Programme

12.00 – 13.00

Registration & Coffee

13.00 – 13.10

Greetings

Course Director Dr. Jan Seppälä (Kuopio, Finland)
Co-Chair of ISRS Education Committee Dr. Mikhail Chernov (Tokyo, Japan)
Chairman of WFNS Radiosurgery Committee professor Roberto Martinez-Alvarez (Madrid, Spain)

13.10 – 14.30

Session I: SRS/SRT in Management of Vestibular Schwannomas

Moderators: professor Juha Jääskeläinen, Dr. Mikhail Chernov

Management of Vestibular Schwannomas in Population-Based Multidisciplinary Therapy Group
Dr. Heikki Löppönen (Kuopio, Finland)

Functional Results after Microneurosurgery of Vestibular Schwannomas
Dr. Arto Immonen (Kuopio, Finland)

SRS/SRT of Vestibular Schwannomas: Kuopio Experience
Dr. Olli-Pekka Kämäräinen (Kuopio, Finland)

Discussion

14.30 – 15.05

Plenary Lecture: Modern SRS of Intracranial Schwannomas

professor CP Yu (Hong Kong, China)
Moderator: professor Juha Jääskeläinen, Dr. Mikhail Chernov

15.05 – 15.20

Coffee Break

15.20 – 16.40

Session II: SRS/SRT of Intracranial Meningiomas

Moderators: professor Juha Jääskeläinen, professor CP Yu

SRS/SRT of Skull Base Meningiomas: Kuopio Experience
professor Juha Jääskeläinen (Kuopio, Finland)

SRS/SRT Treatment Planning for Skull Base Meningiomas
Dr. Janne Heikkilä (Kuopio, Finland)

SRT of Optic Nerve Sheath Meningioma: Helsinki Experience
Dr. Matti Seppälä (Helsinki, Finland)

Discussion

16.40 – 16.45

Closing Remarks on the First Day

17.00

Bus Departure to Kuopio Radiosugical Center

17.00 – 18.30

Get together & cocktail reception in Kuopio Radiosurgical Center

18:30

Bus Departure to Scandic Hotel

8:00

Bus form Scandic hotel

8.00 – 9.00

Registration

9.00 – 10.20

Session III: SRS/SRT of Sellar Tumors

Moderators: professor Juha Jääskeläinen, professor Mojgan Hodaie

SRS/SRT in Vicinity to Anterior Optic Pathway
Dr. Vladislav Buryk (Sigulda, Latvia)

SRS/SRT of Pituitary Adenomas
professor Roberto Martinez-Alvarez (Madrid, Spain)

SRS/SRT of Craniopharyngiomas
Dr. Pavel Ivanov (St. Petersburg, Russia)

Discussion

10.20 – 10.35

Coffee Break

10.35 – 11.55

Session IV SRS/SRT of Intracranial AVM

Moderators: Dr. Juhana Frösen, professor Roberto Martinez-Alvarez

Cerebral AVM: Overview
Dr. Timo Koivisto (Kuopio, Finland)

Radiosurgery of AVM: Overview
Dr. Mikhail Chernov (Tokyo, Japan)

SRS/SRT of Intracranial AVM: Kuopio Experience
Dr. Juhana Frösen (Kuopio, Finland)

Discussion

12.00 – 13.00

Group Photo / Lunch

13.00 – 14.20

Session V: SRS/SRT of Intracranial Dural Arterio-Venous Fistulas (DAVF)

Moderators: Dr. Juhana Frösen, Dr. Pavel Ivanov

Intracranial Dural AVF: Overview
Dr. Timo Koivisto (Kuopio Finland)

SRS of Intracranial DAVF
professor Mojgan Hodaie (Toronto, Canada)

SRS of Intracranial Dural AVF: Kuopio Experience
Dr. Juhana Frösen (Kuopio, Finland)

Discussion

14.20 – 14.55

Plenary Lecture: SRS of Cerebral Cavernomas

professor Roberto Martinez-Alvarez (Madrid, Spain)
Moderator: professor Juha Jääskeläinen, Dr. Pavel Ivanov

14.55 – 15.10

Coffee Break

15.10 – 16.30

Session VI: Radiobiology, Imaging, and Medical Physics for SRS

Moderators: Dr. Jan Seppälä, Dr. Vladislav Buryk

Inhomogeneous Dose Distribution in SRT of Intracranial Malignancies: A Strategy for Improving Efficiency
Dr. Irina Zubatkina (St. Petersburg, Russia)

Advanced MRI for Radiosurgical Treatment Planning
professor Mojgan Hodaie (Toronto, Canada)

QA for CyberKnife Radiosurgery
Ph.Lic. Jan-Erik Palmgren (Kuopio, Finland)

Discussion

16:30 – 17.30

Satellite Symposium of ACCURAY

Moderators: Ph.Lic. Jan-Erik Palmgren, Dr. Mikhail Chernov

Moving Forward with CyberKnife® New Features
Dr. Ludovic Peyre (Morges, Switzerland)

SRT for Large Meningioma
professor Alfredo Conti (Berlin, Germany)

Hypofractionation for Prostate Cancer: Towards a New Standard of Care?
Dr. Kim de Vries (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)

Discussion

17.30 – 17.35

Closing Remarks on the Second Day

17:35

Bus Departure to Scandic Hotel

19.00

Bus Departure to Social Event Venue

19:30 – 00:00

Social Event for the Faculty

22:00, 23:00, 00:00

Bus Departures Back to Scandic Hotel

7:00

Bus to Venue

7:30 – 8:45

Round Table: SRS/SRT of Prostate Cancer

9.00 – 10.20

Session VII: SRT of Prostate Cancer I

Moderators: Dr. Liisa Sailas, professor Leszek Miszczyk

Technological Aspects of Prostate SRT
Mr. Peter Filatov (Oxford, UK)

Optimal Imaging and Technical Aspects of Prostate SRT
Dr. Maris Mezeckis (Sigulda, Latvia)

SRS/SRT in Management of Prostate Cancer: Complications and their Avoidance
Dr. Nikolay Vorobyov (St. Petersburg, Russia)

Discussion

10.20 – 10.35

Coffee Break

10.35 – 11.55

Session VIII: SRT of Prostate Cancer II

Moderators: Dr. Vesa Kataja, Dr. Nikolay Vorobyov

SRT for Localized Prostate Cancer
Dr. Laimonas Jarusevicius (Kaunas, Lithuania)

CyberKnife Salvage Re-irradiation of Prostate Cancer Relapses
professor Leszek Miszczyk (Gliwice, Poland)

SRT of Prostate Cancer: Kuopio Experience
Dr. Kristiina Vuolukka (Kuopio, Finland)

Discussion

11.55 – 12.10

Closing Lecture: ISRS and Its Educational Activities

Dr. Mikhail Chernov (Tokyo, Japan)
Moderator: Ph.Lic. Jan-Erik Palmgren

12.10 – 12.30

Closing Remarks / Certification