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 PRELIMINARY 

Scientific program

Learn about and follow the talks that will take place during the days of the congress.

Time
Activity
Speaker
NEUROTRAUMA
08:00-08:15
New trends in the classification of traumatic brain injury
Dr. Andres Rubiano (Colombia)
08:17-08:32
Moderate traumatic brain injury: a paradigm shift
Dr. Adrian Zapata (Colombia)
08:35-08:50
Moderate TBI and neuroworsening
Dr. Robson Amorim (Brasil)
08:52-09:07
Update in the management of post-traumatic brain edema
Dr. Andres Rubiano (Colombia)
09:09-09:24
Brain compliance: the old new tool
Dr. Wellingson Paiva (Brasil)
09:26-09:41
Compartment syndrome in traumatic brain injury
Dr. Adrian Zapata (Colombia)
09:43-09:58
Brain contusion: new paradigms
Dr. Kelia Santiago (Brasil)
10:00-10:15
Non-invasive cranial neuromonitoring
Dr. Franly Vásquez (República Dominicana)
10:17-10:32
Biomarkers in TBI
Dr. Franly Vásquez (República Dominicana)
10:34-10:49
Artificial intelligence in neurotrauma
Dr. Kelia Santiago (Brasil)
10:51-11:06
Coffee break
11:06-11:20
Neuromodulation in neurotrauma
Dr. Joacir Graciolli (USA)
11:20-11:35
Timing in TBI
Dr. Robson Amorim (Brasil)
11:37-11:52
Guidelines for penetrating TBI: an update
Dr. Andres Rubiano (Colombia)
11:55-12:10
Gunshot neurotrauma: a silent pandemic
Dr. Jose Ignacio (Chile)
12:12-12:27
Damage-control surgery in neurotrauma
Dr. Adrian Zapata (Colombia)
12:29-12:34
Management of skull fractures with orbitosinosal involvement
Dr. Jose Ignacio Moretti (Chile)
12:36-12:47
Spinal trauma: evolution in management
Dr. Jose Ignacio Moretti (Chile)
12:49-13:04
Classification of vertebral fractures
Dr. Leopoldo Herrera (Mexico)
13:06-13:21
Updates in the management of chronic subdural hematoma
Dr. Joacir Graciolli (USA)
13:23-13:38
Cranioplasty: the neurosurgeon's persistent headache
Dr. Jose Ignacio Moretti (Chile)
13:40-13:55
Rehabilitation in neurotrauma
Dr. Wellingson Paiva (Brasil)
13:57-14:12
Fractures of the cranial vault
Dr. Marcelo Zenteno (Bolivia) FLANC
14:12-15:30
Lunch time
NEUROPEDIATRICS
15:30-15:45
Endoscopic treatment of temporal arachnoid cysts
Dr. Tenoch Herrada (México)
15:47-16:02
Personal experience with intramedullary spinal cord tumors.
Dr. George Jallo (USA)
16:04-16:19
Pearls and pitfalls.
Dr. George Jallo (USA)
16:21-16:36
Pediatric central nervous system germinomas: institucional experience with diagnostic biopsy and multimodal therapy.
Dr. Verónica Martínez (México)
16:38-16:53
Primary intracranial sarcomas in children in Peru.
Dr. Jorge Zumaeta (Perú)
16:55-17:10
Endoscopic ventricular lavage in the treatment of ventriculitis
Dr. Tenoch Herrada (México)
17:12-17:27
Brain neuroendoscopy
Dr. Marcelo Zenteno (Bolivia) FLANC
17:29-17:44
Dandy Walker malformation in pediatric neurosurgery: descision making and clinical outcomes.
Dr. Verónica Martínez (México)
17:46-18:01
Coffee break
NEUROVASCULAR
18:03-18:18
Endovascular management of Galen's vein aneurysms
Dr. Gustavo Melo Guzman (Mexico)
18:20-18:35
State of art in brain aneurysms.mexico
Dr. Noe Santiago (México)
18:37-18:52
Multiple aneurysms. a single surgical approach
Dr. Dagoberto Taméz (México)
18:54-19:09
Angiotomographic implications in the surgical planning of ACoA aneurysms
Dr. Moises Jiménez (México)
19:11-19:26
Surgical treatment of anterior communicating segment aneurysms in the endovascular era
Dr. Rabindranath García (México)
19:28-19:43
Usefulness of endoscopic vision in neurovascular surgery
Dr. Jesús Martínez (México)
19:45-20:00
Portal surgery in Cavernomas.
Dr. Marco Barajas (México)

