| KST | EEST Athens |
CEST (CET) Paris |
UTC | EDT New York |
PDT Los Angeles |
as of February 2
*All Sessions, Lunches, Gala Dinner, except for Welcome and Farewell Party,
will take place at Grand Ballroom, Yonsei Baekyang PLAZA
| Feb 22 (Thu.) |
18:00-20:00 | Welcome Party (Wallga Galibi, 2F) | |
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| Feb 23 (Fri.) |
08:30-08:50 | Registration | |
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| 08:50-08:55 | Opening Remark | Jin Woo Chang (Yonsei Univ., President of KFUNS, Korea) |
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| 08:55-09:00 | Congratulatory Remark | Jong Hyun Kim (Korea Univ., President-elect of KSSFN (The Korean Society of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery), Korea) |
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| Key Issues in FUS — Preclinical Studies in Korea | |||
| Moderator : Hyung Min Kim (KIST, Korea), Hak Jong Lee (Seoul Nat'l Univ., Korea) | |||
| 09:00-09:20 | Ultrasonically Powered Implantable Microlight for Brain Cancer Treatment | Seunghyun Song (Sookmyung Women's Univ., Korea) |
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| 09:20-09:40 | Robotic Technology Facilitating Automatic Positioning for Precise and Safe FUS Brain Stimulation | Joonho Seo (KIMM, Korea) |
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| 09:40-10:00 | Miniaturing Efforts of Therapeutic Ultrasonic Transducer for Patient Convenience | Byung Chul Lee (KIST, Korea) |
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| 10:00-10:20 | Focused Ultrasound-Mediated Neurogenesis | Jaewoo Shin (KMEDI hub, Korea) |
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| 10:20-10:40 | Preclinical Research on Focused Ultrasound-Mediated Blood–Brain Barrier Opening for Neurological Disorders | Chanho Kong (Yonsei Univ., Korea) |
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| 10:40-11:00 | Coffee Break | ||
| Basic Concepts in FUS — Clinical Application | |||
| Moderator : Seok Ho Hong (Univ. of Ulsan, Korea), Hyun Ho Jung (Yonsei Univ., Korea) | |||
| 11:00-11:20 | Patient Selection and Clinical Limitation in FUS Practice | Na Young Jung (Univ. of Ulsan, Korea) |
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| 11:20-11:40 | Lithotripsy - Future Application | Sung Yong Cho (Seoul Nat'l Univ., Korea) |
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| 11:40-12:00 | Current and Future Indications for FUS in CNS Disorders | Junhyung Kim (Univ. of Ulsan, Korea) |
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| 12:00-13:30 | Lunch / General Assembly | ||
| Feb 23 (Fri.) |
13:30-14:00 | Registration | |
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| 14:00-14:05 | Opening Remark | Jin Woo Chang (Yonsei Univ., President of APFUS, Korea) |
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| 14:05-14:10 | Congratulatory Remark | Jae-Young Lee (Seoul Nat'l Univ., President of KSTU (The Korean Society for Therapeutic Ultrasound), Korea) |
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| Basic Science / Technical Innovation | |||
| Moderator : Jae-Young Lee (Seoul Nat'l Univ., Korea), Eun-Joo Park (Seoul Nat'l Univ., Korea) | |||
| 14:10-14:30 | Therapeutic Potential of Blood-Brain Barrier Modulation with Focused Ultrasound: from Drug Delivery to Promoting Neural Plasticity | Isabelle Aubert (Univ. of Toronto, Canada) |
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| 14:30-14:50 | Precise Mechanical Tissue Destruction Using Pressure-Modulated Shockwave Histotripsy | Ki Joo Pahk (Kyung Hee Univ., Korea) |
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| 14:50-15:10 | Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation: From Animals to Humans | Hyung Min Kim (KIST, Korea) |
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| 15:10-15:30 | Ultrasound-Mediated Neuromodulation | Hyunjoo Lee (KAIST, Korea) |
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| 15:30-16:10 | Coffee Break / E-Poster | ||
| Clinical Application / Targeting and Planning | |||
| Moderator : Jung-Il Lee (Sungkyunkwan Univ., Korea), Justin Cheng-chia Lee (Nat'l Yang Ming Chiao Tung Univ., Taiwan) | |||
| 16:10-16:30 | Focused Ultrasound Pallidothalamic Tractotomy for Cervical Dystonia: a Pilot Study | Shiro Horisawa (Tokyo Women's Medical Univ., Japan) |
