Carle Illinois Microsurgery and Endoscopic Hands-On Course

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). For more information, please contact neurosurgery.course@carle.com

This event is hosted by Carle Health in conjunction with Carle Illinois College of Medicine and Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

2023 Agenda

The 2024 agenda will be posted once complete.

Friday, 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, 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

2023 Faculty

The 2024 faculty will be posted once confirmed.

Guest Faculty
Steven Carr, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery
University of Missouri

Roukoz Chamoun, MD
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Residency Program Director
University of Kansas

James Chandler, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery
Northwestern University

Hayan Dayoub, MD
Neurosurgeon
Springfield Clinic

Mohamed Samy El Hammady, MD
Neurological Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi


James Evans, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery and Otolaryngology
Thomas Jefferson University
Former President of the North American Skull Base Society

Anand Germanwala, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery and Residency Program Director
Loyola University Medical Center

Walter Jean, MD
Chief of Neurological Surgery at Lehigh Valley Health Network
Professor of Neurosurgery at University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine
Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery and Director of Skull Base Surgery at George Washington University

Troy Payner, MD
Director of Cerebrovascular and Skull Base Fellowship
Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine, Indiana University

Vikram Prabhu, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery
Loyola University Medical Center

Kushal Shah, MD
Neurosurgeon, Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine
Clinical Assistant Professor, Marian University

Ramachandra Tummala, MD
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
University of Minnesota

A. Samy Youssef, MD, PhD
Vice Chair of Education, Professor of Neurosurgery and Clinical Otolaryngology, Director of Complex Cranial and Skull Base Surgery, Program Director of Skull Base Surgery Fellowship
University of Colorado School of Medicine

Nathan Zwagerman, MD
Assistant Professor and Director of Pituitary and Skull Base Surgery
Medical College of Wisconsin

Internal Faculty
Muhamad Amine, MS, MD
Otolaryngologist, Carle Health
Clinical Assistant Professor, Carle Illinois College of Medicine

Jonathan McJunkin, MD
Neurotologist, Carle Health
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology, Washington University
Clinical Associate Professor, Carle Illinois College of Medicine

Amrendra Miranpuri, MD
Program Lead for Stroke and Neurovascular Services, Carle Health
Clinical Associate Professor, Carle Illinois College of Medicine

Wael H. Mostafa, MD, PhD – Course Director
Program Lead for Brain Tumor and Skull Base Surgery, Carle Health
Clinical Assistant Professor, Carle Illinois College of Medicine

Ryan Porter, MD, MBA
Neurotologist, Carle Health
Clinical Associate Professor, Carle Illinois College of Medicine