NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSISTANCE WORKSHOP

COURSE AIMED AT: Neuropsychologists, Psychologists, Speech Therapists, Therapists, Nurses, Neurosurgeons, and all professionals involved in the peri- and intra-operative (neuro)psychological assistance
WEDNESDAY | November 27th - Location: Dissection room
08:30 – 08:45 Delivery of documentation
08:45 – 09:00 Course presentation
09:00 – 09:15 Introduction: Intraoperative mapping and monitoring of language and cognition during awake surgery from a neuropsychological standpoint.
Dr. Anna Gasa-Roqué
09:15 – 09:30

How to define a candidate for an awake brain surgery? Round table discussion with Dr. Andreu Gabarrós about the dialogue between neurosurgeons and neuropsychologists in presurgery preparation.
Moderators: Dr. Anna Gasa-Roqué / Dr. Inma Rico Pons

09:30 – 10:00

Neuropsychological assessment of glioma patients undergoing awake brain surgery in the left-dominant hemisphere: before and after surgery.
Dr. Inma Rico Pons

10:00 – 10:15

Design and validation of intraoperative tasks.
Dr. Anna Gasa-Roqué

10:15 – 10:30

Precision medicine: personalized electrical stimulation mapping tasks for tumor resection.
Dr. Xim Cerdà-Company / Dr. Víctor Cepero

10:30 – 10:45

Crash course in psychometrics: understanding what the results mean for each person given their profile.
Dr. Anna Gasa-Roqué / Laura Maldonado-Murciano

10:45 – 11:00 Discussion panel: Design, assessment, and interpretation of neuropsychological domains before, during, and after the surgery.

11:00 – 11:30 COFFEE
11:30 – 12:40 Workshop 1: Cognitive and language assessment before and after surgery. Neuropsychological battery of tests, scoring and interpretation for patients with tumors located in the left-dominant hemisphere.
Instructors: Dr. Anna Gasa- Roqué / Dr. Inma Rico Pons
12:40 – 13:00

Workshop 1 wrap-up and discussion. Dr. Anna Gasa- Roqué / Dr. Inma Rico Pons

13:00 – 14:00 LUNCH
14:00 – 15:45 Workshop 2 Cortical and white matter mapping and intraoperative monitoring by clinical cases - hands-on intraoperative evaluation and scoring based on live surgeries (video material).
Instructors: Dr. Anna Gasa- Roqué / Dr. Inma Rico Pons
15:45 – 16:00 Workshop 2 wrap-up and discussion. Dr. Anna Gasa- Roqué / Dr. Inma Rico Pons
16:00 – 16:30 COFFEE
16:30 – 17:30 Panel of experts: Successful surgery and then what? Perspectives from post-surgical follow-ups - flash-talks.
Dr. María Serra-Blasco / Dr. Marta Simó / Dr. Rocío Sánchez-Carrión Abascal / Dr. Pablo Naval-Baudín
17:30 – 18:00 Discussion and closing remarks

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