ADVANCED TRAINING
IN OPEN AND ENDOSCOPIC NEUROSURGERY
A hands-on skull base training program in the heart of downtown Chicago, Illinois
The 2025 Course Will be Held March 7-9
Official registration is open
link below:
https://northwestern.cloud-cme.com/course/courseoverview?P=0&EID=109746
Interested in learning more?
Contact Rajashree Sarkar, MBBS/MS at rajashree.sarkar@northwestern.edu
Agenda
This comprehensive, three-day course is designed for both novice and experienced surgeons, residents and fellows. James Chandler, MD, and the Skull Base team will teach by didactic presentations, 3D and VR anatomy demonstrations and guided cadaveric dissection.
Course Objectives
Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to:
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Review the surgical approaches (open and endoscopic) for complex, skull base pathologies.
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Recognize the advantages of a team-based approach for managing pre-, peri- and postoperative skull base pathologies.
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Demonstrate proficient endoscopic instrument handling and performing standard open skull base approaches.
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Master minimally invasive endoscopic endonasal
approaches to the sellar and peri-sellar area through
advanced orbital-zygomatic craniotomy. -
Identify complex skull base pathologies.
Target Audience
Neurosurgery and otolaryngology residents, fellows, and attendings.
Accreditation Statement
The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Credit Designation Statement
The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 21.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
American Board of Surgery Continuous Certification Program
Successful completion of this CME activity enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME requirement(s) of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.
Registration fees
• Attending physician. . . $2,500
• Trainee. . . $1,000
• Pair registration (neurosurgery and otolaryngology – head and neck surgery). . $3,500
• Northwestern University Feinberg School
of Medicine alumni. . $1,000
Official registration coming September 2025!
Friday, March 7, 2025
7:00am
Registration, 3-D Device Set Up
7:15am
Welcome / Course Overview
Dr. James P. Chandler
Module 1: Endoscopic Sellar/Suprasellar Approaches
7:30am
3D Anatomy
Dr. Michael Walsh
VR Conference Room
8:00am
Extended Endoscopic endonasal approach
Dr. Gabriel Zada
8:30am
Lab: Endoscopic Dissection
10.00am
Endoscopic Anterior Cranial Base Resection: Suprasellar Approach
Dr. Jean Anderson Eloy
10.30am
Skull base reconstruction
Dr. David B. Conley
11.00 am
Lab: Endoscopic dissection
12 pm
Lunch
Module 2: Endoscopic Trans pterygoid/Trans maxillary/Trans clival Approaches
12.30pm
3D Anatomy
Dr. Michael Walsh
1 pm
Endoscopic Endonasal Trans clival Approach
Dr. Stephen Magill
1.30 pm
Lab: Endoscopic Dissection
3 pm
Endoscopic Endonasal Trans pterygoid/Trans maxillary Approach to the Middle Cranial Fossa
Dr. Jean Anderson Eloy and Dr. Robert C. Kern
3.30pm
Lab: Endoscopic Dissection
5:30pm
Review and Adjournment
Dr. James P. Chandler
7:00pm
Dinner with Faculty and Participants
Saturday, March 8, 2025
7:00am
Breakfast, 3-D Device Set Up
Module 3: Open Suprasellar/Middle Cranial Fossa Approaches
7:30am
3D Anatomy
Dr. Michael Walsh
8:00am
Transcranial Suprasellar Approaches-Orbitozygomatic approach
Dr. Osaama Khan
8:30am
Lab: Open Dissection
10:00am
Lateral Sub temporal Approach to the Middle Cranial Fossa with anterior petrosectomy
Dr. Kevin Zhan and Dr. Timothy Smith
10:30am
Lab: Open Dissection
12:00pm
Lunch
Module 4: Trans petrosal/Far Lateral Approaches
1:00pm
3D Anatomy
Dr. Michael Walsh
1:30pm
Far lateral Transcondylar approach
Dr. James P. Chandler
2:00pm
Lab: Open Dissection
3:30pm
Trans petrosal Approach to the Clivus and petrous apex
Dr. Omar Arnaout
4:00pm
Lab: Open Dissection
5:30pm
Review and Adjournment
Dr. James P. Chandler
Sunday, March 9, 2025
8:00am
Breakfast
Module 5: Complications
9:00am
Complication and Avoidance
Dr. James P. Chandler
Dr. Gabriel Zada
Dr. Osaama Khan
Dr. Stephen Magill
Dr. Robert Kern
Dr. David Conley
10:00am
Lab: Open Dissection
12:00pm
Endoscopic Transorbital approach
Dr. Osaama Khan & Dr. Stephen Magill
FACULTY
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Skull Base Lab Director
James Chandler, MD
Kevin Zhan, MD
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Robert Kern, MD
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
David Conley, MD
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Michael Walsh, MD
Northwestern Medicine
Lake Forest Hospital
Osaama H. Khan, MD
Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage Hospital
Stephen T. Magill, MD, PhD
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Gabreil Zada, MD
University of Southern California
Omar Arnaout, MD
Harvard Medical School
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Jean A. Eloy, MD
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Saint Barnabas Medical Center
Timothy Smith, MD
Harvard Medical School
Brigham and Women's Hospital
FACILITIES
This three-day course will be held at the Northwestern Medical Simulation for Advanced Surgical Education. This state-of-the-art facility employs the same instrumentation and equipment available in most operating rooms.
Northwestern Medical Simulation
McGaw Pavilion
240 East Huron Street
Suite LC-0540
Chicago, Illinois 60611
PREVIOUS PROGRAMS
In 2019 and 2020, the Advanced Training Program was held in the Northwestern Skull Base Lab Resident Training facilities. The response was overwhelming, and as this program grows, we will be hosting it in the Northwestern Simulation facilities to make room for more participants.