Program

Theme:
Global Alliance in Brain Mapping and Therapeutic: Advancing Research, Innovation, Integration, Translation & Commercialization

Symposium Program Friday, 13 November, 2015  
08:00 – 09:00 Registration
09:00 – 10:00 Openning Ceremony
Babak Kateb, MD
  Founding Chairman of the Board and CEO, Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics, Scientific Director & COO, California Neurosurgical Institute, Director of National Center for NanoBioELectronics; NASA Research Park, President of Brain Mapping Foundation, USA
G20 World Brain Mapping and Therapeutics Initiative
Nevzat Tarhan, MD
Professor of Psychiatry, The Rector of Üsküdar University, Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics (SBMT) Board Member
Welcome Speech
A Video Message from Turkish Ministry of Health
Videos from Other VIPs
10:00 – 10:15 Coffee Break

 

Symposium Session I (Chair: Prof. Sevil ATASOY, PhD)
10:15 – 10:30 Kuldip Sidhu, MD Assoc. Prof. of Stem Cell at UNSW and President of SBMT, Australia Patient-derived Stem Cells as New Frontiers for Disease Modeling with Focus on Neurodegenerative Diseases
10:30 – 10:45 Şükrü Çağlar, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Ankara University
New Technologies in Neurosurgery
10:45 – 11:00 Vassiliy Tsytsarev, PhD Visiting Faculty, University of Maryland, USA In Vivo Optical Imaging and Applications in Brain Research
11:00 – 11:15 Bilgen Taneli, MD
Professor of Psychiatry, Founder & President of the Turkish Society of Biological Psychiatry, Uludağ University
MEG Application in Psychiatric Disorder
11:15 – 11:30 Selahattin Gültekin, PhD Professor of Chemical Engineering, Üsküdar University Engineering Approach in Neuroscience
11:30 – 11:45 Oğuz Tanrıdağ, MD Professor of Neurology, Üsküdar University Quantitative EEG in the Differential Diagnosis of Neurocognitive Disorders
11:45 – 12:00 Martin M. Mortazavi, MD, FICS Director of Cerebrovascular and Skull Base Program, California Neurosurgical Institute, USA Modern Technical Nuances for Resection of Deep Brain Stem Lesions
12:00 – 12:15 Martin M. Mortazavi, MD, FICS Director of Cerebrovascular and Skull Base Program, California Neurosurgical Institute, USA Modern Technical Nuances for Resection of Deep Brain Stem Lesions
12:00 – 12:15 Kemal Arıkan, MD, PhD Professor of Psychiatry, Istanbul University What Does the Brain Mapping Tell the Psychiatrist in Daily Practice?
12:30 -14:00 GROUP PHOTOGRAPHY & LUNCH BREAK

 

Symposium Session II (Chair: Prof. Selahattin GÜLTEKİN, PhD)
14:00 – 14:15 Eric Eggenberger, MD Professor of Neurology and Ophthalmology, Michigan State University, USA Functional MRI in Functional Neuro-ophthalmology
14:15 – 14:30 Barış Metin, MD, PhD Assoc. Prof. of Neurology, Üsküdar University EEG Biomarkers in Neurodevelopmental Disorders
14:30 – 14:45 Vicky Yamamoto, PhD Cancer Scientist, Department of Otolaryngology/ Head and Neck Surgery, University of Southern California, USA Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells for Modeling and Treatment of Neurological Disorders
14:45 – 15:00 Cumhur Taş, MD, PhD Asst. Prof. of Psychology, Üsküdar University Multimodal Neuroimaging in Schizophrenia
15:00 -15:15 Coffee Break
15:15 – 15:30 Babak Kateb, MD
Founding Chairman of the Board and CEO, Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics, Scientific Director & COO, California Neurosurgical Institute, Director of National Center for NanoBioELectronics; NASA Research Park, President of Brain Mapping Foundation, USA
Integration of Nanotechnology, Device, Imaging and Cellular Therapeutics/Stem Cell; a NanoBioElectronic Approach
15:30 – 15:45 Gökben Hızlı Sayar, MD
Assoc. Prof. of Psychiatry, Üsküdar University
Future Diagnostic Tools in Psychiatry
15:45 – 16:00 Nevzat Tarhan, MD
Professor of Psychiatry, The Rector of Üsküdar University, Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics (SBMT) Board Member
Evidence - Based Medicine as a Biomarker in Psychiatry
16:00 – 16:15 Umur Kayabaşı, MD 
Asst. Prof. of Ophthalmology, Üsküdar University
Novel Neuroimmunologic Mechanisms in Alzheimers Disease
16:15 – 16:30 Barış Önen Ünsalver, MD
Asst. Prof. of Psychiatry, Üsküdar University
QEEG in Psychiatric Clinical Evaluation
16:30 - 17:00

Closing Ceremony

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Presentation of Plaquette

17:30 – 18:00 Transfer to NPIstanbul Hospital by Bus
18:00 – 20:00 - Tour of NPIstanbul Hospital
- Open Buffet Dinner
- Sema Ceremony of the Whirling Dervishes & Traditional Turkish Music

 

Antalya Program (14-15 November, 2015) G20 Brain Mapping Symposium Final Report
14 November Transfer to Antalya
15 November 10:00 – 12:00 Discussion of the Final Report of the Symposium held at Üsküdar University in Istanbul
12:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break & Group Photography
14:00 - 14:05 Uskudar University Brain Mapping Video Presentation
14:05 - 14:10 Prof. Selahattin Gultekin Welcome Speech
14:10 -15:00 Babak Kateb & Nevzat Tarhan Presentation of the Final Report to the Ministers, Ambassadors and VIPs of G20
15:00 - 16:00 Questions and Answers
16:00 Closing