AASPN 2023

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Welcome Message

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

   On behalf of the Organizing Committee, we warmly welcome you to the 4th Congress of Asian-Australasian Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (AASPN) 2023 in the beautiful city of Yokohama. While we regret that the COVID-19 pandemic prevented us from holding the Congress in 2021 and 2022, we are excited about the opportunity of holding the Congress face to face with you here in Yokohama in 2023.

   The theme, Controversies in Pediatric Neurosurgery, has been carefully chosen to mark our reunion. From basic to top-notch, our vision is to reflect upon our past accomplishments, discuss important issues, share ideas and information, accelerate innovation, and jointly explore current and future research directions through discussions and lectures. More importantly, we will renew friendships and extend our networks around the world.

   The Organizing Committee has made a tremendous effort in planning the Congress which covers a wide range of critically important sessions, including the following symposiums:

Congenital Anomalies
Brain Tumors
Functional Diseases
Cerebrovascular Disease
Trauma and Hydrocephalus

   Another focus of the Congress is to introduce the Japanese Guideline of the Pediatric Brain Tumor published in 2022. The Guideline covered major pediatric brain tumors and aimed to provide guidance for neurosurgeons and neurooncologists to perform standardized practice anywhere in Japan. We hope that this Guideline will promote rich discussion during the Congress and bring additional insights for AASPN members in daily practice worldwide following the Congress.

   Additionally, we will have a special session regarding female pediatric neurosurgeons under the name of Mami Yamasaki Memorial Session for young female neurosurgeons in Asia-Australasia, as well as a special session entitled the AASPN in the Global Pediatric Neurosurgery. These topics cover the current status of the AASPN, the role of the AASPN in the ISPN, and the use of modern technologies such as AI, metaverse, and robotics in pediatric neurosurgery.

   We believe that it is extremely important for the AASPN and its members to collaborate with the global pediatric neurosurgery community and wish the AASPN members all continued success in the future. Through our interactive format, we would be delighted if these programs could offer all attendees an excellent opportunity to review fundamental to updated information and discuss clinical management with the AASPN’s experienced faculties as well as our guest experts from across the world.

    When Japan's Edo-Samurai Government abandoned its closed-door policy to open the border more than 150 years ago, the Port of Yokohama, formerly a small rural fishing village, rose to the historical stage as one of the five open ports. Western culture and technology landed in Yokohama, were introduced in Tokyo, and spread throughout Japan. It was the beginning of Japan’s modernization. As such, Yokohama provides a more cosmopolitan environment than Tokyo. Yokohama and the surrounding areas are home to numerous historical structures, monuments, and tourist attractions. A half-day tour will take you to Kamakura, the first capital of the Samurai government, which is home to many ancient temples, including the Great Buddha of Kamakura. A renowned hot spring region named Hakone is located at the base of the Tanzawa mountain range. In addition to the Hakone hot spring spa, Mt. Fuji is also accessible via day trip. “Omotenashi” shows the Japanese attitude to appreciate tourists. We are pleased that you may experience the flavor of "Omotenashi" here in Yokohama along with the scientific excitement from the Congress.

    We sincerely hope you will benefit from the Congress of AASPN 2023 in Yokohama at or beyond your expectations. It offers all AASPN members fantastic opportunities to grow and develop friendships. It will be important for the future of the AASPN to expand and advance pediatric neurosurgery globally. We look forward to seeing you face to face in Yokohama this coming December.

