National and International Guest Lectures on Neurosurgical Simulation
1) Goals for the Day: Where Are We Now? Where Are We Going? Simulation Technologies Conference. McGill University, October 15, 2009
2) Current Trends in the Management of Malignant Gliomas: Translating Science into Practice. State of the Art of Surgical Management, Cancun, Mexico, March 6, 2010
3) Advances and Controversy in Surgical Neuro-Oncology. Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation Annual Meeting, June 9, 2010
4) Michael Bell Memorial Lectureship State of the Art: Surgical Management of Gliomas. Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada Information Day for Patients and Families, London, Ontario, October 15, 2010
5) Brain Tumours, Moving Steadily Forward. Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada Information Day for Patients and Families, Halifax, Nova Scotoa, October 30, 2010
6) State of the Art: Surgical Management of Gliomas. CNS Grand Rounds, Department of Neurosurgery, Ottawa Civic Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, November 26, 2010
7) State of the Art: Surgical Management of Gliomas. King Fahd Medical City Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, February 6, 2011
8) The Impact of New Technology on Surgical Resection. 2011 Current Trends in the Management of Malignant Gliomas: Evolving Care to Optimize Patient Outcomes. Sao Paulo, Brazil, February 26, 2011
9) The Role of Salvage Surgery in High-Grade Glioma. 2011 Current Trends in the Management of Malignant Gliomas: Evolving Care to Optimize Patient Outcomes, Sao Paulo, Brazil, February 26, 2011
10) State of the Art: The Surgical Management of Brain Tumours. Network of Hope, Montreal Neurological Hospital Brain Tumour Program, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, Montreal, June 20, 2011
11) Neuro-Simulation. Canadian Parliamentary Breakfast, Parliament Buildings, Ottawa, December 6, 2011
12) Plenary Lecture: Neurosurgical Simulation: The Future is Now. Engineering Robotics, Risk Management Forum, Arezzo, Italy, November, 23, 2011
13) Simulation in Neurosurgical Resident Training: The Future is Now. NeuroTouch Symposium, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York City, New York, April 4, 2012
14) Recurrent Glioma: Assessing the Past-Predicting the Future. Symposium, Eisai Limited, Toronto, April 10, 2012
15) Neurosurgery Resident Review Course: Neuro-Oncology: Malignant Glioma Surgery. 2012 Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation Annual Meeting, Ottawa, June 6, 2012
16) Evidence Based Neurosurgery Course: Virtual Reality Simulation, The Future is Now. 2012 Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation Annual Meeting, Ottawa, June 7, 2012
17) Horizons in Simulation Training; Neurotouch: The Future. University of California, San Francisco, Department of Neurosurgery, San Francisco, California, August, 23, 2012.
18) Surgical Expertise in Neuro-Oncology: History, Theory and Neurosimulation: The Future. C. Besta, Milan, September 10, 2012,
19) Surgical Expertise in Neuro-Oncology: History, Theory and Neurosimulation: The Future. University of Padua, September 11, 2012.
20) The History of Neuro-Oncology. International Society for the History of Medicine, Abano Terme, Padua, Italy, September 16, 2012
21) Surgical Expertise in Neuro-Oncology: History, Theory and Neurosimulation: The Future. Grands Rounds Department of Neurosciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, October 3, 2012
22) Keynote Speaker: Moving Forward; Molecular Profiling and Neurosimulation. Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada Information Day, London, Ontario, October 13, 2012
23) Surgical expertise: Opening the Window using Simulation-theory and Practice. First Neurotouch R&D Meeting, National Research Council of Canada, Boucherville, Quebec, December 7, 2012.
24) Neurosurgical Simulation: From Concept to Reality. King Fahad Medical City, Innovation Fair, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, December, 15, 2012
25) Surgical Expertise in Neuro-Oncology: History, Theory, and Neurosimulation: The Future. CME, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, December, 17, 2012
26) 17th Annual Milam E. Leavens Distinguished Lecture: Surgical Expertise in Neuro-Oncology: History, Theory, and Neurosimulation: The Future. UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, January 11, 2013.
27) Sandra Altman Memorial Lecture: Surgical Expertise in Neuro-Oncology: History, Theory, and Neurosimulation: The Future. University of Pennsylvania, Department of Neurosurgery, Philadelphia, February 28, 2013.
