2024 Keller Lectureship
The Keller Lectureship is a 2-day cadaveric surgical skills course for neurosurgery and ENT residents will focus on skull base malignancy, acoustic neuroma approaches, endonasal techniques, and oculoplastic reconstruction.
The 2024 Keller Lecturer: Franco DeMonte, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Professor DeMonte is a noted leader in the field of neurosurgery and head and neck surgery with particular expertise in tumors of the skull base. He is Director of the Microsurgical and Endoscopic Center for Clinical Application Laboratory (MECCA Lab). He is the past President of the NASBS and has published more than 185 peer-reviewed articles and edited 5 books.
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Dr. DeMonte's keynote talks:
• Contemporary Management of Skullbase Malignancy
• Cochlear Implants & Unilateral Acoustic Neuroma - A Concept in Evolution
Thursday, December 12 - Saturday, December 14, 2024
Mayfield Surgical Innovation Center
4020 Smith Road, 2nd Floor
Cincinnati, Ohio 45209
Program Schedule
Thursday, December 12
7:00pm | Welcome Reception - Agave & Rye
Friday, December 13
7:30am - Registration, Breakfast
8:00am - Welcome and Introduction, Vincent DiNapoli, MD, PhD
8:05am - Anatomy Continues its Reign in Neurosurgery, video presentation by Jeffrey T. Keller, PhD
8:30am - Introduction and Recognition of 2024 Keller Lecturer, Franco DeMonte, MD Vincent DiNapoli, MD, PhD
8:35am - Keller Lecture: Cochlear Implants & Unilateral Acoustic Neuroma — A Concept in Evolution, Franco DeMonte, MD
9:30am - Breakout Sessions
Neuro Breakout - Lectures
9:35 - Lateral Transpetrosal Approach, Norberto Andaluz, MD
10:00 - Vascular Bypass Techniques, Mario Zuccarello, MD
10:30 - Lab - vascular bypass
ENT Breakout - Lab
9:40 - Dissection: Temporal bone Translabyrinthine approach - Daniel Sun, MD & Steve Gordon, MD
11:45am - Lunch, Case Presentation: Vincent DiNapoli, MD, PhD & Yair Gozal, MD, PhD
Neuro Breakout - Lab
12:30 - Dissection: Retrosigmoid, Middle Fossa, & Petrosal
ENT Breakout - Lectures
12:30 LECTURE TITLE - Daniel Sun, MD
1:00 LECTURE TITLE - Steve Gordon, MD
1:30 LAB
4:30pm | Adjourn
6:30pm | Dinner - Capital Grille
Saturday, December 14
Hands-on Dissection Laboratory Sessions
7:30am - Breakfast
8:00am - Keller Lecture: Contemporary Management of Skullbase Malignancy, Franco DeMonte, MD
8:40am - Subcranial Facial Approaches, Shaan Raza, MD
9:00am - Endonasal Transpterygoid Approaches, Lee Zimmer MD, PhD
9:30am - Oculoplastic Transpalpebral Techniques, Jonathan Pargament, MD & Roxana Rivera, MD
10:00am - Lab Dissection: endoscopic & oculoplastic
1:30pm - Final Remarks: Vincent DiNapoli, MD, PhD & Yair Gozal, MD, PhD
Faculty
Franco DeMonte, MD, MD Anderson Cancer Center Neurosurgeon
Vincent DiNapoli, MD, PhD, Mayfield Clinic Neurosurgeon
Yair Gozal, MD, PhD, Mayfield Clinic Neurosurgeon
Steve Gordon, MD, University of Cincinnati Otologist
Daniel Sun, MD, University of Cincinnati Otologist
Lee Zimmer, MD, PhD, Mercy Health, Endonasal Otolaryngologist
Jonathan Pargament, MD, Cincinnati Eye Institute Oculoplastics
Roxana Rivera, MD, Cincinnati Eye Institute Oculoplastics
Norberto Andaluz, MD, University of Cincinnati Neurosurgeon
Mario Zuccarello, MD, Cincinnati Children's Neurosurgeon
Sudhakar Vadivelu, DO, Cincinnati Children's Neurosurgeon
The Keller Lectureship
Over the past 40 years, Jeffrey T. Keller, PhD has mentored scores of residents and fellows. His reach and influence span the globe. A consummate scholar and mentor to many, Dr. Keller maintains a distinguished legacy among graduates and his peers. In honor of Dr. Keller's commitment to resident education and academic collaboration, The Keller Lectureship Fund was established in 2011. The lectureship enhances resident and fellowship programs by supporting an invited lecturer of international stature in the field of skull base surgery and surgical anatomy. These lectures offer an opportunity for medical students, residents, fellows, and faculty to learn firsthand from renowned neurosurgeons. In addition, the Foundation has supported a hands-on laboratory training program.
Keller Lecturers
2023 Michael Chicoine, MD | view program >
2022 James K. Liu, MD | read more > | watch lectures >
2021 William Couldwell, MD, PhD | read more >
2020 Michael Link, MD | read more >
2019 Harry van Loveren, MD | watch lecture >
2017 Sébastien Froelich, MD | read more >
2016 Marcos S. Tatagiba, MD, PhD | watch lecture >
2015 Paolo Cappabianca, MD | read more >
2014 Robert Spetzler, MD | read more >
2013 Takashi Kawase, MD, PhD | read more >
2012 Albert Rhoton, MD | read more >
