Neurosurgery Grand Rounds
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2012-2013
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2013-2014
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2014-2015
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2015-2016
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2016-2017
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2017-2018
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2018-2019
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2019-2020
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2020-2021
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2021-2022
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2022-2023
2012
July 6
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
July 13
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
July 20
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
August 3
MR Neuroimaging Cagematch
Michael Moseley, PhD
Professor of Radiology, Stanford University
August 10
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
August 17
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.
August 24
Medulloblastomics
Yoon-Jae Cho, MD, Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology, Stanford University
September 7
The future role of board certification
Daniel Barrow, MD, Professor and Chairman
Department of Neurosurgery, Emory University
September 14
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
September 21
Leadership development in the age of restricted work hours
Karin Muraszko, MD, Professor and Chair
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan
October 5
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
October 19
New brain tumors, update 2012: What can your neuroradiologist really tell you?
Anne Osborn, MD, Professor
Department of Radiology, University of Utah
October 26
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
November 2
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
November 9
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.
December 7
Complex chiari malformations: Recognition and management strategies
Douglas Brockmeyer, MD, Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Utah
December 21
Translational neuro-oncology: Turning knowledge into money
John H. Sampson, MD, PhD, Professor
Division of Neurosurgery, Duke University
2013
January 18
Interictal spikes in human epilepsy: Investigations of associated single neuron activity
Paul House, MD, Asst. Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Utah
January 25
Acute spinal cord injury – new concepts in diagnosis and treatment
Allan Levi, MD, PhD, Professor & Chief
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Miami
February 1
Ablative techniques in the management of cancer pain
Ashwin Viswanathan, MD, Asst. Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine
February 8
Cerebrospinal fluid movement using a time-spatial labeling inversion pulse technique
J. Gordon McComb, MD, Professor
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Southern California
February 15
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
March 1
Brain metastases
Daniel Silbergeld, MD, Professor
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington Medical Center
March 8
Molecular and cellular therapy for ALS
Nicholas Boulis, MD, Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, Emory University
March 15
Project Shunt – University of Michigan Goes to Guatemala
Karin Muraszko, MD, Professor
Department of Neurological Surgery, Univ. of Michigan
March 22
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
April 5
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
April 12
Three decades of surgery for pediatric craniopharyngioma
Jeffrey Wisoff, MD, Assoc. Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, NYU
April 19
Endoscopic management of craniosynostosis: Surgical techniques and long term outcomes
David Jimenez, MD, Professor & Chairman
Department of Neurosurgery, Univ. of Texas at San Antonio
May 3
Minimally invasive endoscopic brain and spine surgery
Hae-Dong Jho, MD, PhD, Professor & Chairman
Department of Neuroendoscopy, Allegheny General Hospital
May 10
The electric brain: Lessons learned from a decade devoted to DBS
Kelly D. Foote, MD, Assoc. Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, Univ. of Florida
May 17
Multi-scale data fusion in glioblastoma
Olivier Gevaert, PhD, Research Associate
Department of Radiology, Stanford Univ.
May 24
Awake craniotomy – Isn't it time to put it to sleep?
Frederick Boop, MD, Professor and Chairman
Department of Neurosurgery, Univ. of Tennessee
June 14
Frontiers in functional neurosurgery
Roy Bakay, MD, Professor & Chairman, Department of Neurological Surgery, Rush University Med. Ctr
June 21
Discovering mechanisms that contribute to absence epilepsy: A genetic and a pharmacologic approach
Allyson Alexander, MD, PhD, Senior Resident, Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford
July 5
A primer on Neuro-Ophthalmology for neurosurgeons
Joyce Liao, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Stanford University
July 19
An evidence-based approach to multi-modality neuromonitoring
Karen Hirsch, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, Stanford Univ.
2013
July 5
A primer on Neuro-Ophthalmology for neurosurgeons
Joyce Liao, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Stanford University
July 19
An evidence-based approach to multi-modality neuromonitoring
Karen Hirsch, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, Stanford Univ.
August 9
Beyond the Black Bag: Update on Stanford Intraoperative Neuromonitoring
Scheherazade Le, MD, Clinical Instructor, Department of Neurology, Stanford Univ.
August 16
Neurosurgery in Uganda
Ramin Eskandari, MD, Clinical Instructor, Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford Univ
August 23
Postoperative visual loss following prone cases
Karl Zheng, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesia, Stanford Univ.
September 6
Minimally invasive approaches to the correction of adult spinal deformity
Richard G. Fessler, MD, PhD, Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, Rush University Medical Center
September 13
Global neurosurgery: Building capacity through twinning, training and technology in East Africa
Michael Haglund, MD, PhD, Professor
Division of Neurosurgery, Duke University
September 20
Controversies in the management of Chiari malformation and tethered spinal cord
Timothy B. Mapstone MD, Professor and Chairman
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Oklahoma
October 4
Lessons from the Neurosurgical Theater: Operation Iraqi Freedom
Gerald Grant, MD, Assoc. Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University Medical Center
October 11
Endonasal skull base and pituitary surgery – Where are we now?
Theodore Schwartz, MD, Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, Weill Cornell Medical College
November 1
Management of cervical spondylosis and cervical spine deformity
Edward Benzel, MD, Professor & Chairman
Department of Neurosurgery, Cleveland Clinic
November 8
Fetal surgery for myelomeningocele – The MOMS trial and beyond
Leslie Sutton, MD, Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
November 15
Paraclinoid aneurysms and related issues
Christopher S. Ogilvy, MD, Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital
December 6
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
December 13
The utility of the endoscope in neurosurgery
Carl Heilman, MD, Professor & Chairman
Department of Neurosurgery, Tufts University School of Medicine
2014
January 10
The death of evidence-based neurosurgery?
Stephen J. Haines, MD, Professor & Chairman
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Minnesota
January 17
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.
January 24
Convection-enhanced delivery for pharmacologic neurosurgery
Russell R. Lonser, MD, Professor & Chairman
Department of Neurological Surgery, Ohio State University
February 7
Beyond fusion: Thoughts on spinal fixation
Dennis Maiman, MD, PhD, Professor & Chairman
Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin
February 14
The evolution of epilepsy surgery
Dennis Spencer, MD, Professor & Chairman
Department of Neurosurgery, Yale School of Medicine
February 21
Degenerative cervical deformity
Vincent Traynelis, MD, Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, Rush University Medical Center
March 7
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
March 14
Cerebellopontine angle tumors
Robert Jackler, MD, Professor & Chairman
Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Stanford University
March 21
Viruses: a cause and a therapy for tumors
E. Antonio Chiocca, MD, PhD, Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, Harvard University
April 4
Principles of intradural spine surgery
Paul McCormick, MD, MPH
Professor of Neurological Surgery, Columbia University
April 11
The challenge of translation in acute spinal cord injury
Brian Kwon, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor
Department of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia
April 18
Post-operative spinal infections
Alexander R. Vaccaro, MD, PhD, Professor
Department of Orthopedics and Neurosurgery, Thomas Jefferson University
May 2
Updates in peri-operative medicine: Should we change our practice?
