Neurosurgery Grand Rounds

CyberKnife radiosurgery for the management of skull base and spinal chondrosarcomas

Bowen Jiang MS IV, Stanford

Neural stem cells in the treatment of ischemic stroke: Optimizing delivery and improving outcomes

Jay Nathan, MS IV, Stanford

The use of the intraoperative MRI in pediatric neurosurgery: What have 500 cases taught us?

Lilly Goumnerova, MD, Associate Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, Children’s Hospital Boston

Treatment of Wide-necked intracranial aneurysms using a dual catheter technique

Katherine Kunigelis, MS IV, Univ of Virginia

Short stay protocol after endoscopic transsphenoidal resection of pituitary adenomas

Nisha Gadgil, MS IV, Baylor Coll of Med 

Stereotactic radiosurgery for intracranial chondrosarcomas

Aditya Iyer, MS IV, Univ of Pittsburgh

MR Neuroimaging Cagematch

Michael Moseley, PhD
Professor of Radiology, Stanford University

Potential gene therapy targets for addiction

Yaroslav Gelfand, MS IV, Cornell

The intrinsic apoptotic pathway:  New targets in cancer therapy and neuroprotection

Derek Yecies, MS IV, Boston University

Use of ERG in Neuromonitoring

Vladyslav Melnyk, MS IV, SUNY Upstate

Inhibitory neuron transplantation: Insights into the developmental cell death and ocular dominance plasticity of the cerebral cortex

Derek Southwell, MD, PhD
Junior Resident, Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford Univ.

Medulloblastomics

Yoon-Jae Cho, MD, Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology, Stanford University

The future role of board certification

Daniel Barrow, MD, Professor and Chairman
Department of Neurosurgery, Emory University

Dendrimer drug delivery & Rabbit spinal fusion model

Lee Hwang, MS IV, UT Southwestern

P-Comm aneurysms: A microcosm in the clip-coil debate

Jonathan Pace, MS IV, Medical College of Wisconsin

Chiari malformation type I and the Chicago chiari outcome scale

Leonardo Aliaga, MS IV, Univ. of Chicago

Leadership development in the age of restricted work hours

Karin Muraszko, MD, Professor and Chair
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan

Calcium-activated chloride channels in hippocampal pyramidal neurons

Wendy Huang, MS IV, Brown Univ.

The role of flow diverting stents in the treatment of internal carotid artery aneurysms

Daniel Donoho, MS IV, SUNY Stony Brook

New brain tumors, update 2012: What can your neuroradiologist really tell you?

Anne Osborn, MD, Professor
Department of Radiology, University of Utah

Biomarkers in academic neurosurgery: EGFRvIII, extracellular RNA, and developing the expert neurosurgeons of the future

Bob Carter, MD, PhD, Professor and Chief
Division of Neurosurgery, UCSD

Estrogen mediated microglial activation and its effect on functional outcomes in a murine model of mild traumatic brain injury

Odera Umeano, MS IV, Duke University

Engineering implantable systems for brain machine interfaces

Farah Laiwalla, MS IV, Brown University

Faster than the blink of an eye: Using electrocorticography to reveal widespread brain activity at the speed of cognition

Kai Miller, MD, PhD
Junior Resident, Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford Univ.

Complex chiari malformations:  Recognition and management strategies

Douglas Brockmeyer, MD, Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Utah

Translational neuro-oncology: Turning knowledge into money

John H. Sampson, MD, PhD, Professor
Division of Neurosurgery, Duke University

Interictal spikes in human epilepsy: Investigations of associated single neuron activity

Paul House, MD, Asst. Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Utah

Acute spinal cord injury – new concepts in diagnosis and treatment

Allan Levi, MD, PhD, Professor & Chief
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Miami

Ablative techniques in the management of cancer pain

Ashwin Viswanathan, MD, Asst. Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine

Cerebrospinal fluid movement using a time-spatial labeling inversion pulse technique

J. Gordon McComb, MD, Professor
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Southern California

Identifying the lineage hierarchy in human fetal brain development and high grade glioma

Siddhartha Mitra, PhD, Senior Research Scientist
Institute of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University

Brain metastases

Daniel Silbergeld, MD, Professor
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington Medical Center

Molecular and cellular therapy for ALS

Nicholas Boulis, MD, Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, Emory University

Project Shunt – University of Michigan Goes to Guatemala

Karin Muraszko, MD, Professor
Department of Neurological Surgery, Univ. of Michigan

New insights into the pathophysiology and treatment of brain and spinal cord injury

W. Dalton Dietrich, PhD, Professor
Department of Neurological Surgery, Univ. of Miami

Surgical transplantation of purified human neural stem cells for neurodegenerative disorders: Clinical and anatomical results of a Phase I trial

Nathan Selden, MD, PhD, Professor & Vice Chair
Department of Neurosurgery, Oregon Health & Science University

Three decades of surgery for pediatric craniopharyngioma

Jeffrey Wisoff, MD, Assoc. Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, NYU

Endoscopic management of craniosynostosis: Surgical techniques and long term outcomes

David Jimenez, MD, Professor & Chairman
Department of Neurosurgery, Univ. of Texas at San Antonio

Minimally invasive endoscopic brain and spine surgery

Hae-Dong Jho, MD, PhD, Professor & Chairman
Department of Neuroendoscopy, Allegheny General Hospital

The electric brain: Lessons learned from a decade devoted to DBS

Kelly D. Foote, MD, Assoc. Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, Univ. of Florida

Multi-scale data fusion in glioblastoma

Olivier Gevaert, PhD, Research Associate
Department of Radiology, Stanford Univ.

Awake craniotomy – Isn't it time to put it to sleep?

Frederick Boop, MD, Professor and Chairman
Department of Neurosurgery, Univ. of Tennessee

Frontiers in functional neurosurgery

Roy Bakay, MD, Professor & Chairman, Department of Neurological Surgery, Rush University Med. Ctr

Discovering mechanisms that contribute to absence epilepsy: A genetic and a pharmacologic approach

Allyson Alexander, MD, PhD, Senior Resident, Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford

A primer on Neuro-Ophthalmology for neurosurgeons

Joyce Liao, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Stanford University

An evidence-based approach to multi-modality neuromonitoring

Karen Hirsch, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, Stanford Univ.

A primer on Neuro-Ophthalmology for neurosurgeons

Joyce Liao, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Stanford University

An evidence-based approach to multi-modality neuromonitoring

Karen Hirsch, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, Stanford Univ.

Beyond the Black Bag: Update on Stanford Intraoperative Neuromonitoring

Scheherazade Le, MD, Clinical Instructor, Department of Neurology, Stanford Univ.

