This year’s 2016 Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) Annual Meeting, Sept. 24-28, 2016, in San Diego, CA, has an exceptional ensemble of featured speakers which embody the meeting theme Neurosurgery: Advance, Adapt,…
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Guest post from Representative Richard Hudson (R-N.C.) Member, House Energy and Commerce Committee and Co-Chair of the Pediatric Trauma Caucus Pediatric trauma is the number one killer of children in…
Guest post from Kristopher T. Kimmell, MD Neurosurgical Resident, University of Rochester Medical Center Rochester, NY By now many have grown numb to the statistics regarding traumatic brain injury (TBI)…
The AANS Neurosurgeon is the official socioeconomic publication of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), and features information and analysis for contemporary neurosurgical practice. It focuses on topics related…
Debby Gerhardstein, RN, BSN, MA (left) Executive Director ThinkFirst National Injury Prevention Foundation Naperville, Illinois Mark A. Spatola, MD, FAANS (right) Chairman, ThinkFirst Board of Directors Orange Park Neurosurgery Orange…
By General Peter Chiarelli (Ret.) Chief Executive Officer, One Mind Scientific chaos seems to rule in the world of concussions and traumatic brain injury (TBI). This may come as a…
Guest Post from Deborah L. Benzil, MD, FACS, FAANS Chair, AANS/CNS Communications and Public Relations Committee Care Mount Medical Group Columbia University Medical Center Mt Kisco, New York Summer’s End…
Back pain is one of the most common ailments patients with chronic pain face. For some, a neurosurgical approach can offer much relief and may be an alternative to long-term…
Guest post from Kristopher T. Kimmell, MD Neurosurgical Resident, University of Rochester Medical Center Rochester, NY “There has to be this pioneer, the individual who has the courage, the ambition to…
For today’s post, we are going “Throwback Thursday” style to once again underscore that neurosurgeons are NOT just brain surgeons. Since August is Neurosurgery Awareness Month, we wanted to take…