Sarita Khemani, MD, Asst. Prof, Dept. of Medicine Stanford
May 9
Neurosurgical volunteerism in the developing world
Jack P. Rock, MD, Henry Ford Hospital
Department of Neurosurgery, Henry Ford Hospital
May 16
The promise of oncolytic viral therapy
James Markert, MD, MPH, Professor and Chair
Director, Division of Neurosurgery, UAB
May 23
New frontiers in cerebrovascular and skull base surgery
Saleem I. Abdulrauf, MD, Professor & Chairman
Department of Neurological Surgery, St. Louis University Hospital
June 13
The life and times of the Editor-in-Chief
Nelson M. Oyesiku, MD, PhD, Professor
Department of Neurological Surgery, Emory University
June 20
Changing paradigms of care in neurosurgery
L. Dade Lunsford, MD
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh
July 11
Outcomes research and patient access to spine care
John Ratliff, MD, Associate Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University
July 18
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
2014
July 11
Outcomes research and patient access to spine care
John Ratliff, MD, Associate Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University
July 18
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
July 25
DEPARTMENTALCONFERENCE for July 2014
(Hospital and Professional Staff Only)
August 1
Hanbery Meeting
August 8
Peer Reviewed Publishing In the Age of the Internet
John R. Adler MD, Dorothy & TK Chan Professor Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University
August 15
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
August 22
TBA
August 29
DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for July 2014
(Hospital and professional staff only)
September 5
Update In Grading and Molecular Diagnosis of Brain Tumors
Dr. Hannes Vogel, Professor of Pathology
Stanford University School of Medicine
September 12
CT Perfusion Imaging In Neurosurgery & Its Applications
Max Wintermark, MD, Professor of Radiology, Section Chief of Neuroradiology Department ofNeuroradiology, Stanford University
September 19
Dural Fistulas: Diagnosis and Endovascular Treatment
Van Halbach, MD Clinical Professor of Radiology, Neurology, and Neurosurgery
University of California, San Francisco Medical Center
September 26
DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for August 2014
(Hospital and professional staff only)
October 3
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
October 10
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
October 17
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
October 24
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
October 31
DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for August 2014
(Hospital and professional staff only)
November 7
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
November 14
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
November 21
DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for October 2014
(Hospital and professional staff only)
November 28
HOLIDAY
December 5
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
December 12
TBA
December 19
DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for November 2014
(Hospital and professional staff only)
December 26
HOLIDAY
2015
January 2
HOLIDAY
January 9
The Impact of Comprehensive Brain Tumor Centers and Operative Decision Making on Patients with Malignant Brain Tumors
Mark Rosenblum, MD
January 16
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
January 23
TBA
Howard Yonas, MD Chairman
Department of Neurosurgery, University of New Mexico
January 30
Departmental Conference for February 2015
(Hospital and Professional staff only)
February 6
TBA
February 13
Brain Tumors: From Vaccines to Intra-Operative Imaging
Keith Black, MD, Chair
Department of Neurosurgery, Cedar Sinai Medical Center
February 20
Next Generation Treabnent for Intra Cerebral Hemorrhage
Neil Martin, MD, Chair
Department of Neurosurgery, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
February 27
Departmental Conference for January 2015
(Hospital and Professional staff only)
March 6
TBA
Anna Joy, Ph.D, Profesor
Barrow Brain Tumor Research Center, Barrow Neurological Institute
March 13
TBA
March 20
Cutting Edge: Chasing Migratory Cancer Cells
Alfredo-Quinones, MD
March 27
Departmental Conference for January 2015
(Hospital and Professional staff only)
April 3
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
April 10
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
April 17
TBA
Art Day, MD Professor and Vice Chairman
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Texas Houston Health Science Center in Houston
April 24
Developing New Treatments for Brain Tumors
Henry Brem, MD, Professor and Director
Department of Neurosurgery, John Hopkins University School of Medicine
May 1
Departmental Conference for March 2015
(Hospital and Professional staff only)
May 8
TBA
May 15
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
May 22
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
May 29
2015 Neuroscience Research Forum
June 5
Departmental Conference for April 2015
(Hospital and Professional staff only)
June 12
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
June 19
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
June 26
Departmental Conference for May 2015
(Hospital and Professional staff only)
July 3
HOLIDAY
July 10
Unlearning Abnormal Neuronal Synchrony by Coordinated Reset Neuromodulation
Peter Tass, PhD, Consulting Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
July 17
Sub-Intern Presentations
July 24
Departmental Conference for May 2015
(Hospital and Professional staff only)
July 31
A Cellular Dissection and Reconstruction of the Human Cortex
Steven Sloan
2015
July 3
HOLIDAY
July 10
Unlearning Abnormal Neuronal Synchrony by Coordinated Reset Neuromodulation
Peter Tass, PhD, Consulting Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
July 17
Sub-Intern Presentations
July 24
Departmental Conference for May 2015
(Hospital and Professional staff only)
July 31
A Cellular Dissection and Reconstruction of the Human Cortex
Steven Sloan
August 7
LKSC-120
TBA
August 14
LKSC-120
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
August 21
Munzer Auditorium
TBA
Jeremy Heit, MD, PhD Clinical Instructor Radiology-Diagnostic Radiology, Stanford University
August 28
LKSC-120
DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for July 2015
(Hospital and professional staff only)
September 4
LKSC-120
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
September 11
LKSC-120
Organization and control of hlppocampal circuits in epilepsy
Ivan Soltesz, MD, Professor of Neurosurgery
Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University
September 18
LKSC-120
Personalized Medicine in Neurosurgical Oncology
Achal Achrol, MD, Neurosurgery Research Fellow
Stanford University School of Medicine
September 25
Clark Center
TBA
(Stanford Neuro-recovery mlnisymposium keynote speaker)
October 2
LKSC-120
DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for August 2015
(Hospital and professional staff only)
October 9
LKSC-120
lmmunotherapy Platforms for Brain Tumors
Linda Llau MD, Professor and Director of the UCLA Brain Tumor Program
Department of Neurosurgery, UCLA School of Medicine
October 16
LKSC-120
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
October 23
LKSC-120
Developing Pediatric Neurosurgery In a Developing Country
Leland Albright, Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh
October 30
LKSC-120
DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for September 2015
(Hospital and professional staff only)
November 6
LKSC-120
Recent Advances In Surgical Treatment of Spinal Neoplasms
Ziya Gokaslan, chair and chief
Department of Neurosurgery, Brown University
November 13
Alway-114
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
November 20
Alway-114
DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for October 2015
(Hospital and professional staff only)
November 27
HOLIDAY
December 4
LKSC-120
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
December 11
LKSC-120
Neurosurgery for Acoustic Neuromas: How Treatments are Evolving
Isaac Yang M.D., Assistant Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, University of California, Los Angeles
December 18
LKSC-120
DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for November 2015
(Hospital and professional staff only)
December 25
HOLIDAY
2016
January 1
HOLIDAY
January 8
Alway-106
Functional Hierarchies in Brain Tumors: Determinants of Self Renewal vs Differentiation
Peter Dirks, MD, PhD, FRCSC, Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery, University of Toronto
January 15
Alway-114
Reinventing Yourself as a Neurosurgeon
Gavin Britz, MD, Professor and Chairman
Department of Neurological Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital
January 22
Alway-114
The Future of Cerebrovascular Surgery
Gary Steinberg, MD, PhD, Chairman
Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University
January 29
Alway-114
DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for December 2015
(Hospital and professional staff only)
February 5
LKSC-120
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
February 12
Alway-114
