aru G Chacko.
CERVICAL SPINE
CHAIRPERSON : DR. KAILAIRAJAN, DR. MUTHU KUMAR
14:15 - 14:25 A retrospective comparative study of two types of cervical titanium cages in 125 patients: Ramakrishna Easwaran, Sundarajan S.
14:25 - 14:35 Cervical disc replacement for cervical disc prolapse: P K Sahoo, H S Bhatoe, Kavita Sandhu.
14:45 - 14:55 Anterior cervical microdiscectomy without fusion. Ravi Ramamurthi: Santosh Mohan Rao, M C Vasudevan, Anil Pande, N P Symss.
14:55 - 15:05 Cervical spondylotic myelopathy: Saha, Buddhadev, Roy, Kaushik, Tripathy P, Ghorai S P, Ghosh S M, S K Choudhury A, Dev P.
15:05 - 15:15 Outcome after central corpectomy in poor grade patients with CSM: Vedanthan Rajshekhar, G Samson smith kumar.
15:15 - 15:25 Correlation of post operative outcome following central corpectomy with high signal intensity changes in the spinal cord in T2W sequences in patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy: Ashish Jonathan, V Rajshekhar,
15:25 - 15:35 Post laminectomy sagittal deformity in the cervical spine. A N Prasad: Ravi Ramamurthi, M C Vasudevan, Anil Pande, N P Symss.
12:50 - 12:55 Cerebral Venus thrombosis as presenting manifestation of HIV infection -A rare association: M Modi, S Prabhakar, J Ahluwalia, Paramjit Singh, V Lal, C P Das, D Khurana.
12:55 - 13:00 Migraine and patient foramen ovale - Guilty or innocent: P K Gangopadhyay, S Pal, D Das, A K Satpathy, Akhan, B Sarkar, S Roy.
13:00 - 13:05 Syringomyelia like manifestation of subacute combined degeneration: Neera Chaudhry, Vinod Puri, Parveen Gulati.
13:05 - 13:10 Hemorrhagic Retinal vasculitis as a presenting feature of SSPE: R Bhatia, K Prasad, M V Padma, P Venkatesh, Rajesh P, Srijitesh.
13:10 - 13:15 Uncommon presentation of hypothyroidism as bilateral opthalmoplegia: Ravi yadav, Garima shukla, Madhuri Behari, Sumit Singh, Vinay Goyal.
13:15 - 13:20 A pictorial essay of PRES: Narayan Pendse, Pranav Chowdhary, Praveen Gupta.
13:20 - 13:25 Infarction in artery of Percheron distribution: Pranav Chowdhary, Narayan Pendse, Praveen Gupta.
13:25 - 13:30 Neurologic Manifestations in a patient with "4 A syndrome: Sohan Dilip Desai, Sumit singh, Madhuri behari, Vinay gopal, Garima shukla.
13:30-14:15 LUNCH
NEUROSURGERY
CHAIRPERSONS : DR. SANTOSH SHARMA, DR. SANDIP CHATTERJEE
12:45 - 12:50 Symptomatic Acquered Arnold Chiari malformations (ACM) following lumboperitoneal shunt for treatment of benign ICT - A case report: Ranganathan jothi, K Deiveegan, M M Saravanan, Swarnarekha, K Anupama, Mohd Abith Ali.
12:50 - 12:55 Spinal Neuroenteric cyst in a child: Shyam Sundar K, Inbasekaran V, Manoharan S, Meykandan.
12:55 - 13:00 Enterogenous cyst from CV junction to D2 rare presentation: Swarna Rekha Narayanan, K Deiveegan, Maheshwar, A Sundaram, Ranganathan Jothi, M M Sarkar. Saravanan, Kodeeswaran, Anupama.
13:00 - 13:05 Pleomorphic xanthoatrocytoma-case report: Sarla Menon, A diwan.
