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20–21 November 2026 · Wits School of Public Health Auditorium. Faculty and registration are not yet confirmed.

WITS NEURORADIOLOGY & NEUROINTERVENTION SYMPOSIUM 2026

A two-day academic meeting

Two days on the neurovascular patient

Friday follows the patient with haemorrhagic and complex neurovascular disease — from presentation and imaging through aneurysm and AVM strategy to the difficult case and critical care. Saturday is a dedicated stroke day, following the pathway from first contact to functional recovery. The programme is under faculty development; faculty and registration details will follow.

Format
Two days — Friday and Saturday
Dates
20–21 November 2026
Venue
Wits School of Public Health Auditorium
Status
Programme in development
See the two days

Why this meeting.

Neurovascular disease is usually taught subject by subject: a lecture on aneurysms, a lecture on stroke imaging, a lecture on thrombectomy. That is not how the patient arrives. This meeting is built the other way round — each day follows a patient through the decisions actually made about them, in the order they are made.

Friday takes the patient with haemorrhage or complex neurovascular disease from presentation and imaging into aneurysm strategy, AVM and dural fistula strategy, the difficult case and bailout, and neurocritical care. Saturday takes the stroke patient from recognition and referral through assessment, imaging and the reperfusion decision, into thrombectomy, complications and post-reperfusion care, and out into rehabilitation and recovery.

The programme is designed so that a core group of local faculty can contribute across sessions and across both days, rather than requiring a separate speaker for every topic. Session titles are working titles; the scientific programme remains under faculty development.

  • Two days, roughly ten sessions
  • Friday — haemorrhagic and complex neurovascular disease
  • Saturday — the stroke pathway, end to end
  • Case-based sessions on the difficult case and bailout
  • Local faculty, contributing across both days
  • Device exhibition alongside the scientific programme

The two days.

Working session titles under faculty development. Individual talks, timings and speakers are assigned once the programme is approved.

Working programme — session titles and order may change.

DAY ONE · FRIDAY

Haemorrhagic and complex neurovascular disease

Presentation → imaging → aneurysm strategy → AVM and dAVF strategy → difficult cases and bailout → critical care

  1. Session 1

    Clinical presentation, diagnosis and imaging

    Haemorrhagic stroke and subarachnoid haemorrhage; imaging of aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations and dural fistulas.

  2. Session 2

    Aneurysm treatment strategy

    Ruptured and unruptured decision-making; endovascular strategy and the surgical interface.

  3. Session 3

    AVM and dural arteriovenous fistula

    Angioarchitecture and multimodality selection; dural fistulas and the treatment route.

  4. Session 4

    Difficult cases, complications and bailout

    Case-based: what happened, what you would do next, how it was rescued, and when to stop.

  5. Session 5

    Neurocritical care and the periprocedural patient

    Physiological management after haemorrhage and after intervention, and escalation.

DAY TWO · SATURDAY

The stroke pathway, from first contact to recovery

Pathway → assessment → imaging → reperfusion decision → thrombectomy → complications and critical care → rehabilitation and recovery

  1. Session 1

    Optimising the stroke pathway

    Recognition, referral and transfer; door-to-imaging, door-to-needle and door-to-groin.

  2. Session 2

    Emergency assessment and the reperfusion decision

    NIHSS; CT and ASPECTS; CTA and collaterals; thrombolysis, and who proceeds to thrombectomy.

  3. Session 3

    Mechanical thrombectomy: strategy and the difficult case

    Aspiration, stent retriever and combined technique; tandem and distal occlusions; the failed first pass.

  4. Session 4

    Complications and post-reperfusion care

    Haemorrhagic transformation and oedema; monitoring, critical care and escalation.

  5. Session 5

    Rehabilitation, recovery and the multidisciplinary team

    Closing panel: early rehabilitation, physiotherapy and occupational therapy, and functional outcome.

Faculty.

The meeting is built around local faculty, with a core group contributing across sessions and across both days. Faculty are described by category only: no individual is named here, and no one is approached, until the scientific leadership directs it and consent to public naming is recorded.

  • Scientific leadership

    Holds scientific ownership of the programme and approves the faculty

  • Wits academic faculty

    Neuroradiology, neurointervention and academic radiology across the Wits circuit

  • Gauteng and national contributors

    Neurointerventional and neuroradiology colleagues from the wider local community

  • Multidisciplinary contributors

    Neurology, neurosurgery, anaesthesia, critical care, emergency medicine, stroke coordination, specialist nursing and rehabilitation

Practical details.

  • Date

    Friday 20 and Saturday 21 November 2026.

  • Venue

    Wits School of Public Health Auditorium, Johannesburg.

  • Registration

    Registration is not open and no fee has been set. There is no registration route on this platform.

  • CPD

    CPD accreditation is subject to application and approval. Points and administration are not yet confirmed.

Who it is for.

  • Radiology

    Registrars and consultant radiologists, particularly those working in or towards neuroradiology and neurointervention.

  • Referring specialties

    Neurology and neurosurgery, and the physician and surgical teams who share these patients.

  • Acute care

    Anaesthesia, critical care and emergency clinicians who manage the patient around the procedure.

  • The wider team

    Radiographers, stroke and interventional nursing, rehabilitation therapists, medical officers, and interested students if capacity allows.

Industry.

The scientific programme is faculty-led and stays that way.

  • Device exhibition

    Industry would exhibit devices alongside the meeting. No formal practical or hands-on session is assumed.

  • Faculty control

    Faculty set the educational objectives and approve any sponsored content. Competing suppliers are treated equitably.

  • No sponsor confirmed

    No sponsor, partner or exhibitor is confirmed, and none is named on this page until the arrangement is formalised and approved for publication.

What happens afterwards.

With speaker consent only, the meeting would feed the WIRS Education Hub as a post-event capsule mapped to the curriculum pillars.

  • Approved reading lists

    Curated reading tied to the curriculum pillars.

  • Speaker-approved slides

    Shared only where the speaker consents.

  • Speaker-approved recordings

    Shared only where recording permission is granted.

  • WIRS summaries and diagrams

    Original WIRS summaries and diagrams drawn from approved material.

Still to settle.

Published here so that nothing on this page is mistaken for a decision that has been taken.

  • Programme approval

    The two-day architecture above is with the scientific leadership for approval.

  • Faculty

    The core group, mapped to the approved sessions, before anyone is approached.

  • Registration

    Whether there is a fee, and the route by which people register.

  • CPD

    Accreditation, points and administration.

  • Industry

    Which companies exhibit, and on what terms.

Frequently asked questions.

Is this event confirmed?

The dates and venue are confirmed: Friday 20 and Saturday 21 November 2026, at the Wits School of Public Health Auditorium. The scientific programme is under faculty development, and faculty and registration details are still being settled.

When and where is it?

Friday 20 and Saturday 21 November 2026, at the Wits School of Public Health Auditorium in Johannesburg.

Who is speaking?

The meeting is built around local faculty. No individual is named here until the scientific leadership approves the programme, faculty are approached, and consent to public naming is recorded.

How do I register?

Registration is not open, and there is no registration route on this platform. Fees and the registration model have not been decided.

Is there a practical or hands-on session?

No formal practical session is assumed. Industry would exhibit devices alongside the meeting.

Are CPD points available?

CPD accreditation is subject to application and approval. It is not yet confirmed.

While the programme comes together.

Faculty and registration details will be published here once they are confirmed. In the meantime, the Neuroradiology & neurointervention pillar in the Education Hub covers much of the same ground, and WIRS has published registrar guides on mechanical thrombectomy and on becoming a neurointerventionist in South Africa.