Outsmarting Brain Tumors: May 10, 2008
The multidisciplinary faculty at Cedars-Sinai's Department of Neurosurgery offered this comprehensive, one-day conference to bring participants up to date on the most recent advances in the diagnosis and treatment of adult brain tumors. For those who didn't get to attend the Outsmarting Brain Tumor conference, please click on the links below to view selected slide presentations in pdf format. If you are unable to download the files, contact Samantha Phu at (310) 423-9522 or via e-mail to request the presentations on CD-ROM.
Presentations
Morning Session: Brain Tumors and New Treatment Options
- Brain Tumor 101 (37KB), Keith L. Black, MD
- Surgery: Role and Options (2.3MB), John S. Yu, MD
- Role of Radiation Therapy (748KB), Behrooz Hakimian, MD
- Chemotherapy Treatments (2.9MB), Jeremy Rudnick, MD
- Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine as a Support System for Brain Tumor Treatment (681KB), Lucy Postolov, LAc
- Effective Treatments for Malignant Brain Tumors (5.6MB), Keith L. Black, MD
- Clinical Protocols (2.6MB), Surasak Phuphanich, MD
- Cancer Vaccines (1.5MB), John S. Yu, MD
Breakout Session A: Psychosocial and Support Systems
- Coping Strategies and Stress Reduction for Brain Tumor Patients and Caregivers (195KB), Veronica Porche, PsyD
- The Money Trail: Understanding Your Health Plan (123KB), Betty Johnson, RN
- Resuming Life after a Brain Tumor (1.6MB), Mary Lovely, PhD, RN
- Practical and Tantric Solutions for Sexual Dysfunction (2.iMB), Ava Cadell, PhD, EDD
Breakout Session B: Pituitary, Skull Base and Gamma Knife
- Pituitary and other Sellar Tumors (3.2MB), Adam Mamelak, MD
- GAMMA Knife (1.7MB), Amin Joseph Mirhadi, MD
- Latest Treatments for Acoustic Neuromas and Vestibular Schwannoma (3.2MB), Rick Friedman, MD
- Post Surgical Management of Pituitary Tumors (158KB), John Carmichael, MD
Breakout Session C: Meningiomas, Metastatic Tumors, Seizures and Gliomas
- Current Treatment Strategies for Meningiomas (10MB), Gabriel Hunt, MD
- Metastatic Brain Tumors (1.6MB), Ray Chu, MD
- Seizures: Diagnosis, Prognosis and Treatment (507KB), Jeffrey Chung, MD
- Gliomas: Low and High Grade (1.2MB), John S. Yu, MD
To view presentations from previous conferences, please click here.
For an appointment, a second opinion or more information, please call 1-800-CEDARS-1 (1-800-233-2771) or e-mail us.
