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Grand Rounds 2012

The Department of Neurological Surgery's Grand Rounds from January through March 2012 are held on Friday mornings from 9:15 to 10:15am in Building 53 Auditorium, unless otherwise noted. Grand Rounds for 2012 are CME accredited.

January 2012

January 6, 9:15-10:15 a.m.  Dr. Frank Hsu
Guest Speaker
"Minimally Invasive Skull Base Surgery"
January 13, 9:00-10:00 a.m.
Location: Podlich Conference Center, Bldg 54, 5th Floor
 Dr. Peter Carmel
Guest Speaker
"The Oncology of Craniopharyngiomas"
January 13, 10:15-11:15 a.m.
Location: Podlich Conference Center, Bldg 54, 5th Floor
 Dr. Peter Carmel
Guest Speaker
"Health System Reform in Year Two: Where Are We Now?"
TELECAST at the Irvine Campus - Medical Education Bldg Room 3070
January 20, 9:15-10:15 a.m. To Be Announced "To be Announced"
January 27, 9:15-10:15 a.m. To Be Announced "To Be Announced"

 

 

Grand Rounds 2011

The Department of Neurological Surgery's Grand Rounds are held on Wednesday mornings in Building 22A, Room 2107 (second level above library) unless noted otherwise noted. Grand Rounds for 2011 are CME accredited.

December 2011

December 7, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Cagin Senturk "Spinal Cord Vascular Anatomy and Endovascular Treatment of Spinal Vascular Malformations"
December 14, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Justin Brown
Guest Speaker
"New Directions in Peripheral Nerve Reconstruction"
December 21, 10-11 a.m. Cancelled Cancelled due to Holiday
December 28, 10-11 a.m. Cancelled Cancelled due to Holiday

 

 

November 2011

 Nov 2, 10-11 a.m. Neurosurgery Resident   Physicians  "Case Presentations"
 Nov 9, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Lilit Mnatsakanyan  "Neuromonitoring: Current Roles and Future Direction"
 Nov 16, 9-10 a.m.
Special Grand Rounds Event
 Dr. Zhong-ping Chen  "Vasculogenic Mimicry in Gliomas"
 Nov 16, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Andrew Sloan
Guest Speaker
 "Recent Advances in the Surgical Management of Malignant Brain Tumors"
 Nov 23, 10-11 a.m.  Cancelled  Cancelled due to Holiday
 Nov 30, 10-11 a.m. Dr. Hoi Sang U
Guest Speaker
 "Ex-vivo Gene Therapy for Alzheimer's Disease"

 

 

October 2011

October 5, 10-11 a.m.  Cancelled  Cancelled due to CNS meeting
October 12, 10-11 a.m. Neurosurgery Resident Physicians "Case Presentations"
October 19, 10-11 a.m. Dr. Mark E. Linskey "Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Vestibular Schwannomas"
October 26, 10-11 a.m. Neurosurgery Resident Physicians "Case Presentations"

 

September 2011

 Sept 7, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Chrisopher Owen  Case Reports
 Sept 14, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Armen Choulakian
New faculty in Neurosurgery!
 "Endovascular Treatment of Cerebral Aneurysms"
 Sept 21, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. John Kusske  "E.M.T.A.L.A."
 Sept 28, 10-11 a.m.  TBA  

 

 

August 2011

 Aug 3, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Hamid Djalilian  "Neuro-vestibular Disorders"
 Aug 10, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Lama Al-Khoury  "Headache"
 Aug 17, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Ann Tourney  "Pediatric Emergencies"
 Aug 24, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Jose Carrillo  "Altered Mental Status"
 Aug 31, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Laura Paré and Bill Surgleris  "Hydrocephalus" (with live demonstration)

 

July 2011

 July 1, 12-1 p.m.
Special Grand Rounds Event
 Dr. Johnny Delashaw  "Microsurgical Anatomy and Surgical Approaches to Orbit and Cavernous Sinus"
 July 6, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Vivek Jain  "Ischemic Stroke"
 July 13, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Daniela Bota  "Structural Lesions"
 July 20, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Jack Lin  "Status Epilepticus"
 July 27, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Daniel Yanni  "Spine Emergencies"

 

