1. General information
1) The name of meeting is International Conference on Cerebrovascular Surgery (ICCVS)
2) Secretariat will be at Department of Neurosurgery,Tohoku University,and assistant secretariat will be Dr.Hirotoshi Sano at Department of Neurosurgery,Sogo Sinkawabashi Hospital(Address:1-15,Shinkawa street, Kawasaki ward, Kawasaki city) .
2. Purpose and assignments
3) Our main purpose to have this meeting, is to exchange the knowledge of improving surgical techniques of CVD and further exchange with world view.
4) We will hold this meeting every two years to achieve the above goals.
3. Membership
5) The member must agree to our purpose and he/she must show positive willingness to participate in the meetings.
6) President will decide about the speakers every time.
4. Board members
7) Executive members: Past Presidents, Emeritus Presidents, Founder members
Committee members:
Faculty members: Each president can determine them with flexibility in selection process.
8) Candidates of Next Presidents should show his/her willingness to be the president and it will be decided by voting at Executive committee meeting.
9) The secretariat is able to employ some secretaries who will be admitted by representative of secretariat.
10) The President will be decided/selected by the active members. The candidate needs to hand in their CV and Recommendation letter from at least one executive member.
11) If the board member will not attend any meeting, they will lose their qualification.
5. Meeting
12) The executive committee meeting will be held during the congress.
Next president will be decided by voting in the meeting.
All decisions of the Board Meeting shall be made by a majority of the attendees
(Include the letter of proxy)
Chief executive Member has a right to held temporary Executive committee meeting.
13) Minutes will be made by the secretariat. The retiring president will make a report.
Next president will be requested to give presentation while showing a theme.
6. Account
14) The retiring/immediate past president will perform a statement of accounts at the executive board meeting.
15) The rules can be revised at the executive board meeting.
Brief History of ICCVS
The 1 st International Workshop on Intracranial Aneurysms
April 2-4, 1986 in Tokyo
President: Haruhiko Kikuchi
Honorary President: Charles G. Drake
The 2 nd International Workshop on Intracranial Aneurysms
April 5-7, 1989 in Nagoya
President: Kenichiro Sugita
Honorary President: Thoralf M. Sundt, Jr.
The 3 rd International Workshop on Cerebrovascular Surgery
October 17-19, 1992 in Tokyo
President: Kintomo Takakura
Honorary President: Bryce K. A. Weir
The 4 th International Workshop on Cerebrovascular Surgery
June 11-14, 1995 in Chicago
President: James I. Ausman Honorary
President: Kenichiro Sugita
The 5 th International Workshop on Cerebrovascular Surgery
March 3-5, 1997 in Fukuoka
President: Masashi Fukui Honorary
President: Haruhiko Kikuchi
The 6 th International Workshop on Cerebrovascular Surgery
June 4-7, 2000 in Seoul
President: Kyu Chang Lee Honorary
President: M. Gazi Yasargil
The 7 th International Workshop on Cerebrovascular Surgery
September 5, 2002 in Kyoto
President: Namio Kodama Honorary
President: James I. Ausman
The 8 th International Conference on Cerebrovascular Surgery
November 30-December 3, 2006 in Taipei
President: Yong-Kwang Tu Honorary
President: Robert Heros
The 9 th International Conference on Cerebrovascular Surgery
November 11-13, 2009 in Nagoya
President: Hirotoshi Sano Honorary
President: Robert Spetzler
The 10 th International Conference on Cerebrovascular Surgery
2011 in Beijing
President: Ling Feng Honorary
President: Hirotoshi Sano
The 11 th International Conference on Cerebrovascular Surgery
2014 in Indonesia Jakarta
Aryaduta Lippo Hospital Banten
President: Eka Julianta Wahjoepramono
The 12 th International Conference on Cerebrovascular Surgery
February28,2016 in Mumbaim India
President: BK Misura
The 13 th International Conference on Cerebrovascular Surgery
October 27-29,2017 in Nagoya
President: Yoko Kato Honorary President: Takashi Yoshimoto, Michael T. Lawton
The 15 th International Conference on Cerebrovascular Surgery
“Neurosurgery Week at Barrow Neurological Institute”
President: Michael T. Lawton, MD
Professor & Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery
President & CEO, Barrow Neurological Institute
Chief of Vascular & Skull Base Neurosurgery
Robert F. Spetzler Endowed Chair in Neurosciences
Barrow Neurological Institute
2910 N. 3rd Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85013
Clinical Office: 602/406-3489
E-mail: Michael.Lawton@BarrowBrainandSpine.com
