Croatia 2025

Dubrovnik, June 28th – 29th 2025

About the Symposium

The International Neuroimaging Symposium will be held from June 28 to 29, 2025 in the beautiful city of Dubrovnik, Croatia. This prestigious event will showcase the latest advancements in neuroradiology, featuring presentations by eminent lecturers from leading medical academic centers. It offers a unique platform for scientific innovation and the exchange of expertise among professionals in the field.

Agenda

June 28th ⎯ Saturday

Full Day Lectures
Dvorana Visia
Welcome Cocktail Dinner
Sponza Palace

June 29th ⎯ Sunday

Full Day Lectures
Dvorana Visia
Farewell Gala Dinner
Museum of Modern Art Dubrovnik

Call for Abstracts

Submission deadline ⎯ May 1st 2025

We are accepting case reports, educational and scientific submissions, which will be presented in poster format on Sunday, June 29th 2025, from 8:00-9:00AM.

Symposium Committee

Ana M. Franceschi, M.D., Ph.D.
Mario Bekić, M.D., Ph.D.
Bruno Policeni, M.D., MBA
Vilma Kosović, M.D., Ph.D.
David Ozretić, M.D., Ph.D.

Speakers

Neuroradiology experts from the world's most eminent academic centers

Aboian Edouard

(Yale School of Medicine)

Mariam Aboian

Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Jennifer Becker

Emory University School of Medicine

Tammie Benzinger

Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology - Washington University School of Medicine

Maria Borja

University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine

Moderators

Alessandro Bozzao

University of Rome La Sapienza Faculty of Pharmacy and Medicine

Krešimir Dolić

University of Split School of Medicine

Fatterpekar Girish

New York University Grossman School of Medicine

Franceschi Maja

Stony Brook University Renaissance School of Medicine

Marko Jakovljević

Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Program

TimeSaturday 6-28-2025
  
8:45-9:00WELCOME
  
MODERATORJason Johnson & Nicolaus Mussmacher
9:00-9:15Michael Zeineh (Stanford) – 7T MRI in Neuroradiology
9:15-9:30Maria Ponisio (Wash-U) – Pediatric PET/MRI in Epilepsy
9:30-9:45Haris Sair (Johns Hopkins) – Hierarchical Representation of Functional Connectivity Networks in MRI Using Deep Learning
9:45-10:00Chris Whitlow (Wake Forest) – Advanced Neuroimaging for TBI
10:00-10:15Salil Soman (Harvard) – Advanced Susceptibility Neuroimaging
10:15-10:30Jeremy Ford (Harvard) – Glymphatic Imaging
  
10:30-11:00Coffee Break
  
MODERATORKrešimir Dolić & Girish Fatterpekar
11:00-11:15Sonja Blum (Cornell) – Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnostic Criteria: The Role of the Neuroradiologist
11:15-11:30Tammie Benzinger (Wash-U) – Dementia PET/MR Imaging
11:30-11:45Dinko Franceschi (SBU) – FDG Beyond Alzheimer & FTD: It’s Never Too LATE
11:24-12:00Ana Franceschi (Northwell) – ARIA in the Era of Disease-modifying Therapies
12:00-12:15Cyrus Raji (Wash-U) – Brain Health Imaging
12:15-12:30Jean-Pierre Pruvo (Lille) – Imaging of Mental Health
  
12:30-13:30Lunch
  
MODERATORBruno Policeni & Maja Marinović Guić
13:30-13:45Claudia Kirsch (Yale) – Leveraging UHF MRI and AI to Assess Head and Neck Pathology
13:45-14:00Hilda Stambuk (MSKCC) – Larynx: Anatomy and Pathways of Tumor Spread
14:00-14:15Snehal Patel (MSKCC) – The Cutting Edge: Leveraging in vivo Imaging, 3D Modeling and AI for Precision Head and Neck Cancer Surgery
14:15-14:30Bruno Policeni (U-Iowa) – Photon Counting CT: Clinical Applications in Head and Neck
14:30-14:45Amy Juliano (Harvard) – Sensorineural Hearing Loss: Not the Usual Suspects
14:45-15:00Carlos Zamora (UNC) – Skull base lesions: The Good, the Bad, and the Pretenders
  