13:05 - 13:10 Low lying tethered cord with holocord syringomyelia in an adult patient: Gauri Joshi.
13:10 - 13:15 Retrobasia of Clivus A Rare Entity: Kamal Verma, Gazanfar Rahmathulla, Arundhati Biswas, Rakesh Ranjan , Bipin Walia, Sandeep Vaishya, A N Jha.
13:15 - 13:20 Dural Aretriovenous Fistulas - clinical and radiological features, a treatable cause of myelopathy: Gazanfar Rahmathulla, Sandeep Vaishya, Bipin Walia, Ajaya N Jha, Raghavan Iyengar, Arundhari Biswas, Kamal Verma, Rakesh Ranjan.
13:20 - 13:25 Spinal arteriovenous malformation presenting with brain stem edema: Vipul Gupta, Manish Chugh, A N Jha, B S Walia. S Vaish.
13:25 - 13:30 Cervical myelopathy in children with Larsen's syndrome: Jonathan A, Rajshekhar V.
TRAUMA
CHAIRPERSONS: DR. ELONGAVAN, DR. R GAJENDARN
12:45-12:50 The economic divide in outcome following TBI: Dhandapani SS, Manju D, Sharma BS, Mahapatra A K.
12:50-12:55 Post traumatic trochlear nerve injury - study of 26 patients: Purav P Patel, M. Balamurugan12 :55-13: Spontaneous intracerebral haematoma - Prognostic factors in surgery: Kumar AA, Raymond Morris.
13: 00-13:05 Outcome of "unknown" head injury patients at a tertiary care neurosurgical center: Sumit Sinha Faiz-ud-din Ahmad, B S Sharma, A K Mahapatra.
13:05-13:10 Role of routine repeated CT after mild moderate and severe headinjury a comparative study: Raymond morris, Sreekumar M.
13:10-13:15 A Retrospective study of 40 cases of cervical spinal cord injury: G V Ramdas.
13:15-13:20 Anterolateral cervical approach with discectomy. Grafting and plating for management of hangman's fracture: Rinku Paul Joy, Jyothish, Bijukrishnan, B.P. Rajmohan, Anil Kumar P, Pushkala S, Suresh Kumar K L.
13:20-13:25 Orthotatic unit in Neuro-rehabilitation set up - Partnership with non governmental organizations: A Srivastava, A B Taly, A Gupta, S P Arya, T Murali.
13:25 - 13:30 CSF Rhinorrhoea: Y Muralikrishna.
NEURO ENDOCRINOLOGY
Convener: Dr Deopujari
10:45 - 10:50 Introduction: Dr Deopujari.
10:50- 11:10 Recent advances in pathophysiology of pituitary tumuors and their influence on management: Nelson Oyesiku.
11:10-11:25 Pathology of pituitary tumours: Chitra Sarkar.
11:25 - 11:45 Overview of surgical management of tumours affecting hypothalamic pituitary axis: N De Triobet.
11:45 - 11:55 Experience with HGH adenomas: Ary G Chacko.
11:55 - 12:05 Experience with prolactinomas: B S Sharma.
12:05- 12:15 Experience with Cushing's disease: Deepu banerji.
12:15 - 12:25 Role of radiosurgery in functioning pituitary tumours: B K Mishra.
12:25 - 12:45 Discussion
HEADACHE MANAGEMENT : CONVENER DR. K RAVISHANKAR
Introduction and overview: Dr. K Ravishankar
Chairperson : Dr K Srinivasan
10:45 - 11:05 Recent advances and uncommon primary headaches: K Ravishankar.
11:25 - 11:45 Neurosurgical aspects of headaches: Paresh doshi.
