Skull Base Surgery Course Still Going Strong

April 19-21, 2006, twenty-six years later, Practical Anatomy & Surgical Education is offering the same course, Surgical Approaches to the Skull Base, in a state-of-the-art laboratory which is clearly one of the finest hands-on surgical facilities in the world. Under the direction of Ossama Al-Mefty, MD, FACS, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, neurosurgeons will see demonstrations of surgical approaches and have hands-on opportunities to apply those techniques during the lab sessions in the Zeiss Learning Center.

Dr. Al-Mefty is a “world-renowned neurosurgeon, recognized as a pioneer in skull base surgery and as an innovator of refinements in surgical techniques.” Physicians are traveling from 18 countries -- Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, the Dominican Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Jordan, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Qatar, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Syria and 12 states of the United States to participate in his course.

Practical Anatomy & Surgical Education is dedicated to the development and presentation of innovative medical, health, and science workshops. In 2005, 1910 participants from 48 different countries traveled to the Saint Louis University facility to participate in various courses.

For more information, contact Charlotte Ruzicka at (314) 535-4000 or ruzickac@slu.edu.

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