Sports-Related Brain Injury: Lessons from the NFL
H. Hunt Batjer, MD (right) President, American Association of Neurological Surgeons Lois C. A. and Darwin E. Smith Distinguished Chair in Neurological Surgery UT Southwestern Neurosurgery Department Dallas, TX Shelly D. Timmons, MD, PhD (left) Chair-elect, AANS/CNS Washington Committee Past-chair, AANS/CNS Joint Section on Neurotrauma and Critical Care Geisinger Medical Center Danville, PA Editor’s Note: […]
Faces of Neurosurgery: Remembering Katrina and the Neurosurgeons who Risked Everything to Care for Patients
Guest post from Kristopher T. Kimmell, MD Neurosurgical Resident, University of Rochester Medical Center Rochester, NY On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in southeast Louisiana. Shortly after, New Orleans was engulfed in its destructive path and the storm’s surge inundated the city. Katrina’s wake left the most expensive natural disaster in United States […]
Neurosurgical Focus Highlights Efforts to Define, Measure, and Predict Quality in Neurosurgery
John Ratliff, MD, FAANS, FACS (left) Co-Director, Division of Spine and Peripheral Nerve Surgery Department of Neurosurgery Stanford University Medical Center Chair, AANS/CNS National Quality Council Stanford, CA Anthony L. Asher, MD, FAANS, FACS (right) Co-Medical Director, Carolinas Healthcare System Neuroscience Institute Director, National Neurosurgery Quality and Outcomes Database Vice President, NeuroPoint Alliance Charlotte, NC […]
Military Faces of Neurosurgery – Silver Lining in the Black Cloud of the Civil War: Improved Medical Education
Guest post from Michael Schulder, MD, FAANS Residency Program Director Professor and Vice Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery Director, Brain Tumor Center Hofstra North Shore LIJ School of Medicine North Shore University Hospital Lake Success, NY This year marks the 150th anniversary of the end of the American Civil War. While neurosurgery was not yet a […]
Service as a Neurosurgeon: My Mentors as the Military Face of Neurosurgery
Col (ret) Rocco A. Armonda, MD, FAANS; Director of Neuroendovascular Surgery for MedStar Washington Hospital Center and MedStar Georgetown University Hospital; Director of Neurosurgery at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Washington, DC A man should be judged by the “dust on his sandals and not the polish on his boots.” During the […]
Cross Post about the Opioid Crisis — Now Comes the Hard part: Turning National Attention into Action
Patrice A. Harris, MD 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’s post originally appeared in the American Medical Association’s AMA Wire publication and is authored by Patrice A. Harris, MD, chair-elect […]
Faces of Neurosurgery: On Track to Heal in a Disaster
Kristopher T. Kimmell, MD Neurosurgical Resident, University of Rochester Medical Center Rochester, NY Millions of viewers were glued to the news when an Amtrak train en route from Washington, D.C. to New York City derailed outside Philadelphia on May 12, 2015. There were 238 passengers and five crew members on the train. As a result of […]
Brain Aneurysm Foundation: Make September National Brain Aneurysm Month
Guest post from Christine J. Buckley Executive Director, Brain Aneurysm Foundation The Brain Aneurysm Foundation (BAF) was the first foundation of its kind — and continues to be the premier foundation in the world, solely dedicated to providing critical awareness, education, support and research funding to reduce the incidence of brain aneurysm ruptures. Established in […]
AANS Spotlight: August is Neurosurgery Awareness Month
Did you know that August is AANS Neurosurgery Awareness Month? This year, for Neurosurgery Awareness Month, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons is raising awareness on the causes and prevention of traumatic brain injury, back pain, injury prevention and other neurological safety topics. In addition, Neurosurgery Awareness Month will focus the spotlight on the neurosurgeons […]
Spine Surgery vs. Physical Therapy: Designing Clinical Trials to Answer Questions that Will Elevate Clinical Practice
Guest post from: Zoher Ghogawala, MD; Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center; Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Tufts University School of Medicine, Burlington, MA (top left) John Ratliff, MD; Co-Director, Division of Spine and Peripheral Nerve Surgery, Department of Neurosurgery Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA (top right) Praveen Mummaneni, MD; Co-director UCSF’s […]