Surgical treatment of Post-Traumatic Syringomyelia
Aruna Ganju, MD, Associate Professor
Department of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University
February 19
Alway-114
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
February 26
Alway-114
DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for January 2016
(Hospital and professional staff only)
March 4
Alway-114
Next Generation Immune Therapeutics for Gliomas
Amy Heimberger, MD, Professor
Professor, Department of Neurosurgery,The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
March 11
No Grand Rounds
(ABNS Primary Exam)
March 18
LKSC-120
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
March 25
LKSC-120
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
April 1
Alway-114
DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for February 2016
(Hospital and professional staff only)
April 8
Alway-114
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
April 15
Alway-114
TBA
Chirag Patil, MD, Program Director
Department of Neurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
April 22
Alway-114
A New Algorithm for Evidence Based Medicine in Neurosurgery
Robert Harbaugh, MD, University Distinguished Professor and Chair
Department of Neurosurgery, Penn State University
April 29
Alway-114
DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for March 2016
(Hospital and professional staff only)
May 6
Alway-114
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
May 13
Alway-114
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
May 20
Alway-114
TBA
Nandan Lad, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, Duke University
May 27
Alway-114
DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for April 2016
(Hospital and professional staff only)
June 3
Neurosurgery & Neurology Grand Rounds Cancelled
June 10
Alway-114
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
June 17
LKSC-101
Correlative Approach to Cerebrovascular Science: Present and the Future
Omar Choudhri MD
Cerebrovascular Fellow, UCSF
June 24
LKSC-101
DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for May 2016
(Hospital and professional staff only)
July 1
LKSC-120
High-Grade Glioma Surgery in Utrecht, Netherlands
Kai J Miller, Resident PGY-4
Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University
July 8
LKSC-120
Intracranial Atherosclerosis: Challenges and Outside the Box Strategies for Management
Nestor Gonzalez, Assistant Professor Department of Neurosurgery, Cedars Sinai-UCLA
July 15
LKSC-120
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
2016
July 1
LKSC-120
High-Grade Glioma Surgery in Utrecht, Netherlands
Kai J Miller, Resident PGY-4
Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University
July 8
LKSC-120
Intracranial Atherosclerosis: Challenges and Outside the Box Strategies for Management
Nestor Gonzalez, Assistant Professor Department of Neurosurgery, Cedars Sinai-UCLA
July 15
LKSC-120
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
July 22
The Evolution of Open Skull Base Surgery
William Couldwell MD, PhD, FACS, Professor and Chair
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Utah
August 5
LKSC-120
Understanding Skull Base Tumors: Discovery and Translation
Ian F. Dunn, Associate Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School
August 12
LKSC-120
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
August 19
LK 101/102
Treatment of Basal Arteriovenous Malformations Multi-staged Operations & Barbiturate Anesthesia
Hoi Sang U, Professor
Department of Neurological Surgery, UCSD School of Medicine
August 26
Alway M114
DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for JULY 2016
(Hospital and professional staff only)
September 2
LKSC 120
How Understanding Thoracolumbar Deformity Principles Improves Treatment of Degenerative Cases
Christopher Shaffrey, MD, Professor and Chair
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Virginia
September 9
LKSC 120
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
September 15
LKSC 120
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
September 23
LKSC 120
DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for August 2016
(Hospital and professional staff only)
September 30
LKSC 120
Spinal Cord Injury Treatment at Shock Trauma
Bizhan Aarabi, MD, Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Maryland
October 7
LKSC 120
Subintern presentation
Can Better Communication Prevent Suffering? Lessons from Emergency General Surgery, Neuro-Oncology, and Neurosurgery
Stephen Miranda
October 14
LKSC 120
Sagittal Spinal Alignment
Robert Heary, MD, Professor of Neurosurgery
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
October 21
LKSC 120
Learning from Tumor to Treat Stroke
Edward Smith, MD, Associate Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School
October 28
LKSC 120
DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for September 2016
(Hospital and professional staff only)
November 4
LKSC 120
Combination Immunotherapy for Malignant Glioma
William T. Curry, MD, Associate Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital
November 11
LKSC 120
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
November 18
LKSC 120
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
November 25
Thanksgiving Holiday
December 2
LKSC 120
DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for October 2016
(Hospital and professional staff only)
December 9
M114
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
December 16
LKSC 120
DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for November 2016
(Hospital and professional staff only)
December 23
Christmas Holiday
December 30
New Year's Holiday
January 6
LKSC 120
Interneuronal Complicity in Ictogenesis
Taufik A. Valiant, MD, PhD, Associate Professor
Department of Surgery, University of Toronto
January 13
LKSC 120
Brain Tumors
Albert H. Kim, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor
Department of Neurological Surgery, Washington University
January 20
LKSC 120
Primary Spinal Column Tumors: Evaluation and Management
Laurence Rhines, MD, Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
January 27
LKSC 120
DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for December 2016
(Hospital and professional staff only)
February 3
LKSC 120
Phase 0 Clinical Trial Paradigms for Brain Tumors
Nader Sanai, MD, FAANS, FACS, Associate Professor
Department of Neurological Surgery, Barrow Neurological Institute
February 10
LKSC 120
SCI at UCSF- Acute Care and Research
Sanjay Dhall MD, Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery, UCSF
Director, Spinal Neurotrauma, San Francisco General Hospital
February 17
LKSC 120
American Healthcare: Can it be fixed?
William A. Friedman, MD, Chairman and Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Florida
February 24
LKSC 120
DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for January 2017
(Hospital and professional staff only)
March 3
LKSC 120
Surgical Options for Gliomas
Pierre A. Robe, MD, PhD, Professor and Chair of Neurosurgery
Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, University Medical Center of Utrecht
March 10
LKSC 120
Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery in Children
James “Andy” Stadler, III MD, Pediatric Neurosurgery Fellow
Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University
March 17
No Grand Rounds
March 24
M114
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
March 31
M114
DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for March 2016
(Hospital and professional staff only)
April 7
LKSC 120
Dissecting the Patient Experience of Lumbar Surgery
Michael Steinemetz, MD, Chairman
Department of Neurosurgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
April 14
LKSC 120
Strategies for sensory reanimation of paralyzed limb
Timothy H. Lucas, Jr, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania
April 21
No Grand Rounds
April 28
LKSC 120
DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for March 2017
(Hospital and professional staff only)
May 5
LKSC-120
Importance of Enovascular Training for Residents
Elad Levy, MD
Professor and Chairman
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Buffalo
May 12
LKSC-120
Management of Skull Base Malignancy
Franco DeMonte, MD
Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Texas MD Anderson
May 19
LKSC-120
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
May 26
LKSC-120
DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for April 2017
(Hospital and professional staff only)
June 2
LKSC-120
Vertebral Column Resection for Severe spinal Deformity
Lawrence Lenke, MD
Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Columbia Medical School
June 9
LKSC Berg Hall
2017 Neuroscience Research Forum
Odette Harris, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Stanford
June 16
LKSC-120
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
June 23
LKSC-120
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
June 30
LKSC-120
DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for May 2017
(Hospital and professional staff only)
Please note that representatives from pharmaceutical and device companies are not permitted to attend Grand Rounds (SIIP policy).
