Section Editors
SECTION I. INTRODUCTION TO NEUROSURGERY AND SECTION II. GENERAL NEUROSURGERY
William T. Couldwell, MD, PhDa Professor and Chair Department of Neurosurgery University of Utah School of Medicine Salt Lake City, Utah
M. Sean Grady, MD a Professor of Neurosurgery Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Karl Schaller, MDa Professor and Chairman Department of Neurosurgery University Hospital of Geneva Geneva, Switzerland
Allan R. Tunkel, MD, PhDa Professor of Medicine and Medical Science Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University Providence, Rhode Island
Benjamin I. Rapoport, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery Director, Mount Sinai BioDesign Program Icahn School of Medicine Mount Sinai Medical System New York, New York
Or Cohen-Inbar, MD PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery University of Virginia School of Medicine Charlottesville, Virginia; Neurological Surgery UPMC Western Maryland Cumberland, Maryland
Perry A. Ball, MD Professor of Surgery and Anesthesiology Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Lebanon, New Hampshire
Basant K. Misra, MBBS, MS, MCh, Diplomate National Board Head, Division of Neurosurgery and Gamma Knife Radiosurgery Head, Department of Surgery
PD Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Centre Head, Department of Neurosurgery Hinduja Hospital, Khar Mumbai, India
Ugur Türe, MD Professor and Chair Department of Neurosurgery Yeditepe University Istanbul, Turkey
aLead Section Editor.
Dennis G. Vollmer, MD Professor of Neurological Surgery University of Virginia School of Medicine Charlottesville, Virginia
Martin H. Weiss, MD Professor of Neurological Surgery
The Martin H. Weiss Chair in Neurological Surgery
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California Los Angeles, California
SECTION III. BASIC AND CLINICAL SCIENCES
Michel Kliot, MD, MA a Clinical Professor of Neurological Surgery
Co-Director, Peripheral Nerve Center
Stanford University Medical Center
Palo Alto, California
Robert M. Friedlander, MD, MA Walter E. Dandy Professor and Chairman Department of Neurological Surgery University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Michael M. Haglund, MD, PhD, MACM Distinguished Professor of Neurosurgery, Neurobiology, and Global Health
Duke University School of Medicine Durham, North Carolina
Philip J. Horner, PhD
Scientific Director, Center for Neuroregenerative Medicine
Co-Director, Center for Regenerative and Restorative Neurosurgery
Houston Methodist Research Institute Houston, Texas
Michael G. Kaplitt, MD, PhD Professor of Neurological Surgery Vice Chairman for Research
Director of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
Weill Cornell Medical College New York, New York
SECTION IV. EPILEPSY
Nitin Tandon, MD, FAANS a Professor and Vice Chairman Department of Neurosurgery University of Texas Health Science Center; Director, Epilepsy Surgery Memorial Hermann Hospital; Adjunct Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Rice University Houston, Texas
Guy M. McKhann, MDa
Professor of Neurological Surgery
Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons; Director, Epilepsy and Movement Disorder Surgery Director, Adult Hydrocephalus Center; Director, Awake Brain Mapping for Tumors and Epilepsy
New York-Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center
New York, New York
Jorge Á. Gonzalez-Martinez, MD, PhD, FAANS Epilepsy Center Department of Neurological Surgery Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, Ohio
Samden Lhatoo, MD, FRCP(Lon)
John P and Kathrine G McGovern Distinguished University Professor of Neurology
Executive Vice Chair of Neurology University of Texas Health Science Center of Houston Houston, Texas
Andrew W. McEvoy, MBBS, MD, FRCS(Lond), FRCS(SN)
Chair of Neurosciences Institute Cleveland Clinic London; Consultant Neurosurgeon
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery Institute of Neurology University College London; Honorary Consultant Neurosurgeon Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children London, United Kingdom
SECTION V. FUNCTIONAL NEUROSURGERY
Ron L. Alterman, MD, MBA a Professor of Neurosurgery Harvard Medical School; Chief, Division of Neurosurgery Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, Massachusetts
Andres M. Lozano, MD, PhD a Professor and Chairman Division of Neurosurgery University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Joachim K. Krauss, MD Professor of Neurosurgery Chairman and Director Department of Neurosurgery Medical School Hannover, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover Hannover, Germany
Takaomi Taira, MD, PhD Professor of Neurosurgery Tokyo Women’s Medical University Tokyo, Japan
Ludvic Zrinzo, MD, PhD, FRCSEd Professor of Neurosurgery
Functional Neurosurgery Unit Department of Clinical and Movement Neurosciences
aLead Section Editor.
University College London Institute of Neurology, Queen Square; Consultant Neurosurgeon
Victor Horsley Department of Neurosurgery
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
London, United Kingdom
SECTION VI. ONCOLOGY
E. Antonio Chiocca, MD, PhD, FAANS a Harvey W. Cushing Professor of Neurosurgery
Harvard Medical School; Neurosurgeon-in-Chief and Chair Department of Neurosurgery
Co-Director, Institute for the Neurosciences
Brigham and Women’s Hospital Boston, Massachusetts
Manmeet S. Ahluwalia, MD Professor of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine;
Head of Operations
Brain Tumor and Neuro-Oncology Center Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, Ohio
Tracy T. Batchelor, MD
Miriam Sydney Joseph Professor of Neurology
Harvard Medical School
Chair, Department of Neurology
Brigham and Women’s Hospital Boston, Massachusetts
Francesco DiMeco, MD Director, Department of Neurosurgery
Istituto Nazionale Neurologico “C.Besta” Full Professor of Neurosurgery Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation University of Milan Milan, Italy;
Assistant Professor (adjunct) Department of Neurological Surgery
Johns Hopkins Medical School Baltimore, Maryland
Linda M. Liau, MD, PhD, MBA Professor and Chair Department of Neurosurgery
University of California Los Angeles
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, California
Russell R. Lonser, MD Professor and Chairman Department of Neurological Surgery
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Columbus, Ohio
Michael W. McDermott, MD Professor of Neurosurgery
Chair, Division of Neuroscience
Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine at Florida International University; Chief Physician Executive
Miami Neuroscience Institute Miami, Florida
Zvi Ram, MD
Chairman Department of Neurosurgery
Tel Aviv Medical Center
Tel Aviv, Israel
Henry Brem, MD b Harvey Cushing Professor and Director Department of Neurosurgery
Professor of Neurosurgery, Ophthalmology, Oncology, and Biomedical Engineering
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Neurosurgeon-in-Chief Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions Director, Hunterian Neurosurgical Research Center Baltimore, Maryland
Raymond Sawaya, MD b Professor and Founding Chair Department of Neurosurgery
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, Texas
SECTION VII. PAIN
Kim J. Burchiel, MD, FACS a John Raaf Professor of Neurological Surgery
Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Oregon Health & Science University Portland, Oregon
Turo J. Nurmikko, MD, PhD Professor in Pain Relief Neuroscience Research Centre
The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust Meols, Wirral, United Kingdom
Marc Sindou, MD, DSc
Professor Emeritus of Neurosurgery University of Lyon Lyon, France
SECTION VIII. PEDIATRICS
Andrew Jea, MD, MHA, FACS, FAAPa Professor and Vice-Chair Department of Neurosurgery
The University of Oklahoma College of Medicine; Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Surgical Director of Quality and Patient Safety
Co-Director of Pediatric Neurosciences Oklahoma Children’s Hospital Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Gerald A. Grant, MD, FACS a Professor of Neurosurgery
Arline and Pete Harman Endowed Faculty Scholar
Division Chief, Pediatric Neurosurgery Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, California
Nathan R. Selden, MD, PhD, FACS, FAAP Campagna Professor and Chair
Department of Neurological Surgery
Oregon Health & Science University Portland, Oregon
aLead Section Editor.
bSenior Section Editor.