11:45 - 12:25 Case presentation and interactive session
12:25 - 12:40 Audience participation
12:40 - 12:45 Concluding Remarks
SKULL BASE
CHAIRPERSONS : DR.RAVI RAMAMURTHY, DR. SANJAY BEHARI
08:30 - 08:40 Vestibular schwannomas presenting as spontaneous intratumoral hemorrhage: S Nair, T Krishnamoorthy, G Menon, Sudhir BJ, R M Rao, M Abraham, HV Easwer, BJ Rajesh Krishnakumar K, RN Bhattacharya, V V Radhakrishnan.
08:40 - 08:50 Surgery of large schwannomas-Ecstasy and agony: Sidhartha Ghosh, C Rayappa.
08:50 - 09:00 Primary extradural lesions involving petrous temporal bone: L N Gupta, H K Pal.
09:10 - 09:20 Analysis of petroclival lesions operated at NIMS: Paniraj G L, Manas Panigrahi.
09:30-10:30 CHANDY ORATION - DR. S R DHARKER - Glioma Management Issues
CHAIRPERSON : DR. JACOB ABRAHM
Introduction of speaker : DR. B S Sharma
10:30 -10:45 COFFEE BREAK
0700 onwards : REGISTRATION
0715-0815 BREAKFAST SEMINAR: C. V. Junction problems managements protocalls:
Dr Atul Goel.
CONCURRENT SESSIONS (08:30-09:30) HALL - B
SPINE
CHAIRPERSONS: DR. HEMANT KR BHARTIYA, DR. MOHAN SAMPATH KUMAR
08:30 - 08:40 Key hold surgery for spinal intradural lesions: Sandip modh, Basant K Misra.
08:40 - 08:50 Urinary bladder dysfunction in spinal cord tumors and its outcome after surgical management: Sudhir K Gupta, Mazhar Husain, Anil Chandra, B K Ojha, S N Shankhwar.
08:50 - 09:00 Unusual spinal tumours: Sandeep Pinchanalkar, K E Turel, Nootan Sharma, Shashank joshi, Anand Kakani.
09:00 - 09:10 Solitary spinal epidural hemangiomas. Praful S Maste, B A Chandramouli, S K Shankar.
09:10 - 09:20 Spinal decompression and instrumentation for tuberculous spine. Rahul Lath, Alok Ranjan.
09:20 - 09:30 Anterior decompression and instrumentation for Dorsolumbar tuberculosis. M J Arunkumar.
STROKE
CHAIRPERSONS: DR K PRASAD, DR. GEETHA A KHWAJA.
16:15 -16:25 Etilogical factors in male cerebral venous thrombosis: S Aaron, M Alexander, J Jacob, T Maya, K Koshy, C Gnanamuth.
16:25 - 16:35 Cerebral Venous Thrombosis: S Kumaravelu, A Gupta, J D Mukherji,K K Singh.
16:35 - 16:45 A study of haematoma enharsement in spontaneous ICH: Ratna Kishore, B Srinivas, A K Meena, Rapam B.
16:45 - 16:55 Prevalence of asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis (ACAS) in individuals: V Chandrashekhar Reddy, VCS Bandaru, Suvarna, A K Meena, Koul's.
16:55 - 17:05 Abnormality in MR angiography and its predictors in ischemic stroke: G Kumar, J Kalita, S Kumar, U K Misra.
17:05 - 17:15 Predictors of hyperhomocysteinemia in ischemia stroke: U K Misra, J Kalita.
17:15 - 17:25 Role of decompressive craniectomy in acute cerebral infarction: Grewal S S, Tripathy P, Mathew J, Dewan Y.
17:25 - 17:35 Decompressive craniectomy for space occupying supratentorial infarction: Rama Krishna Reddy M, Prasad V S S V, Meena A K.
17:35 - 17:45 Double blind placebo-controlled trial of l-lysine monohydrochloride in patients with stroke due to cerebral infarction: Guin D S, Bhoi KK, Mishra A, Biswas A , Bose S, Senapati A K, Bhattacharya K B, Das S K, Roy T, Dhibar T, Ghorai P K, Bhadra A K, Dutta D.
