SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

  • DAY 1 5 December 2025, Friday
  • DAY 2 6 December 2025 - Saturday
  • DAY 3 7 December 2025 - Sunday
  Theme: Fundamentals of Pain Management and Neuromodulation
08:30- 09:00 OPENING – Moment of Silence
Ali Savaş
Dean’s Office
  I. Session: Neuroanatomical, Neurophysiological, and Neuropharmacological Foundations of Pain Management
Moderators: İbrahim Aşık, Özden Şener
09.00-09.15 Neuroanatomy of Pain
Ayhan Cömert
09.15-09.30 Neurophysiology of Pain
Canan Kalaycıoğlu
09.30-09.45 Pharmacological Principles of Pain Management
Hakan Ergün
  II. Session: History Taking, Physical Examination, and Assessment Scales in Pain Management
Moderators: Emre Adıgüzel, Yeşim Aytür
09.45-10.00 General Assessment of the Pain Patient and Pain Classification
Hanzade Aybüke Ünal
10:00-10:15 Scales and Tools Used in Pain Assessment
Ayşe Küçükdeveci
10.15- 10.30 Neurological Examination and Differential Diagnosis of the Pain Patient
Işın Ünal Çevik
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
  III. Session: Multidisciplinary Approaches in Pain Management
Moderators: Özden Şener, Süleyman Özyalçın
11:00-11:15 Psychiatric Approach in Pain
Halise Devrimci Özgüven
11:15-11:30 Role of Physical Therapy in Pain Management
Şehim Kutlay
11:30-11:45 Neuropathic Pain - Mechanism and Treatment
Can Ebru Kurt
11:45-12:00 Principles of Interventional Algology
Sacit Güleç
12:00-12:15 Principles of Pain Surgery
Ali Savaş
12:15-13:00 Lunch
  IV. Session: “YEŞİM ATEŞ SESSION – CANCER PAIN”
Opening, Presentation, Moderation: İbrahim Aşık, Enver Özgencil
13:00-13:10 Opening
13:10-13:25 Medical and Conservative Management of Cancer Pain
Gülçin Şenel
13:25-13:40 Minimally Invasive Interventions in Cancer Pain
Enver Özgencil
13:40-13:55 Cordotomy and Surgical Interventions in Cancer Pain
Ali Savaş
13:55-14:00 Discussion
  V. Oturum: CHRONIC PAIN MANAGEMENT WITH NEUROMODULATION
Moderators: Ali Savaş, Cihan İşler
14:00-14:30 Neuromodulation Techniques in Chronic Pain Management
Jan Vesper
14:30-15:00 Spinal Cord Stimulation: History and State of Art
Jan Vesper
15:00-15:30 Coffee Break
  VI. Session: Spinal Cord Stimulation in Pain Management
Moderators: İbrahim Aşık, Ali Savaş
15:30-15:45 Neurophysiological Mechanisms of Spinal Cord Stimulation
Enver Eker
15:45-16:00 SCS: Percutaneous Technique
Enver Özgencil
16:00-16:15 SCS: Open Surgical Technique
Atilla Yılmaz
16:15-16:30 SCS: General Outcomes and Complications
İbrahim Aşık
  VII. Session: Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS) Technology
Moderators: İbrahim Aşık, Sacit Güleç
16:30-16:45 Basic Programming Methods in SCS
Enver Özgencil
16:45-17:00 MEDTRONIC- SCS Hardware; Programming Techniques and Future Evolution
17:00-17:15 ABBOTT- SCS Hardware; Programming Techniques and Future Evolution
17:15-17:30 BOSTON SCIENTIFIC- - SCS Hardware; Programming Techniques and Future Evolution
  Theme: Craniofacial Pain Management
  I. Session:
Moderators: Emre Adıgüzel, Özden Şener
09:00-09:15 Anatomical Pathways of Craniofacial Pain
Nihal Apaydın
09.15-09.30 Differential Diagnosis of Craniofacial Pain
Zerin Özaydın Aksun
09.30-09.45 Medical Treatment of Craniofacial Pain
Canan Yücesan
09:45-10:15 Coffee Break
  II. Session:
Moderators: Şehim Kutlay, Levent İnan
10:15-10:30 Causes and Treatment of Chronic Headache
Levent İnan
10:30-10:45 Treatment of Cluster Headache and Migraine
Hayrünissa Bolay
10:45-11:00 Postural and Physical Therapy Applications in Craniofacial Pain
Birkan Sonel Tur
11:00-11:15 Minimally Invasive Algological Interventions in Craniofacial Pain
Süleyman Özyalçın
  III. Session: “YÜCEL KANPOLAT SESSION – TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA”
Moderators: Şükrü Çağlar, Cihan İşler- Moderasyon: Şükrü Çağlar, Cihan İşler
11:15-11:25 Opening
11:25-11:55 Trigeminal Neuralgia and Trigeminal Radiofrequency Rhizotomy
Ali Savaş
11:55-12:00 Discussion
12:00-13:00 Lunch Break
  IV. Session: Surgical Management of Craniofacial Pain
Moderators: Ali Savaş, Ersin ErdoğanModerasyon: Ali Savaş, Ersin Erdoğan
13:00-13:15 Opening Remarks
Cihan İşler
13:15-13:30 Microvascular Decompression in Trigeminal Neuralgia
Ahmet Bekar
13:30-13:45 Radiosurgery in Trigeminal Neuralgia
Mesut Emre Yaman
13:45-14:00 Trigeminal Balloon Compression and Glycerol Rhizolysis
Akın Sabancı
14:00-14:15 Surgical Treatment of Vago-Glossopharyngeal & Geniculate Neuralgia
Halil Ulutabanca
14:15-14:30 Treatment Options and Ganglionectomy in Occipital Neuralgia
Feridun Acar
14:30-15:00 Coffee Break
  V. Session:
Moderators: Tanju Uçar, Akın Sabancı
15:00-15:15 Surgical Treatment of Facial Neuropathic and Atypical Facial Pain
Emre Durdağ
15:15-15:30 Trigeminal Tractotomy-Nucleotomy
Eyüp Bayatlı
15:30-15:45 Nucleus Caudalis DREZ Surgery
Mehmet Tönge
15:45-16:00 Neuromodulation Interventions in Craniofacial Pain
Cihan İşler
16:00-16:15 Chronic Pain: MRI-Guided Focused USG
Yavuz Samancı
16:15-16:30 Singulectomy in Chronic Pain Management
Ali Savaş
16:30-17:00 CLOSING
  Pain Interventions and Surgery – Cadaver Course
ANATOMY HALLS
9:00- 12:00 Cadaver Work
12:00-13:00 Lunch Break
13:00-16:00 Cadaver Work

  FACULTY:
Halil İbrahim Açar
Alp Alptekin
Nihal Apaydın
İbrahim Aşık
Gülçin Babaoğlu
Eyüp Bayatlı
Ahmet Bekar
Alp Eren Çenlioğlu
Halil Çetinkök
Ayhan Cömert
Emre Durdağ
Evren Eker
Pınar Eser
Ömer Gülpınar
Ali Karadağ
Enver Özgencil
Ali Savaş
Aysun Uz
Hanzade Aybüke Ünal
Atilla Yılmaz
TABLE PLAN:
1. Table – Cranium – Trigeminal RF Rhizotomy
Ali Savaş, Emre Durdağ, Eyüp Bayatlı
2. Table – Cranium – Percutaneous Craniofacial Pain Procedures
Alp Alptekin, Hanzade Aybüke Ünal, Halil Çetinkök
3. Table – Cranium – Microvascular Decompression
Ahmet Bekar, Pınar Eser, Eyüp Bayatlı
4. Table – Torso – Percutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS)
İbrahim Aşık, Alp Eren Çenlioğlu, Evren Eker
5. Table – Torso – Laminotomy for SCS
Atilla Yılmaz, Ali Karadağ, Ömer Gülpınar
6. Table – Torso – Sacral Neuromodulation
Enver Özgencil, Gülçin Babaoğlu, Halil Çetinkök