2017
July 7
LKSC-120
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
July 14
LKSC-120
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.
July 21
Hanbery Society Meeting
July 28
LKSC-120
DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for June 2017
(Hospital and professional staff only)
August 4
LKSC-120
TBA
John Ratliff, MD, FACS, Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford Medical Center
August 11
LKSC-120
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
August 18
LKSC-120
“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
August 25
Alway M114
DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for JULY 2017
(Hospital and professional staff only)
September 1
LKSC-120
Nuances of Trigeminal Neuralgia
Michael Lim MD, Associate Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
September 8
LKSC-120
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
September 15
Munzer Auditorium Beckman Building
Novel Robotic Approaches to Mesial Temporal Ablation
Joseph Neimat, Norton Professor and Chairman
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Louisville
September 22
LKSC-120
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
September 29
LKSC-120
DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for August 2017
(Hospital and professional staff only)
October 6
LKSC-120
Hemorrhage Risk of Arteriovenous Malformation
Judy Huang, Vice Chair
Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
October 13
LKSC-120
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
October 20
LKSC-120
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
October 27
LKSC-120
DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for September 2017
(Hospital and professional staff only)
November 3
LKSC-120
"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
November 10
NO GRAND ROUNDS
November 17
LKSC-120
DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for October 2017
(Hospital and professional staff only)
November 24
Thanksgiving Holiday
December 1
M114
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
December 8
LKSC-120
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
December 15
M114
Neurosurgical Treatments for Spasticity
Bruce Kaufman, MD, Professor of Neurosurgery
Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
December 22
LKSC-120
DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for November 2017
(Hospital and professional staff only)
January 5
Winter Break
January 12
LKSC-120
Pharmacotherapeutic Targets for Cerebral Aneurysms
Brian Hoh, Associate Chair
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Florida
January 19
LKSC-120
Stem Cells for Spinal Cord Injury - Where are we headed?
Ann Parr, MD, Assistant Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Minnesota
January 26
LKSC-120
DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for December 2017
(Hospital and professional staff only)
February 2
LKSC-120
MRI Targeted Nerve Biopsy
Robert Spinner, MD, Chair
Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic School of Medicine
February 9
LKSC-120
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
February 16
LKSC-120
Flow Based Approach to Cerebrovascular Disease
Sepideh Amin-Hanjani, MD, Professor & Program Director
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Illinois at Chicago
February 23
LKSC-120
DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for January 2018
(Hospital and professional staff only)
March 2
LKSC-120
Novel Approaches to Closed-Loop Neuromodulation for Epilepsy
Robert E. Gross, MD, PhD
MBNA Bowman Chair & Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, Emory University
March 9
Canceled due to ABNS Primary Examinations
March 16
M114
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
March 23
LKSC-120
DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for February 2018
(Hospital and professional staff only)
March 30
LKSC-120
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
April 6
LKSC-120
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
April 13
LKSC-120
Anatomy of Main White Matter Tracts for Neurosurgeons
Christophe Destrieux, MD
Staff Neurosurgeon
Université François Rabelais in Tours
April 20
LKSC-120
Charging a head with DBS: Movement, Memory, and More
Francisco Ponce, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery, Barrow Neurological Institute
April 27
LKSC-120
Real-time Fuinctional, Flow and Tissue Mapping for Surgical Decision Making
Kyosuke Kamada, MD
Professor and Chairman
Department of Neurosurgery, Asahikawa Medical University
May 4
LKSC-120
Tools to Help More Brain Tumor Patients with Better Surgery
Alexandra Golby, MD, Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School
May 11
LKSC-120
Departmental Conference for March 2018
(Hospital and Professional staff only)
May 18
LKSC-120
Sleep, Parkinson’s Disease, and DBS
Aviva Abosch, MD, Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Colorado
May 25
LKSC-120
Departmental Conference for April 2018
(Hospital and Professional staff only)
June 1
LKSC-120
Limits of Endoscopic Endonasal Skull Base Surgery
Paul Gardner, Associate Professor
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
June 8
Berg Hall, LKSC
2018 Neuroscience Research Forum
Odette Harris, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Stanford
June 15
LKSC-120
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
June 22
LKSC-120
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
June 29
LKSC-120
Departmental Conference for May 2018
(Hospital and Professional staff only)
July 6
LKSC-120
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
July 13
LKSC-120
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
July 20
LKSC-120
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
July 27
LKSC-120
Departmental Conference for JUNE 2018
(Hospital and Professional staff only)
August 3
LKSC-120
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
August 10
LKSC-120
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
August 17
LKSC-120
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
August 24
LKSC-120
Genetics of cerebrovascular diseases
Rose Du MD, PhD, Associate Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
August 31
LKSC-120
Departmental Conference for JULY 2018
(Hospital and Professional staff only)
September 7
LKSC-120
Think Fast. Talk Smart.
Matt Abrahams, MA
Lecturer in Organizational Behavior and Workshop Leader
Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
September 14
LKSC-120
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
September 21
LKSC-120
Multicorridor Skull Base Surgery
Juan C. Fernandez-Miranda, MD, FACS
Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine
September 28
LKSC-120
Departmental Conference for AUGUST 2018
(Hospital and Professional staff only)
October 5
LKSC-120
The Science and Ethics of Primary Spine Tumor Surgery
Michelle Clarke, MD, Professor of Neurosurgery
Department of Neurological Surgery, Mayo Clinic
October 12
LKSC-120
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
October 19
LKSC-120
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
October 26
LKSC-120
Departmental Conference for September 2018
(Hospital and Professional staff only)
November 2
LKSC-120
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
November 9
LKSC-120
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
November 16
LKSC-120
AVM Treatment: Sometimes Less is More
Robert Solomon, MD
Professor and Chairman
Department of Neurological Surgery, Columbia University
November 23
Thanksgiving Holiday
November 30
LKSC-120
Departmental Conference for October 2018
(Hospital and Professional staff only)
December 7
LKSC-120
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
December 14
Alway M114
Neurosurgery: 2018 Coding and Reimbursement Update
Kim Pollock, RN, MBA, CPC, CMDP
KarenZupko & Associates, Inc.