17:45 - 17:55 Mesenchymal Stem Cell or Umbilical/Bone marrow mononuclear cells for stroke: Meta analysis of preclinical studies: Prasad Kameshwar, Rohit Bhatia, A Kaustubh.
17:15 - 17:25 Thalamic gliomas: Gopal Krishnan CV, Menon G, Nair S, Rao B R M, Rajesh B J, Mathew A, Easwer H V, Bhattacharya R N.
17:25 - 17:35 Metastatic tumors in CNS: D M Jagannath, N K Venkataramana, Swaroop Gopal, Satish R.
17:35 - 17:45 Supratentorial low grade gliomas. Influence of seizures and degree of resection on outcome: Ritesh kumar Bhoot, Siddhartha ghosh, Abhijit kumar hazra.
17:55 - 18:05 Safety and feasibility of convection enhanced Intratumoral immunotherapy in recurrent high grade gliomas. initial experience in 17 cases: Deepak Gupta, Deepak A, Mahapatra AK, Suir A, Sarkar C, Suri A, Gulati P.
CONCURRENT SESSIONS (16:15-17:45) HALL - A
ANEURYSM
CHAIRPERSONS: DR. SURESH NAIR, DR. BASANT MISRA
16:15 - 16:25 Middle cerebral artery aneurysms: Khursheed N, Bhattacharya R N, Nair S.
16:25 - 16:35 Clinical profile and management outcomes in MCA aneurysms: Venkatesh M S, B A Chandramouli, KVR Sastry, B S Das.
16:35 - 16:45 Management and outcome of anterior communicating antony aneurysm: Suneel kr gupta, Sinha S, Singh D, Singh A K.
16:55 - 17:05 Transciliary keyhole approach in management of aneurysms of anterior circulation: Harjinder S Bhatoe.
17:05 - 17:15 Management of Giant Intracranial Aneurysm: Manas Panigrahi, Anil P, Srinath, A K Purohit.
17:15 - 17:25 ECIC Bypass for giant intracranial aneurysms: Basant K misra.
17:25 - 17:35 Factors influencing outcome following intraoperative rupture during surgical clipping of anterior communicating artery aneurysms: Nilesh Agrawal, Easwer HV, Krishnamurthy T, Bhattacharya R N, Nair S, Rao BRM, Menon G, Rajesh B J, Mathew A.
17:35 - 17:45 Aneurysmal Clipping in patients with poor grade subarachnoid haemorrhage: S K Gupta, Rajesh Chhabra, Sandeep Mohindra, Rahul Gupta, K K Musherjee. M K Tewari, A Pathak, S N Mathuriya, V K Khosla
17:45 - 17-55 Current patterns and predictors of in-Hospital Rebleeds: Girish Menon, S Nair, BRM Rao, B J Rajesh, Mathew Abraham, H V Easwer, N Khursheed, Krishnakumar KRN, Bhattacharya.
CONCURRENT SESSIONS (16:15-17:45) HALL - B
ONCOLOGY
CHAIRPERSONS: DR B S DAS, DR. S R DHARKER.
16:15 - 16:25 CNS Hemangioblastomas: Praveen K S, B A Chandramouli.
16:25 - 16:35 Management of posterior third ventricular tumour- continuing challenge: Roopjyoti Hazarika, A Raja. S Mediratta
16:35 - 16:45 Surgery of the anterior intra third ventricular lesions: Rahul Ved, Basant K Misra.
16:45 - 16:55 Intracranial ependymomas. Kalyan Bommakanti: Naveen Mehrotra, A K Purohit.
16:55 - 17:05 A prospective study of correlation of MR spectroscopic findings with histopathology in 35 cases of gliomas: Shashank Joshi, Nootan Kumar, Anand Kakani, Sandeep Inchanalkar, K E Turel.
