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Diary of events 1997
In this section of the j o u r n a l we intend to keep subscribers informed regarding events of significance in neuroscience occurring in the Asia-Pacific region and in Europe. These events may be new appointments, medico-political changes or research developments. In addition, a listing of conferences will be maintained. Contributions to this section are welcomed and should be sent to either the Editor-in-Chief or to the compiler of the News pages whose address is at the end of the section.
grafts, the National Hormone Advisory Council has prepared a videotape "Understanding CJD" primarily for use of medical and professional organisations. In addition, an information sheet regarding CJD is available from the NSA. The video may be obtained from the National Pituitary Hormone Advisory Council, GPO Box 9848, Canberra, ACT 2601.
NSA ON THE INTERNET The NSA Home Page is established oi1 the internet and can be found at http://www.nsa.on.net. At this site can be accessed copies of the NSA Newsletter, which is normally available to members of the Society, together with details of upcoming meetings. There is a listing of the executive members of the NSA and a brief historical overview. In addition, there are links to neurosurgery oncall, the AANS/CNS internet site. Further links and information will be added to the NSA Home Page. Suggestions or comments should be forwarded via E-mail to Professor NigelJones at nj [email protected]. Clinicians and neuroscientists are encouraged to communicate by E-mail. It is anticipated that a directory of interested clinicians and neuroscientists may be available through the NSA Home Page. The editor of these News & Notes can be accessed via nsurg@austin. unimelb.edu.au.
Following recent committee work carried out in the United States of America, interest has been expressed in standardising head injury management by the adoption of guidelines according to proven or established protocols. With this in mind a symposium has been organized for 12-13 April 1997, at the Stanford Plaza Hotel, Adelaide on the management of severe head injury. This symposium is u n d e r the auspices of the NSA and the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society. Australasian and international key note speakers will be addressing the issue of establishing uniform guidelines for head injury management. Other international meetings of note to be held in Australia in the near future include the 6th International conference on cerebro-vasospasm in May 1997, the 13th International Congress of Neuropathology in September, 1997 and the International Society of Paediatric Neurosurgery Meeting in September, 1998.
CREUTZFELDT-JACOB DISEASE
NEW APPOINTMENTS
Following recent publicity regarding CJD in Australia as a result of dural
Professor Andrew Kaye, the Professor of Neurosurgery at the University
GUIDELINES IN SEVERE HEAD INJURY
of Melbourne and the Director of Neurosurgery and the Neurosciences at The Royal Melbourne Hospital has been appointed to the James Stewart Chair of Surgery at the University of Melbourne and as the Chairmanof the University Department of Surgery. Professor Ian Whittle has been appointed to the chair of Neurosurgery in Edinburgh. Professor Whittle trained in Australia at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney and has established an impressive research facility in Edinburgh. Professor Elsdon Storey has been appointed the Professor/Director of Neurology at the Alfred Hospital, Monash University.
DEATHS It is with much regret that the death of John Segelov is noted on 11 September 1996. Dr. Segelov was a past President of the NSA and worked tirelessly on its behalf over many years. He established a national computerised database for neurosurgery and contributed to many scientific presentations and papers. He had a particular expertise and interest in acoustic n e u r o m a surgery. Dr Segelov was made a m e m b e r of the Order of Australia in 1992 and his service to neurosurgery was recognised by the award of the NSA Medal in 1993. At a memorial service at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital on the 11 October 1996 an overflowing congregation heard of his achievements and listened to tributes from his colleagues and friends. He leaves a wife, Maureen, who was a significant support to his many and varied activities and two children.
