Advance Registration Deadline: July 28, 2026

This comprehensive two-day course is tailored for skull base fellows and early-career neurosurgeons with a keen interest in skull base surgery. Participants will engage in an intensive learning experience that combines
lectures, case-based discussions, and hands-on cadaver dissections, focusing on the fundamental surgical approaches and anatomical knowledge essential for every skull base neurosurgeon. The distinguished faculty, comprising both neurosurgeons and ENT surgeons, will provide expert instruction on posterolateral and transtemporal surgical techniques as well as endoscopic endonasal anatomy and surgical strategies. Additionally, the course will place special emphasis on the management of vascular lesions, ensuring a well-rounded educational experience.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify factors that lead to surgical complications and poor outcomes when treating brain tumors.
• Employ strategies for surgical complication avoidance and treatment management.
• Analyze the impact of surgical complications on patients' quality of life.
• Demonstrate proper surgical techniques for endonasal endoscopic approaches to the anterior skull base.
• Demonstrate proper surgical techniques for addressing diverse pathologies within the cerebellopontine angle.