Important Conference at BAU Medicine

The use of neurosurgical methods in neuropsychiatric disorders was discussed at Bahçeşehir University

Bahçeşehir University School of Medicine continues its scientific events attended by the world's leading scientists. At the "Functional Neurosurgery in Neuro-Psychiatric Disorders" conference held on 12 April 2013, expert researchers and clinicians in the field discussed in all its dimensions the use of surgical methods in common disorders such as Parkinson's disease, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Depression. Surgical methods used in severe cases unresponsive to conventional treatments were addressed in such a comprehensive manner in Türkiye for the first time with the BAU School of Medicine conference.

The meeting, whose scientific program was prepared by Dr. Muzaffer Kaşer from the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge and Dr. Akın Akakın from the Department of Neurosurgery at Bahçeşehir University School of Medicine, began with the opening speech of Vice President Prof. Dr. Ali Güngör.

In the first part of the conference, Dr. Athanasios Koulousakis from the University Hospital of Cologne, Dr. Sam Chamberlain from the University of Cambridge, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Metehan Irak from Bahçeşehir University, Dr. Muzaffer Kaşer from the University of Cambridge and Dr. David Christmas from the NHS Scotland Advanced Interventions Service gave their presentations. In panels enriched by participants' questions, surgical methods in psychiatric disorders (Depression, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, etc.) and the therapeutic effects of deep brain stimulation were discussed.

The afternoon sessions began with the keynote speech of Professor Eileen Joyce from University College London. The ethical aspects of surgical treatments in neuropsychiatry were addressed in a presentation by Prof. Maartje Schermer from Erasmus University and the joint discussion that followed. In the final panel, Prof. Eileen Joyce and Dr. Akın Akakın gave presentations on the psychiatric and surgical aspects of deep brain stimulation in Parkinson's Disease. At the end of the meeting, future projects were discussed and the foundations of international cooperation for new clinical research were laid.