Mark J. Kubala, MD, FAANS(L) Awarded TMA Foundation “Heart of Gold” Award
The Texas Medical Association Foundation (TMA Foundation) recently awarded neurosurgeon Mark J. Kubala, MD, FAANS(L) their highest honor, the Heart of Gold Award. The foundation presents the award to outstanding individuals who embody a “gold standard” of volunteerism and have made a measurable impact on the foundation’s mission through gifts and leadership.
Three Things CDC Wants You to Know about Concussion and Kids
Grant Baldwin, PhD, Director, Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Disclaimer: The findings and conclusions in this manuscript are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It’s a long pass […]
Winter is here…Where is your helmet?
Kristopher G. Hooten, MD (left) Major United States Army Fellow in Pediatric Neurosurgery at Duke University Medical Center Durham, NC Kimberly B. Hoang, MD (right) Resident in Neurological Surgery at Duke University Medical Center Durham, NC Winter is here. Where is your helmet? As the temperatures drop, neurosurgeons unfortunately also see an increase in devastating […]
Recommendations are on the Way!
Guest post written on behalf of the neurosurgery members of the CDC Pediatric Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Guideline Workgroup Michael S. Turner, MD, FAANS; Shelly D. Timmons, MD, PhD, FACS, FAANS; Edward C. Benzel, MD, FAANS; Ann-Christine Duhaime, MD, FAANS; Richard G. Ellenbogen, MD, FAANS, FACS; John Ragheb, MD, FAANS, FACS; Patricia B. Raksin, MD, […]
Neurosurgeon’s Breakthroughs with Eye Tracking Adds Insight to Concussion Understanding
Uzma Samadani, MD, PhD, FACS, FAANS Rockswold Kaplan Endowed Chair, Hennepin County Medical Center Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN Concussions are a problem. Everyone agrees on that. But it is rather less apparent how to define a concussion accurately, or how to diagnose, track and follow-up post-concussion. Effective treatment is based […]
New Polytrauma System of Care Yields Tremendous Hope
Odette A. Harris MD, MPH, FAANS Department of Neurosurgery Stanford University Medical Center Director, Defense Veterans Brain Injury Center Stanford, CA Advancement of medical knowledge has often occurred during and after wars. For neurosurgery, the Civil War brought an understanding of peripheral nerve injuries and infection prevention, while World War I enabled a clearer understanding […]
Achieving Greatness: #ConcussionFacts
Christine Hammer, MD, Neurosurgery Resident, Thomas Jefferson University (left) Analiz Rodriguez, MD, PhD, Neurosurgical Oncology Fellow, City of Hope National Medical Center (middle) Clemens M. Schirmer, MD, PhD, Geisinger Health System (right) As the world focused on the competitive athletes of the summer 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, we were inundated with stories of athletes […]
NFL Advancing Progress on the Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of Concussions
H. Hunt Batjer, MD, FAANS, FACS (left) Co-Chair, National Football League Head, Neck and Spine Committee Dallas, TX Richard G. Ellenbogen, MD, FAANS, FACS (right) Co-Chair, National Football League Head, Neck and Spine Committee Seattle, WA The National Football League (NFL) has a tremendous opportunity, if not responsibility, to continue to advance progress on the […]
BCBSA Report: Concussion Diagnoses Spiked in the U.S. from 2010 through 2015
From time to time on Neurosurgery Blog, you will see us cross-posting or linking to items from other places when we believe they hit the mark on an issue. As such, we wanted to draw your attention to a new Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) report entitled, “The Steep Rise in Concussion Diagnoses in […]
Faces of Neurosurgery: TRACK-ing Progress in Traumatic Brain Injury
Guest post from Kristopher T. Kimmell, MD Neurosurgical Resident, University of Rochester Medical Center Rochester, NY By now many have grown numb to the statistics regarding traumatic brain injury (TBI) in the United States. Over two million people see a medical professional for symptoms related to a traumatic head injury each year. If these numbers […]