Connecticut neurosurgeon Gary Bloomgarden, MD, FAANS, FACS, will serve the American Association of Neurological Surgeons as its vice president in 2013-14.
Prominent Utah neurosurgeon William T. Couldwell, MD, PhD, FAANS, has taken the presidency of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons for the 2013-14 term, having served on the organization's board of directors since 2006.
Penn State neurosurgery Chairman Robert E. Harbaugh, MD, FAANS, FACS, will serve in 2013-14 as the American Association of Neurological Surgeons' President-Elect.
When comparing spinal fusions done with and without bone morphogenic protein, Researchers find no statistical difference in operative non-union rates.
The American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Congress of Neurological Surgeons join approximately 500 organizations urging Congress to repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board.
The neurosurgical specialty’s leading organization and its members stress the importance of improved quality of care for all patients, as well as the critical need to recognize the symptoms and signs of concussion.
Neurosurgical state society leaders meet in New Orleans; Douglas Brinkley to address attendees as organization members assemble to confer about socioeconomic issues facing neurosurgeons.
The specialty’s leading organization offers attendees expanded breakfast seminar, practical clinic and 3-D session offerings, as well as new programs such as neurosurgical face-offs and lunch-and-learn seminars.
Organized neurosurgery warns that arbitrary cuts for stereotactic radiosurgery jeopardize patient access to vital therapy.
Researchers report that the combined use of hyperbaric oxygen and normobaric hyperoxia therapies provides better outcomes in patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) than the standard intensive neurosurgical care recommended for this injury.
Collaborative Spine announces receipt of up to $7 million over the next three years to fund cross-disciplinary spine research. Organization will work to engage additional industry support to further fund investigator-driven spine-research studies.
Up to $10 million available for original research projects addressing 10 topics within organization's research agenda.
Sixteen new breakfast clinics, four new practical clinics and an expanded Sunday program are among the educational opportunities neurosurgical practitioners will have at the 81st AANS Annual Scientific Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana from April 27-May 1, 2013.
The American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Congress of Neurological Surgeons joined 24 other medical societies in endorsing the “Protecting Seniors’ Access to Medicare Act,” bipartisan legislation that would repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board - and protect seniors from Medicare cuts that could threaten their access to care.
Researchers have found that dissecting a spinal tumor away from the spinal cord and then delivering radiation to the remaining metastatic tumor using stereotactic radiosurgery is a safe, effective method to control spinal metastases - regardless of the radiosensitivity of the tumor that has invaded the spine.
Neurosurgical practitioners discuss specialty's commitment to quality improvement and improving long-term patient health, as well as the need for more data collection and "real-time" information to develop databases of medical disorders and treatment options.
Image series and other data help researchers shed new light on the rare and devastating condition of second impact syndrome.
Specialty experts recommend changes to current graduate medical education system to ensure necessary neurosurgical workforce for the future.
A team of doctors and practitioners implanted a ventriculoperitoneal shunt followed by a new operation to stabilize and reduce the size of the baby’s head in it's first week of life - the first time these two surgeries have been performed in a child so young, according to the authors.
Eleven selected articles take a broad and diverse look at the role concussion plays in contact sports, including opportunities to both better player safety and improve diagnosis of concussion.
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