The meeting was recorded. A highlights video is available as well as videos for the individual persentations, see below.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Dr. Sanai is an internationally recognized brain tumor surgeon and the Chief Scientific Officer/Director of the Ivy Brain Tumor Center at the Barrow Neurological Institute. His specialty clinical practice is devoted entirely to patients with benign and malignant brain tumors, particularly those in high-risk areas.

Dr. Nader Sanai discusses the early testing of new cancer treatments for individual patients based genetic screening techniques. This so-called Phase-0 testing approach enables the rapid evaluation of new therapies. These trials look for therapies with significant impact on the cancers with minimal side effects.

*Please see his 2022 Video Presentation Below

SPEAKER

Dr. Ondrej Choutka is a Complex Cranial Neurosurgeon at the Saint Alphonsus Neuroscience Institute. He is devoted to helping his patients. “My reward in neurosurgery is being on the journey with my patient, getting to know them as a person and watching them walk out the door happy and better."

Dr. Ondrej Choutka described a surgically targeted radiation therapy for brain cancer. Specifically, he discussed GammaTile, which is a collagen sponge containing radioactive cesium that is implanted in the brain during cancer surgery. This technique delivers a controlled dose of radiation to the cancer cells with minimal impact on the surrounding tissues.

*Dr. Choutka's 2022 Presentation is shown below:

SPEAKER

Dr. Leo Lustgarten is the US Director for Neuro-Oncology and Global Clinical Lead for Novocure. For over 20 years in Venezuela, as a neurosurgeon and radiosurgeon, Dr. Lustgarten performed surgeries on brain tumors, both in adult and pediatric patients, as well as stereotactic procedures.

Dr. Lustgarten described a cancer treatment that uses electric fields to interfere with cell division in solid tumors. The therapy is delivered through an external transducer array connected to a portable delivery system.

*2022 Video Presentation below:

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