Impact through Innovation

Moderator(s)

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  Christopher Cifarelli, MD, PhD, MMM, FAANS, FACS

  Neurosurgeon; Director, Gamma Knife Program; Associate Professor
  Department of Neurosurgery; Department of Radiation Oncology; West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA

In this session, we will review the innovations from the tumor section over almost half of a century, and host the prestigious Bittner Lecture, highlighting exemplary work in neurosurgical oncology.

Presentations:

• 3:30 PM – 3:32 PM EDT

  Welcome and Introduction
  

  Speaker: Christopher P. Cifarelli, MD, PhD, MMM, FAANS, FACS – Department of Neurosurgery; Department of Radiation Oncology; West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
• 3:33 PM – 3:43 PM EDT

  Innovation from the Tumor Section: More than 40 years
  

  Speaker: Ian Parney, MD PhD – Mayo Clinic
• 3:44 PM – 3:49 PM EDT

  Introduction to Bittner Lecture
  

  Speaker: Constantinos G. Hadjipanayis, MD, PhD – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
• 3:50 PM – 4:10 PM EDT

  Bittner Lecture
  

  Speaker: Jason Sheehan, MD, PhD – Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
• 4:11 PM – 4:18 PM EDT

  Sampling, Molecular Characterization and Modeling of Infiltrating Glioblastoma Cells
  

  Presenting Author: Lindsey A. Dudley, BS – Molecular Biology Interdepartmental Doctoral Program
• 4:19 PM – 4:26 PM EDT

  Modulation of Bioenergetics and Immunosuppression in Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells by Targeting the NRP2:VEGF Axis in Glioblastoma
  

  Presenting Author: John H. Choi, MD – Stanford Neurosurgery
• 4:27 PM – 4:34 PM EDT

  Spatial Transcriptomics Analysis Uncovers Cellular Interactions Between Glioblastoma and Neurons in a Novel Ex Vivo Human Brain Slices
  

  Presenting Author: Arman Jahangiri, MD, PhD – Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory University School of Medicine
• 4:35 PM – 4:40 PM EDT

  Intraoperative Ultra-Rapid PCR for BRAF Mutation Detection in Craniopharyngioma
  

  Presenting Author: Akshay V. Save, MD – NYU Langone
• 4:41 PM – 4:46 PM EDT

  Language Mapping in Insular Gliomas: A Lesional Disconnectome Study
  

  Presenting Author: Giorgio Fiore, MD – IRCCS Ca' Granda Foundation Major Hospital of Milan
• 4:47 PM – 4:52 PM EDT

  Minimally Invasive Biomarker-Based Machine Learning for Post-Operative Glioma Recurrence Prediction
  

  Presenting Author: Advait Patil, MS – Harvard Medical School
• 4:53 PM – 4:58 PM EDT

  Identification of Circulating miRNAs on Liquid Biopsy for Diagnosis of Brain Tumors: Preliminary Data from a Single Center
  

  Presenting Author: Owen P. Leary – The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence RI
• 4:59 PM – 5:00 PM EDT

  Closing Remarks
  

  Speaker: Christopher P. Cifarelli, MD, PhD, MMM, FAANS, FACS – Department of Neurosurgery; Department of Radiation Oncology; West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA