Invited speaker
Local:
"Neuroendoscopic Third Ventriculostomy." Guest Speaker:
Central Arkansas Pediatric Society, Little Rock, AR, 1994.
"Pediatric Spine Injuries." Guest Speaker: Symposium on
Current Treatment of Disorders of the Spine, Little Rock, AR, 1994.
"Prevention of Pediatric Spinal Cord Injury." Guest Speaker:
Arkansas State Department of Disability Prevention, Little Rock, AR,
1994.
"The Benefits of Child Safety Restraints." Guest Speaker:
Think First training seminar for coordinators, Little Rock, AR, 1994.
"Indications for Neuroendoscopic Third Ventriculostomy in Spina
Bifida Patients." Faculty: Mini-Symposium on updates in Pediatric
Neurosurgery. Presented by the UAMS, Little Rock, AR, 1994.
"Head and Spinal Injury Prevention." Presented at the 3rd
Arkansas Instructional Institute on Traumatic Brain Injury, Hot Springs,
AR, 1994.
"Pallidotomy: The Newest 'Oldest' Surgical Intervention."
Guest Speaker: Parkinson Symposium, Hot Springs, AR, 1995.
"The use of Endoscopy in the Management of Third Ventricular
Pathology" Washington Regional Medical Grand Rounds, Fayetteville,
AR, 1999
"When is a Child's Headache Not Just a Headache" Prince
of Wales Private Hospital, Randwick, NSW, Oct. 1999
"Management of Back Pain" South Eastern Area GP's Meeting,
Randwick, NSW March, 2000
"Management of Facial Pain" South Eastern Area GP's Meeting,
Randwick, NSW March, 2000
"Role of the Paediatrician in the Management of Hydrocephalus"
2000 Course in Paediatrics, SCH, March, 2000
"Workshop on CNS Tumours" 2000 Course in Paediatrics, SCH,
March, 2000
"Parkinson's Disease Seminar: Functional Neurosurgery for Parkinson's
Disease" Sydney, May, 2000
"Surgical Management of Parkinson's Disease" Medical Grand
Rounds, POWH, July, 2000
“Update on the Management of Paediatric Head Injury”
2001 Course in Paediatrics, SCH, May, 2001
"Skull-based Tumours" Evolving Concepts in Paediatric Rhinology,
Sydney; August, 2001
“Update on the Surgical Management of Paediatric Brain Tumours”
2002 Course in Paediatrics, March, 2002
“Simplification of Complex Hydrocephalus” Keynote Speaker:
Hydrocephalus Support Association Conference 2002, Sydney, April,
2002
“Update on the Management of Brainstem Tumours” CPC,
Sydney Children’s Hospital, August, 2002
“Worthiness of re-operation for malignant gliomas” Neuro-Oncology
Group Dinner Meeting, Sept, 2002
“Endoscopic assisted microvascular decompression” Keynote
Speaker: Trigeminal Neuralgia Association, Sydney, March, 2003
“Keyhole Surgery; Is it a Gimmick” Neurosciences Grand
Rounds, POWH, August, 2003
“The Changing Face of Neurosurgery” Medical Grand Rounds,
POWH, January, 2004
“Minimally Invasive Skull Base Surgery; its all in the teamwork”
Medical Grand Rounds, January, 2006
“Keyhole Concept in Neurosurgery” NSW Neuro-oncology
Group AGM, December, 2006
“The Brainstem-the gloves are off” Medical Grand Rounds,
February, 2007
“Keyhole Concept in Neurosurgery” NSW Neurosurgical Nurses,
March, 2007
“Keyhole Concept in Neurosurgery” Operating Room Nurses
Annual Meeting, April, 2007
“Management of Trigeminal Neuralgia” Neurosciences Grand
Rounds, POWH, Feb, 2008
National:
"Management of Paediatric Neurotrauma." Invited Speaker:
Division of Neurosurgery, University of Rochester, New York, 1992
"Neuroendoscopic Third Ventriculostomy in the Spina Bifida Population."
Presented at the Southern Neurosurgical Society Meeting, Greenbriar,
West Virginia, 1994.
"Surgery for Parkinson's Disease." Guest Speaker: St. John
Medical Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma,1995.
"Endoscopy- Adjunct to Surgery." Panel Discussion: AANS,
Orlando, Florida, 1995.
"The Impact of Surgical Technique on Outcome in Patients with
Spina Bifida Aperta and Tethered Cord." Breakfast Session, Guest
Speaker: CNS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, 1995.
"Pediatric Vascular Disorders." Panel Discussion: AANS,
Philadephia, Pennsylvania, April, 1998.
"Application of Neuroendoscopy." TexMed '98-Educational
Showcase and Expo, Austin, Texas, April, 1998.
"Endoscopic Assisted Open Surgery." TexMed '98- Educational
Showcase and Expo, Austin, Texas, April, 1998.
"Endoscopic Assisted Microsurgery and Vascular Applications"
Guest Speaker: Plenary Session: CNS, Seattle, Washington, October,
1998
"Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy" Discussant: Plenary
Session: AANS, New Orleans, Louisiana, April, 1999
"Neuroendoscopic Management of Hydrocephalus." Invited
Speaker: Advanced Neuroendoscopy: Lessons from the Experts, Chicago,
Illinois, May, 1999
“Basic Anatomy of the Cerebral Hemispheres”, “Surgical
Approaches”. Invited Speaker: 1st Paediatric Course for SE-Asia,
Cairns, Nov, 2004
“Extensive Resection of Malignant Glioma:Is it worthwhile?”
Invited Speaker: Glioma 2005, Sydney, March, 2005
International:
"Surgery for Parkinson's Disease." Guest Speaker: Royal
Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia, Jan, 1996.
"Surgery for Parkinson's Disease." Guest Speaker: N.S.W.
Parkinson's Association, Concord Hospital, Concord, Australia, Jan,
1996.
"Complications of Endoscopy." Guest Speaker: 3rd International
Congress on Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery, Paris, France, June,
1997.
"Pallidotomy for Pediatric Movement Disorders." Presented
at the II Clinical Updates and Critical Reviews Preliminary Program
of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery Annual Congress,
Verona, Italy, September, 1997.
"Could Third Ventriculostomy Replace Shunt Procedures?"
Presented at the II Clinical Updates and Critical Reviews Preliminary
Program of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery Annual
Congress, Verona, Italy, September, 1997.
"Basal Frontal Tumors." Presented at the 2nd International
Symposium of Neurosurgery of the Sociedade de Neurocirurgia do Estado
de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, November, 1997.
"Neuroendoscopy." Presented at the 2nd International Symposium
of Neurosurgery of the Sociedade de Neurocirurgia do Estado de Sao
Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, November, 1997.
"Stereotactic Treatment of Extrapyramidal Disorder." Presented
at the 2nd International Symposium of Neurosurgery of the Sociedade
de Neurocirurgia do Estado de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, November,
1997.
"Radical Combined Craniofacial Resection of Sinonasal Carcinoma,
and Surgery for Acoustic Neuroma. Visiting Professor: The Peruvian
Neurosurgical Society, Lima, Peru, February, 1997.
"Endoscopic Assisted Pediatric Neurosurgery." Endoscope
Assisted Microneurosurgery Congress, Frankfurt, Germany, June, 1998.
"Applications of Neuroendoscopy" Annual Colombian Neurosurgical
Society Meeting, Bucaramanga, Colombia, August, 1998
"Endoscopic Assisted Microneurosurgery." Endoscopic Hands-on
Workshop, Mainz, Germany, 1998
"Surgery for Parkinson's Disease." Neurology Grand Rounds,
Institute of Neurological Sciences, POW Hospital, Sydney, Australia,
September, 1998
"Endoscopic Pituitary Surgery." Symposium on Interdisciplinary
Neurosurgical Aspects, Kuwait City, Kuwait, February, 1999
"Application of Endoscopy to Pediatric Neurosurgery." Symposium
on Interdisciplinary Neurosurgical Aspects, Kuwait City, Kuwait, February,
1999
"Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy: Comprehensive Review."
