Neurosurgery – A Comprehensive Review 2019

Topics And Speakers:

Vascular

• Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke – Henrikas Vaitkevicius, MD

• Intracranial Aneurysms – Rose Du, MD, PhD

• Vascular Malformations and Moyamoya Disease – Gary K. Steinberg, MD, PhD

• Extracranial Carotid Artery Disease – Christopher M. Loftus, MD, Dr.h.c. (Hon), FAANS

• Endovascular Considerations in Vascular Disease – Alan S. Boulos, MD, FACS, FAANS
  
  

Head Injury/Craniocerebral Trauma

• Closed Head Injury/Concussion and Head Injury in Sports – Mark R. Proctor, MD

• Skull and Facial Fractures/Paranasal Sinus and Skull Base Trauma – Rocco Anthony Armonda, MD, FACS (Col. [Ret.], MC, UCS)
  
  

• Subdural Hematoma – Maya Babu, MD

• Decompressive Craniectomy – Jamie S. Ullman, MD, FACS, FAANS
  
  

Spinal Surgery

• Cervical Spine Trauma – John H. Chi, MD, MPH

• Thoraco-Lumbar Fractures – Charles A. Sansur, MD, MHSc

• Disc Herniations: Cervical, Lumbar and Thoracic – Charles A. Sansur, MD, MHSc

• Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion – Adam S. Kanter, MD

• Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery – Praveen V. Mummaneni, MD

• Hydromyelia/Syringomyelia – Charles A. Sansur, MD, MHSc

Peripheral Nerves

• Acute Nerve Injury and Repair – Susan E. Mackinnon, MD

• Peripheral Nerve Tumors – Robert J. Spinner, MD

• Brachial Plexus Lesions – Susan E. Mackinnon, MD

• Compression Neuropathy – Susan E. Mackinnon, MD

• Nerve Transfers for Shoulder and Elbow – Susan E. Mackinnon, MD

• Nerve Transfers for the Hand – Susan E. Mackinnon, MD

Brain Tumors

• Metastatic Brain Tumors – Peter E. Fecci, MD, PhD
  
  

• Malignant Gliomas – Charles S. Cobbs, MD

• Meningiomas – Ossama Al-Mefty, MD, FACS

• Low Grade Gliomas – Nader Sanai, MD, FAANS, FACS

• Pineal Region Tumors – Jeffrey N. Bruce, MD, FACS

• Posterior Fossa Tumors of Childhood – Tord D. Alden, MD

• Vestibular Schwannoma – Michael J. Link, MD

• Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Brain Tumors, Arteriovenous Malformations, and Trigeminal Neuralgia – Jason Sheehan, MD, PhD, FACS

Spine and Spinal Cord Tumors

• Metastatic Tumors of the Spine – Michael W. Groff, MD

• Spinal Cord Tumor Management – Paul C. McCormick, MD, MPH

Skull Base Lesion

• Meningiomas of the Skull Base and Other Skull Base Tumors – Ian F. Dunn, MD, FAANS

• Skull Base Surgical Approaches – Ian F. Dunn, MD, FAANS

Pituitary Tumors and Craniopharyngiomas

• Non-Functioning and Functioning Pituitary Tumors – Nelson M. Oyesiku, MD, PhD, FACS

• The Evolution and Development of Endoscopic Pituitary Surgery – Edward R. Laws, MD, FACS
  
  

• Craniopharyngiomas – R. Michael Scott, MD

Hydrocephalus/Cysts/Infection

• Hydrocephalus and Congenital Cysts – Tord D. Alden, MD

Functional Neurosurgery

• Functional Neurosurgery – Garth Rees Cosgrove, MD, FRCSC
  
  

Special Topics

• Neurofibromatosis and von Hippel-Lindau Disease – Ashok R. Asthagiri, MD

• Coma and Brain Death – Allan H. Ropper, MD

• Anticoagulation, Reversal, and Hemostasis in Neurosurgery – Christopher M. Loftus, MD, Drhc, FAANS