Programme

GKS Training and Accreditation Course

This course is paramount for local specialists as it plays a crucial role in the accreditation and re-accreditation process. For international participants, it serves as an excellent introductory program for new or early users of the GKS system.

28 February 2025, Friday

Pre-ALGKS Gamma Knife Radiosurgery Accreditation Course (28th Feb 2025, Fri)

Time	Programme	Speakers	Venue
0800 – 0900	Registration and Breakfast	–	NUH Khoo Teck Puat Advanced Surgery Training Centre (ASTC)
0900 – 0930	Arteriovenous Malformations - Natural Course	Dr Bengt Karlsson (Singapore)
0930 – 1000	Gamma Knife Surgery for Arteriovenous Malformations
1000-1030	Gamma Knife Surgery for Cavernomas
1030-1045	Tea Break
1045-1115	Gamma Knife Surgery for Pituitary Adenomas and Craniopharyngiomas	Dr Aaron Foo (Singapore)
1115-1145	Neuroradiology for Gamma Knife Surgery	Dr Guo Wan-Yuo (Taiwan)
1145-1215	Gamma Knife Surgery for Multiple Brain Metastases numbering more than 20 - a good idea?	Dr Bengt Karlsson (Singapore)
1215-1300	*Lunch Break*
1300-1315	Gamma Knife Surgery for Central Neurocytomas	Dr Nivedh Dinesh (Singapore)
1315-1330	Gamma Knife Surgery for Trigeminal Neuralgia	Dr Yeo Tseng Tsai (Singapore)
1330-1400	Gamma Knife Surgery for Meningiomas	Dr Bengt Karlsson (Singapore)
1400-1430	Gamma Knife Surgery for Neurinomas	Dr Hidefumi Jokura (Japan)
1430-1440	*Break*
1440-1510	Gamma Knife Surgery versus Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors for Brain Metastases	Dr Balamurugan Vellayappan (Singapore)
1510-1540	Artificial intelligence in Gamma Knife Surgery	Dr Guo Wan-Yuo (Taiwan)

Pre-ALGKS (28th Feb 2025, Fri)

Time	Programme	Speakers	Venue
1600-1800	Registration and welcome reception for ALGKS 2025	–	Staff Lounge
1900	ALGKS 2025 Faculty Dinner (Faculty only)	–	The Halia @ Singapore Botanic Gardens

