What the Heck is Functional Neurosurgery? Restoring our Patients’ Quality of Life
Guest post written by Joshua M. Rosenow, MD, FAANS, FACS, from the Department of Neurological Surgery at Northwestern. For most neurosurgical subspecialties, the name is sufficient for an average to understand what we do. Spinal neurosurgery, neurosurgical oncology and cerebrovascular neurosurgery are all reasonably self-explanatory. However, the term “functional neurosurgery” fails to explain the breadth […]
Innovation and Diversity Anchor Successful Neurosurgical Department at Cleveland Clinic
Guest post written by multiple surgeons from the Department of Neurological Surgery at Cleveland Clinic. Deborah L. Benzil, MD, FAANS (top left); Andre Guelman Machado, MD, PhD, IFAANS (top right); Thomas E. Mroz, MD (bottom left); and Michael P. Steinmetz, MD, FAANS (bottom right). LeBron James have departed for the sunny west coast, but Cleveland […]
Clinical Neuroscience in Action: Neurosurgery’s Contribution to Mapping the Human Brain
Guest post written by multiple neurosurgeons from the Department of Neurological Surgery at UCSF. Shawn L. Hervey-Jumper, MD FAANS (left); Edward F. Chang, MD FAANS (center); and Mitchel S. Berger, MD FAANS (right). Philosophers, theologians, and scientists have been interested in the mechanisms responsible for human thought and behavior since the earliest days of recorded […]
Thanks. Giving.
Deborah L. Benzil, MD, FACS, FAANS Chair, AANS/CNS Communications and Public Relations Committee Vice Chair, Neurosurgery Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland, OH Thanks Thanks — not said enough and when said, often too casually. A shrug of the lips as one turns away. The gracious recognition of the efforts of others, offered from the heart infrequent. […]
The Changing Face of Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery
Nathan R. Selden, MD, PhD Chair, Department of Neurological Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) Campagna Chair of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Doernbecher Children’s Hospital Portland, OR Watching a young child have a seizure is heartbreaking and frightening, especially for parents. Fortunately, modern medicine has had a profound impact on this problem. Since Sir Victor […]
Putting Patients First: Repeal the Medical Device Tax
Scott Whitaker President and CEO of AdvaMed (the Advanced Medical Technology Association) Creating life-changing innovations is central to the role the medical technology industry plays in improving patient care. For people with neurological conditions — like spina bifida, epilepsy, Parkinson’s, multiple sclerosis and many others — advances in medical technology are not only improving, but […]
Faces of Neurosurgery’s Founders: Victor Horsley
Guest post from Kristopher T. Kimmell, MD Neurosurgical Resident, University of Rochester Medical Center Rochester, NY “There has to be this pioneer, the individual who has the courage, the ambition to overcome the obstacles that always develop when one tries to do something worthwhile, especially when it is new and different.” – Alfred P. Sloan […]
Faces of Neurosurgery — Saluting Dr. Edie Zusman: Pioneering Epilepsy Treatment in Nigeria
Guest post from Sharona Ben-Haim, MD Neurosurgical Fellow at Oxford University U.K. In the United States, society accepts the diagnosis of epilepsy and embraces its treatment, which is usually medical, although in refractory cases may be surgical. However, for the more than 10,000,000 people on the continent of Africa who suffer from epilepsy, 75-80 percent […]
Caring for our Littlest Patients: New Hope with Seizure Surgery
Jason S. Hauptman, MD PhD Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center Los Angeles, CA As surgeons, our greatest ambitions and desires revolve around making the lives of the people we take care of better. In the case of pediatric neurosurgery, we not only focus our efforts on helping children with challenging and sometimes devastating neurological […]