Distinguished Panel Throws Down the Concussion Gauntlet: AANS Opening Ceremonies

Guest post from Brent R. O’Neill, MD Pediatric Neurosurgeon University of Colorado, Children’s Hospital Colorado Aurora, CO A retired pro-linebacker, an army general, a cable news personality, and a neurosurgeon walk into a bar . . . Actually, on May 1, 2016, they walked into Chicago’s McCormick Place for the Opening Ceremonies of the 84th […]

Face of Neurosurgery: Dr. Karin Muraszko a Unique and Remarkable Neurosurgeon

Ann M. Parr, MD, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN Anyone who has ever met, worked with, or been trained by Karin M. Muraszko, MD, knows how incredibly special she is. Now her remarkable talents and accomplishments will be rightly shared with a far wider audience. On Jan. 24, 2016, […]

The Unaccountable Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB)

Recently Rep. Michael Burgess, MD (R-TX), took on CNN’s Soledad O’Brien on Medicare reform and the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) in particular.  Before we show you the video here’s some background information on the topic. The IPAB was created by the health-reform legislation, and is a board of 15 unelected and largely unaccountable government […]