Anthony M. Avellino, MD, MBA
Assistant Vice President for Health Sciences
Chief Clinical and Medical Officer
Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan
James Tait Goodrich, MD, PhD, DSci (Hon)† Professor of Clinical Neurosurgery, Pediatrics, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Leo Davidoff Department of Neurosurgery
Director, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Montefiore Medical Center Bronx, New York
Richard D. Hayward, MBBS, FRCS (Eng) Professor of Paediatric Neurosurgery
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children London, United Kingdom
Mark D. Krieger, MD
Professor of Clinical Neurological Surgery
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
Senior Vice President and Surgeon-in-Chief Department of Surgery
Director, Neurological Institute
Billy and Audrey L. Wilder Endowed Chair in Neurosurgery Chair
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Los Angeles, California
James T. Rutka, MD, PhD
Professor and R.S. McLaughlin Chair Department of Surgery University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine; Director of the Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre
Division of Paediatric Neurosurgery
The Hospital for Sick Children Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Shenandoah Robinson, MD, FAAP, FACS Professor of Neurosurgery
Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore, Maryland
SECTION IX. PERIPHERAL NERVE DISORDERS
Aaron G. Filler, MD, PhD, JD, FRCS a Medical Director Institute for Nerve Medicine
Santa Monica, California; Staff Neurosurgeon
Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, California
Allan J. Belzberg, MD, FRCSC Professor of Neurosurgery and Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
The George J. Heuer Professor Director, Peripheral Nerve Surgery
Co-Director, Neurosurgery Pain Research Institute
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions Baltimore, Maryland
†Deceased March 30, 2019.
Liang Chen, MD, PhD
Professor
Hand Surgery Department Huashan Hospital of Fudan University Shanghai, China
Holly S. Gilmer, MD
Attending Neurosurgeon Michigan Head & Spine Institute Southfield, Michigan
Mark A. Mahan, MD
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery University of Utah School of Medicine Salt Lake City, Utah
Martijn J.A. Malessy, MD, PhD Professor of Nerve Surgery Department of Neurosurgery Leiden University Medical Center Leiden, The Netherlands
SECTION X. RADIATION
Jason P. Sheehan, MD a Professor of Neurosurgery University of Virginia School of Medicine Charlottesville, Virginia
Steven D. Chang, MD
Robert C. and Jeannette Powell Professor Department of Neurosurgery Stanford School of Medicine Stanford, California
Peter C. Gerszten, MD, MPH, FACS
Peter E. Sheptak Professor Departments of Neurological Surgery and Radiation Oncology University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
SECTION XI. SPINE
Christopher I. Shaffrey, MDa Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery Chief, Spine Division Duke University Medical Center Durham, North Carolina
Justin S. Smith, MD, PhDa Professor of Neurosurgery University of Virginia Health System Co-Director, UVA Spine Center Charlottesville, Virginia
Christopher P. Ames, MD
Professor of Neurological Surgery and Orthopedic Surgery University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine San Francisco, California
Dean Chou, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine San Francisco, California
Andrew T. Dailey, MD Professor of Neurosurgery
University of Utah School of Medicine
Salt Lake City, Utah
aLead Section Editor.
Michael G. Fehlings, MD, PhD, FRCSC, FACS
Professor of Neurosurgery
Vice Chair, Research
Department of Surgery
Co-Director, Spine Program
University of Toronto; Gerald and Tootsie Halbert Chair in Neural Repair and Regeneration
McLaughlin Scholar in Molecular Medicine
Toronto Western Hospital
University Health Network Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Zoher Ghogawala, MD, FACS Professor of Neurosurgery
Tufts University School of Medicine
Boston, Massachusetts; Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery
Lahey Hospital and Medical Center Burlington, Massachusetts
Ziya L. Gokaslan, MD, FAANS, FACS
Gus Stoll, MD Professor and Chair Department of Neurosurgery
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University; Neurosurgeon-in-Chief
Rhode Island Hospital and The Miriam Hospital
Clinical Director, Norman Prince Neurosciences Institute
President, Brown Neurosurgery Foundation Providence, Rhode Island
James S. Harrop, MD
Professor of Neurological Surgery and Orthopedics
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University; Section Chief Division of Spine and Peripheral Nerve Disorders
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Manish K. Kasliwal, MD. MCh, FAANS
Assistant Professor Department of Neurological Surgery
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine; Director, Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Department of Neurological Surgery
University Hospitals Case Medical Center Cleveland, Ohio
Praveen V. Mummaneni, MD
Joan O’Reilly Endowed Professor
Vice Chair
UCSF Neurosurgery
Co-Director, UCSF Spine Center
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
San Francisco, California
Jon Park, MD, FRCSC Professor of Neurosurgery
Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, California
Daniel K. Resnick, MD, MS
Professor and Vice Chairman Department of Neurosurgery
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Madison, Wisconsin
Amer F. Samdani, MD
Chief of Surgery
Department of Neurosurgery
Shriners Hospitals for Children-Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Paul Santiago, MD
Professor of Neurological Surgery and Orthopedic Surgery
Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis St Louis, Missouri
Juan S. Uribe, MD
Professor and Vice Chair of Neurological Surgery
Chief, Division of Spinal Disorders
Volker K. H. Sonntag Chair of Spine Research Barrow Neurological Institute Phoenix, Arizona
Michael Y. Wang, MD, FAANS, FACS
Professor of Neurological Surgery and Rehabilitation Medicine
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Chief of Neurosurgery, University of Miami Hospital Director, Neurosurgical Spine Fellowship Miami, Florida
SECTION XII. TRAUMA
Geoffrey T. Manley, MD, PhD a
Professor in Residence and Vice Chairman Department of Neurological Surgery
Co-Director and Principal Investigator, Brain and Spinal Injury Center (BASIC)
University of California San Francisco; Chief of Neurosurgery
San Francisco General Hospital San Francisco, California
Peter J. Hutchinson, MBBS, PhD, FRCS (Surg Neurol)a
Professor of Neurosurgery and NIHR Research Professor
Department of Clinical Neurosciences
University of Cambridge Addenbrooke’s Hospital Cambridge, United Kingdom
Gregory W.J. Hawryluk, MD, PhD, FRCSC
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery Department of Surgery
University of Manitoba Faculty of Medicine Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Andrew I.R. Maas, MD, PhDa Emeritus Professor of Neurosurgery University of Antwerp Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences University Hospital Antwerp Edegem, Belgium
Laura Benjamin Ngwenya, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Director, Neurotrauma Center University of Cincinnati Gardner Neurosciences Institute Cincinnati, Ohio
Guy Rosenthal, MD Director of Neurotrauma and Neurocritical Care Department of Neurosurgery Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center Jerusalem, Israel
aLead Section Editor.
