Prof. Meng-Fai KuoTaiwan
Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital
| 2011 to present | Director, Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Children’s Hospital |
| 2024 to present | Professor, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University College of Medicine |
| 2021 - 2024 | Clinical Professor, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital |
| 2005 - 2021 | Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital |
| 2019 - 2023 | Secretary, Asian Australasian Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (AASPN) |
| 2023 - present | President Elect, Asian Australasian Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery |
| 2015 - 2015 | President of the 1st AASPN Congress and Inaugural Meeting |
| 2019 - 2021 | Chair, Committee of Ways and Means, International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery |
| 2012 - 2014 | President, Taiwan Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery |
Pediatric neurosurgery (spinal dysraphism, craniosynostosis, arachnoid cyst, moyamoya disease, brain tumor, hydrocephalus)
Dr. Kuo was the awardee of “Medical Contribution Award” of Raising Children Medical Foundation in 2019 and “National Taiwan University Outstanding Teaching Award” in 2019. She was also the recipient of “The Teaching Award for Excellence in Medical Education” of NTUH in 2011, 2015, and 2019, respectively. Dr. Kuo likes to fix things, and likes something perfect but real. Dr. Kuo has been deeply involved in the development of the treatment strategies of pediatric neurosurgical diseases aiming at foreseeing the physiological needs of sick children and using relatively minimally invasive way to manage the patients and get a good long-term outcome. Her research and publications focus on solving the clinical problem in pediatric neurosurgery. Her motto is, “Education is the base of medicine. Development of simple and rational treatment strategies and to promote them is the well-being of the pediatric patients.”
The art of arachnoid membrane management in pediatric neurosurgery
1109 14:05-14:20
Interim Meeting of AASPN/303A
Arachnoid membranes represent sheet-like connective tissue that crosses the subarachnoid space, dividing the subarachnoid space into cisterns. The arachnoid membranes serve an important role in normal anatomy, and may be involved in various pathological conditions, such as hemorrhage, infection, trauma, congenital anomalies, tumors, and neurosurgical procedures.
In this presentation, the author will use cases of various pathological conditions to demonstrate the art of arachnoid membrane management in pediatric neurosurgery.