Croatia 2025
Dubrovnik, June 28th – 29th 2025
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.
Full Day Lectures
Hall at University of Dubrovnik (Rectorate)
Welcome Cocktail Dinner
Sponza Palace
Hall at University of Dubrovnik (Rectorate)
Museum of Modern Art Dubrovnik
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.
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.
(Yale School of Medicine)
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Emory University School of Medicine
Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology - Washington University School of Medicine
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
University of Rome La Sapienza Faculty of Pharmacy and Medicine
University of Split School of Medicine
New York University Grossman School of Medicine
Stony Brook University Renaissance School of Medicine
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
| Time | Saturday 6-28-2025 |
| 8:45-9:00 | WELCOME |
| MODERATOR | Jason Johnson & Nicolaus Mussmacher |
| 9:00-9:15 | Michael Zeineh (Stanford) – 7T MRI in Neuroradiology |
| 9:15-9:30 | Maria Ponisio (Wash-U) – Pediatric PET/MRI in Epilepsy |
| 9:30-9:45 | Haris Sair (Johns Hopkins) – Hierarchical Representation of Functional Connectivity Networks in MRI Using Deep Learning |
| 9:45-10:00 | Damien Galanaud (Sorbonne) – Monitoring Neurogenetic Diseases Evolution with DTI |
| 10:00-10:15 | Chris Whitlow (Wake Forest) – Advanced Neuroimaging for TBI |
| 10:15-10:30 | Salil Soman (Harvard) – Advanced Susceptibility Neuroimaging |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break |
| MODERATOR | Krešimir Dolić & Girish Fatterpekar |
| 11:00-11:15 | Sonja Blum (Cornell) – Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnostic Criteria: The Role of the Neuroradiologist |
| 11:15-11:30 | Tammie Benzinger (Wash-U) – Dementia PET/MR Imaging |
| 11:30-11:45 | Dinko Franceschi (SBU) – FDG Beyond Alzheimer & FTD: It’s Never Too LATE |
| 11:24-12:00 | Ana Franceschi (Northwell) – ARIA in the Era of Disease-modifying Therapies |
| 12:00-12:15 | Jean-Pierre Pruvo (Lille) – Imaging of Mental Health |
| 12:15-12:30 | Jeremy Ford (Harvard) – Glymphatic Imaging |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch |
| MODERATOR | Bruno Policeni & Maja Marinović Guić |
| 13:30-13:45 | Claudia Kirsch (Yale) – Leveraging UHF MRI and AI to Assess Head and Neck Pathology |
| 13:45-14:00 | Hilda Stambuk (MSKCC) – Larynx: Anatomy and Pathways of Tumor Spread |
| 14:00-14:15 | Snehal Patel (MSKCC) – The Cutting Edge: Leveraging in vivo Imaging, 3D Modeling and AI for Precision Head and Neck Cancer Surgery |
| 14:15-14:30 | Bruno Policeni (U-Iowa) – Photon Counting CT: Clinical Applications in Head and Neck |
| 14:30-14:45 | Amy Juliano (Harvard) – Sensorineural Hearing Loss: Not the Usual Suspects |
| 14:45-15:00 | Carlos Zamora (UNC) – Skull base lesions: The Good, the Bad, and the Pretenders |
| 15:00-15:30 | Coffee Break |
| MODERATOR | Claudia Kirsch & Marko Jakovljević |
| 15:30-15:45 | Amish Doshi (Mount Sinai) – AI Triage in Brain and Spine: Current Applications |
| 15:45-16:00 | Jennifer Becker (Emory) – DTI in the Spinal Cord |
| 16:00-16:15 | Karen Salzman (Utah) – Spinal Cord Tumors |
| 16:15-16:30 | Wende Gibbs (Barrow) – Degenerative Spine |
| 16:30-16:45 | Maria Gisele Matheus (MUSC) – Non-traumatic Spine Emergencies |
| 16:45-17:00 | Maria Borja (University of Miami) – Spine Webs, Cysts and Cord Herniations |
| Time | Sunday 6-29-2025 |
| 8:00-9:00 | POSTER SESSION |
| MODERATOR | Christopher Whitlow & Ljiljana Marčić |
| 9:00-9:12 | Rajan Jain (NYU) – Brain Tumor Perfusion and Radiogenomics |
| 9:12-9:24 | Robert Young (MSKCC) – Comprehensive Imaging of Low-Grade Gliomas |
| 9:24-9:36 | Jason Johnson (Yale) – Dual-point FDG for Brain Tumors |
| 9:36-9:48 | Mariam Aboian (U-Penn) – Translating Brain Tumor Advances to Clinical Practice |
| 9:48-10:00 | Harpreet Hyare (UCL) – Proton Beam Therapy: Challenges and Considerations |
| 10:00-10:12 | Alessandro Bozzao (Rome Sapienza) – ASL Perfusion MRI for Tumor Diagnosis and Follow-up |
| 10:25-11:00 | Coffee Break |
| MODERATOR | Alessandro Bozzao & Vilma Kosović |
| 11:00-11:12 | Nadya Pyatigorskaya (Sorbonne) – HIFU in Neuroradiology: MRI-Guided Precision Therapy for the Brain |
| 11:12-11:24 | Girish Fatterpekar (NYU) – State-of-the-Art GRASP Permeability Imaging of the Pituitary Gland |
| 11:24-11:36 | Lotfi Hacein-Bey (UC Davis) – Imaging Workup of Stroke: What Have We Learned |
| 11:36-11:48 | Edouard Aboian (Yale) – Cerebrovascular Anatomic Considerations in Operative Management of Symptomatic Carotid Disease |
| 11:48-12:00 | Maria Vittoria Spampinato (MUSC) – Neurovascular Applications of Photon-Counting CT |
| 12:00-12:12 | Richard Benzinger (Wash-U) – Role of Anesthesia in Clinical Neuroimaging |
| 12:25-13:30 | Lunch |
| MODERATOR | Maja Franceschi & David Ozretić |
| 13:30-13:42 | Ali Nabavizadeh (U-Penn) – Pediatric Brain Tumors: Precision Imaging |
| 13:42-13:54 | Christopher Filippi (University of Toronto) – Neonatal MR Imaging |
| 13:54-14:06 | Ivana Pogledić (Vienna) – Prenatal Assessment of Brain Malformations |
| 14:06-14:18 | Luc van den Hauwe (Antwerp) – Chiari Deformities |
| 14:18-14:30 | Brent Weinberg (Emory) – Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension & CSF Leaks |
| 14:30-14:42 | Amit Mahajan (Yale) – CNS Infections: Imaging Appearances |
| 15:00-15:30 | Coffee Break |
| MODERATOR | Luc van den Hauwe & Sanja Lovrić Kojundžić |
| 15:30-15:42 | Gaurang Shah (Ann Arbor) – Imaging of Orbits and Optic Nerves |
| 15:42-15:54 | Vadim Grechushkin (NYU) – Orbital Emergencies |
| 15:54-16:06 | Roy Riascos (UTHealth McGovern) – Imaging of Cranio-Cervical Junction Trauma |
| 16:06-16:18 | James Provenzale (Duke) – MRI Artifacts You Need to Recognize |
| 16:18-16:30 | Leo Wolansky (U-Conn) – Gadolinium Safety & Gadopiclenol |
| 16:30-16:42 | Dawn Behr-Ventura (Nortwell) – Radiology Reporting: Templates and Workflows |
University of Dubrovnik, Ul. branitelja Dubrovnika 29, 20000, Dubrovnik
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