Diary of events 1997 12-13 April Management and Pathophysiology of Head Injury Workshop, Adelaide. Details: Mr. Peter Reilly, Director of Neurosurgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia. Telephone: 08 8222 5232 Fax: 08 8222 5866 E-mail: [email protected]
30 Ap~-2 May Australian Association of Neurologists and Association of British Neurologists Annual Scientific Meeting, Sydney N.S.W., Australia. Details: Eleanor Loveridge, Conference Action Pry. Ltd., P.O. Box 1231, North Sydney, 2059, N.S.W. Telephone: 02 9956 8333. Fax: 02 9956 5154
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2-3 May Australian Movement Disorder Society, Annual Scientific Meeting, Sydney. Details: Eleanor Loveridge, Conference Action Pty. Ltd., P.O. Box 1231, North Sydney, 2059, N.S.W. Telephone: 02 9956 8333. Fax: 02 9956 5154
9-11 May Spine Society of Australia Annual Scientific Meeting, Sanctuary Cove, Queensland. Details: 1997 ASS Meeting, P.O. Box 226, Aspley, Queensland 4034. Telephone: 61 7 3350 5135 Fax: 61 7 3350 5889 E-mail: [email protected]
11-15 May RACS Annual Scientific Congress, Brisbane, Australia. Details: Dr. Terry Coyne, 201 Wickham terrace, Brisbane, Queensland 4000 Telephone: 61 7 3832 7244 Fax: 61 7 3832 7227 (Neurosurgical section on 13,14 &15th May, 1997)
11-15 May 6th International Conference on Cerebral Vasospasm, Sheraton on the Park Hotel, Sydney, Australia. Details: Dianna Crebbin Conferences, P.O. Box 629, Willoughby, N.S.W. 2068, Australia. Telephone: 61 2 439 6744. Fax: 61 2 439 2504. E-mail: [email protected] OR Nick Dorsch, Westmead Hospital, NSW 2145 Telephone: 61 2 845 6022 Fax: 61 2 893 7440
13-16 May Annual Scientific Meeting Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Brisbane, Queensland. Details: Mr. Kevin Wickham, c/o Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Spring Street, Melbourne 3000, Victoria. Telephone: 61 3 9249 1200
6-8 June 150 Years of Anaesthesia Details: Mrs. Di Cornish, 2 Gore Street, South Hobart, Tasmania 7004 Telephone: 03 6223 8848 Fax: 03 6223 5019
29 J u n e - 4 July 22nd International Epilepsy Congress, Dublin, Ireland. Details: Claran Hysnes orJacqueline Berkeley, Incentive Conference Ireland, 1 Pembroke Place, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 Ireland. Telephone: 353 1 667 1711 Fax: 353 1 667 1713 E-mail: [email protected] 1--4 July xII Meeting of the World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Lyon, France. Details: Package Organisation, 53 rue Vauban 696006, Lyon France. Telephone: 33 4 78 24 1806 Fax: 33 4 72 74 1833
3-4 July Joint Meeting of the Swiss Society of Neurosurgeons and the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia, Switzerland (exact location not yet decided). Details: Dr. Marc Morard, Service de Neurochirurgie, Hopital de Sion, Av. du Grande Champsec 80, Case, Postale 510, Ch 1951 Sion, Switzerland, Fax: 0015 41 27 24 4925; or Professor Andrew ILaye,Director, The Melbourne Neuroscience Centre, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria 3050. Fax: 61 3 9347 8332.
6-11 July World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies, Eleventh International Congress of Neurological Surgery, RAI Congress Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Details: RAI-OBA Congress Secretariat, RO. BOX 77777, 1070 MS Amsterdam. Fax: 31 20 646 4469
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12-17 July Neurotraulna Symposium and Cruise Moscow-Volga-River. Details: Local Organising Committee, Neurotrauma Symposium and Cruise Moscow-Volga-River,Neurotraumatology Department, Burdenko Neurosurgical Institute, Fadeev st. 5, Moscow, 125047, Russia. Telephone: 095 250 1463 Fax: 095 975 2228. 7-12 September XIIIth International Congress of Neuropathology, Burswood Convention Centre, Perth, Western Australia. Details: Ms. Angela Schaefer, ICMS Conference Secretariat, EO. Box 8102, Hindley Street, Adelaide, South Australia 5000. Telephone: 61 8 8210 6776 Fax: 61 8 8212 5101 E-mail: [email protected]
14-21 September NSA Annual General Meeting, Darwin. Details: Mr. Peter Reilly, Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5000. Telephone: 61 8 8222 5232 Fax: 61 8 8222 5886 E-mail: [email protected] OR Mr. Glen McCulloch, 79 Pennington Terrace, North Adelaide, South Australia 5006. Telephone: 61 8 8267 1100 Fax: 61 8 8239 0622 The News and Notices section was compiled by Gavin Fabinyi, 62 Erin Street, Richmond, Victoria 3121, Australia Tel: 61 3 9428 9066, Fax: 61 3 9427 7085
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grafts, the National Hormone Advisory Council has prepared a videotape "Understanding CJD" primarily for use of medical and professional organisations. In addition, an information sheet regarding CJD is available from the NSA. The video may be obtained from the National Pituitary Hormone Advisory Council, GPO Box 9848, Canberra, ACT 2601.
