2027 Keller Lectureship
January 21-23, 2027

The 2027 Keller Lecturer: Paul A. Gardner, MD
Paul Gardner, MD, is the Vice Chair of Clinical Innovations, Department of Neurosurgery at NYU Grossman School of Medicine in New York. His life's work revolves around minimally invasive and endoscopic surgery for pituitary and skull base tumors. This 2-day cadaveric course for neurosurgery and ENT residents will focus on frontotemporal and endonasal approaches to the carotid artery and cavernous sinus.
Faculty
Paul Gardner, MD, NYU Langone Health, Neurosurgeon
Hussam Abou-AI-Shaar, MD, University of Arkansas, Neurosurgeon
Yair Gozal, MD, PhD, Mayfield Clinic Neurosurgeon
Vincent DiNapoli, MD, PhD, Mayfield Clinic Neurosurgeon
Norberto Andaluz, MD, University of Cincinnati Neurosurgeon
Lee Zimmer, MD, PhD, Mercy Health, Endonasal Otolaryngologist
Friday, January 21 - Saturday, January 23, 2027
Mayfield Surgical Innovation Center
4020 Smith Road, 2nd Floor
Cincinnati, Ohio 45209

Program Schedule
Friday, January 21
7:00pm | Welcome Reception - Agave & Rye
Saturday, January 22
7:30am Registration, Breakfast
8:00am Welcome and Introduction, Yair Gozal, MD, PhD
8:05am Anatomy Continues its Reign in Neurosurgery, video presentation by Jeffrey T. Keller, PhD
8:30am Recognition of 2027 Keller Lecturer, Paul Gardner, MD - Vince DiNapoli, MD, PhD
8:35am Keller Lecture: Endoscopic endonasal approach to intracranial aneurysms. - Paul Gardner, MD
9:30am Break
9:45am Cavernous Sinus Anatomy and Exposure, Yair Gozal, MD PhD
10:15am Medial Cavernous Sinus Decompression: Indications, goals, and advantages, Hussam Abou-AI-Shaar, MD
11:00am Lunch, Case Presentations
12:00pm Hands-on Laboratory Session (12 residents; 6 Neurosurgery & 6 ENT) Transcranial approaches: Anterior Petrosectomy, Transorbital Approaches to the Carotid and Cavernous Sinus"
4:30pm Adjourn
6:00pm Dinner - Capitol Grill
Sunday, January 23
7:30am Breakfast
8:00am Predicting gross-total resection in skull base chondrosarcoma: A machine learning study. - Paul Gardner, MD
9:00am Endonasal Approaches to the Skull Base - Lee Zimmer MD, PhD
9:30am Hands-on Laboratory Session (12 residents; 6 Neurosurgery & 6 ENT) Endoscopic approaches: Expanded Transphenoidal Approaches to the Central Skull Base
12:30pm Lunch & Final Remarks
1:00pm Adjourn