
Title: Deformity Correction vs. Decompression for Scoliosis
Guest Faculty: Lara Massie, MD
Hosts: Rushna Ali, MD and Seth F. Oliveria, MD PhD
Dr. Massie will discuss the indications, current evidence, limitations, and pitfalls of corrective spine surgery versus decompression for patients with scoliosis.
Feb 1, 2024
26 min

Length: 27.30 minutes
This guideline was created as an educational tool to guide qualified physicians in assessing patients' bone mineral density prior to spine surgery and how to optimize it with select treatments if it is found to be a risk for poor surgical outcomes.
Participants:
J. Bradley Elder, MD
John Dimar, MD
Praveen V. Mummaneni, MD
Rushikesh Joshi, MD
Jan 30, 2024
27 min

February 2024 Journal Club Podcast
Title: Global Outcomes for Microsurgical Clipping of Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms: A Benchmark Analysis of 2245 Cases
To read journal article: https://journals.lww.com/neurosurgery/fulltext/2024/02000/global_outcomes_for_microsurgical_clipping_of.17.aspx
Corresponding Author: Lasse Dührsen
First Author: Richard Drexler
Guest faculty: Alejandro Spiotta
Moderator: Brian Saway
Co-chair: Rafael Vega
Jan 16, 2024
34 min

Title: Understanding the Neurosurgical Mindset and Work Ethic - How Not to Burn Out
Guest faculty: Daniel F. Kelly, MD
Host: Amir Vokshoor, MD
Dr. Kelly will join us in discussing how the neurosurgical mindset can lead to increased levels of stress and burnout and how we avoid it.
Jan 2, 2024
30 min

Social Determinants of Health and Associations with Outcomes in Pediatric Patients with Brain Tumors
January 2024 Journal Club Podcast
Title: Social Determinants of Health and Associations with Outcomes in Pediatric Patients with Brain Tumors
To read journal article: https://journals.lww.com/neurosurgery/fulltext/2024/01000/social_determinants_of_health_and_associations.13.aspx
Author: Renee Reynolds
Guest faculty: Neena Marupudi
Moderator: Katherine Holste
Co-chair: Kimberly Hoang
Dec 15, 2023
31 min

Title: Shunting vs. ETV/Choroid Plexus Fulguration for Hydrocephalus
Guest Faculty: Michael G. DeCuypere, MD, PhD
Hosts: Rushna Ali, MD and Seth F. Oliveria, MD PhD
In this episode we will speak with Dr. Michael DeCuypere about the use of endoscopic techniques including endoscopic third ventriculostomy and/or choroid plexus coagulation in the management of pediatric hydrocephalus.
Dec 1, 2023
27 min

November 2023 Guidelines Podcast
Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Guidelines on the Treatment of Pediatric Hydrocephalus: Update of the 2014 Guidelines.
This podcast updates the 2014 guideline by affirming its recommendations as well as highlighting changes based on new literature, including recommendations on neuro-endoscopic lavage for intraventricular hemorrhage of prematurity and antibiotic impregnated shunt tubing to prevent post operative shunt infection.
CNS Guidelines Podcast Host and Moderator: J. Bradley Elder, MD
Author: David F. Bauer, MD, MPH
Co-host: Brandon Laing, MD
Nov 30, 2023
25 min

December 2023 Journal Club Podcast
This podcast features two journal articles.
Titles:
-International Tuberculum Sellae Meningioma Study: Surgical Outcomes and Management Trends
-International Tuberculum Sellae Meningioma Study: Preoperative Grading Scale to Predict Outcomes and Propensity Matched Outcomes by Endonasal vs Transcranial Approach
To read journal articles:
https://journals.lww.com/neurosurgery/fulltext/2023/12000/international_tuberculum_sellae_meningioma_study_.8.aspx
https://journals.lww.com/neurosurgery/fulltext/2023/12000/international_tuberculum_sellae_meningioma_study_.9.aspx
Author: Stephen T. Magill, MD, PhD
Guest faculty: Wenya Linda Bi, MD, PhD
Moderator: Jeffrey I. Traylor, MD
Co-chair: Rafael A. Vega, MD, PhD
Nov 15, 2023
42 min

Title: Becoming an Active Listener
Guest faculty: Elyne Kahn, MD and Reid C. Thompson, MD
Host: Brian R. Gantwerker, MD
We will discuss how to actively listen, the value of listening, and how listening more can improve all aspects of your practice. By taking a pause to reflect and listen to others, we in turn will be more effective at nearly all aspects of our job and life.
Nov 1, 2023
28 min

October 2023 Guidelines Podcast
Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Guidelines for patients with Chiari Malformations: Part III - Special Edition - Bobby Jones CSF
This podcast highlights the benefits to patients and surgeons of including a patient advocate on the guideline team. It also provides a second perspective on appropriate surgical interventions in the treatment of patients with Chiari I malformation (CIM).
CNS Guidelines Podcast Host and Moderator: J. Bradley Elder, MD
Author: Cormac Maher, MD, Chief of Pediatric Surgery, Stanford Medicine - Children's Health
Guest: Dorothy Poppe, Executive Director, Bobby Jones Chiari & Syringomyelia Foundation
Oct 30, 2023
27 min
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