Mayo Clinic: Rhoton-de Oliveira Treatment Advances in Neurology and Functional Neurosurgery for Movement Disorders, Epilepsy & Headache 2025

Jacksonville, FL US
March 6, 2025 to March 8, 2025

Sanjeet S. Grewal, M.D.Vanessa Milanese, M.D., Ph.D.Joao Paulo Cavalcante de Almeida, M.D., Ph.D.Erik H. Middlebrooks, M.D.William Tatum, D.O. and Sara Casagrande, M.D.

March 6 - 8,  2025 - Mayo Clinic Florida - Jacksonville, Florida

With both a neurosurgery track and a neurology track, this course is designed as a review of targeting, programming, surgical approaches, and operative techniques pertaining to surgical treatment of epilepsy, facial pain, and movement disorders such as Parkinson’s disease, essential tremor and dystonia. The course offers a cadaver workshop as well as augmented reality and advanced programming workshops. The course is designed for neurosurgeons, pain specialists, neurologists, physician assistants, residents, fellows, and mid-level providers interested in movement disorders, to provide a global approach to the movement disorder patients.

Target Audience

Neurosurgeons, neurologists, radiologists and NPs, PAs, nurses, and residents/fellows in the fields of neurosurgery and neurology

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Determine the appropriate microsurgical techniques for treatment of complex epilepsy
  • Identify complex surgical approaches for facial pain treatment
  • Demonstrate proficiency in deep brain stimulation programming techniques on the programming tablets
  • Identify multi-specialty treatment options for refractory headaches
  • Identify the major deep brain stimulation procedures to various movement disorders and epilepsy affecting the brain.
  • Apply multidisciplinary decision-making to management of complex movement disorder and epilepsy cases
  • Demonstrate proficiency in techniques during hands-on sessions on cadaveric specimens
  • Determine the appropriate stereotactic techniques for treatment of complex epilepsy


Attendance at any Mayo Clinic course does not indicate or guarantee competence or proficiency in the skills, knowledge or performance of any care or procedure(s) which may be discussed or taught in this course.

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 21.50 AAPA Category 1
  • 21.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
  • 21.50 ANCC
  • 21.50 Attendance
  • 21.50 IPCE
Event starts: 
03/06/2025 - 7:00am
Event ends: 
03/08/2025 - 5:00pm

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Please Note: This course is LIVE ONLY

Please Note: All times are in Eastern Time

Thursday March 6, 2025

Deep Brain Stimulation and Movement Disorders Procedures

6:45 AM ET

Breakfast

 Didactic – Neurosurgery/Neurology Tracks (Kinne Auditorium)

7:00 AM

Welcome and Introduction

Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa, MD, Joao Paulo Almeida, MD, PhD, Sanjeet Grewal, MD, and Vanessa Milanese, MD, PhD

7:15 AM

Surgery for Parkinson’s Disease – Patient & Target Selection

Sara Casagrande, MD

7:40 AM

Microsurgical Anatomy of the Subthalamic Nucleus (STN)

Vanessa Milanese, MD, PhD

8:05 AM

Advanced Imaging for STN Targeting

Harith Akram, MBChB, PhD

8:30 AM

 

STN Programming session: Live Parkinson’s Disease patient

Alfonso Fasano, MD

8:55 AM

 

Surgery for Dystonia

  Steven Ojemann, MD

9:20 AM

Break/Exhibit Hall

9:40 AM

 

 Advanced imaging and Anatomy for Globus Pallidus Internus (GPi) Targeting

Sanjeet Grewal, MD

10:05 AM

 

GPi Programming session: Live Dystonia patient

Sara Casagrande, MD

10:30 AM

When, How and Why refer Essential Tremor patient for surgery?

Ryan Uitti, MD

10:55 AM

Microsurgical Anatomy of the Ventral Intermediate Nucleus (VIM), Zona Incerta, Ventral Caudalis (VC) and Ventral Oralis (VO) of the Thalamus

Vanessa Milanese, MD, PhD

11:20 AM

Break/Exhibit Hall

11:35 AM

Advanced Imaging for Thalamic Targets

Erik Middlebrooks, MD

12:00 PM

VIM Programming session: Live Essential Tremor patient

Philip Tipton, MD

12:25 PM

Neuroprotection and Deep Brain Stimulation

Jens Volkmann, MD

12:50 PM

Transition to Lunch

1:00 PM

Lunch and Discussion (Located in Stabile)

1:50 PM

Transition to Workshops

Neurosurgery Track Workshop (Procedural Skills Lab in Simulation Center)

2:15 PM

Frame Fixation, STN Targeting and Stereotactic Approach to the STN (Hands-On Laboratory – Procedural Skills Lab)

Vanessa Milanese, MD, PhD; Harith Akram, MBChB, PhD

3:15 PM

 Stereotactic Approach to the GPi (Hands-On Laboratory – Procedural Skills Lab)

Sanjeet Grewal, MD & Steven Ojemann, MD

4:15 PM

VIM Targeting and Virtual Reality (Hands-On Laboratory – Procedural Skills Lab)

Erik Middlebrooks, MD & Kendall Lee, MD, PhD

5:30 PM

Adjourn

Neurology Track Workshop (Learning Center A/B in Simulation Center)

2:15 PM

Advances on Parkinson’s Disease Pharmacological Management

Philip Tipton, MD

3:00 PM

How do I do Monopolar Survey?

