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The Cleveland Clinic physicians presenting at the conference are: Lilyana
Angelov, M.D., Section Head of Spinal Radiosurgery and Director the Clinic's
Brain Tumor Institute's Central Nervous System Lymphoma Program at the Clinic;
John Suh, M.D., Chairman of the Clinic's Department of Radiation Oncology; and
Edward Benzel, M.D., Chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery and
Director of the Center for Spine Health, also at Cleveland Clinic.
Founded in 1975, Centro Medico Paitilla, in Panama City, Panama, is a
private healthcare facility of tertiary care, best known for its Intensive
Care Unit for adults and neonates, and its Oncology Center, one of the most
comprehensive oncology centers in Latin America. Centro Medico Paitilla is
affiliated with a number of internationally known health organizations and
prides itself on its high standards and excellence for community medical and
hospital services. It is endowed with 300 prestigious medical practitioners
of all specialties and a work force of approximately 400 employees.
Physicians from Cleveland Clinic are scheduled to make the following
presentations:
Friday, July 11, 2008
8:30 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.: Key Note Conference: Treatment Options for Brain
Metastases, Dr. Lilyana Angelov
9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.: Advances in Glioma Treatment, Dr. John Suh
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.: Current Surgical Management of Spine Metastases,
Dr. Edward Benzel
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.: Conventional Radiation in Malignant Spine Tumors,
Dr. John Suh
11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.: Spine Radiosurgery: A Novel Treatment Paradigm,
Dr. Lilyana Angelov
7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.: Case Conference on Spine Tumors with Audience
Response System
Saturday, July 12, 2008
9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.: Treatment of Meningiomas and Acoustic Neuromas,
Dr. Lilyana Angelov
9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.: Surgery for AVM's (brain and spine), Dr. John Suh
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.: Surgery for Benign Spine Tumors, Dr. Edward
Benzel
11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.: Spine Tumor Care in the 21st Century, Dr. Edward
Benzel
Cleveland Clinic, located in Cleveland, Ohio, is a not-for-profit
multispecialty academic medical center that integrates clinical and hospital
care with research and education. Cleveland Clinic was founded in 1921 by four
renowned physicians with a vision of providing outstanding patient care based
upon the principles of cooperation, compassion and innovation. U.S. News &
World Report consistently names Cleveland Clinic as one of the nation's best
hospitals in its annual "America's Best Hospitals" survey. Approximately 1,800
full-time salaried physicians and researchers at Cleveland Clinic and
Cleveland Clinic Florida represent more than 100 medical specialties and
subspecialties. In 2007, there were 3.5 million outpatient visits to Cleveland
Clinic and 50,455 hospital admissions. Patients came for treatment from every
state and from more than 80 countries. Cleveland Clinic's Web site address is
www.clevelandclinic.org.
SOURCE Cleveland Clinic
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