Reizo Shirane, Miyagi Children’s Hospital

Nobuhito Morota, Kitasato University Hospital

Co-Presidents of the 4th Congress of Asian-Australasian Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery

Overview

Title	4th Congress of Asian-Australasian Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (AASPN 2023)
Theme	Controversies in Pediatric Neurosurgery
Date	December 13 (Wed.) - 15 (Fri.) , 2023
Venue	TKP Gardencity Premium Yokohamaekishintakashima Official website 〒220-0012 5-1-1 Minato Mirai, Nishi Ward, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Yokohama Grand Gate 2F
Hosted by	Japanese Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery (JSPN) Official website
Organized by	Asian-Australasian Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (AASPN) Official website
Co-sponsored	Miyagi Children's Hospital/Tohoku University Neurosurgery Official website

Local organizing committee

Presidents

Reizo SHIRANE
Nobuhito MOROTA

Secretariat

Young-Soo PARK
Masahiro NONAKA
Kazuaki SHIMOJI

Organizing committee members

Takuya AKAI
Yasuhiko AKIYAMA
Ryo ANDO
Hajime ARAI
Takashi ARAKI
Yasuyoshi CHIBA
Isao DATE
Yukihiko FUJII
Akira GOMI
Atsuko HARADA
Naoya HASHIMOTO
Yasuhiko HAYASHI
Toshiaki HAYASHI
Yuichi HIROSE
Satoshi IHARA
Koji IIHARA
Ryuji ISHIZAKI
Toru IWAMA
Masahiro KAMEDA
Mihoko KATO
Takakazu KAWAMATA
Atsufumi KAWAMURA
Haruhiko KISHIMA
Toshihiro KUMABE
Jun KURIHARA
Satoshi KURODA
Kazuhiko KUROZUMI
Keishi MAKINO
Nobuhiro MIKUNI
Tomoru MIWA

Tadashi MIYAGAWA
Susumu MIYAMOTO
Ai MUROI
Motoo NAGANE
Mitsutoshi NAKADA
Hideo NAKAMURA
Hiroyuki NAKASE
Ryo NISHIKAWA
Kenichi NISHIYAMA
Sadahiro NOMURA
Naoyuki OHE
Hideki OGIWARA
Tatsuki OYOSHI
Nobuhito SAITO
Ryuta SAITO
Hiroaki SAKAMOTO
Jun SAKUMA
Shoko SHIMOKAWA
Masahiro SHIN
Hidenori SUGANO
Kazuhiko SUGIYAMA
Osamu TAKEMOTO
Keita TERASHIMA
Teiji TOMINAGA
Kenichi USAMI
Takeo UZUKA
Tetsuya YAMAMOTO
Takaaki YANAGISAWA
Kazuhisa YOSHIFUJI

AASPN2023 Faculty (alphabetical country & name order)

●Australia

Wirginia Maixner (President Elect)
Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Children’s Hospital
≫Specialized Field：Epilepsy, Brain tumours, Hydrocephalus
Melbourne, Australia

●Cambodia

Vuthy Kong
Kantha Bopha Children's Hospital
≫Specialized Field：Brain Tumor, Hydrocephalus, Spina Bifida
Phnom Penh, Cambodia

●China

Lixin Cai
Xinhua Hospital
Peking University First Hospital
≫Specialized Field：Pediatric epilepsy surgery
Beijng, China

Jian Gong
Beijing Tiantan Hospital
≫Specialized Field：Brain tumor, Hydrocephalus & arachnoid cyst, Craniostenosis
Beijng, China

Songbai Gui
Xinhua Hospital
Capital Medical Universit
≫Specialized Field：Endoscopic surgery
Beijng, China

Jie Ma
Xinhua Hospital
Shanghai Jiaotong University, School of Medicine
≫Specialized Field：Brain Tumor, Cerebral Vascular Disease, Spida Bifida
Shanghai, China

Bo Xiao
Shanghai Children's Medical Center
≫Specialized Field：Cerebral Palsy, Craniocynostosis, Tethered Cord Syndrome
Shanghai, China

●India

Suchanda Bhattacharjee
Professor & Head of Neurosurgery
Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences
≫Specialized Field：Epilepsy, AAD, AVM
Hyderabad, India

Chandrashekhar Deopujari 　(Founder, Past President)
Bombay Hospital (Institute of Medical Sciences)
B. J. Wadia Children's Hospital
P. D. Hinduja Gamma Knife Centre
≫Specialized Field：Brain Tumors, Neuroendoscopy, Cerebrovascular
Mumbai, India