28) Surgical Expertise in Neurosurgery. Department of Engineering, McGill University, March, 21, 2013
29) Computer Simulation: NeuroTouch. Canadian Neurosurgical Innovation and Discoveries, Canadian Neurosciences Federation, Montreal, Canada, June 13, 2013.
30) Surgical Expertise in Neuro-Oncology: History, Theory, and Neurosimulation. Goodman Cancer Research Lecture, Montreal, Canada, June 13, 2013.
31) NeuroTouch Studies at the Neurosurgical Simulation Research Centre at The Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University. 2nd Annual International Symposium Brain Surgery Simulation, New York, November 9, 2013.
32) Neurosurgical Simulation Studies at the Neurosurgical Simulation Research Centre at McGill. National Research Council, Boucherville, Quebec, December 13, 2013.
33) Simulation and Neurosurgical Expertise: Integrating Theory into Practice. Western University, London, Ontario, March 25, 2014.
34) Keynote Speaker: Simulation and Neurosurgical Expertise. 8th Saudi Arabia Neurosurgical Society Meeting, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, April 16, 2014.
35) Globalization of Neurosurgical Operative Care Using Simulation: Dream or Approachable Reality. Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, Colton, California, May 19, 2014.
36) Globalization of Neurosurgical Operative Care Using Simulation: Dream or Approachable Reality. Inaugurazione Del Centro Di Simulazione e Formazione Neurochirurgica. Carlo Besta Institute, Milano, Italy, November 24, 2014.
37) The management of High and Intermediate grade Gliomas. Comprehensive Clinical Neurosurgery Review, Krakow, Poland, December 2, 2014.
38) Globalization of Neurosurgical Operative Education Using Simulation: Dream or Approachable Reality. 2014 Austin Translational Neurosciences Symposium Neuro Texas Insitute Research Foundation St. David’s Healthcare. Austin, Texas, December 6, 2014.
39) VR Simulation for Surgical Training-NeuroTouch User Group, Simulation and Digital Health for Clinical and Home Care. National Research Council of Canada, Boucherville, Quebec, December 16, 2014.
40) Globalization of Neurosurgical Operative Care Using Simulation Technology: Dream or Approachable Reality. Bench to Bedside conference for Youth 2015, Montreal, Canada, January, 17, 2015.
41) Assessing and Improving Neurosurgical Resident Performance after Prolonged Illness. NeuroTouch R&D Consortium-5th Meeting, Canadian Medical Research Council, Boucherville, Quebec, Canada, February 20, 2015.
42) Neurosurgical Operative care using Simulation Technology: Promise, Projects, and Problems. 15th Interim Meeting of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies, Virtual Neurosurgery Course Overview, Rome, Italy, September 7, 2015.
43) The Force Pyramid. NeuroTouch Consortium Meeting, Congress of Neurological Surgery Meeting, New Orleans, September 28, 2015.
44) Globalization of Neurosurgical Operative Care Using Simulation Technology. Dream or Approachable Reality, Universidad de Antioquia in Medellin, Medellin, Colombia, March 15, 2016.
45) Globalization of Neurosurgical Operative Care Using Simulation Technology. Dream or Approachable Reality, Mederi neuro-Oncology Conference, Bogota, Colombia, March 18, 2016.
46) Searching for Excellence: The Hand-Mind Interaction. Destiny Quebec, Global Issues Conference 2016, Lower Canada College, Montreal, Canada, April 6, 2016.
47) Enchancing the Techniques for intrinsic brain tumor removal: Applications from virtual reality. William S. Keith Scientific Day, University of Toronto, June 6, 2016.
48) Invited Plenary Lecture: The History of Neuro-Oncology: Canadian Sauvoir Faire: 17th Biennial Canadian neuro-Oncology Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, June 10, 2016.
49) Application of Virtual reality to Enhance the Removal of Intrinsic Brain Tumors. Canadian Neurosurgical Innovation Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, September 11, 2016.
50) Virtual Reality Simulation: A Disruptive Assessment and LearningvTechnology. ABC WIN Seminar: Simulation and Neuro-Intervention. Val d’Isere, France, January 14, 2017.
51) Virtual Reality Simulation: A Disruptive Assessment and LearningTechnology. AO Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland, January 18, 2017.
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