December 21
Alway M114
Departmental Conference for November 2018
(Hospital and Professional staff only)
December 28
Winter Closure
January 4
Winter Closure
January 11
LKSC-120
Forty Years of Neurosurgery
Henry Marsh MD, CBE, FRCS
January 18
LKSC-120
The Natural History of Cerebral Aneurysms
H. Richard Winn, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Mount Sinai Medical School
January 25
LKSC-120
Departmental Conference for December 2018
(Hospital and Professional staff only)
February 1
LKSC-120
Brain in Flame: Pathology and Imaging of Noninfectious CNS Inflammation
Anne Osborn, MD
Distinguished Professor of Radiology, University of Utah
February 8
LKSC-120
Pineal Region Tumors: State of the Art
Richard Ellenbogen, MD, FACS
Professor and Chairman of Neurological Surgery
University of Washington
February 15
LKSC-120
Leadership: Knowledge, Wisdom, Inspiration
Edward Benzel, MD
Professor of Neurological Surgery, Case Western Reserve University
February 22
LKSC-120
Departmental Conference for January 2019
(Hospital and Professional staff only)
March 1
LKSC-120
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
March 8
No Neurosurgery Grand Rounds
March 15
LKSC-120
A Unifying Hypothesis Behind Short and Long Term Consequences of Concussion
M. Sean Grady, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
March 22
LKSC 101/102
Cerebrovascular Disease in the Pediatric Patient
R. Michael Scott, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School
March 29
LKSC-120
Departmental Conference for February 2019
(Hospital and Professional staff only)
April 5
LKSC-120
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
April 12
LKSC-120
Developing Brain Tumor Therapies
Henry Brem, MD
Professor and Director of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
April 19
LKSC 101/102
Update on Chiari I Malformation
Karin Muraszko, MD
Professor and Chair of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan
April 26
LKSC-120
Departmental Conference for March 2019
(Hospital and Professional staff only)
May 3
LKSC-120
The Barrow Ruptured Aneurysm Trial: 10 Years in the Desert
Cameron McDougall, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institute
May 10
LKSC-120
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
May 17
LKSC-120
Sub-I presentations and resident AANS talks
May 24
LKSC-120
Expanding the Window for Stroke Therapies with Advanced Imaging
Gregory Albers, MD
Professor of Neurology and Director of the Stanford Stroke Center, Stanford University
May 31
LKSC-120
Departmental Conference for April 2019
(Hospital and Professional staff only)
June 7
LKSC Berg Hall
2019 Neurosciences Forum
No Neurosurgery or Neurology Grand Rounds
June 14
LKSC-120
Immunotherapy for Brain Tumors- Using CAR T-Cell Platform for Glioblastoma
Donald O’Rourke, MD
Professor in Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
June 21
LKSC-120
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
June 27
Edwards R358
DIFFICULT CASE CONFERENCE
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
(Open only to Neuroscience faculty & residents)
June 28
LKSC-120
Departmental Conference for May 2019
(Hospital and Professional staff only)
July 5
No Neurosurgery Grand Rounds
July 12
LKSC-120
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
July 19
LKSC120
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
July 26
No Neurosurgery Grand Rounds due to Hanbery Society
July 5
No Neurosurgery Grand Rounds
July 12
LKSC-120
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
July 19
LKSC120
Endovascular Treatment of Complex Intracranial Aneurysms
Jeremy Heit, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Radiology
Stanford University School of Medicine
July 26
No Neurosurgery Grand Rounds due to Hanbery Society
August 2
LKSC-120
Departmental Conference for June 2019
(Hospital and Professional staff only)
August 9
LKSC-120
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
August 16
No Grand Rounds
August 23
LKSC-120
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
August 30
LKSC-120
Departmental Conference for July 2019
(Hospital and Professional staff only)
September 6
LKSC-120
3D Complex Brain and Skull Base Surgery
Juan C. Fernandez-Miranda, MD, FACS
Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine
September 13
LKSC-120
Endovascular Management of Complex Intracranial Aneurysms
Phil Taussky, MD
Associate Professor in Neurosurgery, University of Utah
September 20
LKSC-120
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
September 27
LKSC-120
Departmental Conference for August 2019
(Hospital and Professional staff only)
October 4
LKSC-120
Innovations in Spinal Surgery: Beyond the Laminectomy
Nicholas Theodore, MS, MD, FAANS, FACS
Professor of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
October 11
LKSC-120
Pediatric suprasellar tumors: The good, the bad and the ugly
Liliana Goumnerova, MD
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School
October 18
LKSC-120
Intrasaccular Flow Disruption for Cerebral Aneurysms and the WEB-IT
Adam Arthur, MD, MPH
Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Tennessee
October 25
LKSC-120
Departmental Conference for September 2019
(Hospital and Professional staff only)
November 1
LKSC-120
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
November 8
LKSC-120
A Stereotactic Atlas of the Human Lumbo-Sacral Spinal Cord
Robert G. Grossman, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Houston Methodist Hospital
November 15
LKSC-120
Evolving concepts in pediatric epilepsy surgery: observations from Tuberous Sclerosis Complex
Howard Weiner, MD
Professor and Vice Chair of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine
November 22
LKSC-120
Departmental Conference for October 2019
(Hospital and Professional staff only)
November 29
Thanksgiving Holiday, No Grand Rounds
December 6
LKSC-120
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
December 13
LKSC-120
A novel pathogenetic pathway for intracranial aneurysm formation
Dong Kim, MD
Professor and Chair of Neurosurgery, University of Texas Health Science Center
December 20
LKSC-120
Departmental Conference for November 2019
(Hospital and Professional staff only)
December 27
Winter Break, No Grand Rounds
January 3
Winter Break, No Grand Rounds
January 10
LKSC-120
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
January 17
LKSC-120
Evolution of a spine practice
Deborah Benzil, MD
Vice Chair of Neurosurgery, Regional Neurosurgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
January 24
LKSC-120
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
January 31
LKSC-120
Departmental Conference for December 2019
(Hospital and Professional staff only)
Feb February 06 Thu 2020
Intracranial Dural Fístulas
Roberto Heros, MD
Professor of Neurological Surgery, Miami University School of Medicine
Feb February 13 Thu 2020
Autonomic Cardiovascular Control following Spinal Cord Injury
Jill Wecht, MD
Professor of Medicine and Rehabilitation Medicine, The Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York, NY
Feb February 20 Thu 2020
Pediatric High Grade Gliomas: The Past, Present, and Future
Lissa Baird, MD
Director of Neurosurgical Oncology, Boston Children’s Hospital
Feb February 27 Thu 2020
Departmental Conference for January 2020
(Hospital and Professional staff only)
Mar March 05 Thu 2020
The Complexity and Simplicity of Unlocking the Cavernous Sinus
Ali Krisht, MD
Professor and Director of Neurosurgery, Arkansas Neuroscience Institute
Mar March 13 Fri 2020
No Neurosurgery Grand Rounds due to ABNS Primary Exam
Mar March 27 Fri 2020
Departmental Conference for February 2020
(Hospital and Professional staff only)
Apr April 24 Fri 2020
Departmental Conference for March 2020
(Hospital and Professional staff only)
May May 29 Fri 2020
Departmental Conference for April 2020
(Hospital and Professional staff only)
Jun June 26 Fri 2020
Departmental Conference for May 2020
(Hospital and Professional staff only)
Aug August 07 Fri 2020
Translation from bench to bedside and back
Mike Lim, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Aug August 14 Fri 2020
Sub-intern Research Presentations
“Human Subthalamic Area Beta Oscillations Encode Preferred Tastes” – Bina Kakusa, Stanford Medical Student
“Next-generation optogenetics and neurosurgery” – Brian Hsueh, Stanford Medical Student
“Non-Invasive Ultrasonic Drug Uncaging for Pharmacologic Neuromodulation” – Daivik Vyas, Stanford Medical Student
Aug August 21 Fri 2020
Translation from bench to bedside and back
Douglas Brockmeyer, MD
Professor of Pediatric Neurosurgery, University of Utah
Aug August 28 Fri 2020
Departmental Conference for July 2020
(Hospital and Professional staff only)
Sep September 04 Fri 2020
Neurosurgery Chiefs Conference
Sep September 11 Fri 2020
Immune Therapy for Glioblastoma: How can we move forward?
