Journal Club – The Neuropsychology of Awake Craniatomy for Diffuse Low-Grade Gliomas

Events   29 March, 2018

Date: 29 March 2018

Time: 8-9AM

Venue: Seminar Room T09- 04, Level 9, NUHS Tower Block

Speaker: Dr Chan Hui Minn, Senior Psychologist, Department of Psychological Medicine, NUHS

Chairperson:  Dr Cornelia Chee, Senior Consultant, Dept. of Psychological Medicine, NUHS

Brief Abstract: With advances in functional neurosurgery, awake craniotomy (open brain surgery in a conscious patient) has emerged as the “gold standard” procedure for the excision of diffuse low-grade gliomas that commonly occur in eloquent brain areas. My talk focuses on the neuropsychological aspects of awake craniotomy, drawing on my experiences from attachments in Italy and France as part of a team-AMDA training programme.