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FOCUSED ULTRASOUND SYMPOSIUM & WORKSHOP
Reimagining Functional Neurosurgery: From Lesioning to Neuromodulation
Saturday, November 14, 2026 · PARMER, Istanbul
Scientific Directors:
Prof. Ali Zirh & Prof. Andres Lozano
08:30 – 09:00
Breakfast & Registration
09:00 – 09:15
Introduction and Overview
Ali Zirh
PART I
Reimagining a Journey from Psychosurgery to Neuromodulation
MRgFUS treatment for psychiatric disorders · Chair: Mansur Beyazyurek
09:15 – 09:30
Basics and Fundamentals of MRgFUS Treatment
Mehmet Tonge
09:30 – 10:00
Psychosurgery: What we learned, what we left behind, and where we are going?
Mansur Beyazyurek
10:00 – 10:30
HIFU for Psychiatric Disorders
Guillem Lera
10:30 – 11:00
Reaching the unreachable for the treatment of addiction. Can we modulate the human reward circuit non-invasively?
Andres Lozano
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:30
LIVE
From Circuit to Target: Live FUS Treatment of Drug-Resistant OCD – MRgFUS Capsulotomy
Andres Lozano / Yavuz Samanci / Mehmet Tonge
12:30 – 13:30
Lunch Break
PART II
The Renaissance of Lesion Surgery
MRgFUS treatment for movement disorders and beyond
13:30 – 14:00
HIFU for Movement Disorders – Indications
Irene Martinez
14:00 – 15:00
LIVE
Live FUS Treatment of Essential Tremor – MRgFUS VIM Thalamotomy
Andres Lozano / Yavuz Samanci / Mehmet Tonge
15:00 – 15:30
HIFU Techniques, Results and Adverse Effects (virtual)
Rees Cosgrove
15:30 – 16:00
Coffee Break
16:00 – 16:20
One Technology, Different Brain Circuits: HIFU for Other Indications
Mehmet Tonge
16:20 – 16:40
From Lesioning to Neuromodulation: Can LIFU be the future of modulating neuronal circuits?
Yavuz Samanci
16:40 – 17:00
LIFU for Blood Brain Barrier Opening
Andres Lozano
17:00 – 17:15
Closing Remarks