NSA ON THE INTERNET The NSA Home Page is established oi1 the internet and can be found at http://www.nsa.on.net. At this site can be accessed copies of the NSA Newsletter, which is normally available to members of the Society, together with details of upcoming meetings. There is a listing of the executive members of the NSA and a brief historical overview. In addition, there are links to neurosurgery oncall, the AANS/CNS internet site. Further links and information will be added to the NSA Home Page. Suggestions or comments should be forwarded via E-mail to Professor NigelJones at nj [email protected]. Clinicians and neuroscientists are encouraged to communicate by E-mail. It is anticipated that a directory of interested clinicians and neuroscientists may be available through the NSA Home Page. The editor of these News & Notes can be accessed via nsurg@austin. unimelb.edu.au.
Following recent committee work carried out in the United States of America, interest has been expressed in standardising head injury management by the adoption of guidelines according to proven or established protocols. With this in mind a symposium has been organized for 12-13 April 1997, at the Stanford Plaza Hotel, Adelaide on the management of severe head injury. This symposium is u n d e r the auspices of the NSA and the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society. Australasian and international key note speakers will be addressing the issue of establishing uniform guidelines for head injury management. Other international meetings of note to be held in Australia in the near future include the 6th International conference on cerebro-vasospasm in May 1997, the 13th International Congress of Neuropathology in September, 1997 and the International Society of Paediatric Neurosurgery Meeting in September, 1998.
CREUTZFELDT-JACOB DISEASE
NEW APPOINTMENTS
Following recent publicity regarding CJD in Australia as a result of dural
Professor Andrew Kaye, the Professor of Neurosurgery at the University
GUIDELINES IN SEVERE HEAD INJURY
of Melbourne and the Director of Neurosurgery and the Neurosciences at The Royal Melbourne Hospital has been appointed to the James Stewart Chair of Surgery at the University of Melbourne and as the Chairmanof the University Department of Surgery. Professor Ian Whittle has been appointed to the chair of Neurosurgery in Edinburgh. Professor Whittle trained in Australia at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney and has established an impressive research facility in Edinburgh. Professor Elsdon Storey has been appointed the Professor/Director of Neurology at the Alfred Hospital, Monash University.
DEATHS It is with much regret that the death of John Segelov is noted on 11 September 1996. Dr. Segelov was a past President of the NSA and worked tirelessly on its behalf over many years. He established a national computerised database for neurosurgery and contributed to many scientific presentations and papers. He had a particular expertise and interest in acoustic n e u r o m a surgery. Dr Segelov was made a m e m b e r of the Order of Australia in 1992 and his service to neurosurgery was recognised by the award of the NSA Medal in 1993. At a memorial service at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital on the 11 October 1996 an overflowing congregation heard of his achievements and listened to tributes from his colleagues and friends. He leaves a wife, Maureen, who was a significant support to his many and varied activities and two children.
