“The challenge of translation in acute spinal cord injury”
Brian Kwon, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor
Department of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia

“The promise of oncolytic viral therapy”
James M. Markert, MD, MPH, Professor and Chair
Director, Division of Neurosurgery, UAB

“The life and times of the Editor-in-Chief”
Nelson M. Oyesiku, MD, PhD, Professor
Department of Neurological Surgery, Emory University

“Changing paradigms of care in neurosurgery”
L. Dade Lunsford, MD, Professor
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh

"Outcomes Research and Patient Access to Spine Care"
John Ratliff, MD, Associate Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University

“Lineage-Specific Splicing of a Brain-Enriched Alternative Exon Promotes Glioblastoma Progression”
Markus Bredel, MD, PhD Professor
Departments of Radiology Oncology, Neurosurgery, Genetics, and Cell/Development/Integrative Biology, University of Alabama

DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for July 2014
(Hospital and professional staff only)

Neurosurgery Grand Rounds Cancelled
Hanbery Meeting

Sub-Intern Research Presentations

"Moving Towards Anti-Invasive Therapy for Glioblastoma: Studies of Tumor Migration in Living Tumor Tissue"
Jonathon J. Parker, PhD, Medical Scientist Training Program, University of Colorado School of Medicine

"Microenvironmental regulation of Glioblastoma Invasion and Proliferation"
Dominique Higgins, MS Mayo Clinic College of Medicine

"Understanding Cognition through Connectivity"
 Bornali Kundu, PhD University of Wisconsin, Madison

"Endoscopic Endonasal Skull Base Surgery: Concepts, Tips, Pitfalls and Results"
Francisco Vaz-Guimaraes, MD, MSc, Clinical Instructor
Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University

DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for July 2014
(Hospital and professional staff only)

"Update in Grading and Molecular Diagnosis of Brain Tumors"
Dr. Hannes Vogel, Professor of Pathology
Stanford University School of Medicine

“Dural Fistulas: Diagnosis and Endovascular Treatment”
Van Halbach, MD Clinical Professor of Radiology, Neurology, and Neurosurgery, University of California, San Francisco Medical Center

DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE for August 2014
(Hospital and professional staff only)

“Neuroregeneration in Spinal Cord Injury”
Dr. Raphael Guzman, Professor of Neurosurgery Vice-Chair and Chief of Pediatric Neurorsurgery
Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Basel

“Current Approaches to Management of Intracranial AVMs”
Dr. Philip Stieg,MD, PhD, Chairman and Neurosurgeon-in-Chief
Weill Cornell Medical College

“Evidence-based solutions for Concussion to Coma”
Jamshid Ghajar MD, PhD, FACS, Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery
Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford School of Medicine

“Glioblastoma in Mice and Man”
Eric C. Holland, MD, PhD Senior VP and Director Human Biology Division
Professor of Neurological Surgery University of Washington
Director, Solid Tumor Translational Research Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and UW Medicine

DEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCE  for September 2014
(Hospital and Professional staff only)

“The Mathematics and the Biophysics of Aneurysm Formation and Rupture”
Dr. Charles Prestigiacomo, Professor and Chairman
Department of Neurological Surgery
Professor, Departments of Radiology and Neurology and Neurosciences Program Director, Residency in Neurological Surgery Director of Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Surgery Department of Neurological Surgery Rutgers New Jersey Medical

“Surgical Treatment of Meningiomas: Summary Results form a 20 Year Experience”
Dr. Michael McDermott, Vice Chairman, Department of Neurological Surgery, UCSF, Professor in Residence of Neurological Surgery, Halperin Endowed Chair, Department of Neurological Surgery, UCSF

Departmental Conference for December 2014
(Hospital and Professional staff only)

“Brain Tumors: From Vaccines to Intra-Operative Imaging”
Keith Black, MD, Chair
Department of Neurosurgery, Cedar Sinai Medical Center

Departmental Conference for January 2015
(Hospital and Professional staff only)

“Immunotherapy for Brain Tumors”
Michael Lim, MD, Director of Brain Tumor Immunotherapy
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery,
The John Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, Oncology and Radiation Oncology

Departmental Conference for April 2015
(Hospital and Professional staff only)

"Brain Power: Wearable Technologies to Reinvent and Re-engage the World of People with Autism"
Ned Sahin, postdoctoral fellow, Harvard’s Psychology Department and UCSD’s Radiology Department

“Functional Micro Dissection of Human Speech Cortex”
Edward F. Chang, MD, Associate Professor in Residence of Neurological Surgery and Physiology, Co-Director, Center for Neural Engineering at UC Berkeley and San Francisco

7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
Departmental Conference for May 2015 (Hospital and Professional staff only)

7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
“Unlearning Abnormal Neuronal Synchrony by Coordinated Reset Neuromodulation”
Peter Tass, MD, PhD, Consulting Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University