17:05 - 17:15 Outcome following microsurgical interventions in lesions around the insula: B J Rajesh, BRM Rao, G Menon,
NEUROLOGY MISCELLANEOUS
CHAIRPERSONS : DR. KUMARVELU, DR. AMBAR CHAKARVARTY
15:00 - 15:05 Role of Riluzole in restricting bulbar involvement in ALS: Debashish Chakraborty.
15:05 - 15:10 Electroencephalographic changes in dementia: A Biswas, K C Ghosh, A Dutta, D Chakraborty, A Dutt, T Roy.
15:10 - 15:15 Draw a man test in patients with non epileptic attack disorders: S R Chandra.
15:15 - 15:20 Efficacy of pregabalin in CRPS Type I: Ramesh Bhattacharya.
15:20 - 15:25 Nonprogressive juvenile-onset spinal muscular atrophy. A clinico radiological and CAG repeat study of androgen receptor gene: J Kalita, U K Misra, D K Mishra, K Thangaraj, R D Mittal, B R Mittal.
15:25 - 15:30 Sub typing of GB syndrome. A clinical and electro physiological correlation: Subasree R, Veerendra kumar M, Taly AB.
15:30 - 15:35 Role of PEG in Neurological illness: V Rajesh Babu, G Ram kumar, S Easwaramoorthy, E K Sagadhevan.
15:35 - 15:40 A modified rodent model of focal cerebral ischaemia: Abrahm R.
15:40 - 15:45 Evidence from performance of patients with focal frontal and posterior cerebral lesions on Winconsin Card Sorting Test: Aparna Dutt.
TEA BREAK 16:00 -16: 15 HRS
NEUROSURGERY
CHAIRPERSONS : DR. INBASEKARAN, DR. TARUN KUMAR GUPTA
15:00 - 15:05 Tuberculosis: Shashank Ramdurg, Deepak Kumar Gupta, B S Sharma, Ashok Kumar Mahapatra.
15:05 - 15:10 To present a rare cause of quadriparesis-Fungal cerebellar tonsillar abscess: Mohd. Abith Ali, K Deiveegan, M Kodeeswaran, Ranganathan, Jothi, A Sundaram, M M Sankar, V Saravanan, N Swaarnarekha, K Anupama.
15:10 - 15:15 Nocardial brain abscess a rare cause of PUO: K Anupama, K Deiveegan, Ranganathan jothi, M Kodeeswaran, M M Sankar, V Saravanan, N Swarnarekha, Mohd. Abith Ali.
15:15 - 15:20 A case of osteomyelitis of skull bone: V Rajesh Babu, G Ram Kumar, E K Sagadhevan.
15:20 - 15:25 A rare case report of bilateral cavernous sinus lymphoma metastasis. Rakesh Ranjan, Raghavan I, Arundhari Biswas, Gazanfar Rahmathulla, Kamal Verma, Sandeep Vaishya, Bipin Walia, AN Jha.
15:25 - 15:30 Long term survival in cerebellar primary CNS lymphoma (PCNSL) with distant relapse: George C Vilanilam, Paritosh pandey, B Indian Devi, B A Chandramouli, Shibu Pillai V.
15:30 - 15:35 An unusual hypodense extra-axial lesion mimicking chronic subdural haematoma - A case report: Ramnaraya R, Shafeeque M, Anilkumar TV, Ranil Nair.
15:35 - 15:40 Intracranial and extracranial Rosai Dorfmann's disease: Yanish Bhanot, Satish R, Venkataramna, N K swarup.
15:40 - 15:45 A Rare case of intra cranial lesion. Rosai Dorffman Disease. Sinus histocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy: M M Sarkar, K Deiveegan, M Kodeeswaran, Ranganath jothi, K maheswar, V Saravanan, Swarna Rekha, K Anupama, Mohd. Abith Ali, Sundaram.
15:45 - 15:50 Rhino orbito cerebral mucormycosis: Pari K, Bhaskar S, Bikram P S, Shailesh A V, Balasubramaniam, Chand A K.