Anthony Strong, DM, FRCSEd Emeritus Professor Department of Basic and Clinical Neuroscience King’s College London London, United Kingdom
SECTION XIII. MICROSURGICAL AND INTERVENTIONAL TREATMENT OF VASCULAR DISEASES
E. Sander Connolly, Jr., MD, FACS a Byron Stookey Professor of Neurological Surgery Chair, Department of Neurosurgery Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons Director, Cerebrovascular Research Laboratory Surgical Director, Neuro-Intensive Care Unit New York-Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center New York, New York
William J. Mack, MDa Professor of Neurological Surgery Vice Chair, Academic Affairs Director, Neurointerventional Program University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine Los Angeles, California
Gavin W. Britz, MD, MPH, MBA Chair of Neurosurgery Houston Methodist Hospital Houston, Texas
Aaron S. Dumont, MD
Charles B. Wilson Professor and Chair Department of Neurological Surgery Tulane University School of Medicine New Orleans, Louisiana
Chirag D. Gandhi, MD, FACS, FAANS Professor and Chairman Department of Neurosurgery Westchester Medical Center New York Medical College Valhalla, New York
Steven L. Giannotta, MD Professor and Chair Department of Neurological Surgery Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California Los Angeles, California
Roberto C. Heros, MD Professor of Neurosurgery University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Miami, Florida
Kazuhiro Hongo, MD, PhD Director, Department of Neurosurgery Ina Central Hospital Ina, Japan; Professor Emeritus Department of Neurosurgery Shinshu University School of Medicine Matsumoto, Japan
Michael T. Lawton, MD Professor and Chairman Department of Neurological Surgery
Barrow Neurological Institute Phoenix, Arizona
Peter D. Le Roux, MD, FACS, FNCS
Chief, Division of Neurosurgery
Bassett Healthcare
Cooperstown, New York; Professor of Neurosurgery
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Rochester, New York
Fredric B. Meyer, MD
Uihlein Professor and Enterprise Chair
Department of Neurologic Surgery
Executive Dean of Education
Mayo Clinic
Dean, Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine
Dean, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
Rochester, Minnesota
Marcus Stoodley, MD, PhD, FRACS Professor of Neurosurgery
Macquarie University Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences
Head, Neurosciences Program
Macquarie University Hospital Sydney, Australia
Gregory J. Zipfel, MD Professor of Neurosurgery
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis St. Louis, Missouri
Contributors
Bizhan Aarabi, MD, FRCSC
Professor of Neurosurgery
Director, Neurotrauma
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
393: Surgical Management and Prognosis of Penetrating Brain Injury
Rick Abbott, MD
Professor of Neurological Surgery
Albert Einstein College of Medicine Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, New York
263: Tumors of the Spine, Spinal Canal, and Spinal Cord in Children
Muhammad M. Abd-El-Barr, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina
311: Differential Diagnosis of Spinal Disease
Taylor J. Abel, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Surgical Director, Epilepsy Surgery Program
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
93: Investigation of Human Cognition in Epilepsy Surgery Patients
Hussam Abou-Al-Shaar, MD
Resident Physician
Department of Neurological Surgery
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
288: Peripheral Nerve Surgery for Central Nervous System Disorders
Feridun Acar, MD
Professor and Chair
Department of Neurosurgery
Odak Hospital
Denizli, Turkey
206: Dorsal Rhizotomy and Dorsal Root Ganglionectomy
Rebecca L. Achey, MD
Resident Physician
Department of Neurosurgery
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio
77: Electrophysiologic Properties of the Mammalian Central Nervous System
Laurie L. Ackerman, MD, MA
Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery
Indiana University School of Medicine
Section of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Riley Hospital for Children
Indianapolis, Indiana
220: Syndromic Craniosynostosis
Nithin D. Adappa, MD
Associate Professor of Otorhinolaryngology
Department of OtorhinolaryngologyHead and Neck Surgery
The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
400: Traumatic Cerebrospinal Fluid Fistulas
P. David Adelson, MD, FACS, FAAP Director, Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children’s Hospital
Diane and Bruce Halle Chair of Pediatric Neurosciences
Chief, Pediatric Neurosurgery
Phoenix Children’s Hospital Professor of Child Health
University of Arizona College of Medicine
Phoenix, Arizona; Professor of Neurosurgery
Mayo Clinic
Scottsdale, Arizona
250: Management of Head Injury: Special Considerations in Children
Nitin Agarwal, MD
Chief Resident
Department of Neurological Surgery
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
365: Sacropelvic Fixation: Anterior and Posterior Options
David H. Aguirre-Padilla, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Department of Neurosurgery & Neurology
University of Chile Faculty of Medicine;
Functional & Stereotactic Neurosurgeon
Hospital Clínico San Borja Arriarán; Director, Functional Neurosurgery Program
Clínica Las Condes
Santiago de Chile, Chile
114: Complication Avoidance in Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery
Manmeet S. Ahluwalia, MD
Professor of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine; Head of Operations
Brain Tumor and Neuro-Oncology
Center
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio
Overview and Controversies (Oncology)
295: Combining Ionizing Radiation and Systemic Therapies for Treatment of Brain Metastases
Shahjehan Ahmad, MD, MPH
Resident Physician
Department of Neurological Surgery
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois
370: Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion and Posterior Approaches to Spine
A. Karim Ahmed, MD
Resident Physician Department of Neurosurgery
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
338: Classification and Treatment of O–C1 Craniocervical Injuries
358: Anterior Cervical Instrumentation
Raheel Ahmed, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Madison, Wisconsin
260: Developmental Anomalies of the Craniovertebral Junction and Surgical Management
Imoigele P. Aisiku, MD, MSCR, MBA, FCCP
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
387: Critical Care Management of Traumatic Brain Injury
Muhammad A. Akbar, MD
Resident Physician, Division of Neurosurgery
PhD Candidate, Institute of Medical Science
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
321: Evaluation and Treatment of Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy
Harith Akram, MBChB, PhD, FRCS (Neuro.Surg)
Consultant Neurosurgeon
Unit of Functional Neurosurgery University College London
The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (UCLH)
Queen Square Institute of Neurology (UCL)
London, United Kingdom
108: Neuroimaging in Stereotactic Functional Neurosurgery
Ali Alaraj, MD
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, Illinois
411: Neurovascular Imaging
418: Extracranial Vertebral Artery Diseases
Jennifer S. Albrecht, PhD
Associate Professor of Epidemiology & Public Health
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
40: Traumatic Brain Injury in the Geriatric Patient
Felipe C. Albuquerque, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery
Assistant Director, Endovascular Surgery
Barrow Neurological Institute St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix, Arizona
431: Endovascular Approaches to Narrow-necked Intracranial Aneurysms
Michael J. Alexander, MD
Professor and Vice-Chairman Department of Neurosurgery
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, California
417: Nonatherosclerotic Carotid Lesions
Andrei V. Alexandrov, MD
Semmes Murphey Professor and Chair Department of Neurology University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center
Memphis, Tennessee
410: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Neurosonology
Andreas V. Alexopoulos, MD, MPH
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University
Program Director, Epilepsy Fellowship Neurological Institute Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland, Ohio
82: Electroencephalography in Outpatient, Epilepsy Monitoring Unit, and Intensive Care Unit Settings
Zarina S. Ali, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
276: Distal Entrapment Syndromes: Carpal Tunnel, Cubital Tunnel, Peroneal, and Tarsal Tunnel
400: Traumatic Cerebrospinal Fluid Fistulas
Kenan Al-Khalili, MD
Resident Physician
Department of Neurosurgery
University of Arizona School of Medicine
Tucson, Arizona
182: Neoplasms of the Paranasal Sinuses
Ossama Al-Mefty, MD
Lecturer in Neurosurgery
Harvard Medical School
Director, Skull Base Program Department of Neurosurgery
Brigham and Women’s Hospital Boston, Massachusetts
172: Meningiomas
Rami O. Al-Mefty, MD
Assistant Professor Department of Neurosurgery
Temple University
Lewis Katz School of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
172: Meningiomas
Iyad Alnahhas, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery
Division of Neuro-oncology
Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
143: Clinical Features: Neurology of Brain Tumor and Paraneoplastic Disorders
Malek Alrobaian, MD
Consultant in Ophthalmology
King Abdulaziz Medical City for National Guard
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Fellow in Neuro-Ophthalmology
Wilmer Eye Institute
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland
189: Pseudotumor Cerebri
Fadi Al-Saiegh, MD
Resident Physician
Department of Neurological Surgery
The Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
36: The Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit and the Unique Role of the Neurosurgeon
Ron L. Alterman, MD, MBA
Professor of Neurosurgery
Harvard Medical School; Chief, Division of Neurosurgery
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts
Overview and Controversies (Functional Neurosurgery)
112: Deep Brain Stimulation for Dystonia
114: Complication Avoidance in Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery
David B. Altshuler, MD, MS
Chief Resident Department of Neurosurgery
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, Michigan
163: Central Nervous System Embryonal Tumors
Peter S. Amenta, MD
Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery
Tulane University School of Medicine
New Orleans, Louisiana
464: Microsurgical Treatment of Spinal Vascular Malformations