Suresh Sankhla (Past Chair)
Global Gleneagle Hospitals
≫Specialized Field：Endoscopic Surgery, Hydrocephalus, Skull base surgery
Mumbai, India

Neelam Krishnan Venkataramana
Brains Super Specialty Hospital
≫Specialized Field：Brain Tumors, Spina Bifida, Hydrocephalus
Bangalore, India

●Indonesia

Andri Anugerah Kusuma
Gatot Soebroto Central Army Hospital
Presidential Hospital Jakarta
Emergency Lab
≫Specialized Field：Neurosurgery, Infection, Hydricephalus, Congenital
Jakarta, Indonesia

Mirna Sobana
Hasan Sadikin Hospital
Padjadjaran University
≫Specialized Field：Hydrocephalus, Cranial Reconstruction, Endoscopic Intraventricular Procedures
Bandung, Indonesia

Wihasto Suryaningtyas (Next Congress Chair)
Universitas Airlangga
Soetomo Academic General Hospital
≫Specialized Field：Craniofacial malformation, Pediatric Brain Tumor, Hydrocephalus
Surabaya, Indonesia

●Korea

Dong-Seok Kim (Ex Congress Chair)
Pediatric neurosurgery, Severance Children’s Hospital
Yonsei University College of Medicine
≫Specialized Field：Brain tumor, Epilepsy, Moyamoya
Seoul, Korea

Seung-Ki Kim
Seoul National University Children’s Hospital
≫Specialized Field：Brain Tumor, Moyamoya Disease, Endoscopic Surgery
Seoul, Korea

Ji Yeoun Lee
Seoul National University Children's Hospital
Seoul National University College of Medicine
≫Specialized Field：Spinal Dysraphism, Cerebral Palsy
Seoul, Korea

Ji Hoon Phi
Seoul National University Children's Hospital
≫Specialized Field：Brain Tumor, Hydrocephalus, Moyamoya Disease
Seoul, Korea

Young-Shin Ra
Asan Medical Center Children's Hospital
University of Ulsan
≫Specialized Field：Brain Tumors, Craniosynostosis, Chiari Malformation
Seoul, Korea

Kyu Won Shim
Severance Children’s Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine
≫Specialized Field：Craniosynostosis, Epilepsy, Spinal Dysraphism
Seoul, Korea

Kyu-Chang Wang (Founder, President)
National Cancer Center
≫Specialized Field：Embryology and disorders of secondary neurulation, congenital anomaly, Arachnoid Cyst, Intracranial Germinoma
Goyang, Korea

●Malaysia

Azmi Bin Alias
Tunku Abdul Rahman Neuroscience Institute (IKTAR)
Hospital Kuala Lumpur
Hospital Tunku Azizah (Women & Children Hospital)
≫Specialized Field：Neuroendoscopy, Craniosynostosis, Epilepsy Surgery
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Dharmendra Ganesan
University of Malaya
≫Specialized Field：Neuro-oncology - Cranial and Spinal, Spinal Dysraphism, CSF Disorders
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Giat Seng Kho
University Sains Malaysia
≫Specialized Field：Traumatic Brain Injury
Penang, Malaysia

●Mongolia

Byambatsend Dorjsuren
National center for Maternal and Child Health
≫Specialized Field：Pediatric Neurosurgery
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Orkhontuul Shirmen
Shastin Central Clinical Hospital
≫Specialized Field：Neurosurgery
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

●Myanmar

Myat Thu
University of Medicine
Yangon General Hospital
≫Specialized Field：Neuro-oncology, Congenital Anomalies, Hydrocephalus
Yangon, Myanmar

Hein Htet Zaw
University of Medicine
Yangon General Hospital
≫Specialized Field：Neuro-oncology, Congenital Anmalies, Hydrocephalus
Yangon, Myanmar

