Department of Neurosurgery

Teaching Rounds 2011

Day and Time: Wednesdays, 7:15 AM
Location: Primary Children's Medical Center 3rd Floor Auditorium
Date Title / Speaker Additional Info
2011

January

5

Introduction to Cerebral Angiography-Arterial Anatomy
Edwin A. "Steve" Stevens, M.D.
Professor and Chairman, Department of Radiology
University of Utah Health Care


12 Cerebral Angiography-Venous Anatomy and Congenital Variations
Perry Ng, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology
University of Utah Health Care

19 Cerebral Perfusion Imaging of Acute Ischemia
H. Christian Davidson, M.D.
Associate Professor, Neuroradiology, Dept. of Radiology
University of Utah Health Care

26 Top 10 Things to Know About Management of Ischemic Stroke
Jennifer J. Majersik, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
University of Utah Health Care




February

2 No Conference-Lende Meeting

9 Cavernous Angiomas, Genetics, Management and Outcomes
Randy L. Jensen, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
University of Utah Health Care

16 Endovascular Strategies for Revascularization in Acute Ischemic Stroke
Perry Ng, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology
University of Utah Health Care

23 EC-IC
Joel D. MacDonald, M.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
University of Utah Health Care




March

2 Cerebrovascular Changes in Hydrocephalus
James P. "Pat" McAllister, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
University of Utah Health Care

9 Carotid Endarterectomy
William T. Couldwell, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery
University of Utah Health Care

16 TCD
L. Dana DeWitt, M.D.
Professor, Department of Neurology
University of Utah Health Care

23 Endovascular Revascularization of Cervical and Intracranial Stenosis
Perry Ng, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology
University of Utah Health Care

30 Venous Sinus Thrombosis
L. Dana DeWitt, M.D.
Professor, Department of Neurology
University of Utah Health Care




April

6

7:15-7:45
Cognitive Assessment of Neurovascular Lesions

Robert E. Burr, M.D.
Associate Professor,  Behavioral Health
Department of Pediatrics
Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Neurosurgery
University of Utah Health Care
7:45-8:00
UMB Coding/Charge Capture Grid
Brandi Woodbury, Kimberly Prows
University Medical Billing
University of Utah Health Care


13 No Conference-AANS Meeting
20 Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT)
Boaz A. Markewitz, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Pulmonary Division
Department of Internal Medicine
University of Utah Health Care

27 TO BE HELD IN CNC 1ST FLOOR AUDITORIUM
7:15-8:00
Opportunities for Population-based Gene Discovery in Utah

Lisa A. Cannon-Albright, Ph.D.
Professor,  Division Chief
Division of Genetic Epidemiology
Department of Internal Medicine
University of Utah Health Care
8:00-9:00 
Current and Future Endovascular Therapy for Acute Ischemic Stroke

Peter Kan, M.D. (Faculty Candidate)
Endovascular Fellow
Neurosurgery, University at Buffalo
Buffalo, New York




May

4

Current Management of Childhood Ependymoma
Frederick A. Boop, M.D.
Marion L. Walker Lecturer
Professor of Neurological Surgery,
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery,
LeBonheur Children's Hospital
Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery,
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Memphis, Tennessee

9:15-1:00 Case Conference/Lunch
Dr. Boop/Neurosurgery Residents
PCMC Neurosurgery Conference Room
11 AVM Surgery
Douglas L. Brockmeyer, M.D.
Professor, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Primary Children's Medical Center

18 Craniectomy for Stroke
Richard H. Schmidt, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
University of Utah Health Care

25 TO BE HELD IN CNC 1ST FLOOR AUDITORIUM
Intracerebral Hemorrhage: New Approaches to an Old Disease
J. Claude Hemphill, III, M.D., MAS
Kenneth Rainin Chair in Neurocritical Care
Visiting Professor (Dept. of Neurology)
Professor of Neurology and Neurological Surgery
University of California, San Francisco
Director, Neurovascular and Neurocritical Care Program
9:00-10:00 Neurology Grand Rounds
Prognostication in Neurocritical Care: Does it Matter?
J. Claude Hemphill, M.D., MAA
Visiting Professor (Dept. of Neurology)
San Francisco, CA



