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PAKISTAN SOCIETY OF NEUROSURGEONS

Pakistan Society of Neurosurgeons is the biggest and the oldest body of neurosurgeons in the country, with history dating back to very humble beginnings in 1967. Over the last four decades it has grown into one of the most active neurosurgical societies of South Asia with regular Annual Meetings, training courses and workshops conducted all over the country. Many regional chapters are actively carrying out academic activities in their own areas and the Society is now at a stage where it is bringing forth subsections like Skull Base, endoscopy, spine, Neurooncology and Neurotrauma sections. A Young Neurosurgeons Forum is striving to build academic, clinical and social bridges between the senior and fresh members of the Pakistani neurosurgical community.

This website represents the full range of activities of the Society and shall be frequently updated to give you the latest on the neurosurgical scene in Pakistan. The active discussion forum will hopefully keep the society's new blood very much involved in promoting research and education along with peer learning.


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INVITATION FROM THE PRESIDENT

Dear Colleagues, We feel privileged and honoured to invite you at the 22nd National Conference of the Pakistan Society of Neurosurgeons (PSN) to be organized by the Department of Neurosurgery Lahore General Hospital/PGMI Lahore from 17th to 19th December 2009 at Hotel Pearl Continental Lahore.

Lahore is the historic city with rich heritage and regarded as the "Heart of Pakistan" and the Department of Neurosurgery Lahore General Hospital is the "Heartbeat of Neurosurgery". The combination of the two will make the conference worthwhile.
We hope to stage an excellent scientific show, full of academics, skills and festivity. Neurosurgeons from all over the country and the world will find an oportunity to exchange their ideas and share thier experiences with full fredom of expression through "state-of-the-art" lectures, original research papers and workshops. In addition to a healthy scientific activity including academic discussions and social interactions, the delegates will find an opportunity to visit the historic city of Lahore and the rich heriatge thereof.

So we cordially welcome you to this academic gala which will become a successful scientific festival only with your active participation. Looking forward to see you at Lahore.

With Best Regards,

Prof. Dr. Nazir Ahmed
Chairman:
22nd National Conference of PSN
President:
Pakistan Society of Neurosurgeons
Principal:
PGMI / Lahore General Hospital
Lahore

Microsurgical Skills Transfer Workshop

18th of Dec. 2009. 8 AM
Registration Open
Registration fee is 10,000 PKRs
"Emerald Hall"

Dr. Babar Butt
Conference Co-ordinator
22nd Neurosurgical Conference Lahore 2009
+92-321-9415854.

O.V. Jooma Memorial Neurosurgical Course

The theme of the First O. V. Jooma Neurosurgical Course was “Learning from the Masters”. The event was attended by many young neurosurgeons, residents and medical students. The course officially started with opening remarks from chairman organizing committee and head of Department of Neurosurgery JPMC, Professor Dr. Sattar Hashim. First session was moderated by Dr. Ather Enam and Dr. Mumtaz Ali. Dr Najib from Riyadh Saudi Arabia talked about Functional Anatomy of Cerebral Cortex. In his presentation he focused on all recent radiological advances that can be used to study functional properties of different areas of the brain...

First Announcement

O.V. Jooma Memorial Course

Neurosurgical Approaches
3-4 Oct, 2009
Saturday & Sunday


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Proceedings of PSN Annual Meeting

The much awaited Pakistan Society of Neurosurgeons 21st National Conference; hosted by the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre took place at Hotel Sheraton, Karachi recently. The timing of the conference could not have been better as the weather in Karachi was just perfect, combining the refreshing winter breeze with clear sky and warm comforting sunshine. The scientific program foretold a blend of all aspects of modern neurosurgery and promised two days of rich academic exchange. The conference officially started with opening remarks from Chairman Organizing Committee and Director General of Health Professor Rashid Jooma, followed by a remembrance session, in memory of the (Late) Professors Ayub Ommaya and father of Neurosurgery in Pakistan Professor OV Jooma. It has been a tradition of the society to start its national conference every year with tributes in honour of society's past members and these memorial lectures are delivered by especially invited honorable guests. The session was moderated by Professor Ahmed Ali Shah, Dr Salman Sharif and Dr Amer Mohamad Panezai. The Ayub Khan Ommaya memorial lecture was delivered by Professor Ali Ansari, Professor Emeritus and ex secretary of health Government of Sind. He spoke about the intricacies of thought and emotion, and the OV Jooma memorial lecture by Professor Maximilian Mehdorn from Kiel, Germany, who presented a current update...

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7TH ACNS CONFERENCE BEIJING

The 7th Asian Congress of Neurological Surgeons was organized in beautiful Olympic city of Beijing. The conference included workshops on endoscopy, ICP monitoring and Cerebrovascular surgery. The following Neurosurgeons from Pakistan presented their papers

Prof Tariq Salahuddin
Dr Salman Sharif
Dr Javed Iqbal
Dr Riaz Raja
Dr Sohail Umerani
Dr Shehzad Shamim
Dr Zubair Tahir
Dr Mohammad Faheem

Dr Zubair Tahir got the Profesoor Raja's ACNS award for his paper. Congrats Dr Zubair from PSN. Keep it up.

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STRONG PARTICIPATION AT WFNS/AACNS MEETING JAPAN
Pakistan had a strong contingent participating at the meeting in Japan. The following Neurosurgeons gave talks in the meeting Ali Raja, Naveed Ashraf, Nazir Ahmed, Rasheed Jooma, Salman Sharif, Shabbir Lehri and Tariq Salahuddin.

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