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International Endovascular Neurosurgical Oncology Summit

22 - 23 september 2026
Università degli Studi Link | Antica Biblioteca
h. 8:30

22 September 2026

08:30 - 08:45 | Registration & Welcome Coffee

08:45 - 09:00 | Opening Remarks
Summit Welcome: Meeting Objectives and Vision

SESSION I:  Intra-Arterial Therapies for Glioblastoma

09:00 - 09:15 | Sameer Ansari
Intra-Arterial Y90 Radioembolization for Recurrent Glioblastoma

09:15 - 09:30 | Frederick Lang
Biological Therapies: Viruses, Stem Cells and Endovascular Delivery

09:30 - 09:45 | Ramon Torné
Prospective Study of Intra-Arterial Yttrium-90 Administration for Malignant Brain Tumors

09:45 - 10:00 | Laurent-Olivier Roy
Intra-Arterial Chemotherapy for Relapsing Malignant Gliomas

10:00 - 11:00 | DISCUSSION | All Faculty
Current Challenges and Opportunities in Intra-Arterial Therapy for Glioblastoma

11:00 - 11:20 | Coffee Break & Networking

SESSION II: BBB Opening & Drug Delivery

11:20 - 11:35 | Piotr Walczak
Winning the First Pass: Engineering Effective Intra-Arterial Drug Delivery

11:35 - 11:50 | Steve Hetts
Venous Chemofiltration to Reduce Systemic Toxicity During Intra-Arterial Chemotherapy

11:50 - 12:05 | Vitor Mendes Pereira
Bridging Neuro-Oncology and Neurodegeneration: Exploring New Opportunities in Glymphatic Dysfunction

12:05 - 12:20 | ROUNTABLE | All Faculty
How Do We Improve Therapeutic Delivery Efficiency?

13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch Break

SESSION III: Cellular & Biological Therapies

14:00 - 14:15 | Prakash Ambady
Intra-Arterial Cellular Therapy in Neuro-Oncology

14:15 - 14:30 | Sam Emerson
Intra-Arterial Therapy for High-Grade Meningioma: Rationale and Road to a First-in-Human Trial

14:30 - 14:45 | Nicholas Butowski
Yttrium-90 Radioembolization of Glioblastoma

14:45 - 15:00 | Yafell Serulle
Intraarterial delivery of chemotherapeutics after blood brain barrier disruption in GBM

15:00 - 15:30 | DISCUSSION | All Faculty
Translational Challenges and Regulatory Pathways

SESSION IV: Imaging & Expanding Endovascular Neuro-Oncology

15:30 - 15:45 | Simone Peschillo
Targeted Liquid Intracranial Biopsy with BBB-modulation for molecular characterization in GBM

15:45 - 16:00 | David Fortin
I.A. Chemotherapy in the Treatment of Malignant Glioma: How Can We Improve Our Results?

16:00 - 16:15 | Omar Choudhri
Applications of Advanced Imaging and O.C.T. for Mapping Tumor Microvasculature

16:15 - 16:30 | Omer Doron
Wavelet cardiac-frequency weighted cerebral DSA: a novel imaging tool in neuro oncology

16:30 - 16:45 | Pierpaolo Peruzzi
Endovascular Answers to Neuro-Oncology Needs

16:45 - 17:00 | DISCUSSION - WRAP-UP | All Faculty
Future Directions in Endovascular Neuro-Oncology


23 September 2026

08:30 - 09:00 | Networking

Morning Coffee & Networking

SESSION V: Head & Neck Oncology

09:00 - 09:15 | Basavaraj Ghodke
Endovascular management of skull base tumors

09:15 - 09:30 | Stephen Chen
Perfusion-Mapped Head and Neck Arterial Chemotherapy: Contemporary Outcomes

09:30 - 09:45 | Piotr Walczak
Intra-Arterial Drug Delivery for Head and Neck Cancer

09:45 - 10:30 | PANEL DISCUSSION | All Faculty
Can Endovascular Oncology Become Standard of Care?

10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break & Networking

SESSION VI: Translational Neuro-Oncology

11:00 - 11:15 | Abdullah Feroze
Pediatric Neurointerventional Advances

11:15 - 11:30 | Simone Peschillo
Expanding the Boundaries of Endovascular Neurosurgery: Meningioma Embolization

11:30 - 11:45 | Staffan Holmin
Tissue access via the endovascular route – The Extroducer

11:45 - 12:00 | Andrey Petrov
When Embolization Becomes the Definitive Treatment for Complex Paragangliomas

12:00 - 12:30 | FORUM DISCUSSION | All Faculty
Translating Innovation to Clinical Practice

12:30 - 13:45 | Lunch Break

SESSION VII: Vascular Tumor Therapies & Emerging Platforms

13:45 - 14:00 | Adam Arthur
Neuroendovascular: are we at an inflection point?

14:00 - 14:15 | Christopher C. Young
Pre-clinical Models to Advance Endovascular Surgical Neuro-Oncology

14:15 - 14:30 | Eileen Liu
From Theoretical Intervention to Viable Clinical Study: Protocol Architecture and Trial Logistics in Endovascular Oncology

14:30 - 14:45 | DISCUSSION | All Faculty
Expanding Endovascular Indications in Oncology

14:45 - 15:30 | GRAND PANEL & CLOSING SESSIONS | All Faculty

The Next 10 Years of Endovascular Neuro-Oncology: Consensus Statements, Collaborative Research Opportunities and Closing Remarks

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Scientific Committee

  • Simone Peschillo
  • Christopher C. Young
  • Vitor Mendes Pereira
  • Eileen Liu