Spine Facts, Innovation and Improved Patient Outcomes: Neurosurgery Leading the Way
Guest Post from Deborah L. Benzil, MD, FACS, FAANS (right) Chair, AANS/CNS Communications and Public Relations Committee Vice Chair, Neurosurgery Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland, OH Kristopher T. Kimmell, MD (left) Neurosurgeon at North Kansas City Hospital/Meritas Health North Kansas City, MO “I know I can depend on books in times of trouble because they have […]
AANS Annual Meeting Spotlight: Idea Economy — It’s Not Brain Surgery
Jessica Rabski, MD (left) Neurosurgical Resident, University of Ottawa Ottawa, Canada Eve C. Tsai, MD, PhD, FAANS, FRCSC (right) Suruchi Bhargava Spine and Brain Regeneration Chair Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute University of Ottawa Ottawa, Canada “My job is not life and death.” These words were spoken by Meg Whitman […]
Virtual Reality in Neurosurgery
Bryan Ladd, MD (left) Neurosurgical Resident, University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN Ann M. Parr, MD, PhD, FAANS, FRCSC (middle) Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery and Director, Spinal Neurosurgery University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN Andrew W. Grande, MD, FAANS (right) Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery and Co-director, Earl Grande Stroke and Stem Cell Laboratory University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN According […]
The Wonderful World of Woz
Christopher J. Winfree, MD, FAANS Department of Neurological Surgery, Columbia University New York, NY Neurosurgeons devote their careers to hours of patient care, much cocooned in the operating room. During national neurosurgical annual meetings, speakers are invited from outside the field to stimulate thought and discussion among the audience. So when it was announced that […]
A Tenuous Balance: Technology, Innovation, and Health Care Costs
Stephen Reintjes, MD Neurosurgical Resident, University of South Florida Tampa, FL While wandering around the Congress of Neurological Surgeons’ (CNS) 2016 Annual Meeting and 84th AANS Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, I was fascinated by the displays on the exhibition floor. Towering booths demonstrated everything from spine implants to imaging […]
CNS Spotlight – Lots in Store for the CNS Annual Meeting in New Orleans
Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015, marks the start of the 2015 Congress of Neurological Surgeons annual meeting in New Orleans. The CNS Annual Meeting is a premier forum for exploring controversial and hot-button issues impacting the neurosurgical specialty and for learning about the most cutting-edge procedures, approaches, and technologies in the field. Throughout the meeting, renowned […]
AANS Spotlight: Icons, Inventions and Innovations
AANS Neurosurgeon is the official socioeconomic publication of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), and features information and analysis for contemporary neurosurgical practice. It focuses on issues related to legislation, workforce issues and practice management as they affect the specialty of neurosurgery. The June 2014 edition of AANS Neurosurgeon focuses on the spirit of […]