Faculty staff

DR. ALEJANDRA BENÍTEZ 🇲🇽
DR. ALEJANDRO MONROY 🇲🇽
DR. ALDO HERNANDEZ VALENCIA 🇲🇽
DR. ALI KRISHT 🇺🇸
DR. ANIBAL ROMANO 🇦🇷
DR. ANGEL LEE 🇲🇽
DR. ANDRES RUBIANO 🇨🇴
DR. ARMANDO ALPÍZAR 🇲🇽
DR. ARTURO AYALA 🇲🇽
DR. AXAYACATL GUTIÉRREZ 🇲🇽
DR. BYRON SALAZAR 🇪🇨
DR. BYRON SANDOVAL 🇲🇽
DR. DAGOBERTO TAMEZ 🇲🇽
DR. DAVID GUERRERO 🇲🇽
DR. DIEGO MENDEZ 🇲🇽
DR. EDGAR NATHAL 🇲🇽
DR. ERICK ZEPEDA 🇲🇽
DR. FABIÁN PIEDIMONTE 🇦🇷
DR. FERNANDO CASTRO PARDO 🇲🇽
DR. FERES CHADAD 🇧🇷
DR. FRANCISCO GUZMÁN 🇨🇴
DR. FRANCISCO XAVIER LÓPEZ 🇲🇽
DR. FRANLY VÁSQUEZ 🇩🇴
DR. GABRIEL SALMAN 🇦🇷
DR. GEORGE JALLO 🇺🇸
DR. GUSTAVO MELO GUZMÁN 🇲🇽
DR. HÉCTOR SORIANO 🇺🇸
DR. JAIR PALACIOS 🇲🇽
DR. JAREK ANDRYCHOWSKI 🇵🇱
DR. JESÚS FONSECA COSÍO 🇲🇽
DR. JESÚS MARTÍNEZ 🇲🇽
DR. JOACIR GRACIOLLI 🇺🇸
DR. JORGE GONZÁLEZ MARTÍNEZ 🇺🇸

DR. JORGE ZUMAETA 🇵🇪

DR. JOSÉ ALBERTO LANDEIRO 🇧🇷
DR. JOSÉ DAMIÁN CARRILLO 🇲🇽
DR. JOSÉ VALERIO 🇺🇸
DR. JUAN LUIS GOMEZ AMADOR 🇲🇽
DR. KARINA TOLEDO 🇲🇽
DR. KAUSHAL RITESH 🇺🇸
DR. KELIA SANTIAGO 🇧🇷
DR. LEOPOLDO HERRERA 🇲🇽
DR. LUCÍA ZAMORANO 🇺🇸
DR. LUIS BORBA 🇧🇷
DR. LUIZ FELIPE ALENCÁSTRO 🇧🇷
DR. MARCELO ZENTENO 🇧🇴
DR. MARIO ALONSO 🇲🇽
DR. MATÍAS BALDOCINI 🇦🇷
DR. MOISÉS JIMÉNEZ 🇲🇽
DR. NOÉ SANTIAGO 🇲🇽
DR. OMAR PÉREZ MORALES 🇲🇽
DR. OSSAMA AL MEFTY 🇺🇸
DR. PAUL GARDNER 🇺🇸
DR. RABIH TAWK 🇺🇸
DR. RABINDRANATH GARCÍA 🇲🇽
DR. RAMIRO PÉREZ DE LA TORRE 🇺🇸
DR. ROBERTO HERRERA 🇦🇷
DR. ROBERTO LEAL 🇧🇷
DR. ROBSON AMORIM 🇧🇷
DR. SANTIAGO NUÑEZ 🇲🇽
DR. SOPHIE D´HERBEMONT 🇲🇽
DR. TEODULO VALENZUELA 🇲🇽
DR. TENOCH HERRADA 🇲🇽
DR. VERÓNICA MARTÍNEZ 🇲🇽
DR. WELLINGSON PAIVA 🇧🇷

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What

Congress of Specialty Chapters

When

June 11 - 14, 2026

Where

Miami, Florida

WFNS · FLANC · SMCN · SLANC

Organized by

Latinoamerica Valerio Foundation, We’re a Non-Profit Organization focused on educating future neurosurgeons and providing access to low-income patients for evaluation and treatment.

Head Office

7100 West 20th Ave, Suite 210, Hialeah, FL 33016

(954) 706-0041

(954) 907-9445

info@latinoamericavaleriofoundation.org

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