June

1 The English Surgeon - Travels with a Drill
Mr. Henry Marsh
Visiting Professor
Senior Neurosurgeon
Atkinson Morley's Hospital, London
9:15-1:00 Case Conference/Lunch
Mr. Marsh/Neurosurgery Residents
CNC 5th Fl. Conference Rm.
8 Hemangioblastoma, Von Hippel Lindau Disease and the Neurosurgical Oncologist
Randy L. Jensen, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
University of Utah Health Care

15

Radiosurgery of Brain AVMs
Dennis Shrieve, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Dept. of Radiation Oncology
Huntsman Cancer Hospital


22 No Conference-RMNS Meeting
29 Dural AV Fistulas
Richard H. Schmidt, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
University of Utah Health Care




July

6 Aneurysms
Joel D. MacDonald, M.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
University of Utah Health Care

13 Spinal AVM's
Meic H. Schmidt, M.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
University of Utah Health Care

20 Posterior Circulating Aneurysms
Richard H. Schmidt, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
University of Utah Health Care

27 Outcomes of Endovascular Treatment of Aneurysms
Michael Wilder, M.D.
Interventional Neuroradiolgy Fellow
Department of Radiology
University of Utah Health Care




August

3 Occipitocervical Trauma
Erica F. Bisson, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
University of Utah Health Care

10 C1 and C2 Fractures
Andrew T. Dailey, M.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
University of Utah Health Care

17

Conferences Cancelled
8:00-11:00 Intraoperative MRI Training
HCH 6th Floor Training Room


24 MRI Safety Training (7:15-8:30 AM)
Ulrich Rassner, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology
University of Utah Health Care

31
Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures
Wilson Zachary Ray, M.D.
Spine Fellow, Department of Neurosurgery
University of Utah Health Care




September

7 Total and Near-Total Resection of Complex Spinal Cord Lipomas and Radical Reconstruction of the Neural Placode: Surgical Technique and Long Term Outcome
Dachling Pang, M.D.
Visiting Professor
Professor of Pediatric Neurosurgery
University of California Davis
9:15-1:00 Case Conference/Lunch
Dr. Pang/Neurosurgery Residents
PCMC Neurosurgery Conference Room
14 Subaxial Trauma
Meic H. Schmidt, M.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
University of Utah Health Care

21 The Orexin Neuropeptide System: From Narcolepsy to Traumaic Brain Injury
Jon T. Willie, M.D., Ph.D. (Faculty Candidate)
Instructor in Neurological Surgery
Functional and Epilepsy Surgery Fellow
Emory University Hospital and The Emory Clinic
Atlanta, Georgia

28 Sacral Fractures
Brandon Lawrence, M.D.
Professor, Department of Orthopaedics
University of Utah Health Care




October

5 No Conference-CNS Meeting
12

Knowledge Translation in Critical Care Neurosurgery - Principles and Application
Benjamin W. Y. Lo, M.D., MSc (Faculty Candidate)
Neurosurgery Temporary Staff Physician
St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada


19 Advanced Imaging in Trauma
Lubdha Shah, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology
University of Utah Health Care

26

Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
John T. Smith, M.D.
Professor, Department of Orthopaedics
University of Utah Health Care
Chairman, Department of Surgery
Primary Children's Medical Center





November

2 Congenital Cervical Anomalies
Douglas L. Brockmeyer, M.D.
Professor, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery
University of Utah Health Care

9 The Essentials of Adult Deformity
Michael Daubs, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedics
University of Utah Health Care

16 Sagittal Imbalance
Andrew T. Dailey, M.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
University of Utah Health Care

23

Diagnostic and Therapeutic Spinal Injections
Richard M. Rosenthal., M.D.
Medical Director
Nexus Pain Care
Provo, Utah


30
Why Do You Need a 6 Ton Magnet to do Brain Surgery?
Michael R. Chicoine, M.D.
Visiting Professor
Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
9:15-12:00 Case Conference/Lunch
Dr. Chicoine/Neurosurgery Residents
CNC 5th Floor Conference Room



December

7 Case Conference

14 Thoracic Disc Disease
Meic H. Schmidt, M.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
University of Utah Health Care

21 New Mouse Models for Malignant Brain Tumors: Providing Insights Across the Translational Spectrum
Robert Bachoo, M.D., Ph.D.
Huntsman Faculty Candidate
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Neurotherapeutics and Medicine
Miller Family Professor in Neuro-Oncology
Director, Neuro-Oncology Translational Research Laboratory
UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

28 No Conference-Holiday Break