BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Society for Pediatric Neurosurgical Oncology - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Society for Pediatric Neurosurgical Oncology X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://spno.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Society for Pediatric Neurosurgical Oncology REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20240310T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20241103T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20250309T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20251102T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20260308T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20261101T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250925 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250928 DTSTAMP:20260430T155443 CREATED:20251211T221255Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260121T195244Z UID:10000006-1758826800-1758999599@spno.org SUMMARY:The Art & Science of Surgery for Children with Nervous System Tumors DESCRIPTION:This will be the 2nd meeting focused on the surgical management of central and peripheral nervous system tumors in children and the inaugural meeting of the Society For Pediatric Neurosurgical Oncology (SPNO).  The 2023 meeting was successful because of the topics\, the speakers\, the audience participation\, the flow/organization of the talks\, the venue\, and the case discussions.  We want to continue with this format.   \nFor each operation that we do… \nThis diagram serves as a framework for all the presentations and discussions.   \n \nConference Details\nDate: Sept 26-27\, 2025   \nDuration: 1.5-day event \nLocation: St. Jude\, Marlo Thomas Lecture Theatre – use the smaller venue as each seat has microphone to enhance conference participation\,  \nHotel: 63 N B.B. King Blvd\, Memphis\, TN 38103\, Tel: 901-779-4823 \nNumber of participants: ~70-80\, incl 15-20 from Global Program. \nFormat: Routine lectures\, case discussions incl complications\, special guest lectures   \nWill have one Honored Speaker per day.  \n  \nMake it an interactive and engaging conference.  The discussion and debates will be high-level\, running the range of small details & minutia\, as well as the big picture – want to “get into the weeds”.  This is not a conference directed at early-stage trainees (fellows/residents)\, although they are welcome to attend.   \nProposed Schedule\nDay 1 – Friday Sept 26th \nMorning \n0700-0725: Breakfast  \n0725-0740: Opening remarks  \n\nWelcome all attendees\, particularly those who have travelled long distances and those who have prepared lectures\nReason behind the seminar and the goals\n\nWhat the SPNO is – brief\n\n\nBrief outline of the seminar\nCME information\nGiles Robinson to Welcome the attendees\n\n  \n0740-0815: Topic #1: The Neuroradiology and Neurosurgery Partnership – A 2-way Road  \n0745-0805: Speaker #1\, Jorge Lee & Asim Choudhri (Le Bonheur)\, “Tractography & fMRI” \n0805-0815: Questions   \n  \n0815-0930 Topic #2: Recurrent Ependymoma \n0815-0835: Speaker #2\, Thomas Merchant (St. Jude) \n0835-0855: Speaker #3\, Theodore Johnson (Oncologist\, Children’s Hospital of Georgia) \n0855-0915: Questions \n\nCan present a case to start the discussion\n\n______________________________________________________________________________ \n  \n0915-1015 Speakers #4 & 5\, Robert Keating (National Children’s Hospital)\, PFS & the Surgeon with Kristian Aquilina (UK)\, Extent of Resection in Medulloblastoma \n1005-1015: Questions \n  \n1015-1030: BREAK \n  \n1030-1130 Topic #3: Don’t Forget the Spine & Spinal Cord!  \n1030-1050: Speaker #6\, Katie Fehnel (Boston Children’s)\, “Finding the Balance between Surgery and Non-surgical Treatment” \n1050-1110: Speaker #7\, Christina Sayama (OHSU Doernbecher Children’s) “Management of spinal deformity in tumor patients” \n1110-1130: Questions \n1130-1145: INVITED SPEAKER (#8) – SJ Global? \n  \n1145-1300: LUNCH on campus \n  \nAfternoon \n  \n1300-1400: Special Guest Speaker #1: Conor Malluci (Alder Hey Children’s\, UK) (#10)  \n1300-1305: Introduce Conor \n1305-1345: Lecture \n1345-1400: Questions \n  \n1400-1500 Topic #4: Treatment Related Complications \n1400-1430: Speaker #11\, Lucas Elijovich (Interventional neurologist\, Semmes Murphey)\, “Radiation-induced Arteriopathy: Workup and Treatment” 20 min talk; 5-10 min for questions \n1430-1500: Speaker #12\, Robin Evans (Plastic surgeon\, Le Bonheur)\, “Facial Reanimation Techniques and Timing”  \n1500-1600 Topic #5: Tumors and Epilepsy  \n1500-1520: Speaker #13\, Howard Weiner (Texas Children’s) “Lesionectomy Only” \n1520-1540: Speaker #14\, Nir Shimony (SMC)\, “When to think about more than just removing the tumor” \n1540-1600: Discussion  \n  \n1600-1630: BREAK WITH GROUP PHOTO \n  \n1630-1700: Speaker #15\, Todd Hankinson (Colorado Children’s)\, Pharmacologic Treatment for Craniopharyngioma \n  \n1700-1815: Case Presentation Session/Complications #1  \n  \n1815: Closing Remarks \n  \n1820: DINNER: On campus \n\nWhile people are eating\, talk about SPNO – who we are\, why it was created\, how to join \nHave people think about collaborative research project\nShould we have someone give a completely non-medical talk?\n\n  \nDay 2 – Saturday Sept 27 \n  \nMorning \n  \n0700-0725: Breakfast \n  \n0725-0730: Opening remarks\, schedule for the day \n\nTalk about SPNO\n\n  \n0730-0830: Special Guest Speaker #2: Lilly Goumnerova/Mohamad El Beltagy (US/Egypt) (#16\,17) \n  \n0830-1015 Topic #6:  What’s On the Horizon?  \n0830-0850: Speaker #18\, Mark Souwideane\, (MSK/Cornell)\, “Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy (LITT) for Tumors”  \n0850-0920: Speaker #19\, Michelle Monje (Stanford)\, “CAR-T”  \n0920-0935: Speaker #20\, Toba Niazi (Nicklaus Children’s)\, “Update on Focused Ultrasound” \n0935-0950: Speaker #21\, Lissa Baird (Boston Children’s)\, “Intraoperative Diagnosis” \n0950-1015: Discussion \n1015-1030: BREAK \n  \n1030-1130 Topic #7: Pediatric Skull Base \n1030-1100: Speaker #20\, Guillermo Aldave (Texas Children’s) “Chordoma” \n1100-1130: Speaker #21\, Lissa Baird (Boston Children’s) “Building a Pediatric Skull Base Program” \n  \n1130-1140: Grab box lunch \n  \n1140-1145: RESEARCH TOPICS/PROPOSALS \n  \n1145-1300: Case Presentation Session/Complications #2 \n  \n1300: Closing Remarks \n  \nCONFERENCE ENDS \n  \nPeople who have indicated that they will attend: \n  \nNon-St. Jude Global/Meeting Faculty (all confirmed): \n  \n\nConor Mallucci (UK)\nLucas