Edjah Nduom, MD
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Emory University School of Medicine
Sep September 18 Fri 2020
Career, Mastery, Science and Advocacy: Striking the Balance
Ann Stroink, MD
System Medical Director, Neurosciences Quality and Educational Program Development
Senior Neurosurgeon CINHS
Central Illinois Neuroscience Foundation
Sep September 25 Fri 2020
Departmental Conference for August 2020
(Hospital and Professional staff only)
Oct October 02 Fri 2020
Neurosurgery Chiefs Conference
Oct October 16 Fri 2020
Sua Sponte
Brian Hwang, MD
Neurosurgery Chief Resident
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Oct October 23 Fri 2020
On the relevance of the cerebrovascular neurosurgeon
Babu Welch, MD
Professor of Neurological Surgery and Radiology, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Oct October 30 Fri 2020
Departmental Conference for September 2020
(Hospital and Professional staff only)
Nov November 05 Thu 2020
Neurosurgery Chiefs Conference
Nov November 12 Thu 2020
Global Neurosurgery
Gail Rosseau, MD
Neurosurgeon, Midwest Neurosurgery Associates
Nov November 19 Thu 2020
Departmental Conference for October 2020
(Hospital and Professional staff only)
Nov November 26 Thu 2020
No Neurosurgery Grand Rounds
Dec December 03 Thu 2020
No Neurosurgery Grand Rounds
Dec December 10 Thu 2020
Departmental Conference for November 2020
(Hospital and Professional staff only)
Dec December 17 Thu 2020
No Neurosurgery Grand Rounds
Dec December 24 Thu 2020
No Neurosurgery Grand Rounds
Dec December 31 Thu 2021
No Neurosurgery Grand Rounds
Jan January 07 Thu 2021
Neurosurgery Chiefs Conference
Jan January 14 Thu 2021
Use of Sports Concussion Metrics to Assess Traumatic Brain Injury Secondary to Domestic Violence/Partner Violence
Edie Zusman, MD, MBA, FACS, FAANS
Chief of Neurosurgery and Director, Center for Neuroscience, NorthBay Medical Center
Jan January 21 Thu 2021
Neuromodulatory approaches to functional restoration after spinal cord injury
James Guest, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurological Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Jan January 28 Thu 2021
Departmental Conference for December 2020
(Hospital and Professional staff only)
Feb February 04 Thu 2021
Shifting paradigms in treatment of brain tumors
Galereh Zadeh, MD, PhD
Professor and Dan Chair, Neurosurgery, University of Toronto
Feb February 11 Thu 2021
Triage and Management of complicated mild TBI
Martina Stippler, MD, FACS, FAANS
Director of Neurotrauma, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School
Feb February 18 Thu 2021
Neurosurgery Chiefs Conference
Feb February 25 Thu 2021
Departmental Conference for January 2021
(Hospital and Professional staff only)
Mar March 04 Thu 2021
The Disruptive Power of Big Data in Neurosurgery
Lola Chambless, MD
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Mar March 11 Thu 2021
No Neurosurgery Grand Rounds
Mar March 19 Fri 2021
Nuances in Treatment of Syndromic Craniosynostosis
Krystal Tomei, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Mar March 26 Fri 2021
Departmental Conference for February 2021
(Hospital and Professional staff only)
Apr April 02 Fri 2021
Advancing neurostimulation approaches for neurogenic bladder and bowel function
Dennis Bourbeau, PhD
Assistant Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Case Western Reserve University
Apr April 09 Fri 2021
Gender in Neurosurgery
Susan Durham, MD, MS
Professor of Neurosurgery Surgery
University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine
Apr April 16 Fri 2021
Neurosurgery Chief’s Conference
Apr April 23 Fri 2021
Minimally Invasive Scoliosis Surgery: advanced techniques driven by technology
David Okonkwo, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh
Apr April 30 Fri 2021
Departmental Conference for March 2021
(Hospital and Professional staff only)
May May 07 Fri 2021
Neurosurgery Chief’s Conference
May May 14 Fri 2021
Spinal Tumors: Lessons (re)-Learned
John Chi, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery Surgery
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Harvard Medical School
May May 21 Fri 2021
Endovascular Neurosurgery: Past, Present, Future
Stavropoula I. Tjoumakaris, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery Surgery
Thomas Jefferson University
May May 28 Fri 2021
Departmental Conference for April 2021
(Hospital and Professional staff only)
Jun June 04 Fri 2021
Reconstruction and Stabilization Considerations in Spine Oncology
John Shin, MD
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Harvard Medical School
Jun June 11 Fri 2021
Coaching in the Ultimate Contact Sport
Harry van Loveren, MD
Professor and Chair of Neurosurgery
University of South Florida
Jun June 18 Fri 2021
Brain AVM - what progress have we made?
Raphael Guzman, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery
University of Basel
Jun June 25 Fri 2021
Departmental Conference for May 2021
(Hospital and Professional staff only)
Jul July 02 Fri 2021
Connectomics and Precision Brain Medicine
Michael Sughrue, MD
Neurosurgeon, Prince of Wales Private Hospital
Jul July 09 Fri 2021
Chiefs Conference
Jul July 16 Fri 2021
Sub-intern research presentations:
Austin Feng, Stanford Medical Student: "Deep Brain Stimulation of the Nucleus Accumbens with Coordinated Reset for Ameliorating Binge Alcohol Drinking"
Angel Billingsley, Stanford Medical Student: "Disparities in DVT and endovascular equity: A multivariate retrospective data analysis of the impact of SES, air quality, race and ethnicity, and gender on severity of illness, and primary outcomes"
Jul July 23 Fri 2021
No Neurosurgery Grand Rounds
Aug August 06 Fri 2021
No Neurosurgery Grand Rounds
Aug August 13 Fri 2021
Chiefs Conference
Aug August 20 Fri 2021
No Neurosurgery Grand Rounds
Aug August 27 Fri 2021
Departmental Conference for August 2021
(Neuroscience Hospital and Professional staff only)
Sep September 03 Fri 2021
Better Data to Save the Brain: Optimizing EEG Approaches to Prevent Secondary Injury
Allen Waziri, MD
CEO and Founder, iCE Neurosystems Inc.