Neurosurgery in Uganda

Ramin Eskandari, MD, Clinical Instructor, Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford Univ

Postoperative visual loss following prone cases

Karl Zheng, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesia, Stanford Univ.

Minimally invasive approaches to the correction of adult spinal deformity

Richard G. Fessler, MD, PhD, Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, Rush University Medical Center

Global neurosurgery: Building capacity through twinning, training and technology in East Africa

Michael Haglund, MD, PhD, Professor
Division of Neurosurgery, Duke University

Controversies in the management of Chiari malformation and tethered spinal cord

Timothy B. Mapstone MD, Professor and Chairman
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Oklahoma

Lessons from the Neurosurgical Theater: Operation Iraqi Freedom

Gerald Grant, MD, Assoc. Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University Medical Center

Endonasal skull base and pituitary surgery – Where are we now?

Theodore Schwartz, MD, Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, Weill Cornell Medical College

Management of cervical spondylosis and cervical spine deformity

Edward Benzel, MD, Professor & Chairman
Department of Neurosurgery, Cleveland Clinic

Fetal surgery for myelomeningocele – The MOMS trial and beyond

Leslie Sutton, MD, Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Paraclinoid aneurysms and related issues

Christopher S. Ogilvy, MD, Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital

Neurosurgical Innovation:  The Vanderbilt Initiative for Surgery and Engineering ~ ViSE ~ a model of collaboration

Reid C. Thompson, MD, Professor & Chairman
Department of Neurological Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

The utility of the endoscope in neurosurgery

Carl Heilman, MD, Professor & Chairman
Department of Neurosurgery, Tufts University School of Medicine

The death of evidence-based neurosurgery?

Stephen J. Haines, MD, Professor & Chairman
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Minnesota

Decoding the mind at the speed of visual perception

Kai Miller, MD, PhD
Resident, Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford Univ.

Neurosurgical outcomes, the advantages and disadvantages of longitudinal database studies

Anand Veeravagu, MD
Senior Resident, Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford Univ.

Convection-enhanced delivery for pharmacologic neurosurgery

Russell R. Lonser, MD, Professor & Chairman
Department of Neurological Surgery, Ohio State University

Beyond fusion: Thoughts on spinal fixation

Dennis Maiman, MD, PhD, Professor & Chairman
Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin

The evolution of epilepsy surgery

Dennis Spencer, MD, Professor & Chairman
Department of Neurosurgery, Yale School of Medicine

Degenerative cervical deformity

Vincent Traynelis, MD, Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, Rush University Medical Center

Neuroscience centers of excellence: Challenges and opportunities for transformation in a changing healthcare environment

Marc Mayberg, MD, Executive Director
Swedish Neuroscience Institute, Swedish Medical Center

Cerebellopontine angle tumors

Robert Jackler, MD, Professor & Chairman
Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Stanford University

Viruses: a cause and a therapy for tumors

E. Antonio Chiocca, MD, PhD, Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, Harvard University

Principles of intradural spine surgery

Paul McCormick, MD, MPH
Professor of Neurological Surgery, Columbia University

The challenge of translation in acute spinal cord injury

Brian Kwon, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor
Department of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia

Post-operative spinal infections

Alexander R. Vaccaro, MD, PhD, Professor
Department of Orthopedics and Neurosurgery, Thomas Jefferson University

Updates in peri-operative medicine:  Should we change our practice?

Sarita Khemani, MD, Asst. Prof, Dept. of Medicine Stanford

Neurosurgical volunteerism in the developing world

Jack P. Rock, MD, Henry Ford Hospital
Department of Neurosurgery, Henry Ford Hospital

The promise of oncolytic viral therapy

James Markert, MD, MPH, Professor and Chair
Director, Division of Neurosurgery, UAB

New frontiers in cerebrovascular and skull base surgery

Saleem I. Abdulrauf, MD, Professor & Chairman
Department of Neurological Surgery, St. Louis University Hospital

The life and times of the Editor-in-Chief

Nelson M. Oyesiku, MD, PhD, Professor
Department of Neurological Surgery, Emory University

Changing paradigms of care in neurosurgery

L. Dade Lunsford, MD
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh

Outcomes research and patient access to spine care

John Ratliff, MD, Associate Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University

Lineage-Specific Splicing of a Brain-Enriched Alternative Exon Promotes Glioblastoma Progression

Markus Bredel, MD, PhD, Professor
Department of Radiation Oncology, Neurosurgery, University of Alabama

Outcomes research and patient access to spine care

John Ratliff, MD, Associate Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University

Lineage-Specific Splicing of a Brain-Enriched Alternative Exon Promotes Glioblastoma Progression

Markus Bredel, MD, PhD, Professor
Department of Radiation Oncology, Neurosurgery, University of Alabama

DEPARTMENTALCONFERENCE for July 2014

(Hospital and Professional Staff Only)

Hanbery Meeting

Peer Reviewed Publishing In the Age of the Internet

John R. Adler MD, Dorothy & TK Chan Professor Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University

Sub-Intern Research Presentations 

Moving Towards Anti-Invasive Therapy for Glloblastoma: Studies ofTumor Migration In Living Tumor Tissue
Jonathon J. Parker, PhD
Medical Scientist Training Program, University of Colorado School of Medicine 

Microenvlronmental regulation of Glioblastoma Invasion and Proliferation
Dominique Higgins, MS
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine 

TBA
Bornall Kundu, PhD
University of Wisconsin, Madison

TBA

DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for July 2014 

(Hospital and professional staff only)

Update In Grading and Molecular Diagnosis of Brain Tumors  

Dr. Hannes Vogel, Professor of Pathology
Stanford University School of Medicine

CT Perfusion Imaging In Neurosurgery & Its Applications

Max Wintermark, MD, Professor of Radiology, Section Chief of Neuroradiology Department ofNeuroradiology, Stanford University

Dural Fistulas: Diagnosis and Endovascular Treatment

Van Halbach, MD Clinical Professor of Radiology, Neurology, and Neurosurgery
University of California, San Francisco Medical Center

DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for August 2014

(Hospital and professional staff only)

Neuroregernadon In Spinal Cord Injury

Dr. Raphael Guzman, Professor of Neurosurgery and Vice Chairman
Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Basel and the University Children's Hospital of Basel

Current Approaches to Management of lntracranial AVMs  

Office of Philip E. Stieg, PhD, MD, Chairman and Neurosurgeon-in-Chief
Department of Neurological Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College

Evidence-based solutions for Concussion to Coma

Jamshid Ghajar MD, PhD, FACS, Director of the Stanford Concussion and Brain Health Center
Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine

Glioblastoma in Mice and Man

Eric C. Holland, MD, PhD, Senior Vice President
Director: Division of Human Biology, Solid Tumor Translational Research, Nancy and Buster Alvord Brain Tumor Center
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and University of Washington

DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for August 2014 

(Hospital and professional staff only)

The Case for Asleep DBS (aDBS)

Dr. Kim Burchiel, Professor, Dept of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine Department of Neurological Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University

The Mathematics and the Biophysics of Aneurysm Formation and Rupture

Dr. Charles Prestigiacomo, Professor and Chairman
Department of Neurological Surgery 

Professor, Departments of Radiology and Neurology and Neurosciences Program Director, Residency in Neurological Surgery Director of Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Surgery Department of Neurological Surgery Rutgers New Jersey Medical

DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for October 2014 

(Hospital and professional staff only)

HOLIDAY

“Surgical Treatment of Meningiomas: Summary Results form a 20 Year Experience

Dr. Michael McDermott, Vice Chairman, Department of Neurological Surgery, UCSF
Professor in Residence of Neurological Surgery, Halperin Endowed Chair
Department of Neurological Surgery, UCSF

TBA

DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for November 2014 

(Hospital and professional staff only)

HOLIDAY

HOLIDAY

The Impact of Comprehensive Brain Tumor Centers and Operative Decision Making on Patients with Malignant Brain Tumors

Mark Rosenblum, MD

Mobile Stroke Treatment Units: A new system of cerebrovascular care delivery

Peter A Rasmussen, MD, Director of the Cerebrovascular Center, Cleveland Clinic Cleveland Medical Director of Distance Health

TBA

Howard Yonas, MD Chairman
Department of Neurosurgery, University of New Mexico

Departmental Conference for February 2015

(Hospital and Professional staff only)

TBA

Brain Tumors: From Vaccines to Intra-Operative Imaging

Keith Black, MD, Chair
Department of Neurosurgery, Cedar Sinai Medical Center

Next Generation Treabnent for Intra Cerebral Hemorrhage

Neil Martin, MD, Chair
Department of Neurosurgery, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

Departmental Conference for January 2015

(Hospital and Professional staff only)

TBA

Anna Joy, Ph.D, Profesor
Barrow Brain Tumor Research Center, Barrow Neurological Institute

TBA

Cutting Edge: Chasing Migratory Cancer Cells

Alfredo-Quinones, MD

Departmental Conference for January 2015 

(Hospital and Professional staff only)

The Neurobiology of Human Language, Recent Memory and Learning: A perspective from Awake Neurosurgery

George Ojemann, MD, Professor-emeritus of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington

Endonasal Endoscopic techniques for skull based lesions: Where are we on Scotts Parabola?

Jacques J. Marcos, MD, Professor of Clinical Neurological Surgery and Otolaryngology Co-Director, Microsurgery Training Center,Director of Cerebrovascular Surgery Director of Skull Base and Endoscopic Surgery, Professor of Clinical Neurological Surgery and Otolaryngology University of Miami

TBA

Art Day, MD Professor and Vice Chairman
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Texas Houston Health Science Center in Houston

Developing New Treatments for Brain Tumors

Henry Brem, MD, Professor and Director
Department of Neurosurgery, John Hopkins University School of Medicine

Departmental Conference for March 2015 

(Hospital and Professional staff only)

TBA

Multicolor Skull Base Surgery

Robert Friedlander, MD, Chairman, Walter E. Dandy Professor of Neurological Surgery Head of Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery
University of Pittsburgh, Department of Neurological Surgery

lmmunotherapy for Brain Tumors

Michael Lim, MD, Director of Brain Tumor lmmunotherapy
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
The John Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, Oncology and Radiation Oncology

2015 Neuroscience Research Forum

Departmental Conference for April 2015 

(Hospital and Professional staff only)

Brain Power: Wearable Technologies to Reinvent and Re-engage the World of People with Autism

Ned Sahin, postdoctoral fellow
Harvard's Psychology Department and UCSD's Radiology Department

Functional Micro Dissection of Human Speech Cortex

Edwards F. Chang, MD
Associate Professor in Residence of Neurological Surgery and Physiology Co-Director, Center for Neural Engineering at UC Berkeley and San Francisco

Departmental Conference for May 2015 

(Hospital and Professional staff only)

HOLIDAY

Unlearning Abnormal Neuronal Synchrony by Coordinated Reset Neuromodulation

Peter Tass, PhD, Consulting Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

Sub-Intern Presentations

Departmental Conference for May 2015

(Hospital and Professional staff only)

A Cellular Dissection and Reconstruction of the Human Cortex

Steven Sloan

HOLIDAY

Unlearning Abnormal Neuronal Synchrony by Coordinated Reset Neuromodulation

Peter Tass, PhD, Consulting Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

Sub-Intern Presentations

Departmental Conference for May 2015

(Hospital and Professional staff only)

A Cellular Dissection and Reconstruction of the Human Cortex

Steven Sloan

TBA

Human Astrocyte Progenitor Cell Transplantation into Athymic Rats after Spinal Cord Contusion

Cambia Green 

Network Analysis of Seizure Initiation

Jason Hsieh 

Pial Synangiosis for the Treatment of MoyaMoya Syndrome in Children with Sickle Cell Anemia

Peter Yang 

Gila in Neurodevelopment and Autism

Catherine Edmonson 

Investigation of Neuronal Manganese Regulation on Physiology and Disease

Kevin Kumar

TBA

Jeremy Heit, MD, PhD Clinical Instructor Radiology-Diagnostic Radiology, Stanford University

DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for July 2015

(Hospital and professional staff only)

Sub-Intern Presentations 

Treating Failed-Back Surgery Syndrome: a simplistic term for a complex problem
Scoco, Aleka, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine 

Investigating the Role of Intraoperative Electrocorticography in Resection of Epileptogenic Gliomas
Theiss, Peter, Columbia University Medical Center 

Utilization of endovascular and Intravenous treatments of acute ischemic stroke in North Carolina
Fatemi, Parastou. Duke Universltiy School of Medicine 

Advances In Peripheral Nerve Repair
Scoville, Jonathon, University of Cincinnati 

A novel, fully-implantable, wirelessly-powered epidural stimulator for reversible optogenetic manipulation of spinal cord circuitry
Morgan, Clinton, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Organization and control of hlppocampal circuits in epilepsy

Ivan Soltesz, MD, Professor of Neurosurgery
Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University

Personalized Medicine in Neurosurgical Oncology

Achal Achrol, MD, Neurosurgery Research Fellow
Stanford University School of Medicine

TBA

(Stanford Neuro-recovery mlnisymposium keynote speaker)

DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for August 2015

(Hospital and professional staff only)

lmmunotherapy Platforms for Brain Tumors

Linda Llau MD, Professor and Director of the UCLA Brain Tumor Program
Department of Neurosurgery, UCLA School of Medicine