Symposium on Interdisciplinary Neurosurgical Aspects, Kuwait City,
Kuwait, February, 1999
"Surgical Techniques of Craniocervical Fusion in Pediatric Neurosurgery"
Luncheon Seminar, Annual Meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons,
Boston, USA, October, 1999
"Endoscopy Aids in the Management of Pediatric Brain Tumors"
World Conference on Pediatric Neurosurgery, Martinique, November,
1999
"Endoscopy - Safe or Sorry ?" International Conference
on Hydrocephalus - Beyond 2000, Sydney, Australia, March, 2000
"Endoscopic Management of Complex Hydrocephalus" IV International
Meeting on Neuroendoscopy and Allied Techniques" Marburg, Germany,
March, 2000
"Application of Endoscopy to Neuro-Oncology" IV International
Meeting on Neuroendoscopy and Allied Techniques" Marburg, Germany,
March, 2000
"Endoscopic Transsphenoidal Surgery" IV International Meeting
on Neuroendoscopy and Allied Techniques" Marburg, Germany, March,
2000
"Third Ventriculostomy; Imaging Techniques" Discussant;
Plenary Session; AANS, San Francisco, USA, April, 2000
"Third Ventriculostomy; Indications, Techniques and Outcomes"
Chairman; Breakfast Seminar; AANS, San Francisco, USA, April, 2000
"Management of Head Injuries" ISPN-ESPN Pediatric Neurosurgery
Course, Ismailia, Egypt, October, 2000
"Macrocephaly; Management and application of endoscopy"
" ISPN-ESPN Pediatric Neurosurgery Course, Ismailia, Egypt, October,
2000
"Surgery for Parkinson's Disease" ASEAN Meeting, Manila,
Philippines, Nov, 2000
"Neuroendoscopy" Sociedade de Neurocirurgia do Estado de
Sao Paulo (SONESP), Sao Paulo, Brazil, December, 2000
"Surgery for Movement Disorders." Sociedade de Neurocirurgia
do Estado de Sao Paulo (SONESP), Sao Paulo, Brazil, December, 2000
"Surgical Management of "Inoperable" Brain Tumors."
Sociedade de Neurocirurgia do Estado de Sao Paulo (SONESP), Sao Paulo,
Brazil, December, 2000
"Neuronavigation: endoscopic assisted surgery of the skull base."
