Scientific Program
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
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Track - Keynote Speech |
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Moderator(s): TBA |
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| 08:30 - 09:00 | Cortical Stimulation for Motor Recovery | Robert Levy |
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Using computational modelling to develop effective Neuromodulation protocols for Parkinson’s Disease | V. Srinivasa Chakravarthy |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | TBA | TBA |
Coffee Break (10:00 - 10:30) |
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| Time | Topic | Speaker |
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Track - Pain |
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Moderators: Sarah Love Jones /TBA |
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| 10:30 - 10:50 | Basics of neuromodulation | Sam Eldabe |
| 10:50 - 11:10 | Assessment and objective documentation of Neuropathic Pain with role of Neuromodulation in its management | Arun Bhaskar |
| 11:10 - 11:30 | Indications and selection of Device: SCS or ITDD | Salim Hayek |
| 11:30 - 11:50 | Elucidating Mechanism of Actions of SCS with Introperative neuromonitoring | Steven Falowski |
| 11:50 - 12:10 | New Comprehensive Theory for the mechanism of action of SCS | Jeffrey Arle |
| 12:10 - 12:30 | Determining the therapeutic window for SCS | Lawrence Poree |
| 12:30 - 12:50 | Current evidence on SCS and its long-term value | Sudhir Diwan |
| 12:50 - 13:10 | Can we use imaging and bio-markers to understand and predict outcomes of spinal cord stimulation? | Anuj Bhatia |
Lunch Symposia - (13:10 - 15:00) |
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Track - Pain |
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Moderators: Kavita Poply/Alif Rahman |
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| 15:00 - 15:20 | A critical analysis of clinical trials in neuromodulation | Sam Eldabe |
| 15:20 - 15:40 | How to start a practice in neuromodulation and select the right device? | Richard Sullivan |
| 15:40 - 16:00 | How to prevent and manage infections in the practice of Neuromodulation | Preeti Doshi |
| 16:00 - 16:20 | How to use Neuromodulation effectively for Visceral pain | Mayank Gupta |
| 16:20 - 16:40 | Mechanisms and clinical outcomes of electrical neuromodulation for cardiovascular diseases | Mike Dejongtse |
| 16:40 - 17:00 | Selection of patients and Technique of Neuromodulation for Cardiac Diseases | Mike Dejongtse |
| 17:00 - 17:20 | Spinal Cord Stimulation for painful diabetic neuropathy | Sarah Love Jones |
| 17:20 - 17:50 | Education and Training : The need and the answer | Ahmed Alkhani/Vivek Mehta |
Dinner & Cultural Program (19:30 onwards) |
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| Time | Topic | Speaker |
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TRACK - Neurology/Neurosurgery |
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Moderator(s): TBA |
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| 10:30 - 10:50 | My experience with Directional Leads | Andrea Kuhn |
| 10:50 - 11:10 | Closed loop DBS- What is the value add? | Alfonso Fasano |
| 11:10 - 11:30 | Where are we in the Neurosurgery for Psychiatric Disorders | Bart Nuttin |
| 11:30 - 12:10 | Early Stim Debate - Should All Patients be offered early surgery? (4-7 years) | Moderator: TBA For: Jens Volkmann, Against: Elena Moro |
| 12:10 - 12:30 | Selection of patients for PD and Tremor Surgery | Hrishikesh Kumar |
| 12:30 - 12:50 | Tremor conundrum resolved | Kailash Bhatia |
| 12:50 - 13:10 | Deep Brain Stimulation: Potential for Neuroprotection | Suneil Kalia |
Lunch Symposia - (13:10 - 15:00) |
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Track- Neurosurgery |
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Moderators: Xiongfei Wang |
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| 15:00 - 15:20 | Molecular Neuromodulation - an update and the path forward | Suneil Kalia |
| 15:20 - 15:40 | Laser ablation of epileptogenic lesions | Ido Strauss |
| 15:40 - 16:00 | Directional lead a boon or a curse | Stephen Chabardes |
| 16:00 - 16:20 | Neuromodulation for epilepsy VNS to DBS | Aditya Gupta |
| 16:20 - 16:40 | MRGFUS guided pallidotomy for Parkinson's disease | Jin Woo Chang |
| 16:40 - 17:00 | Brain computer interface | Parag Patil |
| 17:00 - 17:20 | Spinal cord stimulation for paraplegia | Emil Isagulyan |
| 17:20 - 17:40 | Role of DTI in DBS and MRGFUS targeting | Mojgan Hodaie |
Dinner & Cultural Program (19:30 onwards) |
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| Time | Topic | Speaker |
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Track- Psychiatry |
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Moderator(s): TBA |
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| 10:30 - 10:50 | Treatment resistance in psychiatry: Implications for Neuromodulation | Suhas Satish |
| 10:50 - 11:10 | Ethical aspects of invasive neuromodulation | Thomas Schlaepfer |
| 11:10 - 11:30 | Electrode placement and cognitive side effects with ECT: Insights from computational modelling | Donel Martin |
| 11:30 - 11:50 | How far have we reached in accepting DBS for Neuropsychiatric disorders | Bart Nuttin |
| 11:50 - 12:10 | Is there a role for patterned rTMS in psychiatric disorders? | Nishant Goyal |
| 12:10 - 12:30 | Re-emergence of transcranial electrical stimulation in schizophrenia | TBA |
| 12:30 - 12:50 | Targeting negative symptoms of schizophrenia with rTMS | Nand Kumar |
| 12:50 - 13:10 | Exploring social cognition with TMS | Urvakhsh Mehta |
Lunch Symposia - (13:10 - 15:00) |
