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Stereotactic and Functional

Emerging Indications and Technologies in Neurostimulation

Sunday, May 5, 2024
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
Location: N427d

Thought leaders in neuromodulation describe emerging indications and technological advancements that continue to propel the field to the forefront of innovation.

Learning Objectives:

  • Discuss procedures and pitfalls in clinical trial design and execution.
  • Describe clinical trials for closed loop stimulation in epilepsy treatment.
  • Discuss current clinical quandaries in the field of functional neurosurgery.

Disclosure(s):
Dario J. Englot, MD, PhD, FAANS: No financial relationships to disclose
Rushna Ali, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Presentations:

  • 1:30 PM – 1:33 PM CT
    Welcome and Introduction

    Moderator: Rushna Ali, MD (she/her/hers) – Mayo Clinic Rochester

  • 1:34 PM – 1:59 PM CT
    Lessons from a Translational DBS Study: Opportunities, Pitfalls and Challenges

    Speaker: Andre Machado, MD PhD – Cleveland Clinic

  • 2:00 PM – 2:20 PM CT
    Clinical Quandaries in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

    Speaker: Julie G. Pilitsis, MD, PhD, MBA – University of Arizona

  • 2:22 PM – 2:27 PM CT
    Philip L. Gildenberg, MD Resident Award: Tessellation of artificial touch via microstimulation of human somatosensory cortex

    Presenting Author: Dillan Prasad, MS (he/him/his) – Feinberg School of Medicine

    Co-Author: Charles Greenspon, PhD – University of Chicago

    Co-Author: Peter C. Warnke, MD (he/him/his) – University of Chicago Medicine

  • 2:28 PM – 2:33 PM CT
    Cognitive and seizure outcomes for anterior temporal lobectomy versus laser ablation in temporal lobe epilepsy

    Presenting Author: Kathryn Snyder, B.E. (she/her/hers) – McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Science Center - Houston

    Co-Author: Ellery Wheeler, B.S. – Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery, UTHealth Science Center - Houston

    Co-Author: Josh Bandopadhay (he/him/his) – McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Science Center - Houston

    Co-Author: Joshua Breier, PhD – UTHealth

    Co-Author: Yosefa Modiano, PhD – UT Health

    Co-Author: Nitin Tandon, M.D. (he/him/his) – Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery, UTHealth Science Center - Houston

    Co-Author: Greg Hickok, PhD – UTHealth

  • 2:34 PM – 2:39 PM CT
    Region-based Phoneme Decoding during Production from Stereo-electroencephalography

    Presenting Author: Aditya Singh, n/a – UT Health Science Center at Houston

    Co-Author: Nitin Tandon, M.D. (he/him/his) – Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery, UTHealth Science Center - Houston

    Co-Author: Tessy M. Thomas, n/a – UT Health Science Center at Houston

  • 2:40 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Ancillary Update: Clinical Trials for Closed Loop Stimulation for Epilepsy

    Speaker: Robert M. Richardson, MD PHD – Mass General Hospital, Harvard Medical School