March 2023

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ADVANCED TRAINING IN OPEN AND ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY: A HANDS-ON SKULL BASE CME PROGRAM

Bringing together skill sets from neurosurgery and otolaryngology, this comprehensive three-day CME course offers a unique opportunity to collaborate and learn complex surgical techniques from some of the top experts in the field of skull base pathologies, and to take advantage of the leading-edge technologies and cadaver dissection available in our lab. The Northwestern Medicine Skull Base Lab team instructs via didactic presentation, 3D and virtual reality anatomy demonstration, and guided cadaveric dissection. Participating surgeons get hands-on dissection experience using specimens to practice several complex approaches in both open and endoscopic cranial base surgery.
 
June 23–25, 2023
Downtown Chicago on the Northwestern Memorial Hospital campus
 
Course directors: Robert C. Kern, MD, and James P. Chandler, MD
 
Objectives:
  • Review the surgical approaches (open and endoscopic) for complex, skull base pathologies.
  • Recognize the advantages of a team-based approach for managing pre-, peri- and postoperative skull base pathologies.
  • Demonstrate proficient endoscopic instrument handling and performing standard open skull base approaches.
  • Master minimally invasive endoscopic endonasal approaches to the sellar and peri-sellar area, advanced orbital-zygomatic craniotomy.
  • Identify complex skull base pathologies.
 
Registration:
Attending physician: $2,500
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine alumni: $1,500
Neurosurgery and Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery team: $3,500
Trainee: $1,500
Breakfast, refreshments and lunch are provided. Space is limited.
 
Accreditation:
The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
 
Credit Designation Statement:
The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 21.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
 
Additional Information:
If you have questions, please contact Laura Jaros at [email protected] or 312.926.3369.

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