ALGKS Day 1

1 March 2025, Saturday

Time	Programme	Speakers	Venue
Session 1: Arteriovenous Malformations and Vascular Disorders
0900 – 0905	Opening Address	Dr Vincent Nga / Dr Balamurugan	NUHS Tower Block Auditorium
0905 – 0910	Welcome Address	Dr Bengt Karlsson (Singapore)
Session 1: AVMs and Vascular Disorders Chairpersons: Dr Bengt Karlsson (Singapore) & Dr Wade Yang (Taiwan)
0920 – 0940	Arteriovenous malformations and the risk of rupture in pregnancy	Dr Bengt Karlsson (Singapore)	NUHS Tower Block Auditorium
0930 – 0955	Radiosurgery for Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas	Prof Guo Wan-Yuo (Taiwan)
0955 – 1025	*Tea Break*
Session 1: AVMs and Vascular Disorders Chairpersons: Dr Bengt Karlsson (Singapore) & Dr Wade Yang (Taiwan)
1025 – 1035	Personalized Gamma Knife radiosurgery for cavernous sinus hemangiomas: A Chinese single-center retrospective study for 10 years of 187 patients	Ruyi Yang (China)	NUHS Tower Block Auditorium
1100 – 1120	Management of Post-Gamma Knife Radiosurgery Complications: Insights from Histopathological and Radiological Analysis	Hisae Mori (Japan)
1045 – 1055	Outcomes of Large Symptomatic Arteriovenous Malformations Treated with Gamma Knife Surgery under the Guidance of the Taiwan Neurosurgical Consensus	Hung-Chuan Pan (Taiwan)
1055 – 1105	Outcomes of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Deep-Seated Arteriovenous - Malformations	Mohammed Nadeem (India)
1105 – 1115	Early edema occurrence and influencing factors after Gamma Knife surgery for arteriovenous malformations	Sishi Xiang (China)
1115 – 1125	Seizure Outcomes After Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Cerebral AVMs: A Single Center Study	Laurentia Yamin (Indonesia)
1125 – 1145	Lunch symposium by BrainLab: Integrating BrainLab Elements with Gamma Knife Radiosurgery at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre	Dr Neda Haghighi / Ms Atousa Montaseri (Australia)
1145 – 1235	*Lunch*
Session 2: Management of Brain Metastases Chairpersons: Dr Balamurugan (Singapore) & Dr Yu Chung Ping (Hong Kong SAR)
1235 – 1255	Current Strategies for Treatment of Brain Metastases Using Systemic Therapies	Dr Yvonne Ang (SG)	NUHS Tower Block Auditorium
1255– 1320	Pre-surgical Radiosurgery for Brain Metastases	Dr Lee Jung-Il (South Korea)
1320 – 1345	Staged Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Large Brain Metastases	Dr Toru Serizawa (Japan)
1345 – 1410	Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for brain metastases from melanoma	Dr Neda Haghighi (Australia)
Session 2: Management of Brain Metastases - Free paper presentations Chairpersons: Dr Balamurugan (Singapore) & Dr Yu Chung Ping (Hong Kong SAR)
1410 – 1420	A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis of Stereotactic Radiotherapy for Metastatic Brain Tumors using the Leksell Gamma Knife Icon Mask System: A Single-Center Retrospective Comparative Study of Cases Meeting and Not Meeting the JLGK0901 Criteria	Yuta Oi (Japan)	NUHS Tower Block Auditorium
1420 – 1430	The usefulness of stereotactic fractionated radiotherapy using Gamma Knife Icon mask system for relatively large brainstem metastases.	Takuya Kawabe (Japan)
1430 – 1440	Gamma knife Radiosurgery for Metastatic Brain Tumors from Squamous Cell Lung Cancer	In-Young Kim (Korea)
1440 – 1450	Radiosurgery in the management of multiple metastases: A single centre experience with Gamma Knife Esprit.	Aayushi Paul (India)
1450 – 1500	Clinical outcomes of repeat gamma knife radiosurgery for brain metastases from breast cancer.	So Young Ji (Korea)
1500 – 1510	Radiomics and Radiosurgery	Cheng-chia Lee (Taiwan)
1430 – 1500	*Tea Break*
Session 3: Diagnosis and Management of Radiation-induced Sequelae Chairpersons: Dr Lee Jung Il (Korea) & Dr Yeo Tseng Tsai (Singapore)
1535 – 1600	Management of Radiation-inducedComplications	Dr Hidefumi Jokura (Japan)	NUHS Tower Block Auditorium
1600 – 1620	Tumour vs Radiation Changes – Can WeTell?	Dr Clement Yong (Singapore)	NUHS Tower Block Auditorium
Session 3: Diagnosis and Management of Radiation-induced Sequelae – Free Paper Presentations Chairpersons: Dr Lee Jung Il (Korea) & Dr Yeo Tseng Tsai (Singapore)
1620 – 1630	Gamma Knife Radiosurgery: A Promising Solution for Intractable Metastatic Bone Pain - A Case Series	Wong Soon Kuen (Malaysia)	NUHS Tower Block Auditorium
1630 – 1640	Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Undiagnosed Intracranial Tumors in Patients Refusing Conventional Craniotomy	Danny Halim (Indonesia)
1640 – 1650	The Beauty of Cobalt-60 in Gamma Knife Radiosurgery	Joel Cheung (Hong Kong)
1650 – 1700	A comprehensive study comparing gradient indices in radiosurgical treatment plans with the actual dose fall-off gradient	Wu Hanfeng (China)
1700 – 1800	*ALGKS Board Meeting* (Executive Committee Members only)		NUHS Tower Block Room 08-06
1830	*Conference Dinner* (Faculty + delegates)		NUSS Kent Ridge Guild House

ALGKS Day 2

2 March 2025, Sunday

Time	Programme	Speakers	Venue
Session 4: Radiosurgery for Benign Brain Tumours Chairpersons: Dr Hidefumi Jokura (Japan) / Dr Aaron Foo (Singapore)
0900 – 0925	Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for atypical meningiomas	Dr Wade Yang (Taiwan)	NUHS Tower Block Auditorium
0925 – 0950	Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for large vestibular schwannomas	Dr Yu Chung Ping (Hong Kong SAR)
0950 – 1015	Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for recurrent and residual meningeal hemangiopericytomas in Tiantan hospital	Dr Sun Shibin (China)
1015 – 1040	The radiosurgical intervention for Tpit lineage silent corticotroph adenomas	Dr Wu Hanfeng (China)
Session 4: Radiosurgery for Benign Brain Tumours - Free paper presentations Chairpersons: Dr Hidefumi Jokura (Japan) / Dr Aaron Foo (Singapore)
1040 – 1050	Comparison of tumor control after stereotactic radiosurgery in sporadic and neurofibromatosis type 2 vestibular schwannomas: a multicenter study.	Jung Ho Han (Korea)	NUHS Tower Block Auditorium
1050 – 1100	Eye on Precision A Technical Guide to Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Ophthalmic Lesions	Ereena Alfian (Malaysia)
1100 – 1110	Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Intractable Trigeminal Neuralgia - Comparative Study Between Single Versus Two Isocenter Targets	Abdul Sattar M. (Pakistan)
1110 – 1120	Gamma knife Radiosurgery multisession providing long term tumor control of skull base meningioma	Abdul Sattar M. (Pakistan)
1120	*Closing address*	Dr Bengt Karlsson/ Next Conference Chair

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