Alfonso Fasano, MD

3:45 PM

How do I use Imaging to guide my programming?

Jens Volkmann, MD

4:30 PM

Programming DBS Hands-On

Sara Casagrande, MD; Philip Tipton, MD,

5:30 PM

Adjourn

 

Friday March 7, 2025

Deep Brain Stimulation & Epilepsy Procedures

7:00 AM ET

Breakfast

 Didactic – Neurology/Neurosurgery Tracks (Kinne Auditorium)

7:30 AM

Advances in Lead DBS

Andreas Horn, MD, PhD

7:55 AM

Troubleshooting in Deep Brain Stimulation Programming & Challenges in Patient Management

Alfonso Fasano, MD and Jens Volkmann, MD

8:20 AM

Connectome based Deep Brain Stimulation

Andreas Horn, MD, PhD

8:45 AM

How and when I choose Deep Brain Stimulation?

Sanjeet Grewal, MD

9:10 AM

How and when I choose Radiosurgery?

Evan Thomas, MD, PhD

9:35 AM

How and when I choose Focused Ultrasound?

Jinwoo Chang, MD, PhD

10:00 AM

 Break/Exhibit Hall

10:20 AM

Probing connectivity using single pulse electrical stimulation in the human Brain

Dora Hermes Miller, PhD

10:45 AM

 Invasive Monitoring with sEEG

Kai Miller, MD

11:10 AM

 Microsurgical Anatomy of the Centromedian/Parafascicular and Anterior Nucleus of the thalamus

Jamie Van Gompel, MD

11:35 AM

Break/Exhibit Hall

11:50 AM

CM/Pf, ANT and VNS programming & Patient Management

William Tatum, DO

12:15 PM

Challenging Cases in Epilepsy 

Richard Byrne, MD

12:40 PM

Transition to Lunch

1:00 PM

Lunch and Discussion (Located in Stabile)

1:45 PM

 

 Transition to Workshops

Neurosurgery Track Workshop (Live Only – Procedural Skills Lab in Simulation Center)

2:00 PM

CM/Pf and ANT Targeting (Demonstration & Hands On)

Jamie Van Gompel, MD & Erik Middlebrooks & all faculty

2:50 PM

 SEEG Stereotactic Planning and Approach (Demonstration & Hands On)

Kai Miller, MD and all faculty

3:40 PM

LITT Stereotactic Planning and Approach (Demonstration & Hands On)

 Kai Miller, MD and Jamie Van Gompel, MD

4:30 PM

Adjourn

Neurology Track Workshop (Learning Center A/B in Simulation Center)

2:00 PM

Advances in Anti-seizure Medications

Jackie French, MD

2:50 PM

Mapping of STN, GPi and Thalamus Using Microelectrode Recording

Bryan Klassen, MD

3:40 PM

RNS programming & Patient Management

Brin Freund, MD

4:30 PM

Adjourn

 Neurology & Neurosurgery Tracks (TPC)

6:30 PM 

Dinner & Keynote Lecture & Abstracts (Non-CME)

Unveiling STN for movement disorders and psychiatric surgery

Stephan Chabardes, MD, PhD

 

 

Saturday March 8, 2025

Deep Brain Stimulation & Pain Procedures

7:30 AM ET

Breakfast

Didactic – Neurology & Neurosurgery Tracks (Live: Kinne Auditorium)

8:00 AM ET

 Advanced Imaging and Neural Engineering Technologies

 Kendall Lee, MD, PhD

8:25 AM

 Advanced Imaging for non-invasive Neuromodulation

Andreas Horn, MD, PhD

8:50 AM

Lesioning for Neurophatic Pain: RF x HiFU x Radiosurgery case discussion

Shervin Rahimpour, MD, PhD

9:15 AM

 Occipital Nerve Stimulation for trigeminal autonomic cephalalgia

Stephan Chabardes, MD, PhD

9:40 AM

 Updates on intractable headache

 Amaal Starling, MD

10:05 AM

 VTA DBS for trigeminal autonomic cephalalgia – when we should consider it?