MISCELLANEOUS NEUROLOGY CHAIRPERSONS
CHAIRPERSONS: DR. KALYAN BHATTACHARYA, DR. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR
15:00 - 15:10 Prevalence of Common Neurological Disorder - A house to house survey: Mazumdar P.
15:10 - 15:20 Clinical predictors of Mechanical Ventilation in patients with Guillian Barre Syndrome: Bhatia R, Paul B S, Prasad K, Padma MV, Tripathi M, Srivastava A, Singh M B.
15:20 - 15:30 Spectrum of periodic paralysis in NE India in a tertiary care neurological hospital- a ten year experience: Laldinpuii J, Borthakur M, Ghose M, P Sanchetee P , Borah N C
15:30 - 15:40 Paraproteinemia Associated Polyneuropathy: K Koshy, M Alexander, G Chacko, J Jacob, S Aaron, M Thomas, C Gnanamuthu.
15:40 - 15:50 Unilateral restless legs syndrome - association with degenerative disc disease: Shukla G, Singh S, Goyal V, Srivastava T, Behari M.
15:50 - 16:00 Clinical features and molecular genetics of spinocerebellar ataxia: Bhattacharya KB, Basu S, Mishra A, Singh R, Sheshadri M
Authors will present their poster for two and a half minutes followed by discussion for two and a half minutes. Posters submitted for the Best poster Award must have a label "Contestant for Award" on the poster. Posters will however be on display for the whole day and should be removed on the same day. Delegates are once again reminded that it is their responsibility to take back their posters at the end of the conference.
MINIMAL EXCESS SURGERY
CHAIRPERSONS: DR DALJIT SINGH, DR. S K GUPTA
15:00 - 15:10 Endoscopic excision of colloid cysts: Jacob P Alapatt, Radhakrishnan M, D Premkumar K, Tharunkrishna, Rajeev MP.
15:10 - 15:20 Minimal acsess neurosurgery. Dubey S.
15:20 - 15:30 Endoscopic third ventriculostomy in infants complications and their bearing on outcome: Anandh B, Banerjee A D, Santhanam R, Sampath S, Chandramouli BA.
15:30 - 15:40 Endovascular procedures. Should neurosurgeons be trained: Daljit singh, S Sinha, A Jagetia, A K Srivastava.
10:15-10:30 Gamma knife radiosurgery in Glomus jugulare therapeutic advantages of minimalism in the skull base Sharma MS, Kale SS, Agrawal D, Gupta A, Sharma BS, Mahapatra AK.
10:30 -10:45 COFFEE BREAK
NSI NEUROSURGERY AWARD PAPER
10:45-11:00 Prognostic value of admission serum albumin levels in patients with head injury: Dandapani SS, Manju D, Vivekanandan S, Sharma BS, Mahapatra AK.
11:00-11:15 Suboccipital segment of the Vertebral Artery - A Cadaveric study: Murali Mohan S. Anil Pande, Vikram M, Nigel P S, Vasudevan MC, Ravi Ramamurthi.
11:15-11:30 Trans axillary approach to upper dorsal spine: Rahul Mally, palande DA, Vernon V, Jaiswal S, Ghodgaonkar P, Sabarval S, Jaiswal A.
11:30-11:45 Value of quality of life assessment in patients undergoing central corpectomy with Autocraft for cervical spondylotic myelopathy: Thakar S, V Raj Shekhar.
11:45 : 12 :00 Microsurgical anatomy of the middle cerebral artery: Srinivasan P, Ramesh VG.
