Guest post from Mary R. Grealy President, Healthcare Leadership Council Washington, D.C. There are not high expectations for this lame duck session of Congress. We may see passage of a…
Guest Post by Nicholas Bambakidis, MD Professor of Neurosurgery and Director, Cerebrovascular and Skull Base Surgery Residency Program Director, Neurological Surgery University Hospitals Case Medical Center Cleveland, OH The Dartmouth…
Guest Blog from: J. Adair Prall, MD; South Denver Neurosurgery, Littleton, CO (top left) Jason Hauptman, MD; Department of Neurosurgery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA (top right) Shelly D. Timmons, MD,…
California’s Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act, or MICRA, is under attack this fall with a very disingenuous ballot initiative that professes to address issues related to impaired physicians, but is…
On July 29, 2014, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a report, Graduate Medical Education That Meets the Nation’s Health Needs, which recommends a drastic overhaul of the current graduate…

Guest Post from Deborah L. Benzil, MD, FACS, FAANS Member, AANS Board of Directors Chair, AANS/CNS Communications and Public Relations Committee MKMG Columbia University Medical Center Mt Kisco, New York…
Guest Post from Alliance of Specialty Medicine spokesperson, Alex B. Valadka, MD Chief Executive Officer, Seton Brain and Spine Institute Austin, Texas Dr. Valadka (left) visiting Rep. Roger Williams (R-Texas)….
Guest Post by Daniel K. Resnick, MD President, Congress of Neurological Surgeons Professor, Vice Chairman and Program Director Department of Neurosurgery University of Wisconsin Madison, WI Last week, while most people…
Guest Post from Deborah L. Benzil, MD, FACS, FAANS Member, AANS Board of Directors Chair, AANS/CNS Communications and Public Relations Committee MKMG Columbia University Medical Center Mt Kisco, New York…
Today’s post originally appeared on the AdvaMed’s Life Changing Innovation website. The post addresses the all-important topic of the how neurosurgeons play a pivotal role in the treatment of stroke….