Sep September 10 Fri 2021
Neurosurgery Chief’s Conference
Presenting: Chiefs of LPCH, SVCMC and VA
Sep September 17 Fri 2021
Sub intern research presentations:
Kobie Mensah-Brown, Penn Medical student: “The Temporal Evolution of Neural Activity in Human Brain Organoids”
Ryan Phelps, UCSF Medical student: “Inducing a Robust Anti-Tumor Immune Response in Medulloblastoma”
SJ Lee, Harvard Medical student: “Biochemical substrate for dopamine dependent learning”
Tim Kim, JHMI Medical student: “Combination Checkpoint Therapy with Anti-PD-1 and Anti-BTLA Results in A Synergistic Therapeutic Effect Against Murine Glioblastoma”
Debebe Theodros, JHMI Medical student: “Characterizing the Role of 007, a Novel B7-Superfamily Member and Regulator of Myeloid Cells in Cancer”
Shahank Rajkumar, Duke Medical student: “Costs and Treatment Patterns of Iatrogenic Spinal CSF Leaks.”
Sep September 24 Fri 2021
Departmental Conference for August 2021
(Neuroscience Hospital and Professional staff only)
Oct October 01 Fri 2021
Sub intern research presentations:
Sheantel Reihl, UCSF Medical student: “Equity & Access to Clinical Trials for Adult Gliomas”
Racquel Whyte, UCSF Medical student: “Comparison of Platelet Reactivity to Thromboxane, P2Y12 and PAR1 Agonists between Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients and Non-Stroke Controls"
Vik Kohli, University of Texas, Medical student: “Predicting Risk of Stroke in Patients with COVID-19: A Machine Learning Approach”
Oct October 08 Fri 2021
Ars videndi: Advancing spinal surgery with novel imaging technologies
Christoph Hofstetter, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington
Oct October 15 Fri 2021
Advancements in Neuromodulation to Promote Recovery after Spinal Cord Injury
Candy Tefertiller, PhD, PT, DPT, NCS
Director of Research and Evaluation, Craig Hospital
Oct October 22 Fri 2021
Departmental Conference for September 2021
(Neuroscience Hospital and Professional staff only)
Nov November 05 Fri 2021
Letting the Technology Help You: Incorporating Robotics Into Your Spine Practice
Laura Snyder, MD
Associate Program Director, Barrow Neurological Institute
Nov November 11 Thu 2021
Neurosurgery Chief’s Conference
Presenting: Teams A, B, and C Chiefs
Nov November 25 Thu 2021
No Neurosurgery Grand Rounds
Dec December 02 Thu 2021
From walking out on the boys to finding my voice: Becoming an advocate for gender equity in medicine
Pamela Kunz, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine/ Oncology, Yale School of Medicine
Dec December 09 Thu 2021
Neurosurgery Chief’s Conference
Presenting: Teams A, B, and C Chiefs
Dec December 16 Thu 2021
Departmental Conference for November 2021
(Neuroscience Hospital and Professional staff only)
2022
Jan January 06 Thu 2022
Dr. Michael Wang's Grand Rounds scheduled for this date will be rescheduled for later in the Spring.
Dr. Lim and Grant will instead update everyone on COVID and share other updates via Zoom during this time slot.
Jan January 13 Thu 2022
Neurosurgery Chief’s Conference
Presenting: Teams A, B, and C Chiefs
Jan January 20 Thu 2022
Transcending MIS Lateral Spine Surgery
Juan Uribe, MD
Professor and Vice-Chairman, Department of Neurological Surgery, Barrow Neurological Institute
Jan January 27 Thu 2022
Departmental Conference for December 2021
(Neuroscience Hospital and Professional staff only)
Feb February 03 Thu 2022
Neurosurgery Chief’s Conference
Presenting: Chiefs of Team A, B, C
Feb February 10 Thu 2022
Physicians, epidemics & burnout: Lessons on professionalism from ancient Greece
Nathan Selden, MD
Professor and Chair, Department of Neurological Surgery
Oregon Health and Science University
*encouraged to attend in person
Feb February 17 Thu 2022
Challenges and intricacies of pain management after SCI
Eva Widerstrom-Noga, DDS, PhD
Professor, Departments of Neurological Surgery, Rehabilitation Medicine and Neuroscience Program
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
*encouraged to attend in person
Feb February 24 Thu 2022
Departmental Conference for January 2022
(Neuroscience Hospital and Professional staff only)
Mar March 03 Thu 2022
Macrophages, Notch-1, and Pediatric Neuro-Oncology in Utah
Sam Cheshier, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery
University of Utah School of Medicine
*encouraged to attend in person
Mar March 10 Thu 2022
No Grand Rounds due to the ABNS Primary Exam
Mar March 18 Fri 2022
Neurosurgery Chief’s Conference
Presenting: Chiefs on LPCH, SCVMC, Kaiser
Mar March 25 Fri 2022
Departmental Conference for February 2022
(Neuroscience Hospital and Professional staff only)
Apr April 01 Fri 2022
Neurosurgery Chief’s Conference
Presenting: Chiefs on Team A, LPCH, VA
Apr April 08 Fri 2022
Academic Neurosurgery: Getting from A to B
Matthew Howard, MD
Professor and Chair, Department of Neurosurgery
University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine
*encouraged to attend in person
Apr April 15 Fri 2022
Mock Oral Boards
Individual zoom links for Neurosurgery Faculty and Residents will be sent
CME code: 41498
Apr April 22 Fri 2022
Seed Grant Presentations
Apr April 29 Fri 2022
Departmental Conference for March 2022
(Neuroscience Hospital and Professional staff only)
May May 06 Fri 2022
The Rise of Suicide Attempts Among Black Youth: Are We Missing the Signs?
