Drug and Opioid Abuse Prevention: An Update for Neurosurgeons
Benjamin M. Zussman, MD Neurosurgery Resident, UPMC Council of State Neurosurgical Societies, State and Regional Advocacy Committee As a junior neurosurgery resident, I have already cared for too many patients whose lives have been destroyed by drug abuse. Consider the 22-year-old being whisked to the operating room for a severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) caused […]
Cross Post – A Brain Surgeon’s Long Journey Home from the Iraq War
From time to time on Neurosurgery Blog you will see us cross-posting or linking to pieces from other places when we believe they really hit the mark on an issue. Today, in honor of Memorial Day, we wanted to take the time to highlight an article which originally appeared in the Spring Congress Quarterly (cnsq) […]
Cross Post – New Health Policy Brief: Medicare’s New Physician Payment System
From time to time on Neurosurgery Blog, you will see us cross-posting or linking to items from other publications when we believe they hit the mark on an issue. Today’s post originally appeared on the Health Affairs blog and it highlights a new policy brief from Health Affairs and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), […]
Innovation in Education
H. Hunt Batjer, MD, FACS, FAANS (left) President, American Association of Neurological Surgeons Lois C. A. and Darwin E. Smith Distinguished Chair in Neurological Surgery UT Southwestern Neurosurgery Department Dallas, TX Deborah L. Benzil, MD, FACS, FAANS (right) Vice President, American Association of Neurological Surgeons Chair, AANS/CNS Communications and Public Relations Committee Mount Kismo Medical Group […]
Military Faces of Neurosurgery – A Hero So Named
Carlos A. David, MD, FAANS Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Tufts University School of Medicine Director of Cerebrovascular and Skull Base Surgery, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center Burlington, MA It is shortly after midnight, April 17, 1961. The paratroopers of “A” company, 1st Battalion anxiously await the moment their C-46 plane will be airborne. One paratrooper […]
Cross Post – Ensuring an Adequate Specialty Physician Workforce for the 21st Century
On April 5, 2016, Morning Consult published an opinion piece featuring the Alliance of Specialty Medicine and neurosurgery’s own H. Hunt Batjer, MD, FAANS, president of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. The article, “Ensuring an Adequate Specialty Physician Workforce for the 21st Century,” addresses a number of key points related to the topic of […]
Faces of Neurosurgery: Legacy Lineage-Cushing, Van Wagenen and Marko
Guest post from Kristopher T. Kimmell, MD Neurosurgical Resident, University of Rochester Medical Center Rochester, NY The training of all physicians is a long and arduous path. After college, there are four years of medical school. The first years are dedicated to understanding the underpinnings of biologic processes and how diseases derange this normal functioning in […]
Change Shift-work Aspects of Resident Duty Hours System to Improve Patient Care
Robert E. Harbaugh, MD, FAANS, FACS, FAHA President, Society of Neurological Surgeons On March 16-17, 2016, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) convened the“Resident Duty Hours in the Learning and Working Environment Congress“ in Chicago. Before the meeting, leaders of organized neurosurgery submitted a white paper on resident duty hours to the ACGME, and […]
A Legend: Dr. John A. Jane Sr. (1931-2015)
Guest post from Johnny Delashaw, Jr., MD Chair of Neurosurgery Seattle Neuroscience Center Seattle, Washington A Legend: Dr. John A. Jane Sr. (1931-2015) “The Song is Ended but the Melody Lingers On” Many names come to mind when one reflects on giants in the field of neurosurgery. One of these is John Anthony Jane Sr., […]
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, […]