12:00-12:15 APOEe4 allele does not represent poor outcome in head injury: Nupur pruthi, B A Chandramouli, Shobini L Rao,Thelma Kuttappa, D K Subbakrishna, Anita Mahadevan, S K Shankar
12:15-13:15 PRESIDENTIAL ORATION - K GANAPATHY HALL - A
Linac radiosurgery for cerebral Arteriovenous malformations
CHAIRPERSON : Dr. V S MEHTA
Introduction of speaker : Dr. Ravi Ramamurthy
13:15-14:00 HRS LUNCH
WFNS (I) Trustees Meeting
14:00-15:00 GINDE ORATION - Dr. K SRINIVASAN HALL - A
GRAMMER AND GLAMOUR IN CLINICAL NEUROLOGY
CHAIRPERSON : Dr. A K BANERJI
Introduction of speaker : Dr. M J Arunkumar
CONCURRENT SESSIONS (15:00-16:00) HALL - A
SPINE
CHAIRPERSONS: DR DEEPU BANERJEE, DR P S RAMANI.
15:00-15:10 Evolution in the surgical management of lumbar disc prolapse; open laminectomy to Endoscopic Surgery - A Government medical college: M Kodeeswaran, K Deiveegan, Ranganathan Jothi, M Sankar. V Saravanan,N Swarnarekha, K Anupama, Mohd Abith ali.
15:10- 15:20 Coablation therapy for lumbar and cervical degenerative disc disease: N Kvenkataramana, Yanish Bhanot, Swaroop Gopal, Satish R.
15:20 - 15:30 Microsurgical internal decompression of spinal stenosis: Nootan Kumar Sharma, Shashank joshi, Anand kakani, Sandeep, K E Turel.
15:30 - 15:40 Posterior primary ramus in postero lateral approach to dorsal spine: K R Suresh Bapu
15:40 - 15:50 Antero lateral approaches to the dorsal and lumbar spine: Anil Pande, Murali mohan S, M Vikram, Nigel PS, M C Vasudevan, Ravi Ramamurthi.
15:50 - 16:00 Long term outcome of surgical treatment of spinal dural arteriovenous fistula: Biji Bahuleyan, Kirit shah,Roy Thomas Daniel, Ari G Chacko, V Rajshekhar.
Every attempt has been made to classify the papers in a methodical way. However, due to the considerable variation in the number of papers submitted in the different sub-sections, there may be instances of different sessions running for different periods. There could be an occasional paper which may not have been included in the main theme of the session. Delegates are requested to kindly understand the limitations in organizing the session particularly when there is such a wide skew in the papers submitted.
Paper Presentation will not be allowed if the delegate has not registered for the conference. Requests for change of timings and sessions will not be entertained. If for some unavoidable circumstances a delegate is unable to present a paper the Local Scientific Committee Coordinator must be informed in advance. Chairpersons are requested to ensure beforehand that all speakers are present and to strictly enforce the time schedule. If for some unavoidable circumstances a chairperson is unable to be present the Chairman Scientific Committee must be informed well in advance. The timing for each presentation will be as follows
Award paper : 12 minutes for presentation and 3 minutes for discussion
Free paper Platform presentation: 8 minutes for presentation and 2 minutes for discussion.
Poster presentation: 2&1/2 minutes for presentation and 2&1/2 minutes for discussion.
07:00 onwards : REGISTRATION
07:15-08:15 HRS BREAKFAST SEMINAR: Cranial Endoscopy applications : Dr. Deopujari, Dr. Ashish Suri, Dr. Mazhar Hussein
COMMON AWARD PAPERS SESSION (0830-12:15 HRS) CONCURRENT SESSION – HALL- A
CHAIRPERSONS : Dr K Ganapati, Dr V S Mehta.
CIBA GEIGY EPILEPSY AWARD
08:30- 08: 45 Health related quality of life and cognitive outcome before and after epilepsy surgery using QOLIE-31 inventory: A prospective study at a tertiary care center: Faiz Uddin Ahmad, P Sarat Chandra.
NSI ALLIED NEUROSCIENCES AWARD
08:45-09:00 Unilateral electroconvulsive therapy in Rabbit stroke model. Evaluation using single photon emission computed tomography: Deepak Agarwal, Naveen Krishne Gowda, Chandrashekhar Bal, Rajesh Sagar, Praveen K Yadav Ashok kumar Mahapatra.
