


Krishna Institute Innovation Award
- The innovation idea or prototype needs to be sent in detail to the: drrajucherian@gmail.com entitled “Krishna Institute Innovation award”
- No age limits. Any Skullbase surgeon (ENT/ Neurosurgery or Head and Neck surgery) can participate.
- The authors must be registered at the 8th World Federation of Skull Base Societies Meeting to be able to present the paper.
- The judges committee will be an international group of Neurosurgeons who will decide the papers to be selected for the presentation in Rio.
- 10 best papers will be selected based on the marks they obtain during the preliminary rounds.
- The Award committee will inform to the author the paper approval.
- The 10 papers should be presented in the innovation session in Rio, onsite, personally to decide the best paper. The presentation time will be 8 minutes with 2 minute question and answers.
- The best one will receive USD 1,000.
Invited Speakers
JOSE ALBERTO LANDEIRO
Profesor Titular de Neurocirurgia da Faculdde de Medicina da Universidade Federal Fluminense Chefe do Serviço de Neurocirurgia do Hospital Universitário Antonio Pedro,UFF,RJ Diretor do Comite de Base De cranio da WFNS Presidente Honorário da Flanc
JOÃO PAULO CAVALCANTE ALMEIDA
Associate surgeon at Mayo Clinic in Florida, with focus on Skull Base and Pituitary Surgery and Neuro-Oncology. He has a strong commitment to academic neurosurgery and authored and co-authored over 80 peer-reviewed papers, 50 neurosurgical meeting presentations, and 25 book chapters, in addition to ...
View moreRUI MANILHA
Assistant Neurosurgeon at Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal;
Assistant Neurosurgeon from Grupo CUF, José Mello Saúde, Lisbon, Portugal;
Neuroanatomy teacher in NOVA Medical School, Lisbon, Portugal;
PhD Student in Medical Sciences in NOVA Medical School, Lisbon, Portugal;
JOSÉ ANTÔNIO GUASTI
Chefe do Serviço de Neurocirurgia do Hospital Federal Bonsucesso
DANIEL DARIENZO
Graduacao em Medicina Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro 2011
Residência médica em otorrinolaringologia pelo Hospital Universitario Clementino Fraga Filho UFRJ 2015
Especializacao Latu Sensu em Cirurgia de Cabeça e Pescoço Puc-RJ - 2017
Estágio observational Ohio State University ...
ERIC WANG
Eric W. Wang, M.D. is Professor of Otolaryngology, Neurological Surgery, and Ophthalmology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Director of the Division of Rhinology, and Director of Education for the UPMC Center for Cranial Base Surgery. Dr. Wang is also Vice Chair of Clinical Opera...
View moreLEONARDO FRIGHETTO
Neurosurgeon Stereotactic Radiosurgery Unit Hospital Moinhos de Vento, Porto Alegre, RS - Brazil Former President of the Brazilian Society of Radiosurgery Former Fellow Division of Neurosurgery - UCLA - Univeristy of California Los Angeles
ARUN SRIVASTAVA
Dr Arun K Srivastava a alumni of AIIMS New Delhi presently working in a reputed institute of Northern India
SGPGI-Lucknow.Having experience of 17 years in Neurosurgery.Published more than 200 articles and more than 10 technical innovations.Skull base remains at the core of his clinical interest...
OTAVIO AUGUSTO IAVARONE
ENT, Head and Neck Surgeon and Microsurgery reconstrution specialist at Jaú- São Paulo - Brazil.
JACOB KLIGERMAN
Coordenador de Oncologia da Secretaria Municipal de Saude do RJ Médico cirurgião de cabeça e pescoço
MEHMET ZILELI
Dr. Mehmet Zileli is the Professor of Neurosurgery in Ege University, Izmir, Turkey. He is the past president of the Turkish Neurosurgical Society, Middle East Spine Society, World Spinal Column Society, and past chairman of the WFNS Spine Committee. He is vise-chairman of the Craniovertebral Juncti...
View moreANTONIO AVERSA DUTRA DO SOUTO
Chairman - Division of Neurosurgery National Institute of Cancer Rio de Janeiro- Brasil Neurosurgeon Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
PAULO HENRIQUE PIRES DE AGUIAR
Researcher ABC Medical School, Brazil
Assistant professor in neurology at Catholic University of São Paulo
PhD in Neuropathology at São Paulo Medical School
Professor Livre Docente de Neurocirurgia pela Faculdade de Medicina da USP
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CARLOS NEUTZLING LEHN
Diretor Head and neck Surgery Division Hospital do Servidor Público Estadual de São Paulo IAMSPE
JOSÉ ORLANDO DE MELO JUNIOR
M.D. Neurosurgeon at Paulo Niemeyer State Brain Institute in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Fellow in Department of Neurosurgery, University of Tübingen, Germany, 2012 - Member of Brazilian Neurosurgery Society
CLAUDIO HENRIQUE FERNANDES VIDAL
- Member of the Brazilian Society of Neurosurgery - Master and Doctorate from the Federal University of Pernambuco - Preceptor of the Neurosurgery Medical Residence at Getúlio Vargas Hospital (SUS / PE)
MARCELO RAUL OLIVERO
DOCENTE UNIVERSITARIO MEDICINA Y CIRUGIA DIRECTOR INNC JEFE NEUROCIRUGIA CLINICA SAN MARTIN VILLA MARIA NEUROCIRUJANO HOSPITAL PASTEUR
RENATO TEIXEIRA
Graduated from the Fluminense Federal University ( Rio de Janeiro ) in 1984
Residency in Orthopaedics an Traumatology in 1987 at Miguel Couto Hospital ( Rio de Janeiro)
Staff in Spine Surgery since 1989 in Instituto Nacional de Traumatologia e Ortopedia ( INTO)
Orthopaedic Residency ...
FRANCISCO FLAVIO LEITAO DE CARVALHO FILHO
presidente da ACEDMIA BRASILEIRA DE NEUROCIRURGIA Conselheiro do CREMEC Titulo de especialista pela SBN e pela sociedade alemã de neurocirurgia
LUIS ALENCAR BIURRUM BORBA
Professor of Neurosurgery - Department of Neurosurgery - Federal University of Parana - Curitiba, Parana, Brazil

Event Venue
Sheraton Rio Hotel & Resort
Located between trendy Barra da Tijuca and famed Ipanema Beach, our extravagant, full-service resort offers extensive business facilities in a tropical setting. Let our complimentary shuttle take you to area beaches, Leblon, and Rio Sul's shops.The renovated Sheraton Grand Rio Hotel & Resort is the city's only beachfront resort with an extensive recreational area, spa, and amenities. Its lush, landscaped grounds are set above a white-sand beach fronting the tropical South Atlantic and flanked by towering mountains.Our 538 guest rooms and suites feature comfortable "Sheraton Signature Sleep Experience" beds as well as private balconies overlooking the sea. Club Level accommodations include access to the Sheraton Club Lounge and an exclusive area for breakfast.
Avenida Niemeyer 121 - Leblon, Rio de Janeiro - 22450-220 - Brazil
Attention! The Pre-Meeting Courses will happen in different places from the official venue of the Skull Base Meeting. CHECK THE ADRESSES.