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Track- Neurology/Psychiatry |
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Moderators: Perminder Sachdev/TBA |
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| 15:00 - 15:20 | Quality of life tools as outcome predictor after DBS surgery | Jan Vesper |
| 15:20 - 15:40 | Deep Brain Stimulation for Tourette Syndrome/ DBS in PTSD | Dwarakanath Srinivas |
| 15:40 - 16:00 | Modulating the neural circuitry of OCD with tDCS | Shalini Naik |
| 16:00 - 16:20 | Neuromodulation in the context of MHCA 2017 | Venugopal Jhanwar |
| 16:20 - 16:40 | NIBS for special populations in psychiatry | Umesh Shreekantiah |
| 16:40 - 17:00 | Deep Brain stimulation for Neuropsychiatric disorders-Australian experience | Perminder Sachdev |
| 17:00 - 17:20 | Non invasive neuromodualation for movement disorders | Pramod Pal |
| 17:20 - 17:40 | Free paper | |
Dinner & Cultural Program (19:30 onwards) |
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| Time | Topic | Speaker |
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Track - Keynote Speech |
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| 08:30 - 09:00 | Delivering neuromodulation in an Emerging Economy | Marc Russo |
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Evolution of Neuromodulation in the next decade: As I see | Konstantin Slavin |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | TBA | TBA |
Coffee Break (10:00 - 10:30) |
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| Time | Topic | Speaker |
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Track- Neurosurgery/Neurology |
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Moderator : TBA |
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| 10:30 - 10:50 | Dystonia conundrum-Surgical perspectives | Kailash Bhatia |
| 10:50 - 11:10 | Surgery for Dystonia-Case Selection | Andrea Kuhn |
| 11:10 - 11:30 | DBS for Dystonia -Improving outcomes through technological and clinical advances | Joachim Krauss |
| 11:30 - 11:50 | DBS for Tardive dystonia/Focal dystonia/Huntington's disease | Jan Vesper |
| 11:50 - 12:10 | Lesional Surgeries in Functional Neurosurgery | Paresh Doshi |
| 12:10 - 12:30 | Evolving role of MRGFUS in Functional Neurosurgery | Jin Woo Chang |
| 12:30 - 12:50 | Midbrain Periaqueductal gray control of autonomic dyreflexia accompanying both movement and psychiatric disorders and their therapeutic opportunities for neuromodulaiton | Hari Subramanian |
| 12:50 - 13:10 | What went wrong with the SCCG trial for depression and the way forwards | Konstantin Slavin |
Lunch Symposia - (13:10 - 15:00) |
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Track - Pain |
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Moderator(s): Ashish Gulve/Amit Chakrabarty |
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| 15:00 - 15:20 | Chronic refractory pelvic pain-Which is the best NM modality | Krishnan Chakravarthy |
| 15:20 - 15:40 | New Indications for Sacral Nerve Stimulation: Overactive Bladder and Bowel Incontinence(Urology) | Amit Chakrabarty |
| 15:40 - 16:00 | Future of SCS and waveforms | Marc Russo |
| 16:00 - 16:20 | DRG Spinal Cord Stimulation-Technique and Outcomes | Lawrence Poree |
| 16:20 - 16:40 | Trouble shooting and Motor Stalls with an Implantable Pain Pump | Ann-Katrin Fritz |
| 16:40 - 17:00 | Application of Vagal Nerve stimulation for intractable chronic pain | Marom Bikson |
| 17:00 - 17:20 | PACC guidelines for drugs used in Intrathecal drug delivery systems | Salim Hayek |
| 17:20 - 17:40 | Indian experience of Sacral nerve stimulation | Shailesh Raina |
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
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Track - Keynote |
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| 08:30 - 09:00 | Delivering neuromodulation in an Emerging Economy | Marc Russo |
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Evolution of Neuromodulation in the next decade: As I see | Konstantin Slavin |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | TBA | TBA |
Coffee Break (10:00 - 10:30) |
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Track - Pain |
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Moderators: Sudhir Diwan/Damian Laba |
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| 10:30 - 10:50 | “ECAP controlled closed loop SCS” - Simplified | Robert Levy |
| 10:50 - 11:10 | Neuromodulation for Chronic refractory Headaches | Ashish Gulve |
| 11:10 - 11:30 | Neuromodulation for virgin back patients - evidence and future | Vivek Mehta |
| 11:30 - 11:50 | Role of paraesthesia - free stimulation modalities in chronic pain “Compare HFS and Burst” | Marc Russo |
| 11:50 - 12:10 | Tailoring intrathecal therapy to match your patient’s needs and systematic troubleshooting | Michael Schulder |
| 12:10 - 12:30 | Free Paper | |
| 12:30 - 12:50 | Free Paper | |
| 12:50 - 13:10 | Free Paper | |
Lunch Symposia - (13:10 - 15:00) |
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Track- Neurosurgery |
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Moderator(s): Ahmed Alkhani/Rajshree Deopujari |
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| 15:00 - 15:20 | DBS: Awake or Asleep? | Anandh Balasubramaniam |
| 15:20 - 15:40 | Imaging the STN and Gpi | Raghuram G |
| 15:40 - 16:00 | DBS programming for Neurosurgeon | Manish Baldia |
| 16:00 - 16:20 | Setting up of a functional neurosurgery program | Sandeep Vaishya |
| 16:20 - 16:40 | Vagal Nerve Stimulation for Epilepsy- a review and Indian experience | TBA |
| 16:40 - 17:00 | Free Paper | |
| 17:00 - 17:20 | Free Paper | |
| 17:20 - 17:40 | Free Paper | |
| 17:40 - 18:00 | Free Paper | |