Skull base course;Microsurglcal Managemen of Cranlopharyngiomas: 3 Decades Experience with 280 cases

Takanori Fukashima, Consulting Professor of Surgery Director, Skull Base Surgery Center
Carolina Neuroscience Institute, PC, Duke University Medical Center

Developing Pediatric Neurosurgery In a Developing Country

Leland Albright, Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh

DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for September 2015

(Hospital and professional staff only)

Recent Advances In Surgical Treatment of Spinal Neoplasms

Ziya Gokaslan, chair and chief
Department of Neurosurgery, Brown University

The Aging Spine: Understanding Costs and Outcomes in the United States

Joseph Cheng, MD, MS, Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery
Director, Neurosurgery Spine Program, Vanderbilt University

DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for October 2015

(Hospital and professional staff only)

HOLIDAY

Current and Future Trends In the Management of Brain Metastases

Raymond Sawaya M.D., Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Neurosurgery for Acoustic Neuromas: How Treatments are Evolving

Isaac Yang M.D., Assistant Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, University of California, Los Angeles

DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for November 2015

(Hospital and professional staff only)

HOLIDAY

HOLIDAY

Functional Hierarchies in Brain Tumors: Determinants of Self Renewal vs Differentiation

Peter Dirks, MD, PhD, FRCSC, Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery, University of Toronto

Reinventing Yourself as a Neurosurgeon

Gavin Britz, MD, Professor and Chairman
Department of Neurological Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital

The Future of Cerebrovascular Surgery

Gary Steinberg, MD, PhD, Chairman
Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University

DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for December 2015 

(Hospital and professional staff only)

Exploiting Viruses and Stem Cells to Treat Brain Tumors

Frederick Lang, MD Professor and Director of Clinical Research
Department of Neurosurgery, MD Anderson, University of Texas

Surgical treatment of Post-Traumatic Syringomyelia

Aruna Ganju, MD, Associate Professor
Department of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University

Pituitary Tumors: Modern Surgical Morbidity, Functional Outcomes, and Scientific Approaches

Manish Aghi, Associate Professor in Residence of the Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco

DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for January 2016

(Hospital and professional staff only)

Next Generation Immune Therapeutics for Gliomas

Amy Heimberger, MD, Professor
Professor, Department of Neurosurgery,The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

No Grand Rounds 

(ABNS Primary Exam)

Through the Looking Glass: Endoscopic Neurosurgery in 2016

Gabriel Zada, M.D., M.S., Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Southern California

Treatment of Complex Cerebral Aneurysms: Are Bypasses Still Needed?

Laligam N. Sekhar M.D., Professor and vice-chair of the Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington

DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for February 2016 

(Hospital and professional staff only)

Advancements in the Treatment of Cerebrovascular Disease: Challenges, Opportunities and the UCSD Experience

Alexander A. Khalessi, MD, vice chairman
Department of Neurosurgery, University of California, San Diego

TBA

Chirag Patil, MD, Program Director
Department of Neurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

A New Algorithm for Evidence Based Medicine in Neurosurgery

Robert Harbaugh, MD, University Distinguished Professor and Chair
Department of Neurosurgery, Penn State University

DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for March 2016 

(Hospital and professional staff only)

Heterogeneity Through Space and Time Drives the Behaviour of Childhood Medulloblastoma

Michael Taylor, MD, PhD, Associate Professor
Departments of Surgery and Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto

Revisiting the Treatment of Adult Craniopharyngioma: A changing Landscape

Kevin O. Lillehei, M.D., Professor and Ogsbury-Kindt Chair Director of Neuro-Oncology Program
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Colorado Hospital

TBA 

Nandan Lad, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, Duke University

DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for April 2016 

(Hospital and professional staff only)

Neurosurgery & Neurology Grand Rounds Cancelled

Subintern Presentations 

TBA
Meg Riordan, Skull Based Fellow 

Neuronal Activity Promotes Oligodendrogenesis and Adaptive Myelination in the Mammalian Brain
David Purger, MD/PhD student 

TBA
Rogelio Esparza, Medical Student

Correlative Approach to Cerebrovascular Science: Present and the Future

Omar Choudhri MD
Cerebrovascular Fellow, UCSF

DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for May 2016 

(Hospital and professional staff only)

High-Grade Glioma Surgery in Utrecht, Netherlands

Kai J Miller, Resident PGY-4
Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University

Intracranial Atherosclerosis: Challenges and Outside the Box Strategies for Management

Nestor Gonzalez, Assistant Professor Department of Neurosurgery, Cedars Sinai-UCLA

Subintern Presentations 

Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy without Static Spinal Cord Compression: A Recipe for Unnecessary Spinal Cord Biopsy
Ryan Planchard 

Surgical management of cervical disc disease
Jordan Xu 

GABA A Receptor Membrane Insertion Rates are Specified by Their Subunit Composition
Adeel Ilyas MS4 

Subgaleal Shunt Cases
Roohi Vinauk, MS4

High-Grade Glioma Surgery in Utrecht, Netherlands

Kai J Miller, Resident PGY-4
Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University

Intracranial Atherosclerosis: Challenges and Outside the Box Strategies for Management

Nestor Gonzalez, Assistant Professor Department of Neurosurgery, Cedars Sinai-UCLA

Subintern Presentations 

Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy without Static Spinal Cord Compression: A Recipe for Unnecessary Spinal Cord Biopsy
Ryan Planchard 

Surgical management of cervical disc disease
Jordan Xu 

GABA A Receptor Membrane Insertion Rates are Specified by Their Subunit Composition
Adeel Ilyas MS4 

Subgaleal Shunt Cases
Roohi Vinauk, MS4

The Evolution of Open Skull Base Surgery 

William Couldwell MD, PhD, FACS, Professor and Chair
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Utah

Understanding Skull Base Tumors:  Discovery and Translation

Ian F. Dunn, Associate Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School

Surgical Correction of Scoliosis in Children with Syrinx without Prior Neurosurgical Decompression

Marc Prablek

 Spreading Depolarization in Response to Injury

Anja I. Srienc, PhD

Reverse Engineering Neural Codes in a Tiny Brain

Joe Bell, MS4

Volume-Outcome Effect of Spinal Cord Stimulators

Kelly Ryan Murphy, MD candidate

Treatment of Basal Arteriovenous Malformations Multi-staged Operations & Barbiturate Anesthesia

Hoi Sang U, Professor
Department of Neurological Surgery, UCSD School of Medicine

DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for JULY 2016

(Hospital and professional staff only)

How Understanding Thoracolumbar Deformity Principles Improves Treatment of Degenerative Cases

Christopher Shaffrey, MD, Professor and Chair
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Virginia

