Last updated: 5/10/2023
All Meetings via Zoom 7:00 - 8:15 AM
Meeting ID: 954 9659 9600
Password: 518128
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May 2023
May 4, 2023
Speaker: Eric M. Jackson, MD
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Chiari I Malformations: Current Guidelines and How We are Moving Forward
May 11, 2023
Speaker: Mari Groves, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Updates in Treatment for Achondroplasia
May 18, 2023
Speaker: TBA
Talk Title: TBA
May 25, 2023
Speakers: Ryan, Lee, MD, Jordina Rincon-Toroella, MD, and Wuyang Yang, MD
Graduating Neurosurgery Residents, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Outgoing Chief Talks
April 2023
April 6, 2023
Speaker: John "Jay" Wellons, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Vanderbilt University
Talk Title: The Fetal Surgery Train has Left the Station: Is Pediatric Neurosurgery Waving it on, or on it Waving?
April 13, 2023
Speaker: Shih-Chun 'David' Lin, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Neurosurgery Issues in the Elderly Population
April 20, 2023
Speaker: Allen Belzberg, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Pediatric Plexus Injury....Perplexing
April 27, 2023
Speakers: Michael Miller, PhD / Sri Sarma, PhD
Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University / Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: The Nexus of NeuroTech Translation and Inclusive Innovation: Neuroengineering and Biomedical Data Science Solutions to Neurological Disorders
March 2023
March 2, 2023
Speaker: Nara, Sobreira, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Investigation of Tarlov Cyst's Genetic Etiology
March 9, 2023
Speaker: Dean Chou, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Columbia University
Talk Title: Does Every Patient with Scoliosis Need T10 to the Pelvis?
March 16, 2023
Speaker: Christopher Jackson MD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Immunotherapy for Brain Tumors: What are We Missing?
March 23, 2023
Speaker: Youssef Comair, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, PAR, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: The Neuroanatomy and Surgery of Speech Related Areas: An Update
March 30, 2023
Speaker: Justin Caplan, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Clip or Coil?
February 2023
February 2, 2023
Speaker: Yousef Salimpour, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Exceptional Role of Functional Neurosurgery in Advancing Human Neuroscience
February 9, 2023
Speaker: Nitish V. Thakor, PhD
Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering an Neurology, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Neuroengineering - Transformative Technologies
February 16, 2023
Speaker: Nicholas Theodore, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Concussion Update: Tales from the NFL
February 23, 2023
Speaker: Jacob Schwarz, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Vanderbilt University
Talk Title: What I Didn't Know: 5 Lessons from Starting a Practice
January 2023
January 5, 2023
Speaker: Theodore H. Schwartz, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Weill Cornell Medicine
Talk Title: Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery: Lessons Learned Over 20 Years
January 12, 2023
Speaker: Amir Manbachi, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Exploring the Various Applications of Sound in Medicine
January 19, 2023
Speaker: Rafael Tamargo, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Epidemiology and Treatment for Arteriovenous Malformations
January 26, 2023
Speaker: Analiz Rodriguez, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Arkansas
Talk Title: Future Directions in the Management of Recurrent Glioblastoma
December 2022
December 1, 2022
Speaker: Stacey Q. Wolfe, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Wake Forest School of Medicine
Talk Title: What We Know About Aneurysm Development: Novel Mechanisms and Therapeutic Targets
December 8, 2022
Speaker: Kevin Judy, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Thomas Jefferson University
Talk Title: Phase 1B Clinical Trial of IGV-001 for Patients with Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma
December 15, 2022
Speaker: Ali Bydon, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Free-hand Thoracolumbar Instrumental Placement: The Hopkins Neurosurgery Experience (2016-2021)
December 22, 2022 and December 29, 2022
November 2022
November 3, 2022
Speaker: Amer Samdani, MD
Director of Pediatric Spine Surgery, Shriners Children's Hospital
Talk Title: Update on Pediatric Spine Deformity
November 10, 2022
Speaker: J. Ranjan Perera, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: The Limitless Future of RNA Therapeutics and Their Potential Use in Brain Tumors
November 17, 2022
Speaker: Phillip Jay Storm, MD
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania
Talk Title: Building Cathedrals: The Story of the Center for Data Driven Discovery in BioMedicine (D3b)
November 24, 2022
October 2022
October 6, 2022
Speaker: L Fernando Gonzalez, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas
October 13, 2022
Speaker: Alan Cohen, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Brain Tumors in Children - What's New?
