Schedule

Program as of June 18, 2019.

Tuesday, June 25

11:00 AM
Niagara Falls Sight-Seeing

6PM
Welcome Reception

Wednesday, June 26

7:00 – 7:45
Registration and Coffee

7:45 – 8:00
Introduction, Goals of meeting
Lynne Bilston
Marcus Stoodley
Mark Kane

Session 1: Chiari Malformation

8:00 AM – 10:00 AM


8:30 – 8:55
Chiari morphometrics: what changes after surgery and does this relate to headache resolution?

8:55 AM – 9:20 AM
Headache in Chiari I Malformation: Assessment Using Real-Time MR CSF Flow Imaging

9:20 – 9:45
Management of persisting headache after surgery


10:00 – 10:20
MORNING TEA

Session 2: Chiari Malformation

10:20 AM – 12:20 PM


10:45 – 11:15
Scoliosis in Chiari patients with and without syringomyelia

11:15 – 11:40
Mechanisms and management of sleep and breathing disturbances in Chiari


12:00 – 1:00
LUNCH

Session 3: Chiari Malformation

1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

1:00 – 1:25
Mechanisms and management of balance and hearing disturbance in Chiari
Roger Kula and Abraham Shulman






2:45 – 3:00
Consensus and future research: Chiari malformation
Marcus Stoodley and Lynne Bilston

3:00 – 3:20
AFTERNOON TEA

Session 4: Cranio-Vertebral Junction

3:20 – 5: 40

3:20 – 3:45
Craniocervical junction hypermobility

3:45 – 4:10
Craniovertebral Junction disorders and Chiari malformation. Myth and truth in pathophysiological and neurosurgical implications
Massimiliano Visocchi

4:15 – 4:40
Craniocervical junction hypermobility
Jeff Wilson



Cocktail Hour

6:30 – 7:30

Sponsored by:

Conference Dinner

7:30 PM

To be held at the Hyatt Hotel.

Thursday, June 27

Session 5: Ehlers Danlos Syndrome

8:00 AM – 10:00 AM

8:00 – 8:20
Chiari morphometrics in EDS patients


8:35 – 9:00
Surgical approaches for EDS patients – are they different?

9:00 – 9:15
Neuro-imaging of craniocervical / cervical instability in EDS and other hereditary connective tissue disorders
Myles Koby


9:30 – 10:00
Consensus and future research: EDS and cranio-vertebral junction
Marcus Stoodley and Lynne Bilston

10:00 – 10:25
MORNING TEA

Session 6: Chiari Malformation and Syringomyelia

10:25 AM – 12:30 PM

10:25 – 10:50
Mechanisms of syrinx formation A: clinical clues

10:50 – 11:15
Mechanisms of syrinx formation B: laboratory studies

11:15 – 11:40
Mechanisms of syrinx formation C: engineering studies

11:40 – 12:05
Mechanism of syrinx formation D: what can we learn from dogs


12:30 – 1:10
LUNCH
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Session 7: Syringomyelia/CSF Physiology

1:10 PM – 3:00 PM

1:10 – 1:25
Management of persistent or recurrent syringomyelia after Chiari decompression
Kaishin Tanaka

1:25 – 1:50
Brain and spinal CSF physiology: laboratory studies




3:00 – 3:20
AFTERNOON TEA

Session 8: Chiari malformation and Syringomyelia

3:20 PM – 5:40 PM

3:20 – 3:40
Chiari malformation combined with syringomyelia in minimally invasive surgery in different forms of cerebrospinal fluid circulating fluid dynamics
Yongli Lou




4:25 – 4:40
Chiari malformation in adults: outcome after surgical treatment, with a special attention for the results on headache
Marika Furlanetto


4:55 – 5:10
Dural histopathology in Cavalier King Charles Spaniels with Chiari-like malformation
Marissa O’Donnell


5:25 – 5:40
A shunt procedure for post-traumatic and tuberculous syringomyelia treatment
Hao Li

Friday, June 28

Session 9: Non-Chiari Syringomyelia: Pathogenesis

8:00 AM – 10:00 AM

8:00 – 8:30
Mechanisms of syrinx formation in SAS pathology A: clinical clues

8:30 – 8:55
Mechanisms of syrinx formation in SAS pathology B: laboratory studies


9:20 – 9:45
Mechanism of syrinx formation in spinal cord pathologies (tumours, tethered cord)


10:00 – 10:20
MORNING TEA

Session 10: Chiari Malformation/Syringomyelia

10:20 AM – 12:25 PM

10:20 – 10:45
Surgical treatment of non-Chiari syrinx: goals and outcome assessment

10:45 – 11:10
Management of non-Chiari syringomyelia in children






12:25 – 1:05
LUNCH

Session 11: Chiari Malformation and Syringomyelia

1:05 PM – 3:30 PM

Session 12: Open Forum for Discussion

3:45 PM – 5:00 PM

Please join us for continued discussion on the topics covered during the course of the conference.

Saturday, June 29

Session 13: Information Session for Patients

9:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Morning tea compliments of UB Neurosurgery.