Subintern presentations

Why are shunts failing my patients?
Mark Kraemer, University of Wisconsin

The role of the PAS domain of Phosphodiesterase A in CpDR mediated degradation by ClpXP
Nathan Colon, Drexel University College of Medicine

Convection Enhanced Delivery for Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG): Moving Beyond Feasibility

Mark Souweidane, MD, Vice Chairman and Professor Department of  Neurological Surgery
Director of Pediatric Neurological Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College

DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for August 2016

(Hospital and professional staff only)

Spinal Cord Injury Treatment at Shock Trauma

Bizhan Aarabi, MD, Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Maryland

Subintern presentation

Can Better Communication Prevent Suffering? Lessons from Emergency General Surgery, Neuro-Oncology, and Neurosurgery

Stephen Miranda

Sagittal Spinal Alignment

Robert Heary, MD, Professor of Neurosurgery
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

Learning from Tumor to Treat Stroke

Edward Smith, MD, Associate Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School

DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for September 2016

(Hospital and professional staff only)

Combination Immunotherapy for Malignant Glioma

William T. Curry, MD, Associate Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital

Separation Surgery and Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Spine Tumors: Why less really is more?

Mark H. Bilsky, MD, Professor
Department of Neurological Surgery, Cornell University-Weill Medical College

Evidence towards Guidance: Evidence-based Medicine and Neurological Surgery

Mark Hadley, MD, Endowed Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine

Thanksgiving Holiday

DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for October  2016

(Hospital and professional staff only)

The History of Neurosurgical Treatment of Vestibular Schwannomas (Acoustic Neuromas) and Current Management Strategies

Rafael Jesus Tamargo, M.D, Professor and Vice Chairman
Department of Neurosurgery, John Hopkins University School of Medicine

DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for November 2016

(Hospital and professional staff only)

Christmas Holiday

New Year's Holiday

Interneuronal Complicity in Ictogenesis

Taufik A. Valiant, MD, PhD, Associate Professor
Department of Surgery, University of Toronto

Brain Tumors

Albert H. Kim, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor
Department of Neurological Surgery, Washington University

Primary Spinal Column Tumors: Evaluation and Management

Laurence Rhines, MD, Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for December 2016

(Hospital and professional staff only)

Phase 0 Clinical Trial Paradigms for Brain Tumors

Nader Sanai, MD, FAANS, FACS, Associate Professor

Department of Neurological Surgery, Barrow Neurological Institute

SCI at UCSF- Acute Care and Research

Sanjay Dhall MD, Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery, UCSF

Director, Spinal Neurotrauma, San Francisco General Hospital

American Healthcare:  Can it be fixed?

William A. Friedman, MD, Chairman and Professor

 Department of Neurosurgery, University of Florida

DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for January 2017

(Hospital and professional staff only)

Surgical Options for Gliomas

Pierre A. Robe, MD, PhD, Professor and Chair of Neurosurgery

Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, University Medical Center of Utrecht

Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery in Children

James “Andy” Stadler, III MD, Pediatric Neurosurgery Fellow

Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University

No Grand Rounds

Intracranial Recording During DBS Surgery: Subthalamic and Cortical-subthalamic Coding of Speech Production

R. Mark Richardson, MD, PhD, FAANS, Assistant Professor and director
Department of Epilepsy and Movement Disorders Surgery, UPMC Presbyterian

DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for March 2016

(Hospital and professional staff only)

Dissecting the Patient Experience of Lumbar Surgery

Michael Steinemetz, MD, Chairman
Department of Neurosurgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Strategies for sensory reanimation of paralyzed limb

Timothy H. Lucas, Jr, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania

No Grand Rounds

DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for March 2017

(Hospital and professional staff only)

Importance of Enovascular Training for Residents

Elad Levy, MD
Professor and Chairman
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Buffalo

Management of Skull Base Malignancy

Franco DeMonte, MD
Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Texas MD Anderson

Rapid-Sequence Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Evaluation and Surveillance in Chiari I Malformation

James Pan, Medical Student

Optimizing Targeting of the Nucleus Accumbens in Deep Brain Stimulation

Sam Cartmell, Medical Student

Endothelial cell therapy, waveguide nanofabrication, and single molecule studies of protein synthesis

Ryan Jamiolkowski, Medical Student

DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for April 2017

(Hospital and professional staff only)

Vertebral Column Resection for Severe spinal Deformity

Lawrence Lenke, MD
Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Columbia Medical School

2017 Neuroscience Research Forum

Odette Harris, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Stanford

June 16, 2017 •• LKSC-120

Human iPSC derived corticospinal neuron transplants for acute and chronic cervical spinal cord injury

Giles Plant, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford

The How When Where Why of Blood Loss During Spine Surgery

Karl Zheng, Assistant Professor and Director

Department of Epilepsy and Movement Disorders Surgery, Stanford

DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for May 2017

(Hospital and professional staff only)

Detecting and Targeting Natural Behavior with Subthalamic Nucleus Local Field Potentials

Adam Hebb, Senior Clinical Instructor

Department of Neurosurgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine

Sub Intern Presentations

"Angiogenesis and Aneuploidy in Central Nervous System Tumors"

Ryan M. Naylor M.D., Ph.D. candidate, Medical Scientist Training Program, Mayo Clinic 2010-2018

"Multimodal Immunotherapy for Glioma: Can Antagonism of the CXCR4/CXCL12 Chemokine Axis Potentiate Anti-PD-1 Effects on Long-Term Survival in a Murine Glioma Model?"

Adela Wu, MD Candidate Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

“Acquisition of Meiotic DNA Repair Regulators Maintain Genome Stability in Glioblastoma”

Maricruz Rivera, M.D. Student, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine.

Hanbery Society Meeting

DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for June 2017

(Hospital and professional staff only)

TBA

John Ratliff, MD, FACS, Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford Medical Center

Sub Intern Presentations

Elective Endovascular Treatment of Large or Giant Intracranial Aneurysms: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis.
Arvin Wali, UCSD School of Medicine

The Role of the Periaqueductal Gray in Modulating Emotion Perception in Humans
Akshay Sharma, MD Candidate, Case Western Reserve University

Detecting stealth pathologies of mild TBI - sensitivity of diffusion imaging to axonal injury
Arka Mallela, University of Pennsylvania

Neural stem cell differentiation and dedifferentiation in the adult olfactory epithelium
Daniel Herrick, Tufts

Decoding unconstrained arm movements in primates for brain machine interfaces using high-density ECoG signals
Gabriel Friedman, MD Candidate, Harvard Medical School

“Peripheral Nerve Surgery: Past, Present, and My View of the Future”

Thomas J. Wilson, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery
Stanford University, Stanford, CA

DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for JULY 2017

(Hospital and professional staff only)

Nuances of Trigeminal Neuralgia

Michael Lim MD, Associate Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Sub-Intern Research Presentations

The impact of gross total resection in malignant astrocytoma by tumor location and age

Kate Carroll, MD Candidate
University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA

Effect of music on patient anxiety and on neuronal firing patterns during awake deep brain stimulation surgery

Rebecca Achey , Predoctoral Research Fellow
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

Bench, to Bedside, and Back Again

Daryl Fields, MD/PhD candidate
University of Wisconsin 2018 (Madison, Wisconsin)

Utility of Tubular Retractors to Minimize Surgical Brain Injury: A Quantitative MRI Analysis.

