Facilitator
Pakistan Academy of Neurological Surgery (PANS) is a not-for-profit educational academy. The mission is to promote academic, clinical, and research activities in neurosurgery, with the aim being to fill the knowledge and skill gaps of neurosurgery trainees and early-to-mid-career neurosurgeons.
In order to improve diagnostic acuity, operative planning, and complications management, the need for mastery of relevant neuroradiology modalities by a neurosurgeon cannot be overstressed. With this objective as the guiding light, a Neuroradiology learning (PANS-NRL) course is being introduced. The course will include a series of webinars encompassing key aspects of neuroradiology, with a special focus on the recent developments, blind spots, and clinical nuances to help neurosurgeons solve clinical problems encountered in everyday practice more accurately and efficiently.
Neuro-imaging is vital to patient care, and is at least as essential as an excellent neurological exam, or perhaps even more. Hence, a thorough understanding of neuro-imaging is a basic tenet of neurosurgical education, leading to more astute clinicians. In this course, we aim to comprehensively cover the neuroradiology curriculum, including understanding the basics of neuro-anatomy, identifying different neurosurgical pathologies accurately, and utilizing available neuroradiological tools in clinical decision-making, to improve patient care. The course faculty will include renowned national and international neurosurgeons, neurologists, and neuroradiologists.
Course content
The course consists of 24 sessions, over a period of 1 year. Sessions will be conducted fortnightly, on alternate Tuesdays, from 08:00 am to 09:00 am (Pakistan Standard Time; GMT+5). Topics will be planned so that the entire breadth of relevant neuroradiology is covered, with the target audience being neurosurgery trainees and early-to-mid-career neurosurgeons.
The sessions will be interactive and led by national and international experts. The first 30 minutes of the session will comprise a didactic lecture, which will be followed by 30 minutes of case-based discussion, with Q&As. Details of each session will be shared prior to the session.
The course offers ACCME credit hours.
Upcoming Sessions:
| 25. TBD |
List of sessions:
| 1. Basic physics of CT and MRI By: Prof. Syed Ather Enam January 11, 2022 |
| 2. Surface anatomy of the brain in CT and MRI By: Prof. Syed Ather Enam January 11, 2022 |
| 3. Radiological anatomy of Cranial Nerves By: Dr. Fatima Mubarak January 25, 2022 |
| 4. Supratentorial intra-axial brain tumors By: Prof. Syed Ather Enam February 15, 2022 |
| 5. Back to the basics of MRI with an introduction to infratentorial masses By: Dr. Shumaila Arooj February 22, 2022 |
| 6. Infratentorial Lesions With Differentials By: Dr. Shumaila Arooj March 1, 2022 |
| 7. Vascular anatomy and intracranial aneurysms By: Dr. Saima Ahmad March 8, 2022 |
| 8. Intraventricular and Pineal Lesions By: Prof. Syed Ather Enam March 22, 2022 |
| 9. Vascular Anatomy and Intracranial Aneurysms (Revision session) By: Dr. Saima Ahmad March 29, 2022 |
| 10. Spinal Malformations: Simple Diagnostic Approach By: Dr. Kiran Hilal April 12, 2022 |
| 11. Disc Herniation, Spinal Stenosis, and Spondylolisthesis By: Dr. Shahzad Shamim April 26, 2022 |
| 12. Metastatic Spinal Tumors By: Dr. Imtiaz Hashmi May 10, 2022 |
| 13. Thoracolumbar Spine Trauma By: Dr. Manzar Hoseyn May 24, 2022 |
| 14. Basics of spine imaging and relevant anatomy By: Dr. Sadaf Nasir June 14, 2022 |
| 15. Spinal Tumors By: Dr. Ahsan Ali Khan June 28, 2022 |
| 16. Traumatic Brain Injury By: Dr. Saqib Bakhshi July 26, 2022 |
| 17. Functional MRI and MR Spectroscopy By: Dr. Zafar Sajjad August 9, 2022 |
| 18. Sellar and Suprasellar Lesions By: Dr. Zia Faruqui September 13, 2022 |
| 19. Non-Neoplastic lesions of the brain By: Dr. Shayan Anwar September 27, 2022 |
| 20. Hydrocephalus and its types By: Dr. M. Sami Alam October 11, 2022 |
| 21. CNS Infections By: Dr. Shumaila Arooj October 25, 2022 |
| 22. Posterior cranial fossa cysts: Snapshot of key concepts By: Dr. Kiran Hilal November 8, 2022 |
| 23. Basics of Neurointerventional Radiology / Neurology Dr. Tanveer ul Haq November 22, 2022 |
| 24. Demyelinating and Infectious Diseases of the Spine Dr. Kumail Khandwala December 27, 2022 |