The Carle Illinois Microsurgery and Endoscopic Hands-On Course is an annual two-day course focused on giving hands-on training in microsurgical and endoscopic approaches.
Providing a unique training environment, with an emphasis on advancing brain surgery instruction for future neurosurgeons, participants focus on developing new skills and expertise needed for these intricate procedures.
Welcome from the Course Director
On behalf of Carle Foundation Hospital and our partners at the University of Illinois, I welcome each one of you to the Carle Illinois Microsurgery and Endoscopic Hands-On Course. Advancing academic and educational training has been at the core of the Carle Neuroscience Institute. We are fortunate to have world-class faculty who will provide you with a fantastic and unique training opportunity. Thank you for attending!
— Wael Mostafa, MD, PhD
This two-day course is free to invited residents and fellows of ACGME-accredited neurosurgery programs and invited faculty. Each day will include lectures and cadaveric dissection that focus on microsurgical approaches (day one) and endoscopic approaches (day two). Activities will be held at 506 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL. For more information, please contact neurosurgery.course@carle.com
This event is hosted by Carle Health in conjunction with Carle Illinois College of Medicine, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology and the Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Neuroscience Institute
Carle is home to some of the most advanced services and technology available to treat conditions of the brain, spine and nervous system.
VISIT INSTITUTEFriday, August 11
Microsurgery Day
7:00 - 7:30 a.m.
Welcome and Breakfast
7:30 - 8:00 a.m.
The Pterional Approach and Its Applications
8:05 - 8:35 a.m.
Fronto-Orbitozygomatic Approach and Its Modification
8:40 - 9:10 a.m.
Anterior Skull Base Keyhole Surgery: Eyebrow Approach
9:15 a.m. - noon
Cadaver Dissection
Noon - 1:00 p.m.
Lunch and Exhibitors
1:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Retrosigmoid Approach
1:30 - 2:05 p.m.
Annual Aziz Lecture
Petroclival Meningiomas: The Age of Reasoning
2:10 - 2:40 p.m.
Far Lateral/Transcondylar Approach
2:45 - 3:15 p.m.
The Role of VR/AR in Neurosurgery and Skull Base
3:15 - 3:30 p.m.
Break
3:30 - 6:00 p.m.
Cadaver Dissection
7:00 - 10:00 p.m.
Social event
Saturday, August 12
Endoscopic Day
7:00 - 7:30 a.m.
Breakfast
7:30 - 8:00 a.m.
Relative Sinus, Sellar, Suprasellar and Anterior Skull Base Anatomy
8:00 - 8:30 a.m.
Endoscopic Endonasal Approach to the Sellar and Suprasellar Regions
8:30 - 9:00 a.m.
Endoscopic Endonasal Approach to the Anterior Cranial Fossa
9:00 - 9:15 a.m.
Break
9:15 - 11:00 a.m.
Cadaver Dissection
11:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Endoscopic Transpterygoid/Transclival Approach
11:30 a.m. - noon
Endoscopic Endonasal Approach to the Craniocervical Junction
Noon - 1:00 p.m.
Lunch and Exhibitors
1:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Endoscopic Skull Base Reconstruction Techniques
1:30 - 2:00 p.m.
Complication Avoidance in Skull Base Surgery
2:00 - 2:15 p.m.
Break
2:15 - 5:15 p.m.
Cadaver Dissection
5:30 p.m.
Adjournment
"It was a phenomenal experience... The hospitality you all provided was amazing and made for a great couple of days. I have already told my program back at Duke that we should definitely send residents to this course yearly."
Steve Harward, MD, PhD
Duke University School of Medicine
"Great experience! Faculty did a great job teaching in terms of lectures, and then following up these lectures with cadaver labs provided a great deal of knowledge reinforcement. It was also a great time to connect with other faculty members for those interested in pursuing a fellowship in skull base/oncology."
Nathan Nordmann, MD
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
"It was a great learning experience for us. The dissection courses were superb. The speakers were amazing. This was my most impactful training."
Davies Cheruiyot, MD
Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi
"Absolutely THE best symposium I have been to. You had all top level speakers. First time ever that most of the surgeons would stop by a booth. I had great conversations with many top level guys. Thank you for inviting me."
Jack DaDan, MD
Next Case Surgical, Inc.
"Extremely successful. All the attendings were open to questions and added important feedback during the cadaver dissection."
Riccardo Serra, MD
University of Maryland School of Medicine
"Great content, great people, well organized, very high yield."
Steven Carr, MD
University of Missouri, Columbia
Platinum
ABS Med
Carle Illinois College of Medicine
Karl Storz Endoscopy-America
Medivis
Medtronic
Stryker
Synaptive Medical
Carl Zeiss Meditec
Gold
BK Medical
Silver
Integra LifeSciences
Depuy Synthes
GT Medical Technologies
Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute
Omniscient Neurotechnology (o8T)
SpecialtyCare
SurgicalOne
The course is also made possible by generous donations to the Carle Neuroscience Institute Fund through Carle Health Center for Philanthropy.