Samuel H. Jones, M.D. Candidate

Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY

Novel Robotic Approaches to Mesial Temporal Ablation

Joseph Neimat, Norton Professor and Chairman
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Louisville

Curative and palliative MRI-guided laser ablation and Responsive Neurostimulator (RNS) placement for drug-resistant epilepsy

Steven Ojemann, Associate Professor Director
Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, University of Colorado Hospital

DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for August 2017

(Hospital and professional staff only)

Hemorrhage Risk of Arteriovenous Malformation

Judy Huang, Vice Chair
Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Stem Cells and Bioengineering Strategies for Enhancing Recovery from Spinal Cord Injury

Charles H. Tator, OC, MD, PhD, FRCSC FACS
Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto
Division of Neurosurgery, Toronto Western Hospital

Expression of PD-L1 on Pituitary Adenomas: A Role for Immunotherapy

Medical Student, Duke University School of Medicine

Bridging the Translational Gap in the Development of Therapies for Malignant Glioma

Medical Student, Indiana University School of Medicine

DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for September 2017

(Hospital and professional staff only)

"Intracranial Venous Stenting"

William T. Curry, MD, Associate Professor
Kenneth C. Liu, M.D., F.A.A.N.S., F.A.C.S., Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery
Department of Neurological Surgery, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

NO GRAND ROUNDS

DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for October 2017

(Hospital and professional staff only)

Thanksgiving Holiday

Physics in Neurosurgery: Photons and Electrons

Professor Alim Louis Benabid, MD, PhD
Chairman of the Board, Clinatec
Professor Emeritus of Biophysics at Joseph Fourier University

Surgery of (para)limbic gliomas and intraoperative monitoring of the human self

Karl Schaller, MD, Ordinary, Professor and Chairman
Ordinary professor and chairman at the University of Geneva
Department of Neurosurgery (succession of Prof. Nicolas de Tribolet), Switzerland

Neurosurgical Treatments for Spasticity

Bruce Kaufman, MD, Professor of Neurosurgery
Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for November 2017

(Hospital and professional staff only)

Winter Break

Pharmacotherapeutic Targets for Cerebral Aneurysms

Brian Hoh, Associate Chair
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Florida

Stem Cells for Spinal Cord Injury - Where are we headed?

Ann Parr, MD, Assistant Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Minnesota

DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for December 2017

(Hospital and professional staff only)

MRI Targeted Nerve Biopsy

Robert Spinner, MD, Chair
Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic School of Medicine

Characterization of a Porcine Large Animal Model of Spinal Cord Injury-Translational Potential

Maxwell Boakye, MD, Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Louisville School of Medicine

Flow Based Approach to Cerebrovascular Disease

Sepideh Amin-Hanjani, MD, Professor & Program Director
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Illinois at Chicago

DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for January 2018

(Hospital and professional staff only)

Novel Approaches to Closed-Loop Neuromodulation for Epilepsy

Robert E. Gross, MD, PhD
MBNA Bowman Chair & Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, Emory University

Canceled due to ABNS Primary Examinations

New Insights into the Management of Low-Grade Glioma Patients: from Neuroplasticity to Screening

Hugues DUFFAU, MD, PhD
Professor and Chairman
Department of Neurosurgery, Gui de Chauliac Hospital, Montpellier University Medical Center

DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for February 2018

(Hospital and professional staff only)

Anatomy Guided Microneurosurgery of Cerebral Intrinsic Lesions

Professor Guilherme Carvalhal Ribas
Neurosurgeon Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil Full Professor, Albert Einstein Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil Visiting Professor of the Department of Neurosurgery of the University of Virginia, USA

Building a Brain Tumor Program – The University of Miami Experience

Ricardo Komotar, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Miami School of Medicine

Anatomy of Main White Matter Tracts for Neurosurgeons

Christophe Destrieux, MD
Staff Neurosurgeon
Université François Rabelais in Tours

Charging a head with DBS: Movement, Memory, and More

Francisco Ponce, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery, Barrow Neurological Institute

Real-time Fuinctional, Flow and Tissue Mapping for Surgical Decision Making

Kyosuke Kamada, MD
Professor and Chairman
Department of Neurosurgery, Asahikawa Medical University

Tools to Help More Brain Tumor Patients with Better Surgery

Alexandra Golby, MD, Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School

Departmental Conference for March 2018

(Hospital and Professional staff only)

Sleep, Parkinson’s Disease, and DBS

 Aviva Abosch, MD, Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Colorado

Departmental Conference for April 2018

(Hospital and Professional staff only)

Limits of Endoscopic Endonasal Skull Base Surgery

Paul Gardner, Associate Professor
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

2018 Neuroscience Research Forum

Odette Harris, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Stanford

Progressive Improvement of Hearing Preservation with the Middle Cranial Fossa Approach for Vestibular Schwannomas: is there a Paradigm Shift coming for Treatment of NF-2 patients?

Greg Thompson, MD, Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan

MR Identification of Gyri and Sulci Along the Cerebral Surface: A Systematic Approach

Thomas Naidich, MD, Professor
Department of Radiology, Neurosurgery and Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai

Departmental Conference for May 2018

(Hospital and Professional staff only)

Initial Optimization of Nucleus Accumbens DBS with Coordinated Reset Stimulation for Binge Drinking

Allen Ho, MD, Neurosurgery Resident

Optic Nerve Diffusion Tensor Abnormality in Children Presenting Acutely with Hydrocephalus

Jennifer Quon, MD, Neurosurgery Resident

ASL Perfusion Imaging of the Frontal Lobes Predicts the Occurrence and Resolution of Posterior Fossa Syndrome

Derek Yecies, MD, Neurosurgery Resident

Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine

Peripheral Nerve Tumors:  To grow or not to grow that is the question

Michel Kliot, MD
Clinical Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine

Sub-Intern Research Presentations

Ziconotide May Accelerate a Decrease in Oral Opioid Intake in Patients with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Eric Herring, Medical Student

Intracranial Hemorrhage in DVT/PE Patients without Atrial Fibrillation: Direct Oral Anticoagulants versus Warfarin
Layton Lamsam, Medical Student

The Preservation of Cognition 1 Year After Carotid Endarterectomy in Patients With Prior Cognitive Decline
Sarah Larson, Medical Student