June 2011

 June 1, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Laura Paré  "The History of Ventricular Shunts and the Evolution of Shunt Valves With Live Demonstration"
 June 8, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Annabel Wang  "Neuromuscular Complications of Diabetes"
 June 15, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Jack Lin  "Cognitive Changes in Epilepsy and Epilepsy Surgery"
 June 22, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Mark Linskey  "Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Vestibular Schwannomas"
 June 29, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. William Loudon  "Myelomeningoceles"

 

May 2011

 May 4, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Daniela Alexandru  Avastin and Velcade for Treatment of GBM"
 May 6, 12-1 p.m.  Dr. Griffith R. Harsh IV  "Dissecting Pituitary Tumors and Glioma Pathways"
 May 11, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. James Ausman  "The Future of Neuroscience"
 May 18, 10-11 a.m.  Donna Carlson, MD  Peer Review Law in California
 May 25, 10-11 a.m.  John Kusske, MD  The State of US Healthcare - 2011

 

April 2011

 Apr. 6, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Lama Al-Khoury  "Management of Patients with Primary Intracerebral Hemorrhage: Review of the American Stroke Association Guidelines"
 Apr. 13, 10-11 a.m.  ------------  Cancelled due to AANS Conference (4/9 to 4/13)
 Apr. 20, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Craig Rabb  "Management of Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures-Evidence Based Practice"
 Apr. 27, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Richard Kim  "Deep Brain Stimulation in Functional NS: Mechanisms, Applications and Results"

 

March 2011

 Mar. 2, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Laura Paré  "Advanced Concepts in Intracranial Pressure"
 Mar. 9, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Armen Choulakian  "Managing 'Other' Carotid Disease: Dissections, FMD, Trauma"
 Mar. 16, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Michael Muhonen  "Pits to Scalp Zits: Midline dermal sinus malformations of the brain and spine"
 Mar. 23, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Marc Vanefsky  TBA
 Mar. 30, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Anton Hasso  "Imaging of the Post-Treatment Brain"

 

February 2011

 Feb. 2, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. John Kusske  "Professionalism and Medicine’s Social Contract with Society"
 Feb. 9, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Daniel Yanni  "Revision of Chiari Decompression for Recurrent Syrinx"
 Feb. 16, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Samer Ghostine  "Spinal Cord Injury Pathophysiology and Potential Therapies"
 Feb. 23, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Alexa Reeves  "Trauma Guidelines"

 

January 2011

 Jan. 5, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Yi-Hong Zhou  "The Yin and Yang of Neural Transcription Factor PAX6 in Glioma"
 Jan. 12, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Christopher Owen  "Hippocampus Minor: Neuroanotomy of Evolution"
 Jan. 19, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Amandip Gill  "Clinical Challenges Presented by Vasospasm"
 Jan. 26, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. John Kusske  "ACGME Core Competencies: A Review"

 

December 2010

 Dec. 1, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Naveed Wagle  "Advances in the treatment of glioblastoma"
 Dec. 8, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Jose Carrillo "IDH-1 mutation in Glioblastoma multiforme"
 Dec. 15, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Naveen Bhandarkar  "The Evolution of Endoscopic Sinus Surgery"
 Dec. 22, 10-11 a.m.  ------------  Cancelled
 Dec. 29, 10-11 a.m.  ------------  Cancelled

 

November 2010

 Nov. 3, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Marlon Mathews  "Management of Coagulopathy in Acute Neurosurgical Patients"
 Nov. 10, 10-11 a.m.  Remy Fatuyi, MBBS  "Vascular Malformations of the Brain"
 Nov. 17, 10-11 a.m.  ------------  Cancelled
 Nov. 24, 10-11 a.m.  ------------  Cancelled

 

October 2010

 Oct. 6, 10-11 a.m.  ------------  Cancelled
 Oct. 13, 10-11 a.m.  ------------  Cancelled
 Oct. 20, 10-11 a.m.  ------------  Cancelled
 Oct. 27, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Abishek Chaturbedi  "Predictive and Prognostic Molecular Markers in Glioma"

 

