NEUROTRAIN Center
The Stanford Neurosurgical Training and Innovation Center
The main theme of Stanford NeuroTraIn Center is “From the Lab to the OR” as a reflection of a true translational effort to introduce novel anatomical concepts and innovative surgical technique into real surgical practice. We are teaching the next generation of neurosurgeons the art of microsurgical dissection to spread this knowledge and to influence Neurosurgery worldwide.
There is a close partnership between the Stanford NeuroTraIn Center and The Neurosurgical Atlas (ATLAS), the largest nonprofit organization for neurosurgical education and research in the world. This partnership has led to transformative innovations in surgical techniques.
With over 65,000 members and 1.3 million website users, the Atlas and Stanford NeuroTraIn affect the care of many patients daily via our unwavering commitment to technical excellence through research and education.
Past Events
Stanford Endoscopic Endonasal Skull Base Surgery: Hands-On Course
First Stanford NeuroArt Exhibition: The Art of Brain & Skull Base Microsurgical Dissection
2nd Rhoton Society Virtual Meeting and 8th International Zoomposium on Microneurosurgical Anatomy
September 11-13 & 18-20, 2020
Watch Video Recordings from the Meeting
Our Team
Juan C. Fernandez-Miranda, MD, FACS
Director
Aaron Cohen-Gadol MD, MBA
Co-Director
Vera Vigo
Co-Director
Yuanzhi "Julius" Xu, MD
Co-Director
Jennie Rivera Visitacion
Lab Manager/
Coordinator
Joshua Klein, MSMI
Medical Illustrator
Visiting Appointments (Research Fellows)
Ana Sofia Alvarez, MD
(Madrid, Spain)
Dilan Ozaydin
(Istanbul, Turkey)
Masahiro Hirayama, MD
(Japan)
Yuhei Sangatsuda, MD, PhD
(Fukuoka, Japan)
Danyal Khan, MD
(London, UK)
Tatsuya Uchida, MD, PhD
(Tokyo, Japan)
Collaborators
Frank Yeh, MD, PhD
(Pittsburgh, PA)
Xiaoguang Tong, MD
(Tianjin, China)
Pablo Rubino, MD
(Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Maximiliano Alberto Nunez
Hiroshi Abe, MD
(Fukuoka, Japan)
Karam Asmaro, MD
Ahmed Mohyeldin, MD
Research Opportunities
Research fellowship positions are offered in the lab throughout the year. Minimum length of the fellowship program is 12 months; shorter periods of time might be considered under special circumstances.
Funding for personal expenses is not available, but the lab will provide the anatomical and technical material needed to complete your training and research projects. Fellows will focus on areas of their interest under the guidance of the lab faculty.
For any questions, please contact us at neurotrain@stanford.edu
Lab Resources
Equipment available to Surgical Neuroanatomy Laboratory personnel include the following:
- Two (2) operating microscopes
- Four (4) HD endoscopic stations (courtesy of Storz and Stryker)
- One (1) image-guidance system (courtesy of Medtronic)
- Two (2) high-speed electric drills (courtesy of Stryker)
- Abundant and high-quality anatomical specimens
- 3D stereoscopic curved HD-TV for educational presentations
- Research fellow office with two (2) High-Definition Fiber Tracking (HDFT) stations (CPU 17, 3.07GHz, QuadCore w/hyperthreating, 12 Gb RAM, nVidia QuadroFX 5800 w/4Gb RAM)
- 3D-HD TV 55 inches
- Microsurgical instrumentation (courtesy of MIZUHO)
- Endoscopic instrumentation (courtesy of Storz)
Department of Neurosurgery
The Stanford Surgical Neuroanatomy, Fiber Tractography, and Virtual Reality Laboratory is part of the Stanford School of Medicine's Department of Neurosurgery.
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