Electrical Stimulation of the Spinal Cord and Dorsal Roots to Restore Sensory Feedback After Upper-Limb Amputation
Ahmed Kashkouch, Medical Student

Improving Value in Neurosurgery with Transitional Care Programs
Faith Roberston, Medical Student

Dystroglycan: Form and Function in the Developing Brain
Himanshu Sharma, Medical Student

Departmental Conference for JUNE 2018

(Hospital and Professional staff only)

Quality and Outcomes: a Data-Driven Approach to the Practice of Pediatric Neurosurgery

Sandi Lam, MD, MBA, Associate Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine/ Texas Children’s Hospital

Examining and Modifying Pain Afferent Plasticity, Nociceptive Hyperreflexia, and Dysautonomia in a Preclinical Model of Spinal Cord Injury

Keith Tansey, MD, PhD, FASNR

Professor, Neurobiology and Neurosurgery, University of Mississippi Medical Center
Senior Scientist, NeuroRobotics Lab, Methodist Rehabilitation Center
Physician, Spinal Cord Injury Medicine, VA Medical Center, Jackson, MS
President, American Spinal Injury Association

Sub-Intern Research Presentations

Continuous Anesthesia in Radiofrequency Rhizotomy for Trigeminal Facial Pain: A Retrospective Review of Pain Relief
Lauren Stone, Medical Student

Identification of Serpin B3 as a Junctional Adhesion Molecule A Binding Partner in Glioblastoma Cancer Stem Cells
Josephine Volovetz, Medical Student

Artificial Antigen Presenting Cells for Glioblastoma Immunotherapy
Yuanxuan Xia, Medical Student

Cranial nerve contrast using nerve-specific fluorophores improved by paired-agent imaging with indocyanine green as a control agent
Victoria Vuong, Medical Student

Seizure Incidence and Contributing Factors in Patients with Leptomeningeal Disease
Laura Zima, Medical Student

Genetics of cerebrovascular diseases

Rose Du MD, PhD, Associate Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Departmental Conference for JULY 2018

(Hospital and Professional staff only)

Think Fast. Talk Smart.

Matt Abrahams, MA
Lecturer in Organizational Behavior and Workshop Leader
Graduate School of Business, Stanford University

Sub-Intern Research Presentations

Magnetic Drug Targeting: A Novel Treatment for Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors
Abhi Bhimani, Medical Student

Anti-PD-L1 Activation of Macrophages in a Murine Glioma Model
Timothy Woodiwess, Medical Student

Deep Brain Stimulation for Pain
Erin Yamamoto, Medical Student

Exploring the Role of RIN3 in Alzheimer's Disease
Douglas Zoerner, Medical Student

Multicorridor Skull Base Surgery

Juan C. Fernandez-Miranda, MD, FACS
Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine

Departmental Conference for AUGUST 2018

(Hospital and Professional staff only)

The Science and Ethics of Primary Spine Tumor Surgery

Michelle Clarke, MD, Professor of Neurosurgery
Department of Neurological Surgery, Mayo Clinic

Sub-Intern Research Presentations

Is HCAHPS useful for neurosurgeons? An exploratory analysis and implications for practice
Rasheedat Zakare-Fagbamila, Medical Student

Ribavirin as a potential therapeutic for atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors
Joshua Casaos, Medical Student

The Potential Impact of "Take the Volume Pledge" on Outcomes After Carotid Artery Stenting
Christian Lopez-Ramos, Medical Student

Cellular Architecture of the Hippocampus by seqFISH
Sheel Shah, Medical Student

TBA
Blade Sullivan, Medical Student

Incorporation of Spinal Navigation Technology into a Multidisciplinary Spine Practice - Brown Neurosurgery Experience

Adetokunbo Oyelese, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital Providence

Departmental Conference for September 2018

 (Hospital and Professional staff only)

Intracranial Dural Arteriovenous Fistulae: Surgical and Endovascular Pearls and Pitfalls

Stacey Q. Wolfe, MD
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Residency Program Director
Department of Neurosurgery, Wake Forest School of Medicine

Minimally-invasive options in ICH therapy and the ENRICH clinical trial

Gustavo Pradilla, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Department of Neurosurgery, Emory University School of Medicine

AVM Treatment: Sometimes Less is More

Robert Solomon, MD
Professor and Chairman
Department of Neurological Surgery, Columbia University

Thanksgiving Holiday

Departmental Conference for October 2018

 (Hospital and Professional staff only)

A quarter century quest to understand genomic landscape of neurosurgical diseases

Murat Gunel, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery
Department of Neurological Surgery, Yale School of Medicine

Neurosurgery: 2018 Coding and Reimbursement Update

Kim Pollock, RN, MBA, CPC, CMDP
KarenZupko & Associates, Inc.

Departmental Conference for November 2018

(Hospital and Professional staff only)

Winter Closure

Winter Closure

Forty Years of Neurosurgery

Henry Marsh MD, CBE, FRCS

The Natural History of Cerebral Aneurysms

H. Richard Winn, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Mount Sinai Medical School

Departmental Conference for December 2018

(Hospital and Professional staff only)

Brain in Flame: Pathology and Imaging of Noninfectious CNS Inflammation

Anne Osborn, MD
Distinguished Professor of Radiology, University of Utah

Pineal Region Tumors: State of the Art

Richard Ellenbogen, MD, FACS
Professor and Chairman of Neurological Surgery
University of Washington

Leadership: Knowledge, Wisdom, Inspiration

Edward Benzel, MD
Professor of Neurological Surgery, Case Western Reserve University

Departmental Conference for January 2019

(Hospital and Professional staff only)

Craniopagus Twins: the CHAM experience in 32 consultations, learning the do's and the do not

James Goodrich, MD, PhD
Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Montefiore Medical Center

No Neurosurgery Grand Rounds

A Unifying Hypothesis Behind Short and Long Term Consequences of Concussion

M. Sean Grady, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Cerebrovascular Disease in the Pediatric Patient

R. Michael Scott, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School

Departmental Conference for February 2019

(Hospital and Professional staff only)

The Fetoscopic Myelomeningocele Closure Program at Texas Children's Hospital (2011-2019)

William Whitehead, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Texas Children’s Hospital
Baylor College of Medicine

Developing Brain Tumor Therapies

Henry Brem, MD
Professor and Director of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions

Update on Chiari I Malformation

Karin Muraszko, MD
Professor and Chair of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan

Departmental Conference for March 2019

(Hospital and Professional staff only)

The Barrow Ruptured Aneurysm Trial: 10 Years in the Desert

Cameron McDougall, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institute

Neurosurgical Innovation and the Academic Ecosystem

Alexander Khalessi, MD, MS, FAANS, FACS, FAHA
Chair and Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery and Neurosciences, UC San Diego