September 2010

 Sept. 1, 10-11 a.m.  ------------  Cancelled
 Sept. 8, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Patrick Johnson  “Computerized Image Guided Spine Surgery: The State-of-the-Art”
 Sept. 15, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Daniel Yanni  "Intracerebral Hemorrhage and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage"
 Sept. 22, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Daniela Bota and Dr. Mark Linskey  "The Current State of the UC Comprehensive Neuro-Oncology Program"
 Sept. 29, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Michael J. Glantz  "Why Neuro-Oncology Rocks: Stem Cells, Magic Spells, and other Way Cool Stuff"

 

August 2010

 Aug. 4, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Joung Lee  "17 Years of Neurosurgery: What Have I Learned?"
 Aug. 11, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Laura Paré  "Intracranial Pressure"
 Aug. 18, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Steven Brem  "Brain Tumor Therapy: Past, Present, and Future"
 Aug. 25, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Daniela Bota  "Neuro-Oncology"

 

July 2010

 July 7, 10-11am  Dr. Anton Hasso  "Imaging of Neurological Emergencies"
 July 14, 10-11am  Dr. Samer Ghostine  "Diseases of the Spine and Spinal Cord"
 July 21, 10-11am  Dr. Robert F. Heary  "Neurosurgical Treatment of Thoracic Spinal Disorders"
 July 28, 10-11am  Dr. Thomas Chen  "The Academic Center and Development of Future Treatments for Malignant Gliomas"

 

June 2010

 June 2, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Mark Fisher  "Medical Therapy for Stroke Prevention"
 June 9, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. John Kusske  "State of US Healthcare June 2010"
 June 16, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Laura Paré  "Controversies in Low Back Pain"
 June 23, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Vincent Bakyenga  "Neurosurgical Care in Sub-Saharan Africa Diagnostic Dilemmas"
 June 30, 10-11 a.m.  -----  TBA

 

May 2010

 May 5, 10-11 a.m.  -----  Cancelled Due to AANS Meeting
 May 12, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Surasak Phuphanich
 (Cedars-Sinai Medical
 Center)
 "Personalized Medicine for Brain Cancer: Vaccine
 Immune Therapy"
 May 19, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Mark Vanefsky  "Vascular Surgery Related"
 May 26, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Christopher Owen  "Neuropathography: Case Reports From History"

 

April 2010

 Apr. 7, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Mark Fisher  "Introduction to Legal Medicine:Stroke and the Law"
 Apr. 14, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Alexa Reeves  "Spinal Epidural Tumors"
 Apr. 21, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Daniela Alexandru  "Pulmonary Metastases in Recurrent Meningiomas:
 Frequency, Prognosis and Identification by
 111In-Octreotide Imaging"
 Apr. 28, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Zoran Nenadic  "Biomedical Signal Processing in
 Neurosurgical and Neurological Applications"

 

March 2010

 Mar. 3, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Kiran Rajneesh  "Neuron Doctrine"
 Mar. 10, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Amandip Gill  "Treatment of Vasospasm"
 Mar. 17, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Laura Paré  "Use of Surgical Guidelines in the Treatment of Traumatic
 Brain Injury"
 Mar. 24, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Mark A. Baje (UC
 Irvine Critical Care
 Pharmacy Specialist)
 "Use of Prothrombin-Complex Concentrates for
 Warfarin Related ICH"
 Mar. 31, 10-11 a.m.  Neurosurgery Faculty  Case Presentations

 

February 2010

 Feb. 3, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Shiyuan Cheng
 (University of
 Pittsburgh)
 "Mechanisms of Over-expressed Growth Factor
 Receptor-stimulated Glioma Cell Invasion"
 Feb. 10, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. John Kusske  "EMTALA"
 Feb. 17, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Michael Muhonen  "Neurocutaneous Syndromes"
 Feb. 24, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Daniel Yanni  "The Extreme Lateral Approach to Lumbar Stenosis:
 Exceeding Expectations"

 

January 2010

 Jan. 6, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. John Kusske  "Professional Liability in the Clinical Neurosciences" td>
 Jan. 13, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Samer Ghostine  "Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery"
 Jan. 20, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Anton Hasso  "Lesions of the Pituitary & Parasellar Region"
 Jan. 27, 10-11 a.m.  Dr. Vivek Jain  "Ischemic Stroke"