1st Annual Skull Base Course

October 27-29, 2006
Loma Linda, California

What happens when you get 24 residents, 6 medical students, 8 faculty members, heads, drills, and microscopes together in one room? You have the first annual skull base course at Loma Linda University Medical Center!

This year, thanks to the dedication and coordination of Dr. John Kim from otolaryngology and Dr. Frank Hsu from neurosurgery, we were able to offer an exciting educational opportunity. We invited special guests, Dr. Lawrence Marentette from the University of Michigan and Dr. Johnny Delashaw from OHSU to participate. We also invited residents from both the otolaryngology and neurosurgery departments from each program on the West Coast. We offered to pay for hotel accommodations and a large portion of their airfare. We were delighted to have six outside residents accept, and they were a great addition to the weekend.

Skull Base Course program (PDF) | Skull Base Course brochure | Photo gallery

The 2nd Annual Skull Base Course will be held August 19 & 20, 2007.

We would like express our heartfelt thank to the companies (listed below) that helped sponsor this course. Without their generous donations and considerable help, the course would not have been nearly as successful. Thank you all so much!!

W. Lorenz Surgical - Plates & screws, monetary support, and helpful suggestions
Carl Zeiss Surgical, Inc - OPMI Pentero microscope plus seven others!
Anspach - Support for Dr. Delashaw and the use of your drills
Stryker Leibinger - Monetary support
Integra - Monetary support
Synergetics - Aspirator for our master station and the breakfast on Sunday
Mizuho - Instrument trays
Daiichi-Sankyo - Lunches for the participants and the monetary support
Codman - Friday breakfast for the participants
Surgical West, Inc - Drinks for break time and overall manpower
Medtronics- Monetary Support

 

Lawrence J. Marentette, MD
Professor, Department of Otolaryngology
Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery
Director of Cranial Base Program
University of Michigan

Dr. Marentette specializes in both otolaryngology and facial plastic & reconstructive surgery. His expertise includes head and neck, craniofacial, skull base tumors, facial trauma, and facial plastic surgery.

 

Dr. Johnny B. Delashaw Jr., MD
Professor and Vice-Chair of Clinical Affairs
Department of Neurological Surgery
Professor, Department of Neurology
Professor, Department of Otolaryngology

Dr. Delashaw is a neurosurgeon with expertise in primary brain, skull base, cerebello-pontine angle, acoustic neuroma, and pituitary tumors. He is also an expert in cerebrovascular anomalies.