Diary of events 1997 12-13 April Management and Pathophysiology of Head Injury Workshop, Adelaide. Details: Mr. Peter Reilly, Director of Neurosurgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia. Telephone: 08 8222 5232 Fax: 08 8222 5866 E-mail: [email protected]
30 Ap~-2 May Australian Association of Neurologists and Association of British Neurologists Annual Scientific Meeting, Sydney N.S.W., Australia. Details: Eleanor Loveridge, Conference Action Pry. Ltd., P.O. Box 1231, North Sydney, 2059, N.S.W. Telephone: 02 9956 8333. Fax: 02 9956 5154
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2-3 May Australian Movement Disorder Society, Annual Scientific Meeting, Sydney. Details: Eleanor Loveridge, Conference Action Pty. Ltd., P.O. Box 1231, North Sydney, 2059, N.S.W. Telephone: 02 9956 8333. Fax: 02 9956 5154
9-11 May Spine Society of Australia Annual Scientific Meeting, Sanctuary Cove, Queensland. Details: 1997 ASS Meeting, P.O. Box 226, Aspley, Queensland 4034. Telephone: 61 7 3350 5135 Fax: 61 7 3350 5889 E-mail: [email protected]
11-15 May RACS Annual Scientific Congress, Brisbane, Australia. Details: Dr. Terry Coyne, 201 Wickham terrace, Brisbane, Queensland 4000 Telephone: 61 7 3832 7244 Fax: 61 7 3832 7227 (Neurosurgical section on 13,14 &15th May, 1997)
11-15 May 6th International Conference on Cerebral Vasospasm, Sheraton on the Park Hotel, Sydney, Australia. Details: Dianna Crebbin Conferences, P.O. Box 629, Willoughby, N.S.W. 2068, Australia. Telephone: 61 2 439 6744. Fax: 61 2 439 2504. E-mail: [email protected] OR Nick Dorsch, Westmead Hospital, NSW 2145 Telephone: 61 2 845 6022 Fax: 61 2 893 7440
13-16 May Annual Scientific Meeting Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Brisbane, Queensland. Details: Mr. Kevin Wickham, c/o Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Spring Street, Melbourne 3000, Victoria. Telephone: 61 3 9249 1200
6-8 June 150 Years of Anaesthesia Details: Mrs. Di Cornish, 2 Gore Street, South Hobart, Tasmania 7004 Telephone: 03 6223 8848 Fax: 03 6223 5019
29 J u n e - 4 July 22nd International Epilepsy Congress, Dublin, Ireland. Details: Claran Hysnes orJacqueline Berkeley, Incentive Conference Ireland, 1 Pembroke Place, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 Ireland. Telephone: 353 1 667 1711 Fax: 353 1 667 1713 E-mail: [email protected] 1--4 July xII Meeting of the World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Lyon, France. Details: Package Organisation, 53 rue Vauban 696006, Lyon France. Telephone: 33 4 78 24 1806 Fax: 33 4 72 74 1833
3-4 July Joint Meeting of the Swiss Society of Neurosurgeons and the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia, Switzerland (exact location not yet decided). Details: Dr. Marc Morard, Service de Neurochirurgie, Hopital de Sion, Av. du Grande Champsec 80, Case, Postale 510, Ch 1951 Sion, Switzerland, Fax: 0015 41 27 24 4925; or Professor Andrew ILaye,Director, The Melbourne Neuroscience Centre, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria 3050. Fax: 61 3 9347 8332.
6-11 July World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies, Eleventh International Congress of Neurological Surgery, RAI Congress Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Details: RAI-OBA Congress Secretariat, RO. BOX 77777, 1070 MS Amsterdam. Fax: 31 20 646 4469
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12-17 July Neurotraulna Symposium and Cruise Moscow-Volga-River. Details: Local Organising Committee, Neurotrauma Symposium and Cruise Moscow-Volga-River,Neurotraumatology Department, Burdenko Neurosurgical Institute, Fadeev st. 5, Moscow, 125047, Russia. Telephone: 095 250 1463 Fax: 095 975 2228. 7-12 September XIIIth International Congress of Neuropathology, Burswood Convention Centre, Perth, Western Australia. Details: Ms. Angela Schaefer, ICMS Conference Secretariat, EO. Box 8102, Hindley Street, Adelaide, South Australia 5000. Telephone: 61 8 8210 6776 Fax: 61 8 8212 5101 E-mail: [email protected]
14-21 September NSA Annual General Meeting, Darwin. Details: Mr. Peter Reilly, Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5000. Telephone: 61 8 8222 5232 Fax: 61 8 8222 5886 E-mail: [email protected] OR Mr. Glen McCulloch, 79 Pennington Terrace, North Adelaide, South Australia 5006. Telephone: 61 8 8267 1100 Fax: 61 8 8239 0622 The News and Notices section was compiled by Gavin Fabinyi, 62 Erin Street, Richmond, Victoria 3121, Australia Tel: 61 3 9428 9066, Fax: 61 3 9427 7085
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