North American Skull Base Society Annual Meeting (NASBS), Orlando,
USA, March, 2001
"Endoscopic Assisted Microvascular Decompression". Third
International Congress on Minimally Invasive Neuosurgery (MIN), Cairo,
Egypt, March, 2001
"Third Ventriculostomy; Indications, Techniques and Outcomes"
Chairman; Breakfast Seminar; AANS, Toronto, Canada, April, 2001
"Application of Endoscopy to Neuro-Oncology". Neuroscience
Grand Rounds, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, May, 2001
"Third Ventriculostomy". World Federation of Neurosurgical
Societies. Sydney, Australia, September, 2001
"Ependymoma", "Posterior Fossa Non-neoplastic Cysts",
"Shaken Baby Syndrome", " Third Ventriculostomy and
Aqueductoplasty for Hydrocephalus". ISPN Pediatric Neurosurgery
Course, Singapore, September, 2001
“Application of Endoscopy to Third Ventricular Tumors”
International Study Group on NeuroEndoscopy (ISGNE), Awiji, Japan,
October, 2001
“Application of Endoscopy to Neuro-Oncology” Annual Meeting
of Japanese Neurosurgeons. Okayama, Japan, October, 2001
"Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy Successfully Treats Hydrocephalus
in Children with Tectal Plate Gliomas" Discussant; Plenary Session;
AANS, Chicago, USA, April, 2002
"Third Ventriculostomy; Indications, Techniques and Outcomes"
Speaker; Breakfast Seminar; AANS, Chicago, USA, April, 2002
“Application of Endoscopy to Skull Base Tumours”, “Paediatric
Brain Tumours”, “Simplification of Complex Hydrocephalus
“, “Surgical Approaches to Third Ventricular Tumours”,
, “Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy”. 17th Biennial Congress
of the Society of Neurosurgeons of South Africa, Capetown, South Africa,
April, 2002
“Endoscopic Management of Hydrocephalus” Third International
Conference on Hydrocephalus, Chicago, USA, May, 2002
“Paediatric Brain Tumours”, “Simplification of
Complex Hydrocephalus”. Annual Meeting of Chinese Neurosurgeons,
Taipai, Taiwan, June, 2002
“Application of Endoscopy to Pediatric Skull Base Surgery”
Latinoamerican Congress, Lima, Peru, Oct, 2002
“Endoscopic assisted skull base surgery”, “Endoscopic
Third Ventriculostomy”, “Endoscopic Clival and Sellar
Surgery”. North American Skull Base Society (NASBS) Annual Meeting,
Memphis, TN, USA, Feb, 2003
“Endoscopic Simplification of Complex Hydrocephalus”
2nd International Study Group on Neuroendoscopy (ISGNE), Naples, ITALY,
Sept, 2003
“Application of Endoscopy to third ventricular tumors”,
“Endoscopic Simplification of Complex Hydrocephalus”,
“Application of Endoscopy to Pediatric Skull Base Surgery”.
Japanese Society for Neuroendoscopy, Nagoya, JAPAN, December, 2003
“Application of Endoscopy to Skull Base Surgery”. North
American Skull Base Meeting (NASBS) Annual Meeting, New Orleans, USA,
Feb, 2004
“Surgical management of low grade gliomas”, “Endoscopic
third ventriculostomy vs shunt”, “Can veins cause trigeminal
neuralgia?”. 17th Annual Neurosurgery in the Rockies Meeting.
Vail, CO, USA, March, 2004
“Intrinsic Brainstem Tumors” 3rd ISPN Course on Pediatric
Neurosurgery, Buenos Aires, Argentina, August, 2004
“Advancement of Neuroendoscopy” 2nd American-Japanese
Friendship Meeting, Nagoya, Japan, October, 2004
"Application of Endoscopy to Intraventricular Tumors" ,
"The Supra-orbital Keyhole Approach" 63rd Annual Meeting
of the Japan Neurosurgical Society, Nagoya, Japan, October, 2004
"Management of Brainstem Gliomas" Annual Meeting of the
Japan Women in Neurosurgery, Nagoya, Japan, October, 2004
"Application of Endoscopy to Third Ventricular Tumors"
54th Annual Meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San
Francisco, USA, October, 2004
“Application of Endoscopy to Pediatric Skull Base Surgery”,
“Keyhole Neurosurgery”: ASEAN/AACNS/WFNS Combined Meeting,
Bali, Indonesia, Dec, 2004
“Application of Endoscopy to Skull Base Surgery”: 6th
International Conference on Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery, Nagoya,
