The First Vertigo Congress
in Romania
with International and Multidisciplinary Participation

Crowne Plaza Bucharest
September 18-20, 2025

Scientific programme

The First Vertigo Congress
in Romania
with International and Multidisciplinary Participation
Preliminary scientific programe

Wednesday 17th September 2025

08:30

Course Registration

09:00
Anatomy and Physiology of Inner Ear
M. Spanu, S. Dorasala
09:30
Periferal & Central Pathways, Vestibular connexions
10:00
Velocity Storage Mechanism and its role
Pradeep Vundavali
10:30
BPPV
A. Weisman, G. Bacarna
11:00
Vestibular Neuronites
E. Mihai, S . Popescu, S. Merchea
11:30
Meniere Disease
12:00
Recurrent Acute Vestibulopathies
12:30
Pontocerebellar Angle Tumors ( videopresentations from Surgery Room )
Sebastian Pavel, Sergiu Stoica
13:00
The Vascular System and the Glymphatic System of the Ear
13:30

Lunch Symposion

14:30
AICA Syndrome
Florin Antonescu
15:00
PICA Syndrome
15:30
The Role of Supliments, Vitamins in Vestibular pathology
16:30
Medical Treatment of Vestibular Pathology
17:00
Surgical treatment of Vertigo
17:30
Radiology of Inner Ear & its Pathological Aspects
Emilia Diaconu

Thursday 18th September 2025

08:30

Congress Registration

09:00

OPENING SESSION

Clinical Expression
Introductive Welcome talk
C. Chabbert &I. Voda
09:30
Clinical Expression
What happens in neural circuits in acute vertigo crisis ? How and When We can Intervene
Michel Lacour
10:00
Clinical Expression
Functional Mapping of Vestibular Cortex and its Implications for Cognition and Emotions
Christophe Lopez
10:30
Clinical Expression
Use and Rationale of benzodiazepines- Clinical Considerations in Dizziness, Imbalance, and Depression
Manea Mihnea
11:00

Coffee Break

11:30
Clinical Expression
Tiny Crystals, Big Impact- Exploring the World of Otoconia and Their Role in Balance - The Hidden Life of Otoconia
R.T.Vitton & C. Chabbert
12:15
Clinical Expression
Reccurent BPPV: How to stop it from coming back
Srinivas Dorasala
12:40
Clinical Expression
Unlocking BPPV- Smart Clues for Spotting Displaced Otoliths and Repositioning With Confidence
Pradeep Vundavali
13:00
Clinical Expression
News in Case of Residual Deficits after Correct Otolithic Repositioning
Peateek Porwal
13:30

Lunch Symposion

14:30
Clinical Expression
Is there Recurrent Vestibular Syndrome of Vascular Cause? What solutions do we have?"
Antochi Florina
15:00
Clinical Expression
Vertigo and Instability in Degenerative Parkinsonism. Valuable Symptoms in Diagnostics
Perju Lacramioara
15:30
Clinical Expression
Vestibular Cortex & Vestibular Epilepsy: Clinical and EEG Characteristics with Proposed Diagnostic Criteria
Christophe Lopez
16:00
Clinical Expression
Vertiginous and Auditory Seizures: Exploring the Intersection of Vestibular and Auditory Epileptic Manifestations
Mandruta Ioana
16:30

Coffee Break

17:00
Clinical Expression
Vestibular Migraine: the Cameleon Episodic Vestibular Syndrome
Hassen Kerkeni
17:30
Clinical Expression
Hidden Causes of Recurrent Vestibular Symptomps & Diseases
Christian Chabbert
18:00
Clinical Expression
Spontaneous and Evoked Vestibular Signs in Acute Unilateral Vestibular Pathology – A Pathophysiological Perspective
Salvatore Martelluci
18:30
Clinical Expression

