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31 | VTH REGIONAL DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION MEETING

Duration
14 May 2026 - 17 May 2026
Language
English
Status
REGULAR
ECTS points
YES
Course directors :
Darko Chudy , University of Zagreb, Croatia
Vladimira Vuletić , University of Rijeka, Croatia
Elena Moro , Grenoble Alpes University Hospital, France
John David Rolston , Harvard Medical School, United States
Patricia Limousin , University College London, United Kingdom
Course description:

The aim of this 5th Deep Brain Stimulation Regional meeting will be to connect the neurosurgeons and neurologists in the region with great experience and those who are now implementing some of this experience in DBS practice.

Deep brain stimulation has developed during the past 38 years as a remarkable treatment option for several brain disorders. DBS has also evolved significantly during the past decade at University Hospital Dubrava Zagreb (Croatia) as the Referral Centre of the Croatian Ministry of Health for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery and in UHC Rijeka on Clinical Neurology Department as the Referral Centre of the Croatian Ministry of Health for advance and invasive methods in treatment of Movement Disorders especially deep brain stimulations. This meeting will provide a state-of-the art coverage of current DBS practice and future directions in this region of Europe and in the world.

More information can be found on course web page.

Course lecturers:
Marina Ajduković , University of Zagreb, Croatia
Fadi Almahariq , Dubrava University Hospital, Croatia
Abdelhamid Benazzouz , Université de Bordeaux Centre Broca Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Marija Bortiek , Clinical Hospital Centre Rijeka, Croatia
Romana Brnić Andrić , Clinical Hospital Centre Rijeka, Croatia
Hana Chudy , Dubrava University Hospital, Croatia
Darko Chudy , University of Zagreb, Croatia
Maria Fiorella Contarino , Haga Teaching Hospital, Netherlands
Dejan Georgiev , University Medical Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Nadja Grozdanić , Clinical Hospital Centre Rijeka, Croatia
Marwan Hariz , Norrlands University Hospital, Umea, Sweden
Jelena Hauser , Clinical Hospital Centre Rijeka, Croatia
Mario Hero , Clinical Hospital Centre Rijeka, Croatia
Joachim K. Krauss , Hannover Medical School, Germany
Adriana Klarić , Clinical Hospital Centre Rijeka, Croatia
Gabrijela Kovačić , Clinical Hospital Centre Rijeka, Croatia
Patricia Limousin , University College London, United Kingdom
Andres M Lozano , University of Toronto, Canada
Marijan Mašić , Clinical Hospital Centre Rijeka, Croatia
Elena Moro , Grenoble Alpes University Hospital, France
Eliša Papić , Clinical Hospital Centre Rijeka, Croatia
Marina Raguž , Dubrava University Hospital, Croatia
Lucija Rajnović , Clinical Hospital Centre Rijeka, Croatia
John David Rolston , Harvard Medical School, United States
Glorija Rozmarić , Clinical Hospital Centre Rijeka, Croatia
Matej Skorvanek , University and University Hospital L. Pasteur, Slovakia
Ines Torić , Clinical Hospital Centre Rijeka, Croatia
Maja Trost , University Medical Centar Amsterdam, Netherlands
Pepjin van den Munckhof , University Medical Centre Amsterdam, Netherlands
Saman Vinke , Radboud University Medical Centre, Netherlands
mag. physioth. Denis Volarić , Clinical Hospital Centre Rijeka, Croatia
Vladimira Vuletić , University of Rijeka, Croatia