October 20, 2022
Speaker: Martjin Malessy, MD
Founder of the Nerve Center at Leiden University
Talk Title: Nerve Surgery: Challenges of Improving Outcome
October 27, 2022
Speaker: Michael Dorsi, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, University of California, Los Angeles
Talk Title: Spinal Cord Stimulation: Bringing it Back to Neurosurgery
September 2022
September 1, 2022
Speaker: Kevin Walter, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Rochester
Talk Title: Neurosurgery 20-years Out
September 8, 2022
Speaker: Chetan Bettegowda, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Updates in Tumor Derived DNA for the Management of CNS Tumors
September 15, 2022
Speaker: Karisa Schreck, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Targeted Therapy in Brain Cancer - Recent Updates and Future Directions
September 22, 2022
Speaker: Judy Huang, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Perioperative Anticoagulation in Neurosurgical Patients
September 29, 2022
Speaker Timothy Witham, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Augmented Reality in Spinal Surgery
August 2022
August 4, 2022
Speaker: Benjamin elder, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester
Talk Title: Bone Health Optimization for the Neurosurgeon: A Primer and Future Directions
August 11, 2022
Speaker: Daniel Sciubba, MD, MBA
Professor & Chair of Neurosurgery, Hofstra University
Talk Title: Providing Value in Neurosurgery: Combining Clinical Skill, Innovation and Humanity
August 18, 2022
Speaker: Nicholas Theodore, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: NFL Concussion Update and Future Directions
August 25, 2022
Speaker: Mark Luciano, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Shunt Valves: Why, What, and How?
July 2022
July 7, 2022
Speaker: Mohamad Bydon, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester
Talk Title: ;Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery
July 14, 2022
Speaker: William S. Anderson, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Development of Phase-Dependent Neuromodulation Techniques
July 21, 2022
Speaker: Allan Belzberg, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Exploring Competitive Behavior in Neurosurgery
July 28, 2022
Speaker: Matthew McGirt, MD
Chief or Spine, Atrium University
Talk Title: Integrated Outcomes Data Capture, Predictive Modeling, and Decision Support to Drive Quality Improvement and Value in Neurosurgical Practice
June 2022
June 2, 2022
Speaker: Ryan P. Lee MD
Incoming Neurosurgery Chief Resident, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: End of PGY5
June 9, 2022 - Awards Ceremony
June 16, 2022
Speaker: Jordina Rincon-Torroella, MD
Incoming Neurosurgery Chief Resident, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Learning the Neurosurgeon-Scientist Pathway
June 23, 2022
Speaker: Wuyang Yang, MD
Incoming Neurosurgery Chief Resident, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: From Tiantan to Hopkins: Progression and Evolution
June 30, 2022 No Conference Happy 4th of July!
May 2022
May 5, 2022
Speaker: George Jallo, MD
Vice Dean and Physician-in-Chief, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital
Professor of Neurosurgery, Oncology and Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Chiari Malformations: Revisited with Controversy
May 12, 2022
Speaker: Gustavo Pradilla, MD
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Emory University
Talk Title: Evolution of Approaches to the Cavernous Sinus: Expanding the Limits of Skull Base Surgery
May 19, 2022
Speaker: Graeme Woodworth, MD
Professor and Chair, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Maryland
Talk Title: Maryland Brain Tumor Research: Updates and New Directions
May 26, 2022
Speakers: Jennifer Kim MD, Ann Liu MD Dimitris Mathios MD, Amanda Sacino MD PhD
Neurosurgery Residents, Johns Hopkins University
Outgoing Chiefs Presentations
April 2022
April 7, 2022
Speaker: Charles Teo, MD
Director of Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, Autrtalia
Talk Title: The Networks: Making Onco-Functional Balance Even More Difficult
April 14, 2022
Speaker: Jon Weingart, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Updates in Neuro-Oncology
April 21, 2022
Speaker: Kristin Redmond, MD
Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: New Considerations in Radiation Treatment Planning for Brain Tumors: Neural Progenitor Cells and Cognitive Sequelae of Brain Radiation
April 28, 2022
Speaker: Pablo Recinos, MD
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Cleveland Clinic
Talk Title: From Cornea to Chiasm: A Skull Base Surgeon's Perspective on the Orbit
March 2022
March 3, 2022
Speaker: Kaisorn Chaichana, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic - Jacksonville, FL
Talk Title: Applying Minimally Invasive Techniques to Intracranial Tumors
March 10, 2022
Speaker: Rory Goodwin, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Duke University
Talk Title: Landscape of Spinal Oncology
March 17, 2022
Speaker: William "Stan" Anderson, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Computational Modeling of Applied Cortical Stimulation
March 24, 2022
Speaker: Raphael Tamargo, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: The History of Intracranial Aneurysm Surgery
March 31, 2022
Speaker: Shaan M. Raza, MD
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Head & Neck Surgery, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Talk Title: Defining Salvage Strategies for Recurrent Skull Base Malignancies
February 2022
February 24, 2022
Speaker: Geoffrey Colby, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, University of California, Los Angeles
Talk Title: Investigations into Sympathetic-Mediated Cerebral Vasospasm and a Novel Approach for Modulation
February 17, 2022
Speaker: Mark Bilsky, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Weill Cornell Medical College
Talk Title: Multi-modality Treatment for Metastatic and Primary Spine Tumors: Searching for the Perfect Balance
February 10, 2022
Speaker: Michael Safaee, MD
Orthopedic Surgery Fellow, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: From Tethers to Telomeres: Innovations in Spine Surgery
February 3, 2022
Speaker: Laurence Rhines, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Talk Title: Primary Spinal Column Tumors: Evaluation and Management
January 2022
January 27, 2022
Speaker: Syed Hassan Abbas Akbari, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Pennsylvania State University
Talk Title: Chiari I Malformations with Syringomyelia: A Review of the Park-Reeves Syringomyelia Research Consortium
January 20, 2022
Speaker: Judy Huang, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: The Pterional Craniotomy: Why and How
January 13, 2022
Speaker: Risheng Xu, MD
Neurosurgery Resident, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Trigeminal Neuralgia (Part II) - Molecular Mechanisms and Pathophysiology
January 6, 2022
Speaker: Chetan Bettegowda, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Management of Trigeminal Neuralgia
December 2021
December 23 & 30, 2021 HAPPY HOLIDAYS!! NO GRAND ROUNDS
December 16, 2021
Speaker: Shin-Shan Chen, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania
Talk Title: Non-invasive Neurophysiology in Intracranial Hypertension
December 9, 2021
Speaker: Wesley Hsu, MD
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Wake Forest University
Talk Title: Therapeutic in vivo Gene Editing with a Novel Cas9/single guide RNA Ribonucleoprotein Conjugate to Treat Canter
December 2, 2021
Speaker: Ali Bydon, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Cervical Myelopathy: Natural History and Surgical Management
November 2021
November 25, 2021 NO GRAND ROUNDS
November 13, 202
Speaker: Daniel Lubelski, MD
Neurosurgery Resident, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Predictive Analytics in Spine Oncology
November 11, 2022
Speaker: Shenandoah Robinson, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: New Directions in Post-hemorrhagic Hydrocephalus of Prematurity
November 4, 2021
Speaker: Tomas Garzon-Muvdi, MD
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Texas, Southwestern
Talk Title: Immunotherapy Approaches for Skull Base Malignancy
October 2021
October 28, 2021
Speaker: Gary Gallia, MD
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, The Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Skull Base Jeopardy
October 21, 2021
Speaker: Christopher Jackson, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, The Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Metabolic Dysfunction as a Final Common Pathway of T Cell Exhaustion in Cancer
October 14, 2021
Speaker: Matthew Bender, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Rochester
Talk Title: Contemporary EC-IC Bypass: Cases, Controversies, Technique
October 7, 2021
Speaker: Matthew Smyth, MD
Professor (PAR) and Chief of Neurosurgery, All Children's Hospital
Talk Title: Corpus Callosotomy for Pediatric Epilepsy in the 21st Century: Robots and Lasers
September 2021
September 30, 2021
Speaker: Benjamin Kennedy, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania
Talk Title: Pediatric Epilepsy and Functional Neurosurgery: Not Just Little Adults
September 23, 2021
Speaker: Eric Jackson, MD
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, The Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Blockchain in Healthcare: A Primer for Neurosurgeons
September 16, 2021
Speaker: Mark Luciano, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, The Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: The Long Road Towards an iNPH Clinical Trial, PENS
September 9, 2021
Speakers: Mari Groves, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, The Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Understanding the Landscape of Global Neurosurgery and its Implications for Academic Neurosurgery
September 2, 2021
Speaker: Rajiv Iyer, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Utah
Talk Title: Pediatric Spine Topics
August 2021
August 26, 2021
Speaker: Timothy Witham, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, The Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Updates from the Spinal Fusion Laboratory
August 19, 2021
Speaker: L. Fernando Gonzalez, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, The Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Is Cooling Getting Hot Again?
August 12, 2021
Speakers: Alan Cohen, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, The Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Surgery of the Brain Stem
August 5, 2021
Speaker: Allan Belzberg, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, The Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: From OR to the Lab Bench and Back Again
July 2021
July 29, 2021
Speaker: Judy Huang, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, The Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Extracranial Carotid Occlusive Disease
July 22, 2021
Speaker: Shenandoah Robinson, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, The Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: A Thin Silver Lining: Neuroimmunomodulation for Post-Acute COVID-19 Sequelae
July 15, 2021
Speakers: Dr. Jon Weingart, Professor of Neurosurgery
and Dr. Charles Eberhart, Professor of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Glioma Pathological Classification: The Final Chapter
July 8, 2021
Speaker: Amanda Sacino, MD, PhD
Neurosurgery Resident, The Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Evolution of Spine Hardware