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    At the Intersection of Extent of Resection and Functional Preservation in Skull Base Surgery

    Sunday, May 3, 2026
    2:00 PM - 3:30 PM CT
    Location:304AB, Level 3, HBGCC

    The equilibrium between maximal safe resection and preservation of neurological function is a tenet of a safe and successful neurosurgery skull base practice. This balance is often shifted by advancement in surgical techniques, pathology, molecular diagnostics, systemic and radiation treatments.

    Presentations:

    • 2:00 PM - 2:04 PM CT
      Welcome and Introduction 
    • 2:05 PM - 2:15 PM CT
      Timing of Surgery in Large and Multicompartmental Tumors: Staging Versus Combined Approaches

      Speaker: Christina Jackson, MD – University of Pennsylvania

    • 2:16 PM - 2:26 PM CT
      Prolactinomas: Shift to a Surgical Disease?

      Speaker: Joao Paulo Almeida, MD PhD – Department of Neurosurgery, Indiana University

    • 2:27 PM - 2:37 PM CT
      Preoperative Embolization, Vessel Sacrifice and Revascularization in Skull Base Tumors

      Speaker: Mustafa K. Baskaya, MD – Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health

    • 2:38 PM - 2:48 PM CT
      Utility and Limitations of the Transorbital Approach to the Skull Base and Middle Fossa

      Speaker: Nathan T. Zwagerman, MD – Medical College of Wisconsin

    • 2:49 PM - 2:59 PM CT
      Cavernous Sinus Meningiomas: Biopsy, Resect or Radiate?

      Speaker: A. Samy Youssef, MD, PhD, FAANS – University of Colorado SOM

    • 3:00 PM - 3:05 PM CT
      Interactive Discussion
    • 3:06 PM - 3:11 PM CT
      SHH Pathway Alterations Drive Aggressive Behavior and Early Recurrence in Tuberculum Sellae and Planum Sphenoidale Meningiomas: An International Multi-Institutional Cohort Study (Brainlab Neurosurgery Award)

      Presenting Author: Tareq Juratli, MD – University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden

    • 3:11 PM - 3:16 PM CT
      Anatomical Origin Influences the Network Topology of Chromosomal Alterations in Meningiomas (Preuss Brain Tumor Research Award)

      Speaker: Karthik Papisett

    • 3:16 PM - 3:21 PM CT
      Clinical and Molecular Features of Intraventricular Meningiomas (Integra Foundation Award)

      Presenting Author: Harrshavasan TS Congivaram, BS – Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine

    • 3:21 PM - 3:26 PM CT
      Methylation Profiling Reveals Subgroups of Intracranial Schwannoma with Distinct Biological and Clinical Features

      Presenting Author: Alexander Landry, MD – University of Toronto

    • 3:26 PM - 3:30 PM CT
      Closing CommentsÂ