Ensuring Adequate Pediatric Trauma Care
Clemens M. Schirmer, MD, PhD, FAANS, FAHA (right) Vice-Chair, AANS/CNS Communications and Public Relations Committee Geisinger Health System Wilkes Barre, PA Shelly D. Timmons, MD, PhD, FAANS, FACS (left) President Elect, AANS Vice Chair for Administration and Director of Neurotrauma, Department of Neurosurgery at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Hershey, PA Pediatric trauma […]
The Shoe That Fits—Developing and Validating a Risk Assessment Tool Specific to Spine Surgery
Tej Azad (left) Medical Student, Stanford University School of Medicine Palo Alto, CA John Kevin Ratliff, MD, FAANS, FACS (middle) Professor and Vice Chair of Neurosurgery, Departmental Quality Officer and Co-Director of the Spine and Peripheral Nerve Surgery Division, Stanford University Medical Center Stanford, CA Anand Veeravagu, MD (right) Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Assistant Professor […]
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 […]
ACA: Cost, Coverage, Choice and Change
Guest Post from Deborah L. Benzil, MD, FACS, FAANS Chair, AANS/CNS Communications and Public Relations Committee Mount Kismo Medical Group Columbia University Medical Center Mt Kisco, New York “Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void, but out of chaos.” – Mary Shelly Memory can trick us all but […]
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 […]
A Doctor’s Place is in the Exam Room
Guest post from Stuart L. Weinstein, MD Spokesperson, Health Coalition on Liability and Access Past President, American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons Ignacio V. Ponseti Chair and Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery Professor of Pediatrics Department of Orthopaedic Surgery University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa An orthopaedic surgeon and a neurosurgeon walk into a room… Unfortunately, this […]
Neurosurgery Resident Duty Hours and the Learning and Working Environment
Guest post from Robert E. Harbaugh, MD, FAANS, FACS, FAHA Past President, American Association of Neurological Surgeons Past President, Society of Neurological Surgeons Director, Institute of the Neurosciences Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Neurosurgery Professor, Department of Engineering Science & Mechanics The Pennsylvania State University Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Hershey, PA After thirteen […]
AANS and CNS Release 2017 Legislative and Regulatory Agenda
On February 14, 2017 the AANS and CNS released their 2017 legislative and regulatory agenda, which includes action items such as improving the health care delivery system, abolishing the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB), expanding support for graduate medical education, alleviating the medical liability crisis and restructuring Medicare’s quality improvement programs. To read the full […]
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 […]
Misleading the Public: Analyzing Online Rating of Surgeons
Guest post from Linda W. Xu, MD Neurosurgical Resident, Stanford University Hospital and Clinics Palo Alto, CA Online ratings fill the Internet, and it is almost impossible to avoid them. So it is no surprise that for patients facing the difficult decision to have surgery, it is natural to gather information about their surgeon. Until […]