Pediatric Neurovascular Disease: Finding a Better Way
Sandi K. Lam, MD, FAANS Director of Pediatric Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery Program Co-Director of Craniofacial Surgery Program Texas Children’s Hospital “She is going to write about this in her college application,” her father states while she nonchalantly takes a selfie in our clinic room. Two years ago, my patient was undergoing surgery to remove an arteriovenous […]
Thanks. Giving.
Deborah L. Benzil, MD, FACS, FAANS Chair, AANS/CNS Communications and Public Relations Committee Vice Chair, Neurosurgery Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland, OH Thanks Thanks — not said enough and when said, often too casually. A shrug of the lips as one turns away. The gracious recognition of the efforts of others, offered from the heart infrequent. […]
Pediatric Neurosurgery: The First Subspecialty
Marion L. (Jack) Walker, MD Professor Emeritus, Department of Neurological Surgery University of Utah Health Sciences Center Salt Lake City, Utah The care of pediatric neurosurgery patients has advanced tremendously in a short period of time. Thankfully, the spectrum of medical issues that pediatric neurosurgeons successfully address includes: Tumors; Trauma; Congenital malformations; Infections; Spine […]
Cutting Edge Caring: The Impact of Pediatric Neurosurgeons
Deborah L. Benzil, MD, FACS, FAANS Chair, AANS/CNS Communications and Public Relations Committee Vice Chair, Neurosurgery Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland, OH For all the clichéd sayings about illness and injury in children, no words truly capture the struggles and emotions of parents, siblings and loved ones who are engulfed by cancer, trauma, congenital difficulties, scoliosis […]
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 […]