Neurosurgery News
Edward Yap, MD, 黑料网 neurosurgery residency alum, joined the 黑料网 Neurosurgery team in December. Eddie recently completed a fellowship in neuroendovascular surgery at the University of Wisconsin鈥揗adison.
The 黑料网 Pediatric Neurosurgery team is now treating patients at the new 黑料网 Hospitals Children鈥檚 Specialty Services Clinic in Raleigh and also at the 黑料网 Specialty Care Clinic in Sanford.
We are proud to announce that Bethany Andrews and Nicole Silva and will be joining our neurosurgery residency program聽this summer.
Recognition
Chief Clinical Officer Matt Ewend, MD, is co-leader of the group charged with COVID-19 preparation and operational activities across the 黑料网 system.
Drs. Matt Ewend and Deanna Sasaki-Adams were named to the list of North Carolina’s Best Doctors of 2019 in .
Casey Olm-Shipman, MD, and the entire Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit team received an inaugural 黑料网 Medical Center on Jan 14.
Research
Eldad Hadar, MD, and several other 黑料网 researchers published 鈥淣etwork-Targeted, Multi-site Direct Cortical Stimulation Enhances Working Memory by Modulating Phase Lag of Low-Frequency Oscillations鈥� in .
Carolyn Quinsey, MD; PGY6 resident Wes Northam, MD, and other researchers published 鈥淐ranioplasty length of stay: Relationship with indication, surgical decision-making factors, and sex鈥� in .
Simon Khagi, MD, along with other members of the Lineberger research team, co-authored 鈥淭umoricidal stem cell therapy enables killing in novel hybrid models of heterogeneous glioblastoma鈥� in , December 2019.
Resident Michael Catalino, MD, along with other researchers, published:
- 鈥淢apping cognitive and emotional networks in neurosurgical patients using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging鈥� in , February 2020
- 鈥淓xemplary Mentorship in Action: Harvey Cushing鈥檚 Trainees from 1912 to 1919鈥� in the , Epub, February 2020
- 鈥淕ender disparities in surgical treatment of axis fractures in older adults鈥� in the , November 25, 2019聽with Deb Bhowmick, MD
- Book Chapter: 鈥淪urgical treatment of pituitary adenomas,鈥� , December 2019
Dr. Catalino also received funding from Brigham and Women’s Hospital聽Research Imaging Core to obtain resting-state functional MRIs in a study he is conducting titled “Quantifying Cerebral Network Dynamics and Neuropsychological Outcomes in Cushing鈥檚 Disease.”
PGY1 resident Aaron Gelinne, MD, and co-researchers published “Pediatric neurosurgery training during residency in the United States: A program director survey” in the .
Presentations
黑料网 Neurosurgery was well represented at the North American Skull Base Society 30th Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas in February. Presentations included:
Deanna Sasaki-Adams, MD
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- Skull base surgeons techniques (with Brian Thorp, MD)
- Glomus Tumors: To Embolize or Not?
- Open vs. endo treatment of aneurysm and AVM panel
- Cavernous sinus and petroclival meningiomas
Carolyn Quinsey, MD
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- Women in Skull Base Surgery
Michael Catalino, MD
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- Modeling Post-operative Cortisol Using Normalized Decay Rates in Cushing鈥檚 Disease
Nathan Quig, MD
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- Endonasal approach to ethmoidal artery dural AV fistulas
NASBS meeting posters and abstracts included:
Drs. Nathan Quig, Darshan Shrastri, Brian Sindelar and Deanna Sasaki-Adams
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- Presigmoid transpetrosal translabrynthine approaches
Drs. Nathan Quig, Michael Cools, Darshan Shrastri, Michael Catalino, Adam Zanation, Deanna Sasaki-Adams
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- Transethmoidal endoscopic endonasal treatment of ethmoidal artery dural arteriovenous
Michael Catalino, MD
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- Co-researcher: 鈥淓rgonomics in endoscopic trans-sphenoidal surgery: A Survey of the North American Skull Base Society鈥�
Scott Elton, MD, discussed hydrocephalus as it relates to MPS at the MPS Society’s Physician MasterClass in Orlando, Florida last December.
Carolyn Quinsey, MD, presented:
- “Deliberate Practice in Neurosurgical Residency Training at the Southern Neurosurgical Society Annual Meeting” in Arizona last December.
- Grand Rounds to pediatric medical providers at the聽New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, NC on January 21.
Michael Catalino, MD, presented:
- 鈥淨uantifying Limbic Network Dynamics and Neuropsychological Outcomes in Cushing鈥檚 Disease鈥� at the Comprehensive Neuroscience Outcomes Center 2019 Symposium. Brigham and Women鈥檚 Hospital/Harvard Medical School. Boston, MA.
- 鈥淗arvey Cushing, A History of Mentorship in Neurology & Neurosurgery,鈥� 1055th Meeting of the Boston Society of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry (established 1880); Brigham and Women鈥檚 Hospital; February 27, 2020.
A 黑料网 team of neurosurgery residents and med students presented research on trauma and concussion at the annual meeting of the AANS/CNS Section on Pediatric Neurological Surgery in Scottsdale, Arizona in December. Presentations and posters included:
Wes Northam, MD
- 鈥淓valuation of pediatric concussion is improved by fellowship training background鈥� (Neurosurgery co-researchers: Michael Cools, MD; Kevin Carneiro, DO; Carolyn Quinsey, MD)
Mike Cools, MD
- 鈥淟ost in translation: Accuracy of software driven translational devices in the pediatric neurosurgery clinical setting鈥� (Neurosurgery co-researchers: Gene Hobbs, CHSE; Carolyn Quinsey, MD)
Gami Pajer, Medical student
- Severe TBI protocols
Karli Person-Jones, Medical student
- 鈥淐hildren Struck by Motor Vehicles: Factors associated with subsequent head injury鈥� (Neurosurgery co-researchers: Weston Northam, MD; Carolyn Quinsey, MD)
Drs. Scott Elton 补苍诲听Carolyn Quinsey聽traveled to the Bahamas in January for the American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons Annual Meeting.
Media and Outreach
Head For The Cure聽Ambassador, Simon Khagi, MD, describes what it means to participate in a clinical trial in this .
Drs. Eldad Hadar and Carolyn Quinsey, MD, traveled to Mauritania to visit our new global partners. They met with the Minister of Health, officials at the US Embassy, and the medical school dean who showed them the dedicated simulation building.
Carolyn Quinsey, MD, visited Malawi in January to exchange ideas and techniques with our international partners. She also assisted an Oregon Health and Science University PGY6 neurosurgery resident get set up for her research year.
Events
Robert E. Harbaugh, MD, Penn State’s Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery, was the guest speaker at the sixth annual Robert H. Wilkins, MD, Lectureship in Academic Neurosurgery sponsored jointly by the 黑料网 and Duke Neurosurgery Departments at the Carolina Inn on February 18. About 100 guests from both schools dined and later enjoyed Dr. Harbaugh’s talk on 鈥淭he Future of Neurosurgical Education.鈥� This annual lectureship honors Dr. Wilkins, who had a long and distinguished career at both institutions.
The Head for the Cure 5K Kickoff event originally scheduled for April 23 at the Carolina Brewery has been postponed until Thursday, June 4 from 6-7:30pm. The Head for the Cure 5K Run/Walk is scheduled for Saturday, September 12.
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