Leading neurosurgical organization confers Distinguished Service Award to St. Louis neurosurgeon, recognizing exemplary service to the neurosurgical specialty.
Memphis neurosurgeon Jon H. Robertson, MD, FAANS, FACS, named 2013 Harvey Cushing Medalist for his significant contributions to the neurosurgical specialty through leadership, service and dedication.
Texas-based neurosurgeon, who has served organized neurosurgery in numerous capacities, takes on treasurer's role for AANS in 2013.
Renowned Memphis pediatric neurosurgeon Frederick A. Boop, MD, FAANS, FACS will serve at the AANS' secretary in 2013.
Distinguished California neurosurgeon Mitchel S. Berger, MD, FAANS, FACS, will continue to work with the AANS Executive Committee as Immediate Past President in the coming year.
Penn State neurosurgery Chairman Robert E. Harbaugh, MD, FAANS, FACS, will serve in 2013-14 as the American Association of Neurological Surgeons' President-Elect.
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.
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.
Image series and other data help researchers shed new light on the rare and devastating condition of second impact syndrome.
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.
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.
Readmission rates related to spine surgery may be misleading in terms of how patients actually fared, since many readmissions were unavoidable.
Registration for the largest gathering of neurosurgeons in the nation, with an emphasis on the field’s latest research and technological advances, is now open to all practitioners.
Members of the AANS can now sign up for the 81st AANS Annual Scientific Meeting - the largest gathering of neurosurgeons in the nation - which places an emphasis on the field’s latest research and technological advances.
Guest editors select articles to aid practitioners in neurosurgical risk prevention and other strategies to reduce adverse events during neurosurgical procedures.
Alabama researchers find that when faced with disease, especially with conditions such as hydrocephalus, patients and caregivers are turning more frequently to the Internet and social media for advice and support.
Researchers compare symptoms and neurocognitive findings in male and female soccer players - and could not find any verifiable evidence of differences in concussion symptoms, incidence or neruocognitive tests.
Research shows that the use of bicycle helmets can dramatically reduce impact and damage caused during cycling accidents.
Foundation teams with multiple stakeholders to develop agenda focused on transforming clinical spine research and care.
In the latest issue of AANS Neurosurgeon, Gray Matters authors assess the use of decompressive craniectomy to treat children who have sustained traumatic brain injury (TBI).
The August edition of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons' online magazine discusses neurocritical care issues.
Neurosurgical journal supplement delves into cutting-edge techniques and research to help those with spinal cord injuries.
With millions of kids returning to participate in school-related sports activities, members of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons encourage players, coaches, administrators and others to take time in August - which is Neurosurgery Outreach Month - to learn more about sports-related head injuries and concussion.
The NREF is pleased to announce the following programs as 2012-2013 recipients of the Foundation’s post-residency clinical fellowship grant program: Barrow Neurological Institute; University of Florida; Thomas Jefferson University; MD Anderson Cancer Center, The University of Texas; Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; John Hopkins University; Medical College of Wisconsin; Northwestern University; Rush University; Toronto Western Hospital/The University of Toronto; University of California, Los Angeles; University of California, San Francisco; University of Michigan; University of Miami; University of Virginia; and the University of Wisconsin.
The Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation has named 10 individuals to receive research grants in conjunction with industry and institutional support.
Research shows an increase in deaths from motor vehicle accidents in areas where fewer neurosurgeons are available.
Researchers find that magnets within the Apple iPad 2 tablet may interfere with the settings of magnetically programmable shunt devices, resulting in a shunt malfunction until the problem is discovered and the valve readjusted.
A plastic surgeon and neurosurgeon have successfully utilized peripheral nerve transfer to bypass a cervical spinal cord injury and restore partial function in both hands to a quadriplegic patient.
Researchers find that early detection of blunt cerebrovascular injury after trauma, and the use of screening protocol to detect these injuries, may prevent potentially life-threatening stroke.
Research shows that in the U.S., lumbar spondylosis is associated with the lowest quality-adjusted life year health state compared to other common chronic disease states.
Nationwide survey suggest neurosurgeons not only perceive the medicolegal environments they operate in, but that these perceptions may impact practitioners and their patients.
Researchers develop model that suggest regulation of cerebral blood flow by adenosine and adenosine kinase may be of critical importance in understanding neocortical epilepsy.
Research shows HSPPC-96 autologous heat shock protein-peptide vaccine may be clinically beneficial for glioblastoma multiforme patients.
Researchers have found, as it relates to neurotrama, an association of increased complications (and no change in mortality) with the implementation of ACGME resident duty-hours restrictions within teaching hospitals; as well as no change in complications and an improvement in mortality in non-teaching hospitals.
Researchers find stereotactic anterior cingulotomy may prove to be a viable treatment option for patients suffering from treatment-resistant OCD.
Mitchel S. Berger, MD, FAANS, FACS, will be named president of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) at the 80th AANS Annual Meeting in Miami, April 14-18, 2012. Dr. Berger is chairman of the University of California, San Francisco's (UCSF) Department of Neurological Surgery and the Kathleen M. Plant Distinguished Professor. He also is the director of the Brain Tumor Research Center at UCSF.
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