Elijovich (SMC)\nJorge Lee (LB)\nTom Merchant (SJ)\nKatie Fehnel (Boston Children’s)\nLissa Baird (Boston Children’s)\nRobin Evans (Le Bonheur)\nToba Niazi (Nicklaus Children’s)\nGuillermo Aldave (TX Children’s)\nTheodore Johnson (Children’s Hospital Georgia)\nNir Shimony (Le Bonheur)\nRobert Keating (National Children’s)\nKristian Aquilina (Great Ormond Street Hospital\, UK\, Kristian.Aquilina@gosh.nhs.uk) \nChristina Sayama (Doernbecher Children’s)\nTodd Hankinson (Colorado Children’s)\nHoward Weiner (Texas Children’s)\nLiliana Goumnerova\n\n  \nN=15 CONFIRMED \n  \nNon-St. Jude Global/Non-Speakers: \n  \n\nPeter Madsen (CHOP\, MADSENP@chop.edu) \nKarl Balsara (Univ Oklahoma) \nCameron Brimley (Geisinger Health) \nJennifer Strahle (St. Louis Children’s/Washington University) \nManish Shah (Children’s Memorial Hermann\, Manish.N.Shah@uth.tmc.edu) \nJeffrey Treiber (Children’s Memorial Hermann\, Jeffrey.M.Treiber@uth.tmc.edu) \nJeff Wisoff (NYU\, Jeffrey.Wisoff@nyulangone.org) \nGeorge Jallo (All Children’s Hospital\, gjallo1@jhu.edu) \nJignesh Tailor (Riley Children’s) \nAdetola Roberts (Children’s Hospital of New Orleans\, tolaroberts@gmail.com) \nJesse Winer (OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital) \nWilliam Gump (William.Gump@nortonhealthcare.org\, Norton Children’s) \nSamer Elbabaa (Samer.Elbabaa@orlandohealth.com\, Arnold Palmer Children’s) \nRandaline Barnett (Randaline.Barnett@uky.edu\, Kentucky Children’s) \nLori McBride (lori.mcbride@fmolhs.org)\nEduard Asatryan (asedar@mail.ru\, Armenia) \nCatherine McClung-Smith (catherine.mcclungsmith@prismahealth.org) \nYosef Dastagirzada (Yosef.dastagirzada@nyulangone.org) \nJames Johnston (james.johnston@childrensal.org\, Children’s Alabama)\nMichelle Wedemeyer (michelle.ariana.wedemeyer@gmail.com)\nDavid Garcia (dmgarcia@cmh.edu\, Children’s Mercy)\nJo Ling Goh (jgoh@cmh.edu\, Children’s Mercy)\nRick Boop (frederickboop@gmail.com)\nCody Nesvick (nesvickcl@upmc.edu\, Children’s Pittsburgh)\nSara Hartnett (sara.hartnett454@gmail.com\, All Children’s)\nDavid Daniels (daniels.david@mayo.edu\, Mayo Clinic)\nMichael Decuypere (mceduypere@luriechildrens.org\, Lurie Children’s)\nBarun Brahma (barunashish.brahma@choa.org\, CHOA)\nDean Hertzler (deanhertzler@gmail.com\, Joe DiMaggio Children’s)\nDerek “Clay” Samples (derek.samples@childrenscolorado.org\, Children’s Colorado)\nMoise Danielpour (moise.danielpour@cshs.org\, Cedars Sinai)\nSuresh Magge (smagge@med.umich.edu\, University of Michigan)\nJill Plonsker (jplonsker@gmail.com)\nSmruti Patel (smruti.patel@cchmc.org)\nMandan (Moni) Behbahani (mbehbahani@montefiore.org)\nCameron Sadegh (csadegh@ucdavis.edu)\n\n\nJill Ploof (jillia.ploof@fmolhs.org\, )\n– CONFIRMED\nGentry Savage (East TN Children’s) – CONFIRMED\nRabia Qaiser (Riley Children’s) – CONFIRMED\nErick Brown (erikmdphd@gmail.com\, Valley Children’s)\nCasey Madura (Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital) – CONFIRMED\nCathy Mazzola (NJPNI) – CONFIRMED \nScott Wait (Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Associates) – CONFIRMED\nJim Johnston (UAB) – CONFIRMED\nAfshin Saleh (Omaha Children’s) – CONFIRMED\nArnett Klugh (Omaha Children’s) – CONFIRMED\n\nMichael Dewan (Vanderbilt Children’s) – CONFIRMED\nErin Kiehna (Hemby Children’s Hospital\, Charlotte\, NC) – CONFIRMED\nPeter Dirks (Toronto Sick Kids) – CONFIRMED\nJennifer Quon (Toronto Sick Kids) – CONFIRMED\nGreg Albert (Arkansas Children’s) – CONFIRMED\nTomoko Tanaka (Arkansas Children’s) – CONFIRMED\nPravin Salunke (drpravin_salunke@yahoo.co.uk) – CONFIRMED\n\nGrace Lai (Children’s Hospital of Omaha) – CONFIRMED\n\n  \nN=23 (32?)  \n  \nTrainees \n\nKeenan Boulnemour (Keenan.boulnemour@uky.edu) – University of Kentucky resident\nVictor M. Lu (mrvictorlu@gmail.com) – University of Miami resident\nKelly Chamberlin (Kelly.chamberlin@unchealth.unc.edu) – Le Bonheur peds fellow\nCasey Jarvis (casey.jarvis@childrens.harvard.edu) – Lissa’s Brain tumor infolded  fellow\n\n  \nN=6 \n  \nTOTAL = 42 \n  \nSt. Jude Global/Non-Speakers: \n  \nThese are the ones that have confirmed they are coming: \n  \n\nPatrick Bankah (patbankah@gmail.com\, Ghana)\nRaghavendra Nayak (nayak.raghavendra@manipal.edu\, India)\nChula Kanishka (chula_kanishka@yahoo.com\, Sri Lanka)\nVijay Sundar (drvijaysundar@gmail.com\, India)\nDanny Campos (dannycs2002@gmail.com\, Peru)\nVladimir Benes (Vladimir.benes@fnmotol.cz\, Czechia)\nShun Yao (yeshion2012@gmail.com\, China)\nSorin Tarnoveanu\, (sorintarnoveanu@yahoo.com\, Romania)\nLuis Navarro (a.neur@yahoo.com\, Mexico)\nAdrian Caceres (neuroqx@gmail.com\, Costa Rica)\nJefferson Wanyoike (jwjeffjunior86@gmail.com\, Kenya)\nYang Wei (dr.yangwei@foxmail.com\, China)\nJonis Esguerra (jonismichaelesguerra@yahoo.com\, Phillipines)\nMouness Obeidat (mo.15790@khcc.jo\, Jordan)\nSergio Cavalheiro (sergiocavalheironeuro@gmail.com\, Brazil)\nHarun Demirci (drharundemirci@gmail.com\, Turkey)\nJason Labuschagne (Jason.labuschagne@icloud.com\, S. Africa)\n\n  \nN=17 \n  \nGRAND TOTAL = 71 \n  \nPeople who said they would be able to present cases: \n  \n\nNir\nMohamed El Beltagy (Egypt)\nMichael Dewan (Vanderbilt)\nJesse Winer (OHSU)\nToba Niazi (Nicklaus Children’s)\nCathy Mazzola\n\n  \nSPEAKERS \nLucas Elijovich (Semmes Murphey Intervent neurologist) \nJorge Lee (Le Bonheur Neuroradiology) \nAsim Choudhri (Le Bonheur Neuroradiology) \nCarolyn Quinsey (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill) \nDavid Daniels (Mayo Clinic\, Rochester) \nTom Merchant (St Jude Radiation Oncology) \nGeorge Jallo (All Children’s/Johns Hopkins\, Tampa FL) – **Special Guest Speaker** \nJim Wheless (Le Bonheur Neurology) \nElsa Arocha-Quinones (Wisconsin Children’s\, Milwaukee WI) \nHasan Syed (National Children’s\, Washington D.C.) \nGiles Robinson (St Jude Neurooncology) \nToba Niazi (Nicklaus Children’s\, Miami FL) \nGuillermo Aldave (Texas Children’s\, Houston TX) \nMohamed Beltagy (Egypt) \nSamer K. Elbabaa (Arnold Palmer Children’s Hospital\, FL) \nLissa Baird (Boston Children’s\, MA) \nAnthony Figaji (Cape Town\, South Africa) \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n  \n  URL:https://spno.org/event/the-art-science-of-surgery-for-children-with-nervous-system-tumors/ LOCATION:St. Jude\, Marlo Thomas Lecture Theatre CATEGORIES:Annual Symposium ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://spno.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/8047094557_Art-and-Science-of-Surgery-for-Children-with-CNS-Tumors-Social-Graphic_v1-02.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR