Invited speaker

1. "Indications for revascularization in aneurysms surgery" International meeting in neurosurgical advances and cerebral revascularization, Leon, Spain, November 2006

2. "Virtual reality and surgical planning in Neurosurgery" International meeting in neurosurgical advances and cerebral revascularization, Leon, Spain, November 2006

3. "Microsurgical anatomy of skull base surgical approaches" Inaugural session of the Catalan Neurosurgical Society, Barcelona, September, 2006

4. "Skull base surgical approaches for intracranial aneurysms" Visiting Professor at ?La Sapienza University ?, Rome, Italy, September 16, 2006

5. "Skull base surgical approaches for intracranial aneurysms" Visiting Professor at the University of Naples, Italy, September 13, 2006

6. "Skull base surgical approaches for intracranial aneurysms" Visiting Professor at the University of Padua, Italy, September 11, 2006

7. "Microneurosurgical approaches to the sellar region" XIV Congress of the Western Mexican Neurosurgical Society, July 2006, Isla Navidad, Manzanillo, Mexico

8. "Skull Base Microsurgical approaches to intracranial tumors" XIV Congress of the Western Mexican Neurosurgical Society, July 2006, Isla Navidad, Manzanillo, Mexico

9. "Anterior transfacial surgical approaches". National Meeting of the Venezuela Association of Neurological Surgeons, May 2006, Merida, Venezuela

10. "Combined surgical approaches for skull base lesions". National Meeting of the Venezuela Association of Neurological Surgeons, May 2006, Merida, Venezuela

11. "Skull Base Surgical Approaches for vascular lesions". National Meeting of the Venezuela Association of Neurological Surgeons, May 2006, Merida, Venezuela

12. "How to approach tumors at the base of the skull" National Meeting of the Spanish Association of Neurological Surgeons, May 2006, Vigo, Spain

13. "Surgical Approaches for vascular lesions of the skull base" National Meeting of the Spanish Association of Neurological Surgeons, May 2006, Vigo, Spain

14. "Surgical Approaches for skull base tumors" VI international meeting of the Spanish Spine Society ?NeuroRaquis?, April 2006, Jerez de la Frontera, Spain

15. "Skull Base Surgical Approaches for intracranial aneurysms" VI international meeting of the Spanish Spine Society ?NeuroRaquis?, April 2006, Jerez de la Frontera, Spain

16. "Skull Base Surgical Approaches for intracranial aneurysms" National Meeting of the Peruvian Association of Neurological Surgeons, November 2005, Lima, Peru

17. "Surgical anatomy of the base of the skull" American Austrian Foundation annual meeting for Neurosurgery, November 2005, Salzburg, Austria.

18. "Surgical approaches to the base of the skull" Annual Meeting of the Colombian Association of Neurological Surgeons, November 2004, Armenia, Colombia.

19. "Anterior transfacial approaches to the clivus". Annual Meeting of the Colombian Association of Neurological Surgeons, November 2004, Armenia, Colombia.

20. "Advances in Skull Base Surgery" (3D presentation). XXI Congress of Latin American Neurosurgical Federation, October 2004, Panama City, Panama

21. "Variations of the orbito-zygomatic approach to access basilar tip aneurysms" (3D presentation). II International Meeting of Neurosurgery, September 2004, Guayaquil, Ecuador

22. "Skull Base Surgery: lateral transcranial approaches to clivus lesions". (3D presentation). II International Meeting of Neurosurgery, September 2004, Guayaquil, Ecuador

23. "Advances in neurosurgery: virtual reality and surgical planning" (3D presentation). International Meeting organized by the Western Society of Neurosurgery of Mexico, July 2004, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

24. "Virtual reality in neurosurgery: present and future applications" (3D presentation). Meeting of Neurology and Neurosurgery at the National School of Medicine, National Hospital " Siglo XXI", June 2004, Mexico City, Mexico

25. "Technological advances in the neurosurgical training: skull base surgical approaches in 3D" (3D presentation). Meeting for minimally invasive surgery in skull base surgery, Hospital Civil Nuevo, June 2004, Guadalajara, Mexico

26. "A new classification of transfacial surgical approaches to access the clivus". XII Annual meeting of the Association of Neurosurgeons of Venezuela, May 2004, Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela

27. "Comparison of transpetrosal surgical approaches to access the upper-middle clivus". XII Annual meeting of the Association of Neurosurgeons of Venezuela, May 2004, Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela

28. "Modified orbito-zygomatic approch to access the upper clivus". XII Annual meeting of the Association of Neurosurgeons of Venezuela, May 2004, Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela.

29. "Virtual Reality in Neurosurgery: will it be part of the neurosurgical planning in the future?" (3D presentation). University La Sapienza, April 2004, Rome, Italy

30. "Use of surgical power instruments in skull base surgery". Training and presentation to National Social Security, March 2004, Guadalajara, Mexico

31. "Lateral transcranial approaches to the petroclival region" (3D presentation). XVI International Meeting of Neurosurgery, August 2003, Cartagena, Colombia

32. "Modifications of orbito-zygomatic craniotomy to access the upper/ middle clivus". XVI International Meeting of Neurosurgery, August 2003, Cartagena, Colombia

33. "Transpetrosal approaches to the petroclival region". International meeting on minimally invasive skull base surgery, May 2003, Turin, Italy.

34. "Anterior and posterior petrosectomy: indications and 3D surgical anatomy" (3D presentation). Annual meeting of the Colombian Association of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery and Maxillo-facial Surgery, May 2003, Bogota, Colombia

35. "Transfacial approaches to the base of skull". Annual meeting of the Colombian Association of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery and Maxillo-facial Surgery, May 2003, Bogota, Colombia

36. "Modified orbito-zygomatic approach to treat mid- and upper basilar artery aneurysms (3D presentation)". X Annual Conference of the Caribbean Association of Otolaryngology, March 2003, Bermuda

37. "Transpetrosal surgical avenues to approach basilar artery aneurysms: surgical applications and 3D surgical anatomy (3D presentation)". X Annual Conference of the Caribbean Association of Otolaryngology, March 2003, Bermuda

38. "Analytical evaluation of transfacial approaches provides a new classification". Visiting Professor at the University of Illinois, February 2003, Peoria, Illinois

39. "Modifications of the orbito-zygomatic approach to access the middle and upper basilar artery" (3D presentation). Visiting Professor at the University of Illinois, February 2003, Peoria, Illinois

40. "Transpetrosal approaches to the clivus: 3D surgical anatomy (3D presentation)". Visiting Professor at the University of Illinois, Peoria, February 2003

41. "Transpetrosal surgical avenues to the basilar artery (3D presentation)". Caribbean Association of Neurological Surgeons, November 2003, Panama City, Panama

42. "Skull base surgical approaches (3D presentation)". Luncheon Seminar at the XX Congress of Latin American Neurosurgical Federation, October 2002, Lima, Peru.

43. "Anterior transfacial approaches to the base of the skull". Annual Meeting of the Colombian Association of Otolaryngology. May 2002, Santa Marta, Colombia

44. "Transpetrosal surgical approaches to the base of the skull: 3D applications". Annual Meeting of the Colombian Association of Otolaryngology. May 2002, Santa Marta, Colombia

45. "Combined approaches in skull base surgery". XVIII international Simposium in Neurosurgery, November 2001, Bogota, Colombia.

46. "Trans and peri - cavernous approaches to basilar aneurisms". Caribbean Association of Neurological Surgeons, November 2001, San Juan, Puerto Rico

47. "Petrous bone surgery". Caribbean Association of Neurological Surgeons, November 2001, San Juan, Puerto Rico

48. "Extradural exposure of the cavernous sinus". XVIII international Symposium in Neurosurgery, November 2001, Bogota?, Colombia

49. "Combined transfacial trancranial approaches to the clivus". XVIII international Symposium in Neurosurgery, November 2001, Bogota?, Colombia

50. "Peri and trans- cavernous routes to the upper clivus". Millennium Meeting of the Caribbean Association of Neurological Surgeons, November 2000, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic

51. "One year experience as volunteer neurosurgeon in Peru". International committee of Congress of Neurological Surgeons Meeting. October 2000; San Antonio, Texas, USA

52. "Anterior transfacial approaches to cranial base lesions". Colombian Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, August 2000; Medellin, Colombia

53. "Cranial Base Surgical approaches to the basilar artery region". X International Congress of Neurosurgery, April 2000; Arequipa, Peru?

54. "Transpetrous surgical routes in "Skull Base Surgery". XXXII Peruvian and International Congress of Surgery, March 2000; Lima, Peru

55. "Far lateral trans-condylar approach to the anterior brain stem". XXXII Peruvian and International Congress of Surgery, March 2000; Lima, Peru

56. "Advances in Neurosurgery". University "Federico Villareal" of Lima, Dicember 1999; Lima, Peru

57. "Cranial base surgical approaches to the clivus". Peruvian Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, October 1999; Lima, Peru



Abstracts:

58. A. Bernardo, A. Visca, R. Faggin, H. Riina, P. Stieg. Analytical evaluation of transpetrosal surgical avenues to the petroclival region. Congress of Neurological Surgeons Meeting. October 2006, Chicago, IL

59. A. Bernardo, H Riina, P. Stieg.
"Surgical exposure of the superior orbital fissure(SOF) and intraorbital contents though an orbito-zygomatic osteotomy: a cadaveric study". Congress of Neurological Surgeons Meeting. October 2005, Boston, MA

59. Bernardo A, Kim HK, Zabramski JM, Passacantilli E, Deshmukh P, Spetzler RF. A Function-Sparing ?Conservative" Perilabyrinthine-Transpetrosal Approach to the Anterior Brainstem and Clivus.. American Association of Neurological Surgeons Meeting. April 2003, San Diego, CA

60. Bernardo A, Beals SP, Joganic EF, Zabramski JM, Schornak M, Deshmukh P, Spetzler RF. Analytical evaluation of transfacial approaches provides a new classification. North American Skull Base Society Meeting. February 2003, Memphis, TN

61. Bernardo A, Preul MC, Zabramski JM, Spetzler RF. A New Three-Dimensional Interactive Virtual Model to Simulate Transpetrous Surgical Avenues. American Association of Neurological Surgeons Meeting. April 2003, San Diego, CA

62. Ammirati M, Bernardo A. The intracranial course of the pericarotid sympathetic fibers: a microsurgical anatomical study. American Association of Neurological Surgeons Meeting. April 2000. San Francisco

63. Ammirati M, Bernardo A. Extradural exposure of the cavernous sinus: dissection technique. American Association of Neurological Surgeons Meeting. April 2000. San Francisco

64. Bernardo A, Rocca UF, Rossell A, Chavez L, Palacio F. Specimens preparation technique for use in neurosurgical dissection. Peruvian Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, October 1999; Lima, Peru

65. Bernardo A, Rocca UF, Rossell A, Chavez L, Palacio F. Advantage of the orbito-zygomatic osteotomy in dealing with large sphenoid wing meningiomas.. Peruvian Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, October 1999; Lima, Peru

66. Ammirati M, Bernardo A. Early experience with fractionated stereotactic radiosurgery using a conformal intensity modulated system (Peacock system). Congress of Neurological Surgeons Meeting. October 1998. Seattle, USA

67. Ammirati M, Bernardo A. Microsurgical anatomy of the cavernous sinus focusing on its membranes: a new anatomical model. Congress of Neurological Surgeons Meeting. October 1998. Seattle, USA

68. Ammirati M, Bernardo A. Surgical exposure and dissection of the superior orbital fissure ( SOF ) as seen from the pterional approach: a cadaveric prosection. Congress of Neurological Surgeons Meeting. October 1998. Seattle, USA

69. Piper IR, Spiegelberg A, Bernardo A, Mascia L, Signorini D, Whittle I, Miller JD. A comparative study of the Spiegelberg Compliance Device with a manual volume injection method: A Clinical Evaluation. Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Intracranial pressure and Neuromonitoring, Williamsburg Virginia, USA. 1997.

70. Spiegelberg A, Piper IR, Bernardo A, Mascia L, Miller JD. Automated measurement of craniospinal compliance ?Intracranial pressure, brain edema and blood circulation of the brain? conference
German Society for Neurosurgery, Essen, Germany 1996

71. Bernardo A, Jones PA, Andrews PJD, Piper IR. Miller, JD. Do secondary insults occur in patients with spontaneous subarachnoid heamorrage? Scottish Association of Neurological Sciences. November 1995. Dundee, Scotland, U.K.

72. Piper IR, Spiegelberg A, Bernardo A, Mascia L, Whittle I, Miller JD. Automated Compliance Measurement in Brain Injured Patients: A New Method. The J Douglas Miller Memorial Meeting. October 16 - 18th, 1996. Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom.

73. D?Andrea F., Maiuri F., Bernardo A, Gallicchio B, Serra L. Intra and post-operative ecothomographic evaluation of posterior cranial fossa mass lesions XLIII National Congress 16 - 19 October 1994. Taormina, Italy.

74. Gallicchio B, Bernardo A, Iaconetta G, Maiuri F., D? Andrea F.. Prognostic and clinical value of the visibility of the venous blood flow in the internal jugular vein in real time during ecothomographic examination of the supra-aortic vessels. XLIII National Congress. Societ? Italiana di Neurochirurgia. 16 -19 October 1994 Taormina, Italy

75. Gallicchio B, Cafiero T, Bernardo A, Gargiulo G, Iaconetta G, Maiuri F. Changes in Cerebral Blood Flow during PIC Monitoring, TCD Measurement
VIII International Symposium on Intracranial Pressure, June 16-20, 1991, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

76. Giordano Lanza G, Montagnani S, Bernardo A, Gallicchio B, Maiuri F,.Vitelli R, Spera R. Altered expression of endothelial and muscle cells antigen in Atherosclerotic Plaque. 9th International Congress of Histochemistry and Citochemistry. Maastricht, The Netherlands, August 30 - September 5, 1992

77. Maiuri F, Bernardo A, Gallicchio B, Serra L. Post-operative ecodoppler findings in Carotid-Surgery and their predictive value about restenosis. XLII National Congress - Societa Italiana di Neurochirurgia, September 22-25, 1993

78. Gallicchio B, Maiuri F, Montagnani S, A Bernardo, Donati PA , Catapano G.Local immunity reactions in the atheromathous carotid-plaque. Preliminary Study XL National Congress - Societa Italiana di Neurohirurgia - Perugia, Italy, 1991

79. Maiuri F, Montagnani S, Bernardo A, Gallicchio B, Gangemi M. Correlation between perilesional edema and hormone receptors in cranial meningoma IXL National Congress - Societa Italiana di Neurochirurgia. Lecce, Italy, 1990

80. G.Gallichio, Maiuri F, Montagnani S, Bernardo A, E.Di Vaia, Serra L. Immunoistochemical Characteristics of Human Atherosclerotic Carotid-Plaques. Second World Congress of Stroke of the Stroke International Society, Washington D.C. USA, September 8-12, 1992

81. Gallicchio B, Maiuri F, Bernardo A, P.A Donati, Montagnani S, E.Di Vaia Carotid Endoarteriectomy, The Role of Real Time B-Mode Ultrasonography in the follow-up Second World Congress of Stroke of the International Stroke Society, Washington DC, USA September 8-12, 1992

82. De Rosa P, Giordano Lanza G, Bernardo A, E.Di Vaia, Montagnani S, M.Cinquegrani. Biopolymers Use for the Insertion of Extrinsic Muscles of the Rabbit Eye XLIV National Congress ? Italian Association of Anatomy, Bologna, 1990

83. Bernardo A, Nappi F, Jannelli G, Pelluso GF, Metafora S, Ravagnan, N.Spampinato Prevention of Ischemic and Riperfusion Damage after using Neoton PG12 and RSV4 The Third World Congress on Open Heart Technology - Fourth National Congress A.N.P. e C., Florence, Italy, 1988

84. Bernardo A, G.Giordano Lanza, E.Di Vaia, S.Sciorio, Gallicchio B, S. Montagnani Immunoistochemical Study of Human Atherosclerotic Plaque Reports of XXIV National Congress ?. Basic and Applied Histochemistry. 1991

85. Bernardo A, G.Giordano Lanza, E.Di Vaia, S.Montagnani, P.De Rosa Morphological and Immunochemical Observation in Vitro Cultured in Rabbit Pigmented Epithelial Cells IX International Symposium on Morphological Sciences, Nancy, France, 1990

86. Giordano Lanza G, Montagnani S, TarantinoG, A Bernardo, M.Marzano, M.Rubino, E.Di Vaia Experimental model of acute liver damage in rat injected with Dymetilnitrosamine. Federative International Congress of Anatomy, Rio de Janeiro, 1989

87. Giordano Lanza G, M.Rubino, Bernardo A, .Tarantino G, Marzano M, Montagnani S. Immunoistochemical features of rat cirrhotic liver after administration of Dymetilnitrosoamine. XXIII National Congress - Italian Association of Histochemistry, Pavia, 1988



Publications:

88. Ammirati M., Bernardo A. The superior orbital fissure as seen from the pterional approach: an anatomic-surgical study. J Neurosurgery

89. Bernardo A, Preul MC, Zabramski JM, Spetzler RF. A three-dimensional interactive virtual dissection model to simulate transpetrous surgical avenues. Neurosurgery. 2003 Mar;52(3):499-505; discussion 504-5.

90. Clatterbuck RE, Bernardo A, Spetzler RF. Discovering the novel surgical approach.. Clin Neurosurg. 2003;50:36-44.

91. Ammirati M, Musumeci A, Bernardo A, Bricolo A. The microsurgical anatomy of the cisternal segment of the trochlear nerve, as seen through different neurosurgical operative windows. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2002 Dec;144(12):1323-7.

92. Ammirati M, Bernardo A, Musumeci A, Bricolo A.. Comparison of different infratentorial-supracerebellar approaches to the posterior and middle incisural space: a cadaveric study.. J Neurosurg. 2002 Oct;97(4):922-8.

93. Ammirati M, Bernardo A, Ramsinghani N, Yakoob R, Al-Ghazi M, Kuo J and Ammirati G. Early experience with fractionated stereotactic radiosurgery using a conformal intensity modulated system (Peacock system). Skull Base, volume 11, number2: 109-119, 2001

94. Ammirati M, Bernardo A. Analytical evaluation of complex anterior approaches to the Cranial Base: an anatomical study. Neurosurgery 43:1398-1408, 1998

95. Ammirati M, Bernardo A. Management of Skull Base Chordomas. Crit Rev Neurosurg 9 (1999) 2, 63-69

96. Maiuri F, Spaziante R, laconetta G, Bernardo A, Cirillo S, Del Basso De Caro ML. Intracranial Meningiomas: correlation between Magnetic Resonance and histologic findings. Eur. J. Radiology 1998

97. Giordano Lanza G, Montagnani S, Bernardo A, Maiuri F.. Expression of epithelial and mesenchimal markers in human meninges, normal and pathological.. Italian Journal of Anatomy and Embriology; Suppl. Vol. 99, October,1994

98. Maiuri F, Gallicchio B, Bernardo A, Ianconetta G, Serra L. Intraplaque Haemorrhage of the Carotid Arteries Diagnosis by Duplex Scanning. Journal of Neurosurg.Sc. 38:87-92, 1994.

99. Maiuri F, Gallicchio B, Bernardo A, Iaconetta G, Serra L. Unltrasonographic Findings that Predict Carotid Restenosis after Endoarterectomy. European Journal of Ultrasound 2: 261-267, 1995.

100. Maiuri F, Montagnani S, Bernardo A, G.Iaconetta, Gallicchio B. Correlation between Sex Hormone Receptors and Peritumoral Edema in Intracranial Meningiomas. Journal Neurosurg. Sc.38:2933,1994

101. Maiuri F, Gallicchio B, Bernardo A. Postoperative Echotomographic Evaluation after Carotid Endoarterectomy. J. Neurosurg. Sc.1992

102. Caradente M, De Marinis P, Bernardo A, D'Avino R. Cervical Medullary Tumors and Biochemical Stability of the Spine. A Case Study. Physician 2: 1-4, 1993

103. Caradente M, Bernardo A, Signorelli F, La Madia E, Serra L, Ambrosio G. Lumbar Stenosis: Literature review and 7 clinical cases. Physician 2: 30-40, 1992

104. Iaconetta G, Lamaida E, Bernardo A, Rossi A,De Caro ML, Monticelli A, Mauri F. Cerebellar Medulloblastoma in Adults: Report of 15 cases and review of the Literature. Acta Neurolo Vol.16 February-April 38-45, 1994



Reviewed paper


Martins C, Xiaoyong L, Rhoton ALJ. Role of the Zygomaticofacial Foramen in the Orbitozygomatic Craniotomy: Anatomic Report. Neurosurgery 53: 168-173, 2003