Glioblastoma, the most common primary brain cancer in adults, is challenging to treat. Drs. Zhengping Zhuang and Herui Wang aim to change that. They created the rWTC-MBTA cancer vaccine, which can activate immune cells to recognize and attack this tumor: go.cancer.gov/B9ifU2w

Our experience here shows that LITT for pediatric epilepsy is effective, even in the setting of previous open surgery history. Consider for symptomatic residual and recurrence. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Each year, an estimated 81 adults in the United States are diagnosed with a pineal region tumor. To better understand these rare tumors, #NCIconnect is collaborating with clinicians across disciplines, including Dr. Prashant Chittiboina from NINDS: go.cancer.gov/5IsT3Al

Socioeconomic Disparities in Pediatric Subdural Empyemas journals.lww.com/neurosurgery/a…
#NEUNewIssue Neurosurgery Publications Hussam Abou-Al-Shaar Jas Martin Piazza Jorge F. Urquiaga Mohamed Zaazoue John Kanter Laura K. Reed, MD Adela Wu, MD

Dr. Chunzhang (Spring) YANG sat down with Dr. Evan Noch to discuss his recent work enhancing chemotherapy to control glioblastoma cell growth. Listen to their conversation on the SNO podcast: go.cancer.gov/EPXbqEF

Review provides comprehensive account of developmental voice processing research published to date and discusses how this evidence fits with and contributes to current theoretical models proposed in the adult literature. sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Taylor J. Abel UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Congratulations to Madi Remick, Jessica Ryvlin, Nikhil Sharma and Gina Watanabe who have matched into the University of Pittsburgh Department of Neurological Surgery residency program. Welcome aboard!
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Great story on Pitt Health Sciences 2024 Vanscoy Winter Academy—themed “Insights from Injury”—showcasing work from Robert Friedlander, Marco Capogrosso, Dr. Joseph Maroon and David Okonkwo. health.pitt.edu/news/deriving-… UPMC Physician Resources Heather Rendulic

A full-time surgery scheduler position is open at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, scheduling outpatient appointments as well as procedures and surgeries, submitting and obtaining authorizations, and assisting with other administrative duties. Apply at careers.upmc.com/job/19730576/

Today, at the 47th Annual Meeting of ASPN American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons, Dr. Shenandoah (Dody) Robinson Johns Hopkins Neurosurgery was voted to be President-Elect of the Society. She is the first woman in the history of the ASPN to hold this position! Please join us in congratulating Dr. Robinson 👏

Congratulations to Alisa Zhang, Natasha Mody, Briana Malik, Raymond Murray and Sebastian Gutensohn for winning Pitt Senior Design Expo for their work on building a novel endoscopic suturing device that would allow for easier tissue reconstruction after EEAs. Michael McDowell was mentor.

IT’S MRSP MONDAY!!

Meet 2023-2024 MRSP Scholar, Erin Walker from University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Greenville. Ms. Walker is completing her MRSP experience NINDS identifying gene regulation and localization of primary cilium in glioma stem cells. #NIHMRSP

Motorized rental scooters should have helmets attached to them.

Thank you for coming to my TedTalk.
- The Trauma Chief

best part of AANS/CNS Peds Section is getting to see what cool research everyone’s been up to and sharing your work with your friends/colleagues 🤓

What a day for Dr. Sabrina Heman-Ackah as she successfully matched to Harvard's Skull Base Surgery Fellowship, led by Timothy R. Smith, MD, PhD, MPH Brigham and Women's Neurosurgery, MassgeneralBrigham!! Kudos to Harvard Medical School for this great selection. #neurosurgery #skullbase surgery Penn Neurosurgery

Taylor J. Abel—chief of pediatric epilepsy surgery at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh—and Ruba Al-Ramadhani, MD—associate med director of ped epilepsy at CHP—talk about the unique family-focused, multidisciplinary approach to patient care at Pittsburgh's level 4 epilepsy center. wdtv.com/2023/11/30/upm…

Awesome talk AANS/CNS Peds Section by my best friend and former co-chief UNC Neurosurgery, Martin Piazza, the current pediatric neurosurgery fellow at Pitt Neurosurgery UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh!! #pediatricneurosurgery Taylor J. Abel Carolyn Quinsey

How far we’ve come! So good to catch up in person Randaline Barnett, MD 🧠🧸🦄!

#NEUVisualAbstract Postnatal #Myelomeningocele Repair in the United States: Rates and Disparities Before and After the Management of Myelomeningocele Study Trial bit.ly/3SXFJgy by Belinda Shao MD MPH et al Rhode Island Hospital Smruti Patel
Martin Piazza #Fetalsurgery #Spinabifida

Neurosurgeons must be mindful of the frequency of neuro checks we order.

Waking someone up every hour is not a benign intervention! Doing it to an elderly person with a TBI for days on end can perpetuate delirium. The results of this study in Neurosurgery Publications are not…