Christopher P. Ames, MD
Professor of Neurological Surgery and Orthopedic Surgery
University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine
San Francisco, California
Overview and Controversies (Spine)
314: Predictive Analytics in the Treatment of Spinal Disorders
351: Evaluation and Treatment of Adult Scoliosis and Sagittal Plane Deformity
352: Evaluation and Treatment of Proximal Junctional Kyphosis
Sepideh Amin-Hanjani, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery
Co-Director, Neurovascular Surgery
University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago Chicago, Illinois
418: Extracranial Vertebral Artery Diseases
Mario Ammirati, MD, MBA
Professor Center for Biotechnology Department of Biology
College of Science and Technology; Director of Innovative
Neurotherapeutic Research Program
Sbarro Health Research Organization
Temple University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
179: Overview of Skull Base Tumors
Norberto Andaluz, MD, MBA, FACS
Professor of Neurosurgery and Otolaryngology, Head and Neck
Surgery
Director, Division of Skull Base Surgery
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Cincinnati, Ohio
449: Endovascular Management of Cerebral Vasospasm
Richard C.E. Anderson, MD, FACS, FAAP
Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery
Columbia University Medical Center
New York, New York
262: Surgical Management of the Pediatric Subaxial Cervical Spine
Pablo Andrade, MD, PhD
Consultant Neurosurgeon
Department of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
University Hospital of Cologne Cologne, Germany
121: Surgery for Tourette Syndrome
William J. Ares, MD
Resident Physician
Department of Neurological Surgery
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
406: Acute Surgical and Endovascular Management of Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke
Jeffrey E. Arle, MD, PhD, FAANS
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Harvard Medical School
Associate Chief, Division of Neurosurgery
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts
115: Neurophysiologic Monitoring for Movement Disorder Surgery
129: Motor Cortex Stimulation for Pain and Movement Disorders
Omar Arnaout, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
75: Artificial Intelligence and Big Data in Neurosurgery
152: Basic Principles of Skull Base Surgery
170: Ventricular Tumors
174: Vestibular Schwannomas
Paul M. Arnold, MD, FACS
Professor and Chair
Department of Neurosurgery
University of Illinois Carle College of Medicine
Urbana, Illinois
339: Evaluation and Treatment of C2 (Axis) Fractures and Instability
Rachid Assina, RPh, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Newark, New Jersey
33: Brain Retraction
Oskar C. Aszmann, MD, PhD
Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Clinical Laboratory for Bionic Extremity Reconstruction
Department of Surgery
Medical University of Vienna
Vienna, Austria
287: Neuroelectronic Systems
Frank J. Attenello III, MD, MS
Clinical Instructor
Department of Neurological Surgery
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
21: Surgical Planning
Albert Attia, MD
Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology and Neurosurgery
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee
292: Radiation Therapy Techniques
Anthony M. Avellino, MD, MBA
Assistant Vice President for Health Sciences
Chief Clinical and Medical Officer
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan
Overview and Controversies (Pediatrics)
229: Cerebrospinal Fluid Devices
Issam A. Awad, MD, MSc, FACS
The John Harper Seeley Professor of Neurosurgery
Department of Surgery
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois
423: Nonlesional Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Temitayo O. Ayantayo, MB, BS
Medical Officer
RNZ Neuroscience
Lagos, Nigeria
281: Management of Acute Peripheral Nerve Injuries
Edward R. Bader, MBChB
Clinical Research Fellow
Department of Neurosurgery
Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, New York; University of Aberdeen School of Medicine
Aberdeen, United Kingdom
213: Cranial Dysraphisms: Encephaloceles, Meningoceles, and Cranial Dermal Sinus Tracts
Jetan H. Badhiwala, MD
Resident Physician
Division of Neurosurgery
University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
227: Ventricular Shunting Procedures
321: Evaluation and Treatment of Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy
Joachim M. Baehring, MD, DSc
Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut
161: Unusual Gliomas
Anto I. Bagic´, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Chief, Epilepsy Division
Department of Neurology
Director, University of Pittsburgh
Comprehensive Epilepsy Center (UPCEC)
Director, MEG Epilepsy Program
Chief Scientific Advisor, MEG Research
Brain Mapping Center
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
86: Magnetoencephalography/Magnetic Source Imaging
Stephen J. Bagley, MD, MSCE
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Hematology-Oncology
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Abramson Cancer Center
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
140: Angiogenesis and Brain Tumors: Scientific Principles, Current Therapy, and Future Directions
Michael Y. Bai
Department of Neurosurgery
Prince of Wales Hospital
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
155: Endoscopic Approaches to Brain Tumors
Julian E. Bailes, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine and Chair
Department of Neurosurgery
NorthShore University HealthSystem
Evanston, Illinois; Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois
385: Sport-Related Concussion
Mark Bain, MD, MS
Staff Neurosurgeon
Cerebrovascular Center
Head, Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Surgical Neuroradiology Program
Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland, Ohio
433: Endovascular Flow Diversion for Intracranial Aneurysms
Turner Baker, PhD Candidate
Project Manager
Sinai Bio
Design
Mount Sinai Health System
New York, New York
28: Robotics in Cranial Neurosurgery
Perry A. Ball, MD
Professor of Surgery and Anesthesiology
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, New Hampshire
Overview and Controversies (Introduction and General Neurosurgery)
35: Principles of Neurocritical Care
Leomar Y. Ballester, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Houston, Texas
133: Brain Tumors: An Overview of Current Histopathologic and Genetic Classifications
Ramani Balu, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurology Division of Neurocritical Care Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
390: Electrophysiologic Monitoring for Traumatic Brain Injury
Vin Shen Ban, MB, BChir, MRCS, MSc
Resident Physician
Department of Neurological Surgery
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas
442: Microsurgery of Basilar Apex Aneurysms
Tanyeri Barak, MD
Associate Research Scientist
Department of Neurosurgery
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut
424: Genetics of Intracranial Aneurysms
Jacob F. Baranoski, MD
Resident Physician
Department of Neurosurgery
Barrow Neurological Institute
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
Phoenix, Arizona
431: Endovascular Approaches to Narrow-necked Intracranial Aneurysms
459: Natural History of Cavernous Malformations
Nicholas M. Barbaro, MD
Professor of Neurological Surgery
University of Texas at Austin
Indianapolis, Indiana
97: Radiosurgical Treatment for Epilepsy
Sean M. Barber, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Houston Methodist Research Institute
Weill Cornell Medical College
Houston, Texas
64: Stem Cell Biology in the Central Nervous System
Frederick G. Barker II, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery
Harvard Medical School;
Attending Neurosurgeon
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
53: Postoperative Infections of the Head and Brain
148: Brain Tumor Outcome Studies: Design and Interpretation
Gene H. Barnett, MD, MBA
Professor of Neurological Surgery
Director, The Rose Ella Burkhardt Brain
Tumor and Neuro-Oncology Center
Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University Cleveland. Ohio
154: Surgical Navigation for Brain Tumors
Constance M. Barone, MD, FACS
Barone’s Cosmetic Surgery Center
San Antonio, Texas
221: Endoscopic Treatment of Craniosynostosis
Daniel Louis Barrow, MD
Pamela R. Rollins Professor and Chairman
Department of Neurosurgery
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia
440: Surgical Management of Middle Cerebral Artery Aneurysms
Jaafar Basma, MD
Resident Physician
Department of Neurosurgery
University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center
Memphis, Tennessee
31: Visualization and Optics in Neurosurgery
Tracy T. Batchelor, MD
Miriam Sydney Joseph Professor of Neurology
Harvard Medical School
Chair, Department of Neurology
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
Overview and Controversies (Oncology)
168: Primary Central Nervous System Lymphomas
H. Hunt Batjer, MD, FAANS, FACS
Professor and Chair
Department of Neurological Surgery
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas
442: Microsurgery of Basilar Apex Aneurysms
Michael S. Beattie, PhD
Professor of Neurological Surgery
Director of Research, Department of Neurological Surgery
Brain and Spinal Injury Center
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
San Francisco, California
376: Animal Models of Traumatic Brain Injury
Andrew Beaumont, MD, PhD
Neurosurgeon and Clinical Director
Aspirus Spine and Neuroscience
Department
Aspirus Wausau Hospital
Wausau, Wisconsin
69: Physiology of the Cerebrospinal Fluid and Intracranial Pressure
Thomas L. Beaumont, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, California
171: Colloid Cysts of the Third Ventricle
Joshua B. Bederson, MD
Professor and Chairman
Department of Neurosurgery
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
The Mount Sinai Health System
New York, New York
27: Surgical Simulation
32: Microscope Integration and Heads-Up Display in Brain Surgery
Puneet Belani, MD
Assistant Professor of Diagnostic, Molecular and Interventional Radiology.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York
12: Physiologic Evaluation of the Brain With Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Allan J. Belzberg, MD, FRCSC
Professor of Neurosurgery and Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
The George J. Heuer Professor Director, Peripheral Nerve Surgery
Co-Director, Neurosurgery Pain Research Institute
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Baltimore, Maryland