Friday 19th September 2025

08:30

MEETING SVTH

09:00
Clinical Expression
Hunting for Early Meniere's Disease
Leonardo Manzari
09:30
Clinical Expression
17 Years of video Head Impulse Test and Meniere's Disease: What Have I Learned?
Leonardo Manzari
10:00
Clinical Expression
Cellular Mechanism and Patho-physiology of Endolymphatic Hydrops
Brahim Tighilet
10:30
Clinical Expression
Nystagmus during a vertigo crisis in Meniere Disease- direction og Ny, contribution of a mobile phone and therapeutic implications
P. Bertholon, V. Ionescu, A. Karkas
11:00

Coffee Break

11:30
Clinical Expression
Idiopathic intracranial hypertension as a cause of pulsatile tinnitus - diagnosis and treatment
Alexandru Dimancea
12:00
Clinical Expression
Tinnitus - last news about & AFREPA
Marie Jose Fraysse
12:30
Clinical Expression
Thrombophilia & Vertigo and Hearing loss. Key Scenarios , Warning Signs, and Treatment Paths ?
I. Voda, R. Teodorescu
13:00
Clinical Expression
The Interplay Between Leaky gut, Histamine Dysregulation, and Inner Ear vascularization: Diagnostic Clues and Treatment Approches
Ion Gabriela
13:30

Lunch Symposion

14:30
Clinical Expression
Postoperative Vertigo - When to worry and what to do: Red Flags, Reintervention or Medication? Why does postoperative vertigo happen
Didier Portmann
15:00
Clinical Expression
Intratympanic Injections: Best Practices , Risk Management, and Clinical Outcomes
Marie Jose Fraysse
15:30
Clinical Expression
Can we really recover vestibular function, or can we just compensate for it ? Magical vestibular rehabilitation ?
Michel Lacour
16:00
Clinical Expression
Normal life without vestibular information - acute bilateral areflexia - 2 different cases - Intensive Vestibular rehabilitation is the key ?
R Ralea, I Voda
16:30

Coffee break

17:00
Endocrinology
Management of Adrenocortical Function in pacients with Recurrent Vertigo
Badiu Corin
17:30
Endocrinology
Understanding the Relationship Between Hormones and Vertigo.- The Endocrine - Vestibular Connection
Elkiati Ghizlaine
18:00
Rheumathology
Vertigo Crises as a Frequent Symptom in Autoimmune Dosorders ? A Series of Case Reports
Diana Mihai Coman

Saturday 20th September 2025

08:30
Therapeutic Approaches
Livesaving Clues, The HINTS protocol, and the Questions you must Not to Forget - Vertigo in Emergency Room
Maja Striteska
09:00
Therapeutic Approaches
Imaging of pulsatile tinnitus : What to look for ?/ Non invasive imaging-signs, Tell- tales and Secrets
Dimancea Alexandru
09:30
Testing Approaches
Clinical Vestibulo- Cervico- Ocular Reflex - In Different Pathologies -case presentation + demonstration
Djamal Bouckhchem
10:00
Testing Approaches
Types of Central/ peripheral Nystragmus
Bingo Nystagmus/ Bingo Cases
11:30
Therapeutic Approaches
Virtual Reality - A smart and Futuristic Solution for Vestibular and neurological rehabilitation: When, How and for Whom ?
Frank Assaban
12:30
Therapeutic Approaches
French Flavors in Vestibular Rehab - From Simple to Complex Recipes for Acute and Chronic Cases
Olivier Dumas& Cecile Becaud
13:30

Lunch Symposion

14:30
Therapeutic Approaches
BPPV and its Relation to Gravity and Canal Jam
Haidar Alsarhan
15:00
Therapeutic Approaches
Various Repositioning Maneuvres for BPPV
All doctors & Kinetotherapists
15:30
TINNITUS
Tinnitus < Noise, Depression - unintended consequences
Carmen Sirbu, M.T.Trandafir, EA Ivan
16:00
TINNITUS
Developing a Comprehensive Tinnitus Questionnaire: Diagnostic Approach, Key Items, Supportive Interventions, and Etiological Guidance
16:30

CONCLUSIONS

Help us to Make a Pluridisciplinary Protocol for Vertigo in Romania