Michael Lindsey, PhD, MSW, MPH
Executive Director, McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research
Professor of Poverty Studies, NYU Silver School of Social Work
*encouraged to attend in person
May May 13 Fri 2022
Targeting clonal heterogeneity in treatment-refractory Glioblastoma with novel and empiric immunotherapies
Sheila Singh, MD, PhD
Professor of Pediatric Neurosurgery
McMaster Children’s Hospital
*encouraged to attend in person
May May 20 Fri 2022
Neurosurgery Chief’s Conference
Presenting: Chiefs of SCVMC, Team B, Team C
May May 27 Fri 2022
Departmental Conference for April 2022
(Neuroscience Hospital and Professional staff only)
Jun June 03 Fri 2022
Transcending MIS Lateral Spine Surgery
Juan Uribe, MD
Professor and Vice-Chair of Neurological Surgery
Barrow Neurological Institute
*encouraged to attend in person
Jun June 10 Fri 2022
The seven ages of a neurosurgeon
Michael Wang, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery
University of Miami
*encouraged to attend in person
Jun June 17 Fri 2022
Ruminations on Academic Neurosurgery
Nelson Oyesiku, MD, PhD
Professor and Chair of Neurological Surgery
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
*encouraged to attend in person
Jun June 24 Fri 2022
Departmental Conference for May 2022
(Neuroscience Hospital and Professional staff only)
Jul July 15 Fri 2022
No Grand Rounds
Jul July 01 Fri 2022
Chiefs Conference
Presenting: Chiefs of Team NeuroOnc, Vascular, and Spine
Jul July 08 Fri 2022
The Future of Glioblastoma Surgery: What More Can We Accomplish?
Orin Bloch, MD
Professor of Neurological Surgery
UC Davis School of Medicine
*encouraged to attend in person
Jul July 22 Fri 2022
Sub-intern research presentations
Med students presenting: Andy Wang, David Lauzier, Dhiraj Pangal, Maureen Rakovec, Luqman Hodgkinson
Jul July 29 Fri 2022
Departmental Conference for June 2022
(Neuroscience Hospital and Professional staff only)
Aug August 05 Fri 2022
Chiefs Conference
Presenting: SHC Senior, Multidisciplinary and Kaiser Chief
Aug August 12 Fri 2022
TBA
Hannah Kirsch, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Stanford University School of Medicine
*encouraged to attend in person
Aug August 19 Fri 2022
Sub-intern research presentations
Med students presenting: Jack Butterfield, Victor Castano, Daniel Cummins, Jordan Hatfield, Je Yeong (Jae) Sone
Aug August 26 Fri 2022
Departmental Conference for July 2022
(Neuroscience Hospital and Professional staff only)
Sep September 02 Fri 2022
Chiefs Conference
Presenting: Chiefs of LPCH, SCVMC, VA
Sep September 09 Fri 2022
Machine Learning in Preoperative Planning for Brain Tumor Patients
Michael Zhang, MD
Chief Resident, Neurosurgery
Stanford University School of Medicine
*encouraged to attend in person
Sep September 16 Fri 2022
Sub-intern research presentations
Presenting: Sherod Haynes, Nivedha Kannapadi, Eric Montgomery, Sofya Norman, Alejandro Pando
Sep September 30 Fri 2022
Departmental Conference for August 2022
(Neuroscience Hospital and Professional staff only)
Oct October 07 Fri 2022
Sub-intern research presentations
Presenting: Marquis Maynard & Samantha Varela
Oct October 14 Fri 2022
Spinal Oncology: The Basics, Indication and Interventions
Maziyar Kalani, MD
Senior Consultant in Neurosurgery
Mayo Clinic Arizona
*encouraged to attend in person
Oct October 21 Fri 2022
Chiefs Conference
Presenting: Chiefs on Neuro-oncology, Vascular and Spine
Oct October 28 Fri 2022
Departmental Conference for September 2022
(Neuroscience Hospital and Professional staff only)
Nov November 04 Fri 2022
Chiefs Conference
Presenting: Chiefs of SHC Senior, Multi-D, Kaiser
Nov November 10 Thu 2022
TBD
E. Sander Connolly, MD
Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurological Surgery
Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons
*encouraged to attend in person
Nov November 17 Thu 2022
Surgery of Brainstem Cavernous Angioma
Eka Wahjoepramono, MD, PhD
Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery
Pelita Harapan University School of Medicine
*encouraged to attend in person
Nov November 24 Thu 2022
No Departmental Conference due to Thanksgiving Holiday
Dec December 01 Thu 2022
Chiefs Conference
Presenting: Chiefs of LPCH, SCVMC and the VA
Dec December 08 Thu 2022
Fate and State Transitions in the Brain Tumor Hierarchy
Peter Dirks, MD
Chief of Neurosurgery
The Hospital for Sick Children
University of Toronto
*encouraged to attend in person
Dec December 15 Thu 2022
Departmental Conference for November 2022
(Neuroscience Hospital and Professional staff only)
Dec December 22 Thu 2022
No Departmental Conference due to Winter Closure
Dec December 29 Thu 2022
No Departmental Conference due to Winter Closure
Jan January 05 Thu 2023
Chiefs Conference
Presenting: Chiefs of Neuro-Oncology, Vascular and Spine
Jan January 12 Thu 2023
CHOP Neurosurgery and D3b: Accelerating Impact
Phillip Jay Storm, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
*encouraged to attend in person
Jan January 19 Thu 2023
Why are interventional SCI trials so difficult? Lessons Learned and Future Direction
Peter Gorman, MD
Professor of Neurology
University of Maryland School of Medicine
*encouraged to attend in person
Jan January 26 Thu 2023
Departmental Conference for December 2022
(Neuroscience Hospital and Professional staff only)
Feb February 02 Thu 2023
Chiefs Conference
Presenting: Chiefs of Kaiser, Multi-Disciplinary and SHC Senior
Feb February 09 Thu 2023
Vibrotactile Coordinated Reset Stimulation for the treatment of Parkinson’s Disease
Peter Tass, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurosurgery
Stanford University School of Medicine
*encouraged to attend in person
Feb February 16 Thu 2023
Mock Oral Boards
Zoom links will be sent individually to residents and faculty participating
Feb February 23 Thu 2023
Departmental Conference for January 2023
(Neuroscience Hospital and Professional staff only)
Mar March 02 Thu 2023
Chiefs Conference
Presenting: Chiefs of LPCH, SCVMC, and VA
Mar March 09 Thu 2023
No Grand Rounds due to ABNS Primary Exam
Mar March 17 Fri 2023
Behavioral Nuance Applied: Concrete Tools for Communicating with Patients
Blake Eastman
Founder of the Nonverbal Group
*encouraged to attend in person
Mar March 24 Fri 2023
Seed Grant Presentations
Presenting: David Dadey, MD, PhD, Kelly Mahaney, MD, MS, Disep Ojukwu, MD, and Adela Wu, MD
Mar March 31 Fri 2023
Departmental Conference for February 2023
(Neuroscience Hospital and Professional staff only)
Apr April 07 Fri 2023
Chiefs Conference
Presenting: Chiefs of Neuro-Onc, Vascular and Spine
Apr April 14 Fri 2023
TBD
Chris Shaffrey, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery and Orthopaedic Surgery
Duke University School of Medicine
*encouraged to attend in person
Apr April 21 Fri 2023
Unlocking the spinal cord’s potential with combinatorial therapies
Noam Harel, MD
Professor of Neurology and Rehabilitation and Human Performance
Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai
*encouraged to attend in person
Apr April 28 Fri 2023
Departmental Conference for March 2023
(Neuroscience Hospital and Professional staff only)