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