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23rd AMN Congress 2026

Integrated Pathway Management in Neurotrauma: From ER and ICU to Rehabilitation and Mental Health

May 28-30, 2026

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EACCME® Accreditation

The 23rd AMN Congress, Istanbul, Turkey 28/05/2026 – 30/05/2026, has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) with 17.0 European CME credits (ECMEC®s). Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

Through an agreement between the Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert EACCME® credits to an equivalent number of AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Information on the process to convert EACCME® credit to AMA credit can be found at https://edhub.ama-assn.org/pages/applications .

Live educational activities, occurring outside of Canada, recognised by the UEMS-EACCME® for ECMEC®s are deemed to be Accredited Group Learning Activities (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

Date:
28-30 May, 2026
Time schedule
See the program below
Location:
Swissôtel The Bosphorus | Istanbul, Turkey

Speakers

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Felix Brehar
Romania
Dana Boering
Dana Boering
Germany
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Panu Boontoterm
Thailand
roderick casis
Roderick Casis
Philippines
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Michael Chopp
US
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Alexandru Ciurea
Romania
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Dragos Corcan
Romania
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Catalina Crisan
Romania
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Karin Diserens
Switzerland
Stefanie Duchac
Stefanie Duchac
Germany
Dr Emre
Emre Adigüzel
Turkey
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Hakan Ekmekci
Turkey
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Hesham Elsobki
Egypt
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Mihail Gavriliuc
Rep. Moldova
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Nikolay Gabrovsky
Bulgaria
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Octavian Henegariu
Romania
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Max Hilz
Germany
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Volker Hömberg
Germany
Tran Trung Kien
Tran Trung Kien
Vietnam
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Guillermo V.
Liabres
the Philippines
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Peter Lackner
Austria
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Lynne Lourdes
Lucena
the Philippines
Makhkamjon Makhamov
Makhkamjon
Makhkamov
Uzbekistan
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Christian Matula
Austria
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Slavomir Michalak
Poland
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Sindi Mitrovic
Serbia
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Dafin Muresanu
Romania
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Saparov Nurgeldi
Turkmenistan
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Katrin Rauen
Germany
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Esra de Ruiter
the Netherlands
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Salvador
Ruiz Gonzalez
Mexico
Bassem Boulos
Bassem Boulos
Ghobrial Saad
Egypt
Bartłomiej Sagan
Bartłomiej Sagan
Poland
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Dorel Sandesc
Romania
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Luca Sebastianelli
Italy
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Nicole
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Germany
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Dong Van He
Vietnam
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Johannes Vester
Germany
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Pieter Vos
the Netherlands
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Harald Widhalm
Austria
Rovshan Khalizada
Rovshan Khalilzada
Azerbaijan
Duong Dai Ha
Duong Dai Ha
Vietnam
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Evren Yaşar
Turkey

Preliminary Program

Program times refer to TRT (Turkey Time): UTC+3

Austrian current time:

Day 1 | May 28, 2026

15:30 - 18:30Max Hilz (Germany) – 23rd AMN Congress Hands-On Teaching Course on Acute and Chronic Stress, Sequelae and Ways of Relaxation
with Focus on Autogenic Training

Day 2 | May 29, 2026

07:45 - 08:15Registration
08:15 - 08:30Welcome Address | Dafin Muresanu (Romania), Johannes Vester (Germany), Volker Hoemberg (Germany), Emre Adigüzel (Republic of Turkey)
08:30 - 10:00 Session 1 - Presidential Session | Keynote Lectures
Chairpersons: Johannes Vester (Germany) & Dafin Muresanu (Romania)

Special Keynote Lecture – Dafin Muresanu/Johannes Vester (Romania / Germany) | AMN Role in the Management of Neurotrauma

1. Volker Hoemberg (Germany) | Future threads and hopes in neurorehabilitation after TBI
2. Peter Lackner (Austria) | The PRESENT – Registry – the First Multidisciplinary Quality Indicator Tool across the TBI Continuum of Care
3. Hakan Ekmekci (Republic of Turkey) | Identifying and Managing Post-traumatic Parkinsonism
10:00 - 10:20 Special Address
Hakan Ekmekci (Republic of Turkey) | In Memoriam Prof. Nilda Turgut
10:20 - 10:40Coffee Break
10:40 - 11:50Session 2 | Modern Neuroscience Approaches for Neurotrauma: From Barrier Protection to Novel Therapeutics
Session Moderator: Bassem Boulos (Egypt) & Duong Dai Ha (Vietnam)

1. Dafin Muresanu (Romania) | New Insights into Brain Protection and Recovery after Neurotrauma
2. Slavomir Michalak (Poland) | Blood–Brain Barrier Integrity in Neurotrauma: Is It Clinically Relevant?
3. Michael Chopp (United States) | Exosomes in Neurotrauma: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Potential
11:40 - 11:50 Discussions
11:50 - 12:40Session 3 | Interactive Panel Discussion - Polytrauma and Neurotrauma: Sequencing Decisions That Shape Long-Term Outcomes
Session Moderator: Roderick Casis (the Philippines) & Hakan Ekmekci (Republic of Turkey)

Panelists:
1. Harald Widhalm (Austria) | Focus on Hemorrhage Control and Initial Triage
2. Rovzhan Khalilzada (Azerbaijan) | Focus on Acute Brain Protection, ICP Management, Neurosurgical Decision-making
3. Dorel Sandesc (Romania) | Focus on Resuscitation, Airway, Hemodynamics, and Systemic Stabilization
4. Nicole von Steinbüchel (Germany) | LifeLong Outcomes after TBI: Impact on Quality of Life and Functional Recovery
12:40 - 13:40Lunch Break
13:40 - 15:10Session 4 | Acute Management/Critical Care: Overlooked Acute Complications in TBI: Early Management as a Determinant of Long-Term Outcome
Session Moderators: Karin Diserens (Switzerland) & Katrin Rauen (Germany)

1. Stefanie Duchac (Germany) | From Disruption to Recovery:Neural Mechanisms of Post-TBI Dysphagia and Evidence-Based Multidisciplinary Intervention
2. Karin Diserens (Switzerland) | Secondary Hypoxic–Ischemic Injury and Autoregulation Failure – The Invisible Second Hit:
Preventing Secondary Brain Injury to Improve Lifelong Outcomes?
3. Duong Dai Ha (Vietnam) | Early Neuroendocrine Dysfunction After TBI – The Silent Driver of Failed Recovery:
Acute Pituitary Dysfunction After Neurotrauma
4. Mihail Gavriliuc (Republic of Moldova) | Traumatic Brain Injury - A Major Neurological Health Burden
15:00 - 15:10 Discussions
15:10 - 15:50Session 5 | Debate 1 High-Tech Neurotrauma Care vs. Robust Pathway Basics: What Truly Improves Long-Term Outcomes in LMICs?
Should limited resources be invested in advanced neuromonitoring and imaging—or in standardized, low-cost pathway interventions across the acute-to-rehabilitation continuum?

Session Moderator: Pieter Vos (the Netherlands)

Pro: Panu Boontoterm (Thailand) | Advanced Monitoring Saves Brains—and Futures
Argument: High-tech acute neurotrauma care is essential, even in LMICs.

Con: Makhkamjon Makhkamov (Uzbekistan) | Pathway First: Why Simple, Scalable Interventions Matter More
Argument: Standardized pathways outperform technology in LMIC settings.
15:40 - 15:50 Voting & Discussions
15:50 - 16:10 Coffee & Snacks Break
16:10 - 17:10 Special Session AMN Focus Groups - Country presentations of multidisciplinary expert groups:
Session Moderator: Alexandru V. Ciurea (Romania)

1. Dorel Sandesc (Romania)
2. Panu Boontoterm (Thailand)
3. Bassem Boulos (Egypt)
17:10 - 18:40Session 6 | Diffuse Axonal Injury as a Translational Model for Cerebroprotection in Neurotrauma
Session Moderators: Christian Matula (Austria) & Sindi Mitrovic (Serbia)

1. Hesham Elsobki (Egypt) | Diffuse Axonal Injury: An Underrecognized Driver of Poor Outcome in Traumatic Brain Injury
2. Guillermo V. Liabres (Philippines) | Why Diffuse Axonal Injury Is an Ideal Model to Demonstrate Cerebroprotective Efficacy
3. Pieter Vos (the Netherlands) | Life After Diffuse Axonal Injury: Cognitive, Behavioral, and Societal Consequences
4. Panu Boontoterm (Thailand) | Optimizing Multidisciplinary Neurotraumatology Education in Thailand: Aptitude-Dependent
Outcomes in Virtual Patient Simulation in Collaboration with the Academy for Multidisciplinary Neurotraumatology
18:30 - 18:40 Discussions
18:40 - 19:20Session 7 | Young Neurotrauma Network
Session Moderator: Dorel Sandesc (Romania)

Esra de Ruiter (Netherlands) | A Patient's Perspective: Recovery After Traumatic Brain Injury
Dragos Corcan (Romania) | Translational approaches for neurorehabilitation of traumatic brain injury
19:20 - 19:30 Discussions & Main Takeaways

Day 3 | May 30, 2026

Preliminary Program

08:30 - 10:00Session 8 | Surgical Brain Injury (SBI): The Unavoidable Cost of Life-Saving Neurointerventions (Part I)
Session Moderator: Lynne Lourdes Lucena (the Philippines) & Nikolay Gabrovsky (Bulgaria)

1. Christian Matula (Austria) | The Brain on the Knives Edge – Surgical Brain Injury: Definition, Mechanisms, and Clinical Relevance
2. Nikolay Gabrovsky (Bulgaria) | Advances in Spinal Cord Injury
3. Salvador Ruiz González (Mexico) | Quality of life in Neurosurgical patients. Multimodal treatment in tumoral and traumatic pathology
4. Bartłomiej Sagan (Poland) | Surgical Oncology as a Model - Glioma Resection: Maximizing Oncological Benefit While
Minimizing Surgical Brain Injury (SBI)
09:50 - 10:00Discussions
10:00 - 10:20 Coffee Break
10:20 - 11:30Session 8 | Surgical Brain Injury (SBI): The Unavoidable Cost of Life-Saving Neurointerventions (Part II)
Session Moderators: Luca Sebastianelli (Italy) & Panu Boontoterm (Thailand)

1. Felix Brehar (Romania) | Traumatic Brain Injury - A Major Burden of Neurological Disorders
2. Jonghyon Park (South Korea) | Vascular Neurosurgery as a Model - Aneurysm Clipping and Subarachnoid Haemorrhage:
Compounding Injury in an Already Injured Brain
3. Saparov Nurgeldi (Turkmenistan) | Epilepsy Surgery as a Model - Temporal Lobe Surgery
11:20 - 11:30Discussions
11:30 - 12:10Session 9 | Debate 2 Is Early Rehabilitation a Luxury or a Necessity in Neurotrauma Pathways?
In resource-limited settings,should rehabilitation and neuropsychological care begin in the acute phase—or wait until survival and stabilization are assured?
Session Moderator: Peter Lackner (Austria)

Pro: Volker Hömberg (Germany) | Early Rehabilitation Is Cerebroprotection
Argument: Early rehab must be integrated into acute care pathways—even in LMICs.

Con: Luca Sebastianelli (Italy) | Stabilize First: Rehabilitation Without Infrastructure Fails
Argument: Premature rehab diverts resources from lifesaving care.n)
12:00 - 12:10Voting & Discussions
12:10 - 14:00Session 10 | The Invisible Aftermath of Neurotrauma: Neuropsychiatric Sequelae and Their Impact on Recovery
Moderator: Dana Boering (Germany) & Nicole von Steinbuechel (Germany)

1. Emre Adıgüzel (Republic of Turkey) | Cognitive Rehabilitation: From Traditional Therapy to Virtual Reality
2. Katrin Rauen (Germany) | Post-Traumatic Depression After Brain Injury: Biology, Risk Factors, and Clinical Consequences
3. Catalina Crisan (Romania) | Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Neurotrauma: When Psychological and Organic Injury Converge
4. Sindi Mitrovic (Serbia) | Attention Deficit After Neurotrauma: A Core Driver of Cognitive Disability
5. Evren Yaşar (Republic of Turkey) | Pain After Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI): Etiology and Management
13:50 - 14:00Discussions
14:00 - 14:40Brunch Break
14:40 - 15:40Session 11 | Ongoing Research Projects in Traumatic Brain Injury
Session Moderators: Dafin Muresanu (Romania), Johannes Vester (Germany)

1. Johannes Vester (Germany) | Clinical Guidelines and non-interventional trials in TBI (CREST)
2. Octavian Henegariu (Romania) | An integrated paradigm for molecular profiling of traumatic brain injury
15:30 - 15:40Discussions
15:40 - 16:00 Closing and pictures
Congress Booklet

Hybrid Event

28-30 May, 2026
40+ Speakers
12 Themed Sessions
1 Interactive Pannel
2 Debate Sessions

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