Overview and Controversies (Peripheral Nerve)
282: Early Management of Brachial Plexus Injuries
285: Benign and Malignant Tumors of the Peripheral Nerve
Arnau Benet, MD
Resident Physician Department of Neurosurgery
Barrow Neurological Institute
Phoenix, Arizona
3: Surgical Anatomy of the Skull Base
Sharona Ben-Haim, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery University of California, San Diego La Jolla, California
201: Neurosurgical Management of Intractable Pain
Alejandro Berenstein, MD
Professor of Radiology, Neurosurgery and Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Center for Cerebrovascular Diseases
Mount Sinai Health System
New York, New York
247: Vein of Galen Aneurysmal Malformation
Sarah L. Berga, MD
Professor and Chair
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences; Medical Director
Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women’s Health Program Development
Oishei Children’s Hospital/Kaleida Health
Buffalo, New York
48: Systemic and Central Nervous System Changes During Pregnancy
Mitchel S. Berger, MD
Professor and Chair
Department of Neurological Surgery
University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
San Francisco, California
6: Improving Patient Safety
158: Low-Grade Gliomas: Diffuse Astrocytoma and Oligodendroglioma
Marvin Bergsneider, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery
David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, California
44: Shunting
Joshua D. Bernstock, MD, PhD, MPH
Resident Physician
Department of Neurosurgery
Harvard Medical School
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
152: Basic Principles of Skull Base Surgery
Sanjay Bhatia, MBBS, MCh
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
West Virginia University
Morgantown, West Virginia
341: Evaluation and Treatment of Cervicothoracic Junction Injuries
Wenya Linda Bi, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Department of Neurosurgery
Harvard Medical School
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
173: Mesenchymal Nonmeningothelial Tumors
175: Pituitary Tumors: Functioning and Nonfunctioning
228: Neuroendoscopy
Mark G. Bigder, MD, MPH Clinical Instructor in Neurosurgery
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, California
456: Surgical and Radiosurgical Management of Grade IV and V Arteriovenous Malformations
Philippe Bijlenga, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurosurgery
University Hospital of Geneva
Geneva, Switzerland
30: Augmented Reality as an Aid in Neurosurgery
William Bingaman, MD
Professor of Neurological Surgery
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of the Case Western Reserve University
Vice Chairman, Neurologic Institute
Director of Surgical Epilepsy
Epilepsy Center
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio
89: Intracranial Monitoring With Subdural Grids and Strips
Harjus S. Birk, MD
Resident Physician
Department of Neurosurgery
University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
San Francisco, California
67: Cellular and Molecular Responses in the Peripheral and Central Nervous System Following Axonal Injury
Allen T. Bishop, MD
Professor of Orthopedic and Neurologic Surgery
Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine
Consultant
Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Division of Hand Surgery
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota
283: Secondary Procedures for Brachial Plexus Injuries
Jaishri O. Blakeley, MD
Professor
Departments of Neurology, Oncology, and Neurosurgery
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
146: Genetic Syndromes of Brain Tumors
Patric Blomstedt, MD, PhD
Professor of Stereotactic Functional Neurosurgery
Consultant Neurosurgeon
Department of Clinical Neuroscience
University Hospital of Northern Sweden
Umeå, Sweden
109: Surgical Management of Tremor
Rachel Blue, MD
Resident Physician
Department of Neurosurgery
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
394: Cranioplasty
Scott Blumenthal, MD
Deputy Editor, European Spine Journal; Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
University of Texas Southwestern School of Medicine
Dallas, Texas;
Co-Director, Center for Disc
Replacement
Texas Back Institute
Plano, Texas
356: Lumbar Disk Arthroplasty
Alessandro Boaro, MD
Clinical Fellow
Department of Neurosurgery
Harvard Medical School
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
75: Artificial Intelligence and Big Data in Neurosurgery
James V. Boddu, MD
Resident Physician
Department of Neurosurgery
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, Florida
366: Spinal Osteotomies
Angela Bohnen, MD
Associate Surgeon Department of Neurological Surgery
Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Florida
159: Malignant Gliomas: Anaplastic Astrocytoma, Glioblastoma, Gliosarcoma, and Anaplastic Oligodendroglioma
Arnold P. Bok, MBChB, MMed, FCSSA, FRACS
Department of Neurological Surgery
Auckland City Hospital
Auckland, New Zealand
25: Positioning for Spine Surgery
Myles D. Boone, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Neurology
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth Associate Medical Director, Neurocritical Care
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, New Hampshire
35: Principles of Neurocritical Care
Frederick A. Boop, MD
Professor and Chairman Department of Neurosurgery
University of Tennessee Health Science Center;
Chief, Pediatric Neurosurgery
St Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Memphis, Tennessee
237: Pediatric Supratentorial Hemispheric Tumors
Bronek M. Boszczyk, PD Dr.med. Consultant Spinal Surgeon Centre for Spinal Studies and Surgery
Queen’s Medical Centre
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Nottingham, United Kingdom
330: Evaluation and Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis and Inflammatory Spinal Diseases
Susan M. Bowyer, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Wayne State University School of Medicine; Senior Scientist
Department of Neurology
Henry Ford Hospital Detroit, Michigan; Adjunct Professor of Physics
Oakland University
Rochester, Michigan
86: Magnetoencephalography/Magnetic Source Imaging
Bledi C. Brahimaj, MD
Resident Physician
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois
92: Intraoperative Mapping and Monitoring for Cortical Resection
96: Palliative Procedures for DrugResistant Epilepsy
Henry Brem, MD
Harvey Cushing Professor and Director Department of Neurosurgery Professor of Neurosurgery, Ophthalmology, Oncology, and Biomedical Engineering
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Neurosurgeon-in-Chief
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions Director, Hunterian Neurosurgical Research Center
Baltimore, Maryland
Overview and Controversies (Oncology)
151: Basic Principles of Cranial Surgery for Brain Tumors
Steven Brem, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Chief, Neurosurgical Oncology
Co-Director, Penn Brain Tumor Center
Abramson Cancer Center
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
140: Angiogenesis and Brain Tumors: Scientific Principles, Current Therapy, and Future Directions
Jacqueline C. Bresnahan, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Neurological Surgery
Brain and Spinal Injury Center
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
San Francisco, California
376: Animal Models of Traumatic Brain Injury
Waleed Brinjikji, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Radiology
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota
344: Evaluation and Treatment of Osteoporotic Fractures (Cement Augmentation)
Benjamin H. Brinkmann, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurology
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota
85: Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography in Epilepsy Surgery Evaluation
Andrei Brînzeu, MD, MSc, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
University of Medicine and Pharmacy
“Victor Babes” Timisoara
Timisoara, Romania
208: Dorsal Root Entry Zone Lesions for Pain
Gavin W. Britz, MD, MPH, MBA
Chair of Neurosurgery
Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston, Texas
152: Basic Principles of Skull Base Surgery
Overview and Controversies
(Microsurgical and Interventional Treatment of Vascular Diseases)
425: Natural History of Cerebral Aneurysms
435: Surgical Approaches to Intracranial Aneurysms
447: Traumatic Cerebral Aneurysms Secondary to Penetrating Intracranial Injuries
Douglas L. Brockmeyer, MD, FAAP
Professor of Neurosurgery
Chief, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery
University of Utah School of Medicine
Salt Lake City, Utah
262: Surgical Management of the Pediatric Subaxial Cervical Spine
Desmond A. Brown, MD
Resident Physician
Department of Neurologic Surgery
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota
403: Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism and Cerebral Ischemia
Justin M. Brown, MD
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
288: Peripheral Nerve Surgery for Central Nervous System Disorders
Matthew T. Brown, MD
Neurosurgeon
Midlands Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery
Columbia, South Carolina
31: Visualization and Optics in Neurosurgery
Robert D. Brown, Jr., MD, MPH
John T. and Lillian Mathews Professor of Neuroscience
Department of Neurology
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota
451: Epidemiology and Natural History of Cerebral Vascular Malformations
Jeffrey N. Bruce, MD, FACS
Edgar M. Housepian Professor
Vice Chairman of Academic Affairs
Department of Neurological Surgery
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
New York-Presbyterian/Columbia
University Irving Medical Center
New York, New York
164: Pineal Tumors
Karl C. Bruckman, MD, DDS
Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery
Stanford University School of Medicine
Palo Alto, California
219: Nonsyndromic Craniosynostosis: Introduction and Single-Suture Synostosis
Alexis Bruhat, MS, MBE
Project Manager
Sinai BioDesign
Mount Sinai Health System
New York, New York
28: Robotics in Cranial Neurosurgery
Janice E. Brunstrom-Hernandez, MD
Director, 1 CP Place, PLLC
Plano, Texas;
Associate Professor of Neurology
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri
268: Clinical Features and Management of Cerebral Palsy
Andrew Brunswick, MD
Resident Physician
Department of Neurosurgery
New York University School of Medicine
NYU Langone Medical Center
New York, New York
243: Neurocutaneous Tumor Syndromes
Amy K. Bruzek, MD, MS
Resident Physician Department of Neurosurgery