●Nepal

Basant Pant
Annapurna Neurological Institute and Allied Sciences
≫Specialized Field：Epilpsy, Functional, Spinal Code Tumor
Kathmandu, Nepal

Sudan Dhakal
Annapurna Neurological Institute and Allied Sciences
≫Specialized Field：Pediatric neuro-oncology, Epilepsy, Childhood spasticity
Kathmandu, Nepal

●New Zealand

Peter Heppner
Starship Children's Hospital
≫Specialized Field：Epilepsy Surgery, Craniofacial Surgery, Tumour Surgery
Auckland, New Zealand

●Pakistan

Mian Awais
University of Child Health Sciences
The Children Hospital and institute of child Health Sciences Lahore
≫Specialized Field：Neuro endoscopy, Spina Bifida, Pediatric Brain Tumours
Lahore, Pakistan

●Philippines

Ronnie E. Baticulon
Philippine General Hospital
≫Specialized Field：Global Pediatric Neurosurgery, Spina Bifida and Congenital Hydrocephalus, Neurosurgical Oncology/CNS Tumors
Manila, Philippines

●Singapore

Wan Tew Seow
KK Women's & Children's Hospital and National Neuroscience Institute
≫Specialized Field：Spinal Dysraphism, Brain Tumours, Neuroendoscopy
Bukit Timah, Singapore

●Taiwan

Meng-Fai Kuo (Past Chair)
National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University Children's Hospital
≫Specialized Field：Spinal Dysraphism, Cerebral Vascular Disease (moyamoya disease), Hydrocephalus
Taipei, Taiwan

Muh-Lii Liang
MacKay Memorial Hospital
MacKay Medical College
≫Specialized Field：Brain Tumors, Cerebrovascular Disease, Craniosynostosis
Taipei, Taiwan

Tai-Tong Wong (Founder, Past President)
Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei Medical University
≫Specialized Field：Neuroendscopic Surgery, Brain Tumor
Taipei, Taiwan

●Thailand

Kriengsak Limpastan
Chiang Mai University Hospital
≫Specialized Field：Neurosurgery
Chiang Mai, Thailand

Nunthasiri Wittayanakorn
Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health
≫Specialized Field：Epilepsy Surgery, Intraventricular Neuroendoscope
Bangkok, Thailand

●Vietnam

Dang Do Thanh Can
University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City Children’s Hospital 2
≫Specialized Field：Craniosynostosis, Brain Tumors, AVM Surgery
Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

About Venue

AASPN2023 Venue

TKP Gardencity Premium Yokohamaekishintakashima
〒220-0012
5-1-1 Minato Mirai, Nishi Ward, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Yokohama Grand Gate 2F
Official website

Exterior

Conference room image

TKP Garden City PREMIUM Yokohama Station Shin-Takashima is one of the largest rental conference rooms in the Minatomirai area.
1 minute walk from Shin-Takashima Station on the Minatomirai Line, and 7 minutes walk from the East Exit of Yokohama Station.
The large hall, which can accommodate 603 people in a school style, is used not only for meetings but also as an event venue.

Venue access (From public transport station)

Minatomirai Line Shin-Takashima Station 4 Rinko Park Exit 1 minute walk

JR Tokaido Main Line Yokohama Station East Exit 7 minutes on foot

JR Keihin Tohoku Line Yokohama Station East Exit 7 minutes on foot

JR Yokosuka Line Yokohama Station East Exit 7 minutes on foot

Tokyu Toyoko Line Yokohama Station East Exit 7 minutes on foot

Keikyu Main Line Yokohama Station East Exit 7 minutes on foot

15-minute walk from Yokohama Municipal Subway Blue Line Yokohama Station

15-minute walk from Yokohama Station on the Sotetsu Main Line

Venue Access Map (PNG)

Venue Access Map (Google Map)

Access from Narita Airport, Haneda Airport to Yokohama Station

Please see the "Transportation & Travel" page.

Venue Floor Plan

2nd floor full map

Venue 360° view (in Japanese language)

In preparation