2026 Keller Lectureship
The 2026 Keller Lecturer: Ellen Air, MD, PhD
Ellen L. Air, MD, PhD, is the Chair of Neurosurgery and Co-Medical Director for the Neuroscience Service Line at Henry Ford Health in Detroit as well as Chair of Neurosurgery at Michigan State University. This cadaveric surgical skills course for neurosurgery residents will focus on frontotemporal approaches including pterional, supraorbital and transorbital approaches to the cavernous sinus.
Dr. Air's keynote talks:
• Contemporary Management of Skullbase Malignancy
• Cochlear Implants & Unilateral Acoustic Neuroma - A Concept in Evolution
Friday, January 9 - Saturday, January 10, 2026
Mayfield Surgical Innovation Center
4020 Smith Road, 2nd Floor
Cincinnati, Ohio 45209
Program Schedule
Friday, January 9
7:00pm | Welcome Reception
Saturday, January 10
7:30am - Registration, Breakfast
8:00am - Welcome, Introductions, History of the Keller Lectureship | Vincent DiNapoli, MD, PhD & Yair Gozal, MD, PhD
8:45am - Introduction and Recognition of 2024 Keller Lecturer, Ellen Air, MD, PhD | Vincent DiNapoli, MD, PhD & Yair Gozal, MD, PhD
9:00am - Keller Lecture: Need Title Ellen Air, MD, PhD
10:00am - Hands-on Laboratory Session: Frontotemporal approaches: Pterional, Supraorbital and Transorbital Approaches to the Cavernous Sinus
12:00pm - Lunch, Case Presentation: Vincent DiNapoli, MD, PhD & Yair Gozal, MD, PhD
1:00pm - Hands-on Laboratory Session, continued
3:30pm Importance of Resident Training (need title) Ellen Air, MD, PhD
4:00pm Tributes to Dr. Keller: Vincent DiNapoli, MD, PhD & Yair Gozal, MD, PhD
5:30pm - Dinner - Capitol Grill
7:30pm - Adjourn