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, Michigan
163: Central Nervous System Embryonal Tumors
Ian A. Buchanan, MD
Resident Physician
Department of Neurosurgery
University of Southern California
Keck School of Medicine
Los Angeles, California
139: Basic Science of Brain Metastases
Karol P. Budohoski, MD, PhD
Consultant Neurosurgeon
Department of Neurosurgery
Cambridge University Hospitals
Addenbrookes Hospital
NIHR Global Health Research Group on Neurotrauma
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
391: Surgical Management of Traumatic Brain Injury
Thomas J. Buell, MD
Resident Physician
Department of Neurosurgery
University of Virginia Health System
Charlottesville, Virginia
25: Positioning for Spine Surgery
265: Thoracolumbar Spinal Disorders in Pediatric Patients
351: Evaluation and Treatment of Adult Scoliosis and Sagittal Plane Deformity
353: Treatment of High-Grade Spondylolisthesis
András Büki, MD, PhD, DSc
Department of Neurosurgery
Medical School and Neurotrauma
Research Group
Szentágothai Research Centre
University of Pécs
Pécs, Hungary
379: Traumatic Brain Injury: Proteomic Biomarkers
Adomas Bunevicius, MD, PhD
Clinical Fellow
Department of Neurosurgery
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia
199: Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Trigeminal Neuralgia
Overview and Controversies (Radiation)
Kim J. Burchiel, MD, FACS
John Raaf Professor of Neurological Surgery
Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, Oregon
Overview and Controversies (Pain)
198: Percutaneous Procedures for Trigeminal Neuralgia
200: Microvascular Decompression for Trigeminal Neuralgia
205: Evidence Base for Destructive Procedures
208: Dorsal Root Entry Zone Lesions for Pain
Mohamad Bydon, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota
51: Brain Tumors During Pregnancy
344: Evaluation and Treatment of Osteoporotic Fractures (Cement Augmentation)
Richard W. Byrne, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois
92: Intraoperative Mapping and Monitoring for Cortical Resection
96: Palliative Procedures for DrugResistant Epilepsy
Raysa Cabrejo, MD, MHS
Resident Physician
Department of Surgery
Yale New Haven Hospital
New Haven, Connecticut
23: Incisions and Closures
Ivan Cabrilo, MD
Neurosurgeon
Department of Neurosurgery
University Hospital of Geneva
Geneva, Switzerland
30: Augmented Reality as an Aid in Neurosurgery
Daniel P. Cahill, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital
Dana-Farber Harvard Cancer Center
Boston, Massachusetts
148: Brain Tumor Outcome Studies: Design and Interpretation
Justin M. Caplan, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
438: Microsurgery of Anterior Communicating Artery Aneurysms
Andrew P. Carlson, MD, MS-CR Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Albuquerque, New Mexico
390: Electrophysiologic Monitoring for Traumatic Brain Injury
Julián Carrión-Penagos, MD
Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Surgery
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois
423: Nonlesional Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Benjamin W. Carroll, MD, MDiv Resident Physician
Department of Neurosurgery
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, Mississippi
245: Skull Lesions in Children
Gregory D. Cascino, MD Professor of Neurology
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota
85: Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography in Epilepsy Surgery Evaluation
Leandro Castaneyra-Ruiz, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate Department of Neurosurgery
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
St. Louis, Missouri
226: Experimental Hydrocephalus
Frederic Castinetti, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Endocrinology Aix-Marseille University
Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Marseille
Marseille, France
299: Radiosurgery for Benign Intracranial Tumors
Daniel D. Cavalcanti, MD, PhD
Vascular and Endovascular Neurosurgeon
Hartford HealthCare
Bridgeport, Connecticut
444: Medical, Microsurgical, and Interventional Treatment of Infectious Aneurysms
C. Michael Cawley, MD Professor of Neurosurgery
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia
458: Treatment of Other Intracranial Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas
Ibolja Cernak, MD, PhD, ME, MHS
Professor of Pathophysiology and Neuroscience
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Mercer University School of Medicine
Macon, Georgia
396: Blast-Induced Neurotrauma
Justin S. Cetas, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurological Surgery
Oregon Health & Science University; Chief of Neurosurgery
Operative Care Division
Portland VA Medical Center
Portland, Oregon
205: Evidence Base for Destructive Procedures
Michael D. Chan, MD
Associate Professor and Vice Chairman Department of Radiation Oncology Co-Director, Gamma Knife Program
Wake Forest School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
292: Radiation Therapy Techniques
Vivien Ka-Ying Chan, MD
Resident Physician
Division of Neurosurgery
University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine
Edmonton. Alberta, Canada; Research Fellow
Department of Neurosurgery
University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
448: Medical Management of Cerebral Vasospasm
Chih-Chang Chang, MD
Research Fellow
Department of Neurological Surgery
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
San Francisco, California; Department of Neurosurgery
Neurological Institute
Taipei Veterans General Hospital; National Yang Ming University School of Medicine
Taipei, Taiwan
355: Cervical Arthroplasty
Louis Chang, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurological
Surgery
Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, New York
362: Posterior Thoracic and Lumbar Instrumentation
368: Minimally Invasive Decompression Techniques
Steven D. Chang, MD
Robert C. and Jeannette Powell Professor
Department of Neurosurgery
Stanford School of Medicine
Stanford, California
Overview and Controversies (Radiation)
302: Radiosurgery for Benign Spine Tumors and Spinal Vascular Malformations
456: Surgical and Radiosurgical Management of Grade IV and V Arteriovenous Malformations
Fady T. Charbel, MD
Professor and Head
Department of Neurosurgery
University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, Illinois
411: Neurovascular Imaging
418: Extracranial Vertebral Artery Diseases
Raphaële Charest-Morin, MD, FRCSC
Clinical Assistant Professor Division of Spine Surgery
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
326: Evaluation and Treatment of Primary Malignant Tumors of the Axial Skeleton
Aswin Chari, MA, BMBCh, MRCS
GOSH Charity Surgical Scientist Fellow and PhD Candidate Department of Developmental Neurosciences
UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
University College London
Honourary Specialist Registrar Department of Neurosurgery
Great Ormond Street Hospital
London, United Kingdom
47: Medical and Surgical Management of Chronic Subdural Hematomas
Navjot Chaudhary, MD Neurosurgeon
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia
302: Radiosurgery for Benign Spine Tumors and Spinal Vascular Malformations
Patrick Chauvel, MD
Professor of Medicine
Lerner College of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University;
Staff Neurologist
Epilepsy Center
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio
90: Intracranial Monitoring: Stereoelectroencephalography Recording
Kevin S. Chen, MD
Great Lakes Neurosurgical Associates
Grand Rapids, Michigan;
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, Michigan
273: Peripheral Neuropathies
Liang Chen, MD, PhD
Professor
Hand Surgery Department
Huashan Hospital of Fudan University
Shanghai, China
Overview and Controversies (Peripheral Nerve)
279: Techniques in Nerve Reconstruction and Repair
280: Nerve Transfers
Joseph Cheng, MD, MS
Frank H. Mayfield Professor and Chair Department of Neurosurgery
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Cincinnati, Ohio
306: Spinal Biomechanics and Basics of Spinal Instrumentation
Jacob Cherian, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurosurgery
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
440: Surgical Management of Middle Cerebral Artery Aneurysms
458: Treatment of Other Intracranial Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas
Kenneth M.C. Cheung, MBBS(UK), MD(HK), FRCS, FHKCOS, FHKAM(Orth)
Jessie Ho Professor in Spine Surgery
Head, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong, China
360: Anterior Thoracic Instrumentation
Cletus Cheyuo, MD, PhD
Resident Physician
Department of Neurosurgery
West Virginia University School of Medicine
Morgantown, West Virginia
122: Surgery for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Veronica L. Chiang, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery
Yale School of medicine
New Haven, Connecticut
295: Combining Ionizing Radiation and Systemic Therapies for Treatment of Brain Metastases
Peter A. Chiarelli, MD, DPhil
Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurological Surgery
University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine; Attending Physician
Department of Neurosurgery
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Los Angeles, California
211: Neurocritical Care in Children
E. Antonio Chiocca, MD, PhD, FAANS
Harvey W. Cushing Professor of Neurosurgery
Harvard Medical School; Neurosurgeon-in-Chief and Chair Department of Neurosurgery
Co-Director, Institute for the Neurosciences
Brigham and Women’s Hospital Boston, Massachusetts
Overview and Controversies (Oncology)
170: Ventricular Tumors
Rohan V. Chitale, MD
Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery and Radiology
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee
441: Microsurgery of Vertebral Artery and Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery Aneurysms
Catherine Cho, MD, MSCR
Clinical Associate Professor Departments of Neurology and Otolaryngology
NYU Langone Medical Center
New York, New York
106: Patient Selection Criteria for Deep Brain Stimulation in Movement Disorders
Heejung Choi, MD, D.ABA
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University Chicago, Illinois
194: Pharmacologic Treatment of Pain
Dean Chou, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
San Francisco, California
4: Surgical Anatomy of the Spine Overview and Controversies (Spine)
350: Evaluation and Treatment of Scheuermann Kyphosis
Cindy W. Christian, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Chair, Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
251: Inflicted Trauma (Child Abuse)
