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While today’s U.S. Supreme Court decision in King. V. Burwell settles the legal debate on the lawfulness of federal tax subsidies for individuals enrolled in federal health insurance exchanges, many problems with the Affordable Care Act (ACA) remain. Far from the last word on healthcare reform, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) are redoubling their efforts to work with Congress to move forward and fix the shortcomings of the health reform law.

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Winner of the Louise Eisenhardt Traveling Scholarship Award, Teresa Purzner, MD, presented her research, Quantitative Phosphoproteomics for Targeted Cancer Therapy.

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Winner of the Leksell Radiosurgery Award, Deborah C. Marshall, recently presented her research, Survival Patterns of Patients with Cerebral Metastases after Multiple Rounds of Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS).

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Winner of the DePuy Synthes Cerebrovascular Section Resident/Fellow Award, Karam Moon, MD, will be presenting his research, The Myth of Restenosis after Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting.

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Winner of the Synthes Skull Base Award, William T. Couldwell, MD, PhD, FAANS, presented findings from the study, Outcomes after Surgical Treatment of Meningioma-associated Proptosis.

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Winner of the Philip L. Gildenberg S&F Resident Award, Mark R. Witcher, MD, presented his research, Memory Task-specific Encoding by Neuronal Networks in the Human Hippocampus.

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Winner of the William H. Sweet Young Investigators Award, Frank William Petraglia III, presented his research on the relationship between the efficacy of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) to block pains signals and the amount of time elapsed between diagnosis and implantation.

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Winner of the Stryker Neuro-oncology Award, Darryl Lau, MD, presented results from A prospective phase II clinical trial of 5-aminolevulinic acid to correlate intraoperative fluorescence intensity with histologic cellularity.

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Winner of the Young Neurosurgeons Abstract Award, Abdullah H. Feroze, B.S., presented his abstract, entitled Neural Placode Tissue Derived from Myelomeningocele Repair Serves as a Viable Source of Oligodendrocyte Progenitor Cells.

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Winner of the Integra Foundation Award, Charles Lee, a student at the University of Rochester, studied the relationship between how many pituitary surgeries a neurosurgeon does and the overall cost of care for patients for patients in New York State.

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Winner of the Sanford J. Larson, MD, PhD Award, Chetan Bettegowda, MD, will be presenting his abstract titled Somatic Mutations in SUZ12 in Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors.

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Fund Awardee, Amanda Muhs Saratsis, MD, assistant professor of neurological surgery at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and an attending physician at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Hospital of Chicago, will examine the underpinnings of pediatric brainstem glioma. Saratsis hopes to identify potential therapeutic targets and biomarkers of this disease that will improve clinical diagnosis and management.

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Winner of the Brian D. Silber Award, Claudio Tatsui, MD, will present his abstract that shares his research, titled Laser Interstitial Thermotherapy as an Alternative to Separation Surgery in the Management of Spinal Metastasis.

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Winner of the Journal on Neuro-Oncology Award, Frederick F. Lang Jr., MD, FAANS, recently presented his research into Delta-24-RGD at the 2015 American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) Annual Scientific Meeting.

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Winner of the DePuy Synthes Spinal Cord Injury Resident Award, Nickalus R. Khan, MD, presented his research, A Meta-analysis of Spinal Surgical Site Infection and Vancomycin Powder.

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Winner of the Stewart B. Dunsker, MD, Award, Khoi Duc Than, MD, presented his research, How to Predict Return to Work After Lumbar Discectomy: Answers from the NeuroPoint SD Registry.

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Winner of the Best International Abstract Award, Jeffrey V. Rosenfeld, MD, MS, presented his research, The Development of a Wireless Multielectrode Cortical Prosthesis for Restoration of Vision in Blind Individuals.

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Matthew Joseph McGirt, MD, FAANS, presented his research, Patient Reported Outcomes 3-Months after Spine Surgery: Is it an Accurate Predictor of 12-Month?

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“While the American Association of Neurological Surgeons does not endorse political candidates, we are nevertheless excited that one of our members seeks to contribute to our society by making this courageous leap into the political fray.

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Winner of the Donald O. Quest Basic Science Award, Kushal Shah, MD, presented his research, Targeting Ezh2+ Cells with an Oncolytic Virus in Treatment of Glioma.