 JP Parker, MD, PhD

10:30 AM

Break/Exhibit Hall

11:00 AM

 Spinal Cord Stimulation x Lesioning for Trigeminal Neuralgia

 Rushna Ali, MD

11:25 AM

 Case Discussion - Decision-Making in Facial Pain

Bill Cheshire, MD

11:50 PM

 Microsurgical Anatomy and technical Nuances in Microvascular Surgery for Trigeminal and  glossopharyngeal Neuralgia

Joao Paulo Almeida, MD, PhD 

12:15 PM

Transition to Lunch

12:30 PM

Lunch and Discussion

1:15 PM

Transition to Workshops

Neurosurgery Workshop (Procedural Skills Lab in Simulation Center)

1:30 PM

Microvascular Decompression for trigeminal and glossopharyngeal neuralgia

 Joao Paulo Almeida, MD, PhD and All Faculty

2:30 PM

 VTA DBS for trigeminal autonomic cephalalgia (Demonstration and Hands-On)

 Harith Akram, MBChB, PhD and JP Parker, MD

3:10 PM

Radiofrequency for Facial Pain and Occipital Neuralgia

Rusha Ali, MD and Stephan Chabardes, MD, PhD

4:00 PM

Adjourn

Neurology Workshop (Learning Center A/B in Simulation Center)

1:30 PM

How do I choose the dosage of botulinum toxin?

Sara Casagrande, MD, PhD 

2:20 PM

Advanced Techniques for Botulinum Toxin in Dystonia Workshop

 Sara Casagrande, MD, PhD and all faculty

3:10 PM

Advanced Techniques for Botulinum Toxin in Headache Workshop

 Sara Casagrande, MD, PhD and all faculty

4:00 PM

Adjourn

 

Mayo Clinic Florida
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Jacksonville, FL 35492
United States

Please note that this course is Live Only.

The morning didactic lectures will take place in the Kinne Auditorium which is located in the Cannaday Building on Mayo Clinic Florida's campus. The afternoon hands-on workshops will take place in the Simulation Center which is located on the 8th floor of the Stabile N building on Mayo Clinic Florida's campus.

Travel

There is no designated room block for this course. We recommend looking into the following hotels:

Residence Inn Jacksonville/Mayo Clinic Area
Distance to Mayo Clinic: 0.8 miles
Distance to Jacksonville International Airport: 27 miles
This hotel offers a daily shuttle to Mayo Clinic from 7am-5pm

The Ponte Vedra Inn & Club
Distance to Mayo Clinic: 5.3 miles
Distance to Jacksonville International Airport: 32 miles

Sawgrass Marriott Resort
Distance to Mayo Clinic: 7.6 miles
Distance to Jacksonville International Airport: 33.8 miles

One Ocean Resort
Distance to Mayo Clinic: 7.2 miles
Distance to Jacksonville International Airport: 25.2 miles

All travel and lodging expenses are the sole responsibility of the individual registrant.

Course Directors
Sanjeet S. Grewal, MD
Vanessa Milanese, MD, PhD
Joao Paulo Cavalcante de Almeida, MD, PhD
Erik H. Middlebrooks, MD
William Tatum, DO
Sara Casagrande, MD

Mayo Faculty
Rushna Ali, MD
Joao Paulo Cavalcante de Almeida, M.D., Ph.D.
Richard Byrne, MD
William Cheshire, MD
Brin Freund, MD
Sanjeet Grewal, MD
Dora Hermes Miller, PhD
Bryan Klassen, MD
Kendall Lee, MD, PhD
Erik Middlebrooks, MD
Kai Miller, MD, PhD
Jonathon (JP) Parker, MD, PhD
Amaal Starling, MD
William Tatum, DO
Philip Tipton, MD
Ryan Uitti, MD
Jamie van Gompel, MD
Robert Wharen, MD


Guest Faculty
Harith Akram, MBChB, PhD (UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology)
Sara Casagrande, MD (Beneficencia Portuguesa of São Paulo)
Stephan Chabardes, MD, PhD (Grenoble Alpes University Hospital)
Jinwoo Chang, MD, PhD (Yonsei University)
Alfonso, Fasano, MD (University of Toronto)
Jackie French, MD (NYU Langone Health)
Andreas Horn, MD, PhD (Brigham and Women's Hospital)
Vanessa Milanese, MD, PhD (Beneficencia Portuguesa of São Paulo)
Steven Ojemann, MD (UC Health Neurosciences Center)
Shervin Rahimpour, MD, PhD (University of Utah)
Evan Thomas, MD, PhD (Ohio State University)
Jens Volkmann, MD (University of Würzburg)

Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Statement(s):

AMA
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science designates this live activity for a maximum of 21.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

AAPA
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 21.50 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

ANCC
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science designates this activity for a maximum of 21.50 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

IPCE
This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 21.50 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.

Other Healthcare Professionals:
A record of attendance will be provided to all registrants for requesting credits in accordance with state nursing boards, specialty societies or other professional associations.

DayCredits
Thursday8.25
Friday7.00
Saturday6.25

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Available Credit

  • 21.50 AAPA Category 1
  • 21.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
  • 21.50 ANCC
  • 21.50 Attendance
  • 21.50 IPCE

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