15:00-15:30Coffee Break
  
MODERATORClaudia Kirsch & Marko Jakovljević
15:30-15:45Amish Doshi (Mount Sinai) – AI Triage in Brain and Spine: Current Applications
15:45-16:00Jennifer Becker (Emory) – DTI in the Spinal Cord
16:00-16:15Karen Salzman (Utah) – Spinal Cord Tumors
16:15-16:30Wende Gibbs (Barrow) – Degenerative Spine
16:30-16:45Maria Gisele Matheus (MUSC) – Non-traumatic Spine Emergencies
16:45-17:00Maria Borja (University of Miami) – Spine Webs, Cysts and Cord Herniations
TimeSunday 6-29-2025
  
8:00-9:00POSTER SESSION
  
MODERATORChristopher Whitlow & Ljiljana Marčić
9:00-9:12Rajan Jain (NYU) – Brain Tumor Perfusion and Radiogenomics
9:12-9:24Robert Young (MSKCC) – Comprehensive Imaging of Low-Grade Gliomas
9:24-9:36Jason Johnson (Yale) – Dual-point FDG for Brain Tumors
9:36-9:48Mariam Aboian (U-Penn) – Translating Brain Tumor Advances to Clinical Practice
9:48-10:00Harpreet Hyare (UCL) – Proton Beam Therapy: Challenges and Considerations
10:00-10:12Alessandro Bozzao (Rome Sapienza) – ASL Perfusion MRI for Tumor Diagnosis and Follow-up
  
10:25-11:00Coffee Break
  
MODERATORAlessandro Bozzao & Vilma Kosović
11:00-11:12Nadya Pyatigorskaya (Sorbonne) – HIFU in Neuroradiology: MRI-Guided Precision Therapy for the Brain
11:12-11:24Girish Fatterpekar (NYU) – State-of-the-Art GRASP Permeability Imaging of the Pituitary Gland
11:24-11:36Lotfi Hacein-Bey (UC Davis) – Imaging Workup of Stroke: What Have We Learned
11:36-11:48Edouard Aboian (Yale) – Cerebrovascular Anatomic Considerations in Operative Management of Symptomatic Carotid Disease
11:48-12:00Maria Vittoria Spampinato (MUSC) – Neurovascular Applications of Photon-Counting CT
12:00-12:12Carlos Torres (Ottawa) – Imaging of Neurotoxicity
  
12:25-13:30Lunch
  
MODERATORMaja Franceschi & David Ozretić
13:30-13:42Ali Nabavizadeh (U-Penn) – Pediatric Brain Tumors: Precision Imaging
13:42-13:54Christopher Filippi (University of Toronto) – Neonatal MR Imaging
13:54-14:06Ivana Pogledić (Vienna) – Prenatal Assessment of Brain Malformations
14:06-14:18Luc van den Hauwe (Antwerp) – Chiari Deformities
14:18-14:30Brent Weinberg (Emory) – Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension & CSF Leaks
14:30-14:42Amit Mahajan (Yale) – CNS Infections: Imaging Appearances
  
15:00-15:30Coffee Break
  
MODERATORLuc van den Hauwe & Sanja Lovrić Kojundžić
15:30-15:42Gaurang Shah (Ann Arbor) – Imaging of Orbits and Optic Nerves
15:42-15:54Vadim Grechushkin (NYU) – Orbital Emergencies
15:54-16:06Roy Riascos (UTHealth McGovern) – Imaging of Cranio-Cervical Junction Trauma
16:06-16:18James Provenzale (Duke) – MRI Artifacts You Need to Recognize
16:18-16:30Leo Wolansky (U-Conn) – Gadolinium Safety & Gadopiclenol
16:30-16:42Dawn Behr-Ventura (Nortwell) – Radiology Reporting: Templates and Workflows

Symposium Venue

Dvorana Visia, Poljana Paska Miličevića 4, Dubrovnik

Special thanks to our Sponsors

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