2019 ASM Meeting Content

The 2019 ANZSNR ASM was held in Adelaide, SA from March 21 to March 24. The venue was the Adelaide Convention Centre. Convenors were Drs Steve Chryssidis and Dr Chris Barras. Keynote international speakers were Dr Alexandra Borges (Portugal), Dr Indran Davagnaman (UK) and Dr Fergus Robertson (UK).

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Day 1: Interventional Neuroradiology

13.00 - 13.30 Things I wish I knew when I started (Adults) - Dr Fergus Robertson

13.30 - 14.00 Direct Safe Update - Professor Peter Mitchell

14.00 - 14.20 PED-Shield and single agent oral antiplatelet medication - Dr Andrew Cheung

14.20 - 14.40 Treating anterior circulation dissections with FDs - Dr Brendan Steinfort

14.40 - 15.00 WEB device: indications, early and interim results - Dr Ash Jhamb

15.30 - 15.50 Challenges in clot retrieval - Dr Kate Mahady 

15.50 - 16.10 Top 20 tips in paediatric neurointervention - Dr Fergus Robertson  

16.10 - 16.30 Hepatitis C - a potentially modifiable risk factor for subarachnoid haemorrhage - Dr Ferdi Miteff

16.30 - 16.50 Radial artery access for interventional neuroradiology: lessons learned from the first 250 cases - Dr Tim Phillips 

16.50 - 17.10 Future trials: stroke & carotid stenting - Dr Julian Maingard 

Day 2: Morning: Neuroanatomy, Head and Neck General, The Orbit, Head and Neck Malignancies
8.45 - 9.15  Every gyrus has a name Dr Marc Agzarian 

9.15 - 9.45 Imaging anatomy of the  hippocampus Dr Simon Khangure

9.45 - 10.15 The dentate nucleus - anatomy & imaging pathology Dr Rob Brazel 

8.45 - 9.15  The many faces of mulple myeloma in the H&N Dr Alexandra Borges 

9.15 - 9.45  Nodal staging in H&N cancer -  what’s new Dr Jen Sommerville 

9.45 - 10.15 Minor salivary gland pathology  Dr Alexandra Borges 

10.45 - 11.15 Orbital anatomy A/Prof Christen Barras

11.15 - 11.45 Imaging in ophthalmology: clinical & research applications Dr Indran Davagnanam

11.45 - 12.15 Treatment of orbital/peri-orbital AVMs Dr Fergus Robertson

12.15 - 12.45 Imaging findings in NeuromyelItis Optica Spectrum Disorder (NMOSD) Dr Greg Selkirk

10.45 - 11.15 Characterisation of salivary masses Dr Rudolf Boeddinghaus

11.15 - 11.45 MRI of the oral cavity Dr Alexandra Borges

11.45 - 12.30 Patterns of spread of oral cavity tumours Dr Alexandra Borges

12.30 - 12.45 Use of Dyna-CT in the embolisation of acute haemorrhage from tongue tumours Dr Anton Lavell

Day 2: Afternoon: ICP Derangement, Stroke, Skull Base

14.00 - 14.30 Spontaneous intracranial hypotension (Part 1 Pathophysiology & Investigations) - Dr Indran Davagnanam     

14.30 - 15.00 Spontaneous intracranial hypotension (Part 2 Management including Imaging Guided  Treatment) - Dr Indran Davagnanam   

15.00 - 15.30 Management of Intracranial hypertension - Dr Fergus Robertson  

16.00 - 16.20 Hyperacute management of ischaemic stroke in 2019 - a vascular neurologists perspective - A/Prof Jim Jannes 

16.20 - 16.40 Should we offer thrombectomy to all large vessel occlusions under 6 hours?  - Professor Bernard Yan

16.40 - 17.00 Discrete event simulation for resource allocation in endovascular clot retrieval - Dr Julian Maingard

17.00 - 17.20 Prognostic imaging biomarkers in ICH - A/Prof Chris Barras

17.20 - 17.40 Code stroke alert - streamlining  communications in acute stroke management - Dr Crystal Seah 

16.00 - 16.20   Anatomy of the central skull base and middle cranial fossa - Dr Jen Sommerville 

16.20 - 16.40 Imaging of the Posterior Skull Base - A/Prof Sandeep Bhuta 

 16.40 - 17.00 Pathology of the central skull base and middle cranial fossa - Dr Simon Khangure 

17.00 - 17.20 Endoscopic skull base surgery:  in ICH  when and how - Dr Rowan Valentine

17.20 - 17.40 Post surgical skull base  - Dr Jen Sommerville 

Day 3: Morning: NeuroDiagnostic Update, Head and Neck Posterior Skull Base, Neuro Oncology, Interactive Head and Neck 1

11.00 - 11.20 MRI + PET in neuro-oncology - Dr Arian Lasocki

11.20 - 11.50  Problem solving with FMRI - A/Prof Mike Bynevelt

11.50 - 12.10 Surgeon’s perspective - Mr Santosh Poonnoose 

12.10 - 12.30 Neuro-oncology for the Radiologist - Dr Ben Chu

11.00 - 11.30 The opaque maxillary sinus - A/Prof Andy Whyte 

11.30 - 12.30 Tumour Boards 1 & 2 - Dr Alexandra Borges 

Day 3: Afternoon: Brain Degeneration, Interactive Head and Neck 2, Neuro cases and Hot Topics

13.30 - 14.00 Approach to adult onset leukodystrophies - Dr Indran Davanganam 

14.00 - 14.30  QSM and ageing - Professor Trish Desmond      

14.30 - 15.00 Sodium imaging in ageing  - Dr Elaine Lui 

13.30 - 14.00 Temporal bone - A/Prof Andy Whyte 

14.00 - 14.30 Benign neck lesions - Dr Daren Gibson

14.30—14.50 Common dental pathology  - A/Prof Andy Whyte

15.30 - 16.00 Neuro-imaging challenging cases: brain - Dr Indran Davagnanam 

16.00 - 16.30 Spinal cord compression: piCalls and what the doctor asked for - Dr Catherine Mandel 

16.30 - 17.00 Structure of the Deep Medullary Veins of the Cerebral Hemisphere and Related Disorders - Dr Matt Crockett 

17.00 - 17.30 Perivascular spaces & why they matter - Dr Jennie Roberts

Day 4: Spinal Anatomy and Challenges, The Orbit - Imaging and Clinical Perspectives, Challenges in Neuro and Head and Neck

8.30 - 9.00  Spinal vascular anatomy and imaging – what a radiologist should know - A/Prof Ronil Chandra 

9.00 - 9.30 Endovascular management of spinal vascular malformations - Dr Fergus Robertson 

9.30 - 10.00  Spinal interventions: insights and updates - Dr Geoff Parker

10.00 - 10.30 Spinal imaging - what the surgeon wants - Professor Matthew McDonald 

8.30 - 9.00  MRI assessment of the anterior optic pathway in acute non traumatic visual loss - Dr Benjamin Moon

9.00 - 9.30 What the Oculoplastics surgeon needs to know - Dr James SlaEery               

9.30 - 10.00  Neuro-imaging from neuro-ophthalmology-ophthalmology perspective  - A/Prof Celia Chen      

10.00 - 10.30  REDucing Delays In aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage treatment in Australia – the REDDISH - A/Prof Ronil Chandra

11.00 - 11.30 H&N Diagnostic dilemmas - A/Prof Pramit Phal 

11.30 - 12.00 Imaging of the pituitary gland - Dr Marc Agzarian