Sub-I presentations and resident AANS talks

Expanding the Window for Stroke Therapies with Advanced Imaging

Gregory Albers, MD
Professor of Neurology and Director of the Stanford Stroke Center, Stanford University

Departmental Conference for April 2019

(Hospital and Professional staff only)

2019 Neurosciences Forum

No Neurosurgery or Neurology Grand Rounds

Immunotherapy for Brain Tumors- Using CAR T-Cell Platform for Glioblastoma

Donald O’Rourke, MD
Professor in Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Sub-I Presentations:

“Topographical encoding of gustatory and monetary reward in the human insular cortex: implications for neuro-modulation”
Danny Huang

“Intraoperative Detection of Pediatric Brain Tumor Margins using Raman Spectroscopy”
Rashad Jabarkheel 

“Robot-guided pediatric stereoelectroencephalography (SEEG) among pediatric patients”  
Yagmur Muftuoglu

DIFFICULT CASE CONFERENCE

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
(Open only to Neuroscience faculty & residents)

Departmental Conference for May 2019

(Hospital and Professional staff only)

No Neurosurgery Grand Rounds

Sub-Intern Research Presentations

“Myoelectric Computer Interface (MyoCI) Training for Reducing Abnormal Coactivation and Enhancing Arm Movement in Chronic Stroke Survivors: A Randomized Trial”
Murad Alqadi, Medical Student

"PD-1 Expression on CD8+ T Cells as a Biomarker for Immunotherapy Response”
John Choi, Medical Student

"Applications of next-generation sequencing and functional genomics in translational medicine"
Andrew Hardigan, Medical Student

“Surgical Outcomes in Adult North American Moyamoya Disease and Syndrome: Case Series”
Anadjeet Khahera, Medical Student

“MR-guided Focused Ultrasound for Delivery of Gene Therapy”
Graham Winston, Medical Student

 Initial Optimization of Nucleus Accumbens DBS with Coordinated Reset Stimulation for Binge Drinking

Jeremy Heit, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Radiology
Stanford University School of Medicine

No Neurosurgery Grand Rounds due to Hanbery Society

No Neurosurgery Grand Rounds

Sub-Intern Research Presentations

Myoelectric Computer Interface (MyoCI) Training for Reducing Abnormal Coactivation and Enhancing Arm Movement in Chronic Stroke Survivors: A Randomized Trial
Murad Alqadi, Medical Student

PD-1 Expression on CD8+ T Cells as a Biomarker for Immunotherapy Response
John Choi, Medical Student

Applications of next-generation sequencing and functional genomics in translational medicine
Andrew Hardigan, Medical Student

Surgical Outcomes in Adult North American Moyamoya Disease and Syndrome: Case Series
Anadjeet Khahera, Medical Student

MR-guided Focused Ultrasound for Delivery of Gene Therapy
Graham Winston, Medical Student

Endovascular Treatment of Complex Intracranial Aneurysms

Jeremy Heit, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Radiology
Stanford University School of Medicine

No Neurosurgery Grand Rounds due to Hanbery Society

Departmental Conference for June 2019

(Hospital and Professional staff only)

Sub-i research presentations

Systemic Methotrexate Results in Long-Term Disruption of White Matter and Cognitive Impairment
Connor Berlin

Investigating the mechanism of Teneurin-Latrophilin Trans-Synaptic Adhesion and Signaling in Synapse Formation
Shaleeka Cornelius

Robotic Laser Ablation in a Pediatric Neurosurgical Population: Oncology and Epilepsy
James Knight II

Structural connectivity of the Human Claustrum in Epilepsy
Anil Mahavadi

Sex Differences in Traumatic Brain Injury: Cortical Thickness & Symptomology
Felicia Sun

No Grand Rounds

The Stanford Partnership for Spinal Cord Injury and Repair

Graham Creasey, MD, FRCSEd
Paralyzed Veterans of America Professor of Spinal Cord Injury Medicine
Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine

Departmental Conference for July 2019

(Hospital and Professional staff only)

3D Complex Brain and Skull Base Surgery

Juan C. Fernandez-Miranda, MD, FACS
Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine

Endovascular Management of Complex Intracranial Aneurysms

Phil Taussky, MD
Associate Professor in Neurosurgery, University of Utah

Sub-I presentations

 A High-Tech Solution for the Low Resource Setting: A Tool to Support Decision Making for Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury
Cyrus Elahi, Visiting Medical Student

Pediatric Spinal Ependymomas: An Epidemiological Study
Ryan Kelly, Visiting Medical Student

Multimodal Immune Stimulators as Surgical Adjuvant for Treatment of Glioblastoma
Jordan Spatz, Visiting Medical Student

Departmental Conference for August 2019

(Hospital and Professional staff only)

Innovations in Spinal Surgery: Beyond the Laminectomy

Nicholas Theodore, MS, MD, FAANS, FACS
Professor of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Pediatric suprasellar tumors: The good, the bad and the ugly

Liliana Goumnerova, MD
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School

Intrasaccular Flow Disruption for Cerebral Aneurysms and the WEB-IT

Adam Arthur, MD, MPH
Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Tennessee

Departmental Conference for September 2019

(Hospital and Professional staff only)

High Definition Fiber Tractography as a Tool for Resection of Hyper Eloquent Brain Lesions

Robert Friedlander, MD
Professor and Chairman of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

A Stereotactic Atlas of the Human Lumbo-Sacral Spinal Cord

Robert G. Grossman, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Houston Methodist Hospital

Evolving concepts in pediatric epilepsy surgery: observations from Tuberous Sclerosis Complex

Howard Weiner, MD
Professor and Vice Chair of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine

Departmental Conference for October 2019

(Hospital and Professional staff only)

Thanksgiving Holiday, No Grand Rounds

State of the Union in Open Neurovascular Training

Steven Gianotta, MD
Professor and Chair of Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California

A novel pathogenetic pathway for intracranial aneurysm formation

Dong Kim, MD
Professor and Chair of Neurosurgery, University of Texas Health Science Center

Departmental Conference for November 2019

(Hospital and Professional staff only)

Winter Break, No Grand Rounds

Winter Break, No Grand Rounds

Toward prevention and treatment of neonatal intraventricular hemorrhage associated brain injury and hydrocephalus

Jennifer Strahle, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

Evolution of a spine practice

Deborah Benzil, MD
Vice Chair of Neurosurgery, Regional Neurosurgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation

The Role of the Neurosurgeon in the Management of Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke

Dan Barrow, MD
Professor and Chairman of Neurosurgery, Emory University School of Medicine

Departmental Conference for December 2019

(Hospital and Professional staff only)