Japan, March, 2005
“Application of Endoscopy to Pediatric Skull Base Surgery”,
“Keyhole Neurosurgery”: Annual Meeting Korean Society
of Pediatric Neurosurgeons (KSPN), Taegu, Korea, May, 2005
“Application of Endoscopy to Pediatric Skull Base Surgery”,
World Federation of Neurological Societies 33rd Meeting (WFNS), Marrakesh,
Morocco, 2005
“Endoscopic Management of Arachnoid Cysts” Third International
Conference on Hydrocephalus, Queenstown, New Zealand, August, 2005
“Application of Endoscopy to Third Ventricular Tumors”
64th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Neurosurgical Society, Yokohama,
Japan, 2005
"Application of Endoscopy to Neuro-oncology" 55th Annual
Meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Boston, USA, October,
2005
“Neuroendoscopy-all its applications” Indian Paediatric
Neurosurgical Society, New Delhi, India, November, 2005
"Application of Endoscopy to Neuro-oncology" 6th Asian
Society of Neuro-oncology, Taipei, Taiwan, November, 2005
“Application of Endoscopy to Neurosurgery”, “Update
on Pediatric Brain Tumours” Update on Neuro-oncology, Manilla,
Philippines, January, 2006
“Endoscopic Microvascular Decompression”, “The
Keyhole Concept and its Application to Neuro-oncology”, “Endoscopic
Simplification of Complex Hydrocephalus” Winter Clinics on Cranial
and Spinal Neurosurgery, Snowmass, USA, March, 2006
“Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery” Bangladesh Neurosurgical
Society Annual Meeting, Dhakar, Bangladesh, March 2006
“Intracranial Endoscopy” Luncheon Seminar, AANS, San
Francisco, USA, April, 2006
“Keyhole Concept in the Neurosurgical Suite of the Future”
at the “Operating Suite of the Future” sponsored by UCLA,
Los Angeles, USA, April, 2006
“Pre-natal Management of Hydrocephalus” Hydrocephalus
2006, Goteberg, Sweden, September, 2006
“Endoscopic Management of Intraventricular Tumors” Special
Seminar, CNS, Chicago, USA, October, 2006
“Management of Petroclival Meningiomas” Luncheon Seminar,
CNS, Chicago, USA, October, 2006
“Application of Endoscopy to Skull Base Tumours” International
Seminar on Neuro-endoscopy, Beijing, China, October, 2006
“Update on Pediatric Brain Tumors” and “The Keyhole
Concept in Neurosurgery” Emirates Society of Neurosciences,
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, October, 2006
“Surgical Management of Gliomas” and “Application
of Endoscopy to Skull Base Lesions” ASEAN Meeting, HCM City,
Vietnam, December, 2006
“Supra-orbital Approach to Sellar Tumors”, “Endonasal
Approach to the Skull Base”, “Endoscopic Management of
Arachnoid Cysts” 67th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Neurosurgical
Society, Sendai, Japan, May, 2007
“Extended Transsphenoidal Approach to the Skull Base”
Plenary Session, NASBS Annual Meeting, Chicago, USA, May, 2007
“Update on Pediatric Brain Tumors”, “Endonasal
Approach to the Skull Base” and “The Keyhole Concept”,
Indonesian Neurosurgical Society Annual Meeting, Jakarta, Indonesia,
August, 2007
“Approaches to the Brainstem” presented at the Masters
session of the ISPN, Liverpool, United Kingdom, August, 2007
“Keyhole Endoscopic Neurosurgery for Tumors” Luncheon
Seminar, CNS, San Diego, USA, September, 2007
“Update on Pediatric Brain Tumors”, “Endonasal
Approach to the Skull Base” and “The Keyhole Concept”,
Indian Skull Base Society, New Delhi, India, October, 2007
“Supra-orbital Approach to Sellar Tumors”, “Endonasal
Approach to the Skull Base”, “Endoscopic Management of
Arachnoid Cysts” Peruvian Neurosurgical Society Bi-annual Meeting,
Lima, Peru, October, 2007
“Extended Endonasal Approaches” 3rd Meeting on Minimally
Invasive Neurosurgery, Suzhou, China, November, 2007
“Keyhole Concept in Neurosurgery”, “Endonasal Approaches
to the Skull Base”, “Application of Endoscopy to Neuro-oncology”
BNI Symposium, Phoenix, AZ, USA
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