CNS Spotlight: 2019 Spring Congress Quarterly Released
The Congress Quarterly (cnsq) is the official newsmagazine of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) and is designed to reflect the changing nature of neurosurgery and foster discussion about the core being of the neurosurgeon, which is that of leadership, strength, innovation and the relentless pursuit to improve the care and quality of life of […]
Cross Post – Congress Quarterly Previews the 2018 CNS Annual Meeting
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. For today’s post, we wanted to highlight the recently released issue of Congress Quarterly, the official newsmagazine of the CNS. Each issue explores a new topic […]
Help Prevent Spinal Cord Injury: ThinkFirst
Rocco A. Armonda, MD, FAANS (left) Chairman, ThinkFirst Board of Directors Director of Neuroendovascular Surgery for MedStar Washington Hospital Center and MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Washington, DC Debby Gerhardstein RN, BSN, MA (middle) Executive Director, ThinkFirst National Injury Prevention Foundation Naperville, Illinois Mark A Spatola, MD (right) Past Chairman, ThinkFirst Board of Directors Orange Park […]
Burnout and Renewal: Changing Perspectives in Neurosurgery
Guest post from Joseph C. Maroon, MD Clinical professor and vice-chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery and the Heindl Scholar in Neuroscience at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Pittsburgh, PA Today, 57 percent of neurosurgeons currently report “burnout” in their career. It is time we recognize this common burnout as a very serious […]
Image Gently: A Pediatric Neurosurgical Perspective
Guest post from Sarah J. Gaskill, MD Professor, College of Medicine Neurosurgery and Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair at University of South Florida Chairman, AANS/CNS Section on Pediatric Neurological Surgery Tampa, FL The Think-A-Head Image Gently Campaign rolled out last year, as a multispecialty campaign under the umbrella of the Image Gently Alliance, an […]
CNS Spotlight: Congress Quarterly Presents the CNS 2016 Annual Report
Guest post from Elad I. Levy, MD Editor, Congress Quarterly Congress Quarterly (cnsq) is the official newsmagazine of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), written by and for neurosurgeons to explore topics of unique value and interest to our specialty, from neurosurgeons as artists to helping with U.S. tragedies. In today’s post we wanted to […]
Congress Quarterly Exhibits The Intersection of Art+Neurosurgery
Guest post from Gerald A. Grant, MD, FAANS Editor, Congress Quarterly Congress Quarterly (cnsq) is the official newsmagazine of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, written by and for neurosurgeons to explore topics of unique value and interest to our specialty, from neurosurgeons as storytellers to helping with U.S. tragedies. In today’s post, we wanted to […]
Thank You and Happy New Year!
As 2016 draws to a close, we’d like to take a moment to thank you. Whether you read Neurosurgery Blog, share our content or contribute awesome articles for us to post, we are extremely grateful for what you do. As we all know, health care is central to our daily lives and policymakers in Washington, […]
AMA Honors Katie O. Orrico with Lifetime Achievement Award
From time to time you will see us promote items on Neurosurgery Blog in order to spotlight some great things which are born out of the many individuals who work on behalf of organized neurosurgery. For our post today we would like to highlight that earlier this week, the American Medical Association awarded Katie O. […]
CNS Spotlight – The Information Age: How Technology and Big Data are Changing Neurosurgery
How will the unprecedented expansion of data and technology affect neurosurgery? At the CNS Annual Meeting in San Diego, 2016 CNS president Russell R. Lonser, MD, FAANS, delivered a compelling address on the future of neurosurgery in the Information Age. Using the Annual Meeting theme of Advance, Adapt, Achieve as a springboard, he laid out […]