09:00-09:15 Functional MRI Study of brain activation in patients with optic neuritis.: K S Balasubramanya
09:15-09:30 CT Perfusion dynamics of intracranial tuberculoma: S Ravishankar, P N Jayakumar, Ravindra ,B Kamble, B Anankd, Shibu Pillai, S K Shankar.
09: 30-09:45 Pineal Parenchymal tumors - utility of immuno histochemical markers for prognostication: Arivazhagan A, Anandh B, Vani S, Chandramouli B A.
09:45- 10:00 MRI Quantification of angiogenesis In infective and neoplastic intracranial mass lesions and its relation to histopathology: Srivastava C, Huasin M, Gupta RK , Ojha BHK, Chandra A
10:00-10:15 Cerebral vascular staining: A study in goat heads: Singh AD, Haran RP, Daniel RT
NEUROLOGY
Peripheral Neuropathies
Chairpersons: Dr. M Gourie-Devi and Dr. S Prabhakar
1. Overview : Dr. UK Misra
2. Immune mediated : Dr. Vinod Puri
3. Genetically determined : Dr. Satish Khadilkar
4. Electrodiagnosis : Dr. Piroja Wadia
5. Rehabilitation : Dr. AB Taly
Dementia
Chairpersons: Dr. Trishit Ray and Dr. Ravi Nehru
1. Frontotemporal dementia : Dr. Sagar Basu
2. Alzheimer's disease : Dr. ES Krishnamoorthy
3. Vascular dementia : Dr. Suvarna Alladin
4. Dementia in Parkinson's disease : Uday Muthane
5. AIDS dementia complex : Dr. Satish Chandra
3:00 - 3:30 Occipital transtentorial approach for pineal region tumours - Dr. K. Sridhar
Discussant: Dr. A. Raja
3:30 - 4:00 Surgery for split cord malformation Type 1 - Dr. Ajay Sharma
Discussant: Dr. Ashis Pathak
2:00 - 2:30 Management of hydrocephalus in infants Moderator: Dr. Ramakrishna Easwaran
i. Shunt is the best option - Dr. Milind Sankhe
ii. ETV is the best option - Dr. Ashish Suri
2:30 - 3:00 Management of asymptomatic lipomyelomeningocoeles Moderator: Dr. A.K. Mahapatra
i. Surgery is the best option - Dr. N. K. Venkataramana
ii. Wait and watch is the best option - Dr. Sandeep Chatterji
NEUROSURGERY
Pediatric, Trauma and Neurooncology
Chairpersons: Dr. S N Bhagwati and Dr. A K Singh
11:00- 11:25 Intracranial arachnoid cysts in children - Dr. B. Chidambaram
11:25 - 11:50 Cerebral perfusion pressure based management of head injury - Dr. Uma Maheshwar Rao
11:50 - 12:15 Genetic prognostication in gliomas - Dr. Chitra Sarkar
12:15 - 12:40 Management of hypothalamic hamartomas - Dr. C. Deopujari
12:40 - 1:05 Hypertonic saline in the management of increased intracranial pressure - Dr. Mathew Joseph
1:05 - 2:00 Lunch
8:00 - 8:30 Registration
8:30-9:00 Inauguration TBA
Release of CME book Dr. P. S. Ramani
COMMON SESSION
Chairpersons: Dr. V. S. Mehta and TBA
8:55 - 9:20 Training in Neurosciences - a paradigm shift- Dr. K. Ganapathy
9:20 - 9:45 Newer antiepileptic drugs - Dr. Kalyan Bhattacharya
9:45 - 10:10 Role of diffusion and perfusion weighted MR in neurological disorders - Dr. A K Gupta
10:10 - 10:35 Neurooncology basic talk - Dr. N. deTribolet