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| 16:30-16:50 | Skull Heating and Acoustic Measurements in tcMRgFUS Treatments | Itay Rachimilevitch (Insightec, Israel) |
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| 16:50-17:10 | Optimal Targeting Methods for Tremor Controls | Hyun Ho Jung (Yonsei Univ., Korea) |
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| 17:10-17:30 | Techniques for Precise Targeting for MRgFUS ; Thalamic Nucleus Segmentation with Novel MR Technique | Kyung Won Chang (Yonsei Univ., Korea) |
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| 17:30-18:30 | Drinks Reception / E-Poster | ||
| 18:30-20:30 | Gala Dinner | ||
| Feb 24 (Sat.) |
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| 08:30-08:50 | Registration | |
| FUS for Movement Disorders I | ||
| Moderator : Sang Ryong Jeon (Univ. of Ulsan, Korea), Haruhiko Kishima (Osaka Univ., Japan) | ||
| 09:00-09:20 | Bilateral FUS Surgery, Nara Medical Center | Hidehiro Hirabayashi (Nara Medical Center, Japan) |
| 09:20-09:40 | MRgFUS vs.Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Tremor | Jung-Il Lee (Sungkyunkwan Univ., Korea) |
| 09:40-10:00 | Predictors of Tremor Suppression in Patients Undergoing MRgFUS for Essential Tremor | Benjamin Jonker (St Vincent's Hospital, Australia) |
| 10:00-10:20 | Coffee Break / E-Poster | |
| Special Lectures | ||
| Moderator : Jin Woo Chang (Yonsei Univ., Korea) | ||
| 10:20-10:50 | Building Bridges Together: The Role of the Focused Ultrasound Foundation | Suzanne LeBlang (Focused Ultrasound Foundation, USA) |
| 10:50-11:20 | Focused Ultrasound for Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease and Addiction | Ali Rezai (West Virginia Univ., USA) |
| BBB Modulation and Drug Delivery | ||
| Moderator : Jürgen Götz (The Univ. of Queensland, Australia) | ||
| 11:20-11:40 | BBBD for Glioma Chemotherapy | Haruhiko Kishima (Osaka Univ., Japan) |
| 11:40-12:00 | Neuronavigation-Guided Focused Ultrasound and Its CNS Application | Hao-Li Liu (Nat'l Taiwan Univ., Taiwan) |
| Sponsored Luncheon Seminar | ||
| Moderator : Sang Ryong Jeon (Univ. of Ulsan, Korea) | ||
| 12:00-13:00 | Insightec’s Journey from Revolutionizing Surgery to a Future of Opportunities | Eyal Zadicario (Insightec, Israel) |
| Presidential Lecture | ||
| Moderator : Eyal Zadicario (Insightec, Israel) | ||
| 13:00-13:30 | Update of Clinical Potentials of Brain MRgFUS | Jin Woo Chang (Yonsei Univ., President of APFUS, Korea) |
| FUS for Movement Disorders II | ||
| Moderator : Hidehiro Hirabayashi (Nara Medical Center, Japan), Benjamin Jonker (St Vincent's Hospital, Australia) | ||
| 13:30-13:50 | Lessons Learned from tc MR-Guided Focused Ultrasound Pallidothalamic Tractotomy | Wei Chieh Chang (Show Chwan Memorial Hospital, Taiwan) |
| 13:50-14:10 | HIFU for X-Linked Dystonia-Parkinsonism Patients | Roland Jamora (Univ. of the Philippines Manila, Philippines) |
| 14:10-14:30 | Surgery at Field's of Forel for Movement Disorders and beyond: Next Indications of FUS | Shiro Horisawa (Tokyo Women's Medical Univ., Japan) |
| FUS for Special Conditions | ||
| Moderator : Jung-Il Lee (Sungkyunkwan Univ., Korea), Bomin Sun (Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., China) | ||
| 14:30-14:50 | Low-Intensity Ultrasound as a Novel Treatment Strategy for Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias (Preclinical And Clinical Studies) |
Jürgen Götz (The Univ. of Queensland, Australia) |
| 14:50-15:10 | Focused Ultrasound for Drug Resistant Epilepsy | Justin Cheng-chia Lee (Nat'l Yang Ming Chiao Tung Univ., Taiwan) |
| 15:10-15:30 | FUS for Psychiatric Disorders | Bomin Sun (Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., China) |
| 15:30-15:50 | Coffee Break / E-Poster | |
| FUS for Movement Disorders III | ||
| Moderator : Jong Hyun Kim (Korea Univ., Korea), Bomin Sun (Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., China) | ||
| 15:50-16:10 | MRgFUS - Growing Indian Experience | K. Madeswaran (Royal Care Super Speciality Hospital, India) |
| 16:10-16:30 | Enhancing Targeting Precision | Eun Jung Lee (Seoul Nat'l Univ., Korea) |
| 16:30-16:50 | Chronic Hypertension is a Key Factor leading to Tremor Recurrence after MRgFUS Thalamotomy | Longsheng Pan (Chinese PLA Medical School, China) |
| 16:50-16:55 | Closing Remark & Awards Ceremony | Jin Woo Chang (Yonsei Univ., President of APFUS, Korea) |
** Feb 24 (Sat.) [18:00-20:30] Farewell Party (Cheongcheondang, SamcheongGak) - Invited Only