Peter A. Christiansen, MD
Resident Physician
Department of Neurosurgery
University of Virginia Health System
Charlottesville, Virginia
25: Positioning for Spine Surgery
317: Evaluation and Treatment of Thoracic Disk Herniation
351: Evaluation and Treatment of Adult Scoliosis and Sagittal Plane Deformity
Ephraim W. Church, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Radiology, and Neurology
Director, Cerebral Revascularization Program
Department of Neurosurgery
Penn State Health
Hershey, Pennsylvania
413: The Natural History and Medical Management of Carotid Occlusive Disease
Jennifer L. Clarke, MD, MPH
Professor of Neurology and Neurological Surgery
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California
142: Epidemiology of Brain Tumors
Daniel R. Cleary, MD, PhD Resident Physician
Department of Neurosurgery
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, California
191: Anatomy and Physiology of Pain
James E. Clune, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Plastic Surgery
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut; Chief, Division of Plastic Surgery
Department of Surgery
West Haven VA Hospital
West Haven, Connecticut
23: Incisions and Closures
188: Scalp Tumors
Justin D. Cohen, MD
Resident Physician
Department of Neurosurgery
Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, California
417: Nonatherosclerotic Carotid Lesions
Or Cohen-Inbar, MD PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania;
Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery
University of Virginia School of Medicine
Charlottesville, Virginia; Neurological Surgery
UPMC Western Maryland
Cumberland, Maryland
Overview and Controversies (Introduction and General Neurosurgery)
39: Brain Tumor Management in the Geriatric Patient
Roberto Colasanti, MD
Department of Neurosurgery
Università Politecnica delle Marche Ancona, Italy; Department of Neurosurgery
Maurizio Bufalini Hospital
AUSL della Romagna Cesena, Italy
179: Overview of Skull Base Tumors
John M. Collins, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Radiology
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois
58: Neurological Manifestations of HIV and AIDS
Youssef G. Comair, MD, FRCSC Professor and Chief Division of Neurosurgery
The American University of Beirut Beirut, Lebanon; Adjunct Professor of Neurosurgery
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas;
Visiting Professor of Neurosurgery
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
95: Resections for Extratemporal Epilepsy
Andrew K.P. Conner, MD
Assistant Professor Department of Neurosurgery
The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
111: Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson Disease
E. Sander Connolly, Jr., MD, FACS
Byron Stookey Professor of Neurological Surgery
Chair, Department of Neurosurgery
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons
Director, Cerebrovascular Research Laboratory
Surgical Director, Neuro-Intensive Care Unit
New York-Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center
New York, New York
Overview and Controversies
(Microsurgical and Interventional Treatment of Vascular Diseases)
439: Microsurgery of Distal Anterior Cerebral Artery Aneurysms
Jared B. Cooper, MS, MD
Resident Physician
Department of Neurosurgery
Westchester Medical Center
Valhalla, New York
463: Endovascular Treatment of Spinal Vascular Malformations
Daniel Montie Corcos, PhD, MA, MS, BEd
Professor of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois
127: Management of Spasticity by Central Nervous System Infusion Techniques
Domagoj Coric, MD
Chief, Department of Neurosurgery
Carolinas Medical Center
Carolina Neurosurgery and Spine Associates
Charlotte, North Carolina
363: Posterior, Transforaminal, and Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion
Anthony B. Costa, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York
27: Surgical Simulation
32: Microscope Integration and Heads-Up Display in Brain Surgery
William T. Couldwell, MD, PhD
Professor and Chair
Department of Neurosurgery
University of Utah School of Medicine
Salt Lake City, Utah
Overview and Controversies
(Introduction and General Neurosurgery)
24: Positioning for Cranial Surgery
34: Advantages and Limitations of Cranial Endoscopy
Peter B. Crino, MD, PhD
Professor and Chair
Department of Neurology
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
79: Malformations of Cortical Development
Andrew R. Crofton, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Anatomy
Case Western Reserve School of Medicine
Cleveland, Ohio
18: Coagulation for the Neurosurgeon
D. Kacy Cullen, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
374: Biomechanical Basis of Traumatic Brain Injury
Armin Curt, MD, FRCPC
Professor
Spinal Cord Injury Centre
Balgrist University Hospital
Zurich, Switzerland
345: Rehabilitation of Acute Spinal Cord Injury
Ralph G. Dacey, Jr., MD, FACS, FRCSI (Hon)
Henry G. and Edith R. Schwartz Professor and Chairman
Former Chairman
Department of Neurological Surgery
Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis
St Louis, Missouri
171: Colloid Cysts of the Third Ventricle
Rrita Daci, MD
Resident Physician
Department of Neurological Surgery
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, Massachusetts
41: Genetics of Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
Andrew T. Dailey, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery
University of Utah School of Medicine
Salt Lake City, Utah
54: Postoperative Infections of the Spine Overview and Controversies (Spine)
Quintino Giorgio D’Alessandris, MD, PhD
Staff Neurosurgeon
Department of Neurosurgery
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario
A.Gemelli IRCSS
Rome, Italy
150: Frame and Frameless Stereotactic Brain Biopsy
Eyiyemisi C. Damisah, MD, MHS
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut
94A: Anteromedial Temporal Lobectomy
David J. Daniels, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
Department of Neurologic Surgery
Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota
237: Pediatric Supratentorial Hemispheric Tumors
Sunit Das, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine
St. Michael’s Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
165: Medulloblastomas in Adults
Justin R. Davanzo, MD
Director of Neurocritical Care
Department of Neurosurgery
Allegheny Health Network
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
95: Resections for Extratemporal Epilepsy
378: Neurochemical Pathomechanisms in Traumatic Brain Injury
Carlos A. David, MD
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Tufts University School of Medicine
Boston, Massachusetts; Director, Cerebrovascular and Skull
Base Surgery
Department of Neurosurgery
Lahey Clinic Hospital
Burlington, Massachusetts
419: Microsurgical Management of Intracranial Occlusion Disease
David J. David, MD, FRCSE, FRCS, FRACS, FRCST
Professor of Craniomaxillofacial Surgery
School of Health and Medical Sciences
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
398: Craniofacial Injuries
Benjamin Davidson, MD
Resident Physician
Division of Neurosurgery
University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
123: Surgery for Major Depressive Disorder
Gavin A. Davis, MB.BS., FRACS(Neurosurgery)
Neurosurgeon Department of Neurosurgery Cabrini Hospital
Malvern, Victoria, Australia; Adjunct Professor University of Notre Dame Australia; Adjunct Clinical Professor Monash University; Research Associate
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
385: Sport-Related Concussion
Arthur L. Day, MD
Co-Chairman, Professor, and Program Director
Director of Cerebrovascular Program Department of Neurosurgery
University of Texas at Houston Health Science Center
Houston, Texas
436: Microsurgery of Paraclinoid Aneurysms
Nicolas Dea, MD, MSc, FRCSC
Clinical Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Division of Neurosurgery Department of Surgery
University of British Columbia Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
326: Evaluation and Treatment of Primary Malignant Tumors of the Axial Skeleton
Giuseppe De Donato, MD Department of Otorhinolaryngology
San Carlo Borromeo University Hospital
Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale (ASST) Santi Paolo e Carlo Milano, Italy
181: Head and Neck Paragangliomas
Stacie Deiner, MD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Neurosurgery, Geriatrics and Palliative Care
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York
38: The Geriatric Patient
Carlos De la Garza, MD
Resident Physician Department of Neurology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas
389: Noninvasive Neuromonitoring for Traumatic Brain Injury
Nader Delavari, MD
Resident Physician Department of Neurosurgery
New York University Grossman School of Medicine
New York, New York
145: Endovascular Techniques for Tumor Embolization
444: Medical, Microsurgical, and Interventional Treatment of Infectious Aneurysms
Oscar H. Del Brutto, MD
Director, The Atahualpa Project
Universidad Espiritu Santo School of Medicine
Guayaquil, Ecuador
59: Parasitic Infections
Bradley N. Delman, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Diagnostic, Molecular and Interventional Radiology
The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York
12: Physiologic Evaluation of the Brain With Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Mahlon R. DeLong, MD
Professor of Neurology Emeritus
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia
103: Rationale for Surgical Interventions in Movement Disorders
Franco DeMonte, MD, FRCSC, FACS Professor
Departments of Neurosurgery and Head and Neck Surgery
Mary Beth Pawelek Chair in Neurosurgery
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas
182: Neoplasms of the Paranasal Sinuses
Evandro de Oliveira, MD† Professor of Neurosurgery
Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, Florida; Director, Instituto de Ciências Neurológicas
São Paulo, Brazil
2: Surgical Anatomy of the Brain
Peter B. Derman, MD, MBA
Spine Surgeon
Texas Back Institute
Plano, Texas
356: Lumbar Disk Arthroplasty
Arati Desai, MD
Assistant Professor Medicine
Division of Hematology-Oncology
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Co-Director, Penn Brain Tumor Center
Abramson Cancer Center
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
140: Angiogenesis and Brain Tumors: Scientific Principles, Current Therapy, and Future Directions
Krutika Deshpande, MS
Doctoral Candidate
University of Southern California
Keck School of Medicine
Los Angeles, California
139: Basic Science of Brain Metastases
† Deceased.
Michele Diaz, RN, MS
PhD Nursing Student
Community Health Systems
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, California
40: Traumatic Brain Injury in the Geriatric Patient
Ramon R. Diaz-Arrastia, MD, PhD
Presidential Professor of Neurology
Director, Traumatic Brain Injury
Clinical Research Center
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
390: Electrophysiologic Monitoring for Traumatic Brain Injury
Anthony M. DiGiorgio, DO, MHA
Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, California
37: Intracranial Pressure Monitoring
Michael L. DiLuna, MD, FAANS
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics
Chief, Pediatric Neurosurgery
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut
161: Unusual Gliomas
Francesco DiMeco, MD
Director, Department of Neurosurgery
Istituto Nazionale Neurologico “C.Besta”
Full Professor of Neurosurgery
Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation
University of Milan
Milan, Italy;
Assistant Professor (adjunct)
Department of Neurological Surgery
Johns Hopkins Medical School
Baltimore, Maryland
Overview and Controversies (Oncology)
135: Brain Tumor Stem Cells
Brian J. Dlouhy, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Iowa City, Iowa
260: Developmental Anomalies of the Craniovertebral Junction and Surgical Management
270: Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy for Spastic Cerebral Palsy
Yücel Doğ ruel, MD
Resident Physician
Department of Neurosurgery
Pamukkale Üniversitesi
Denizli, Turkey
206: Dorsal Rhizotomy and Dorsal Root Ganglionectomy
Joseph H. Donahue, MD
Assistant Professor of Neuroradiology
University of Virginia School of Medicine
Charlottesville, Virginia
199: Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Trigeminal Neuralgia
294: Radiology of Radiation Techniques
Daniel A. Donoho, MD
Department of Neurological Surgery
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
228: Neuroendoscopy
Amish H. Doshi, MD
Associate Professor of Radiology and Neurosurgery
The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York
12: Physiologic Evaluation of the Brain With Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Jens P. Dreier, MD
Professor and Senior Physician
Department of Neurology and Experimental Neurology
Center for Stroke Research
Berlin Charité – Universitätsmedizin
Berlin Berlin, Germany
390: Electrophysiologic Monitoring for Traumatic Brain Injury
Joseph Driver, MD
Resident Physician Department of Neurosurgery
Harvard Medical School
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
173: Mesenchymal Nonmeningothelial Tumors
Alexander Drofa, MD, FRCSC
Cerebrovascular Neurosurgeon
Sanford Brain and Spine Center
Sanford Medical Center Fargo; Clinical Instructor of Surgery Department of Surgery University of North Dakota Fargo, North Dakota
433: Endovascular Flow Diversion for Intracranial Aneurysms
Andrew F. Ducruet, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Barrow Neurological Institute
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
Phoenix, Arizona
406: Acute Surgical and Endovascular Management of Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke
431: Endovascular Approaches to Narrow-necked Intracranial Aneurysms
Hugues Duffau, MD, PhD
Professor and Chairman
Department of Neurosurgery
Gui de Chauliac Hospital
Institute for Neuroscience of Montpellier, INSERM U1051
Saint Eloi Hospital
Montpellier University Medical Center
Montpellier, France
156: Awake Craniotomy and Intraoperative Mapping
Ann-Christine Duhaime, MD
Nicholas T. Zervas Professor of Neurosurgery
Harvard Medical School
Director, Pediatric Neurosurgery
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
251: Inflicted Trauma (Child Abuse)
Aaron S. Dumont, MD
Charles B. Wilson Professor and Chair
Department of Neurological Surgery
Tulane University School of Medicine
New Orleans, Louisiana
Overview and Controversies
(Microsurgical and Interventional Treatment of Vascular Diseases)
464: Microsurgical Treatment of Spinal Vascular Malformations
John S. Duncan, DM, FRCP, FMedSci
Professor of Neurology
Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy
University College London Queen Square Institute of Neurology
Consultant Neurologist
Department of Epilepsy
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
London, United Kingdom; Professor of Neurology
Epilepsy MRI Centre
Chalfont Centre for Epilepsy
Chalfont St Peter, United Kingdom
88: Preoperative Functional Localization
Gavin P. Dunn, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Departments of Neurological Surgery and Pathology and Immunology
Center for Human Immunology and Immunotherapy Programs
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri
166: Intracranial Ependymomas in Adults
Ian F. Dunn, MD
Professor and Chairman
Department of Neurosurgery
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
166: Intracranial Ependymomas in Adults
175: Pituitary Tumors: Functioning and Nonfunctioning
176: Craniopharyngiomas in Adults
James H. Eberwine, PhD
Elmer Holmes Bobst Professor
Department of Systems Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
61: Molecular Biological Approaches for Understanding the Nervous System: A Primer for Neurosurgeons
Gerald W. Eckardt, MD
Staff Neurosurgeon
BayCare Clinic
Green Bay, Wisconsin
359: Posterior Subaxial and Cervicothoracic Instrumentation
Idara J. Edem, MD, MSc, FRCSC
Fellow, Skull Base Neurosurgical Oncology
Department of Neurosurgery
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, Texas
182: Neoplasms of the Paranasal Sinuses
Michael S.B. Edwards, MD
Lucile Packard Endowed Professor of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, California; Professor of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics
UC Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, California
238: Ependymomas
Emrah Egemen, MD, FEBNS
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Pamukkale Üniversitesi
Denizli, Turkey
206: Dorsal Rhizotomy and Dorsal Root Ganglionectomy
Rachel Eisenbarth, BS
MD Candidate
University of Southern California
Keck School of Medicine
Los Angeles, California
139: Basic Science of Brain Metastases
Howard Eisenberg, MD
Raymond K. Thompson, MD Professor University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
393: Surgical Management and Prognosis of Penetrating Brain Injury
J. Bradley Elder, MD
Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery
Director of Neurosurgical Oncology
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Columbus, Ohio
162: Local Therapies for Gliomas
Mohamed Samy Elhammady, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery
Cleveland Clinic
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
455: Microsurgery of Arteriovenous Malformations
W. Jeffrey Elias, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery and Neurology
University of Virginia School of Medicine
Charlottesville, Virginia
117: Transcranial Magnetic Resonance–Guided Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy for Tremor
