16th Annual Tumors of the Central Nervous System
  December 8, 2008         December 9, 2008


7:00am - 8:00am BREAKFAST  


   

Session IV

Pediatric Brain Tumors

 
8:00 am - 8:30 am
  
Presentation and Imaging in Children with Brain Tumors Susan Chi, MD
8:30 am - 9:00 am
  
Surgery in the Management of Children with Brain Tumors Liliana Goumnerova, MD
9:00 am - 9:30 am
  
Radiation Therapy for Children with Brain Tumors Torunn Yock, MD
9:30 am - 10:10 am
  
Medical Therapies for Children with Brain Tumors Mark Kieran, MD, PhD
10:10 am - 10:40 am
  
Early and Late Neurologic Problems in Children with
Brain Tumors
Nicole Ullrich, MD, PhD
     
10:40 am - 11:00 am MORNING BREAK  


   
Session V Brain Tumor Basic Science

 
11:00 am - 11:30 am
  
Angiogenesis in Brain Tumors Rakesh Jain, PhD
11:30 am - 12:00 pm
  
Cellular and Genetic Origins of Gliomas Nathalie Agar, PhD
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
  

Novel Delivery Systems for Brain Tumor Therapy

Rona Carroll, PhD
   
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm LUNCH BREAK – (free time)  


   
Session VI

Benign Brain Tumors  
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
  
Brain Mapping in Brain Tumor Management Alexandra Golby, MD
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
  
Meningiomas Peter M. Black, MD, PhD
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
  
Vestibular Schwannomas Bob Martuza, MD
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Radiation for Benign Brain Tumors Jay S. Loeffler, MD


   
Session VII

Other Malignant Tumors  
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
  
Lymphomas Fred Hochberg, MD
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
  
Approach to Metastatic Cancer April Fitzsimmons-Eichler, MD
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm
  
Radiation for Brain Metastasis Stephanie Weiss, MD
     

***Please Note: Course date(s), location, time(s) and contents are subject to change at anytime without notice.

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Presented by:
Harvard Medical School Department of Continuing Education
 
Brigham and Women's Hospital Department of Neurosurgery
  
Brain Science Foundation
 
Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Radiation Oncology
 
Children's Hospital Boston Department of Neurosurgery
 
Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center


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