Houston Methodist will be partnering with a European institution to host a skull base and brain course. This course will include lectures and hands-on labs. The event will also feature a speaker from plastic surgery who will speak to the collaboration with plastics in skull base and brain surgery.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER 

L. Madison Michael II, MD, FAANS
Professor of Neurosurgery and Otolaryngology
Program Director of Neurosurgery
Department of Neurosurgery
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Semmes-Murphey Clinic
President, North American Skull Base Society
President-Elect, Society of University Neurosurgeons
President-Elect, Southern Neurosurgery Society
 

COURSE DIRECTORS

Gavin W. Britz MD, MPH, MBA, FAANS

Candy and Tom Knudson Distinguished Centennial Chair in Neurosurgery
Professor and Chairman
Department of Neurosurgery
Director, Neurological Institute
Co-Director, Cerebrovascular Center
Co-Director, Skull Base Program
Houston Methodist Hospital
Professor of Neurological Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, NY
Adjunct Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University

Guenther C. Feigl, MD, PhD

Professor of Neurosurgery
Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery, Klinikum Bamberg, Germany
Director of the Brain Tumor Center Bamberg
Director of the Skull Base Center Bamberg
Adjunct Professor of Neurosurgery, (IAM) Houston Methodist, Houston Texas
Full Faculty Member on the Affiliate Track, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston Texas
Honorary Professor, University of Applied Health Sciences, Zagreb Croatia

Friday August 22, 2025 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Saturday August 23, 2025 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Location: Research Institute, John F. Auditorium (R2-306)