GME Changes: Are we in danger of throwing the baby out with the bathwater?
Guest Post from Maya A. Babu, MD (left) Neurosurgical Resident, Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN and Brian V. Nahed, MD (right) Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School Boston, MA The recent Institute of Medicine (IOM) report heralding potentially major changes in the world of graduate medical education (GME) funding has brought […]
Neurosurgery Meets with Congress during Alliance of Specialty Medicine’s Legislative Conference
Guest Post from Alliance of Specialty Medicine spokesperson, Alex B. Valadka, MD Chief Executive Officer, Seton Brain and Spine Institute Austin, Texas Dr. Valadka (left) visiting Rep. Roger Williams (R-Texas). This week, I attended the Alliance of Specialty Medicine’s annual Capitol Hill Advocacy Conference. More than 100 participants from 13 medical societies – including the […]
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 […]
Faces of Neurosurgery: Access Always
Guest Post from Deborah L. Benzil, MD, FACS, FAANS Member, AANS Board of Directors Chair, AANS/CNS Communications and Public Relations Committee MKMG Columbia University Medical Center Mt Kisco, New York The many Faces of Neurosurgery provide patients with access to critical medical care, often during extremely challenging environments or enormously stressful conditions. Praveen Mummameni, MD, […]
The Face of Neurosurgery
Guest Post from Deborah L. Benzil, MD, FACS, FAANS Member, AANS Board of Directors Chair, AANS/CNS Communications and Public Relations Committee MKMG Columbia University Medical Center Mt Kisco, New York During Sir Bob Geldof’s talk at the 2014 Opening Ceremonies of the 82nd AANS Annual Scientific Meeting, he suggested that neurosurgery (brain surgery) has supplanted […]
House Passes Bill to Repeal the SGR; Attention Now Turns to the Senate
On March 14, 2014, by a vote of 238 to 181, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation to repeal Medicare’s sustainable growth rate (SGR) physician payment system. The “SGR Repeal and Medicare Payment Modernization Act” (H.R. 4015), establishes a new streamlined value-based incentive payment system called the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System, or MIPS. The […]
CNS Spotlight: 2014 Winter Congress Quarterly Released
The Congress Quarterly (cnsq) is the official newsmagazine of the 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 patients. Each issue explores a […]
Death and the Doctor: Under-valued Skills
Guest Post from Deborah L. Benzil, MD, FACS, FAANS Member, AANS Board of Directors Chair, AANS/CNS Communications and Public Relations Committee MKMG Columbia University Medical Center Mt Kisco, New York One obvious but often-overlooked thing constantly challenges practicing physicians: DEATH. While we all know that death is inevitable, death intrudes into every physician interaction with […]
All I Wanted for Christmas!
Guest Post from Deborah L. Benzil, MD, FACS, FAANS Member, AANS Board of Directors Chair, AANS/CNS Communications and Public Relations Committee Mt Kisco, New York At this time of year, we are often inundated with saccharin comments about holiday giving. This year, I have decided I will request a simple gift that honors the real […]
AANS Spotlight: Neurosurgeons and the Media
The AANS Neurosurgeon is official socioeconomic publication of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) which features information and analysis for contemporary neurosurgical practice. It focuses on issues related to legislation, workforce and practice management as they affect the specialty of neurosurgery. For today’s post we wanted to bring your attention to the newly released […]