The Congress Quarterly (cnsq) is the official newsmagazine of the CNS and is designed to reflect the changing nature of neurosurgery and foster discussion about the core being of the…
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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,…
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…
Earlier this year, Reps. Pat Tiberi (R-Ohio) and Richard Neal (D-Mass.) introduced a resolution, H. Res. 522, which would designate September 2014 as “National Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month.” A similar…
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…
Guest Post from Maya A. Babu, MD (left) Neurosurgical Resident, Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN and Brian V. Nahed, MD (right) Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical…
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…