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Pike Symposium 2026


TIME EVENT SPEAKER
Next Moderators: D. Tampieri, F. Carpani, J. Shankar and R. Agid
08:00 - 09:00 Welcome Coffee / Tea - Princes Ballroom, 3rd floor
09:00 - 10:00 KTB Lecture – building a comprehensive neurovascular center - how we achieved it in Toronto K. Ter Brugge (Founders of Toronto Neurovascular Group) & Chris Wallace (Founders of Toronto Neurovascular Group)
10:00 - 10:15 Transarterial and percutaneous transvenous Bleomycin injection to cure extracranial AVMs Menraj Heran (Vancouver General Hospital, BC)
10:17 - 10:29 Remote robotic interventions: update on current and future practice N. Cancelere (Saint Michaels Hospital, Toronto, ON)
10:30 - 10:50 Coffee Break & Industry Booth Visits - Princes' Ballroom, 3rd floor
10:50 - 11:14 Debate: Acute stroke triage — we need CTP / advanced imaging - Yes VS No - 12 min each R. Fahed (The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, ON) VS F. Carpani (TWH, ON)
11:15 - 11:39 Debate: First Pass Effect - best with BGC/Stentrievers VS best with non-BGC/aspiration - 12 min each M. Moreu (Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain) VS D. Volders (Toronto Western, ON)
11:40 - 12:04 Debate: ICAD — PTA only is better than stenting - Yes VS No - 12 min each A. Siddiqui (Buffalo’s Jacobs School of Medicine, New York, USA) VS S. Pandey (Western University, London, ON)
12:05 - 12:29 Debate: Symptomatic Chronic intracranial arterial Occlusion — Surgical Bypass is better VS endovascular Recanalization is the future: V. Costalat (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montpellier, France) VS H. Andrade (Toronto Western, ON)
12:30 - 12:54 Debate: MeVOs should still be treated mechanically Yes VS No J. Schaafsma (Toronto Western, ON) VS S. Frol (University Medical Center Ljubljana Slovenia)
12:55 - 13:25 Packed Lunches - Round Table discussion / Q&A
Next Moderators: J. Shankar and S. Pandey
13:25 - 13:40 Minimally invasive disc herniation treatment with O3 ozone K. Murphy (Toronto Western, ON)
13:42 - 14:30 Keynote: Low-flow Spinal Arteriovenous Fistulas: Pearls and Pitfalls P. Gailloud (Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, USA)
14:33 - 14:55 Venous spinal anatomy: what the INR needs to know & emerging role of Photon Counting CT for CSF-venous fistulas W. Brinjikji (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA)
14:55 - 15:00 Closing Remarks P. Mosimannon behalf of
the organization committee
15:00 - 15:25 Organizing Committee & CING member only - Unveiling of the Canadian NeuroInterventional Society (CNIS) - Feedback and way forward for PIKES D Tampieri (Kingston, ON) / J Shankar (Winnipeg, MB) / P. Mosimann (TWH, ON)