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2009-Abstracts-Annual Meeting

We are pleased to announce 3 abstract winners in the category of best resident research-clinical, best resident research-basic science and best medical student research presentation. 

This year's winners are:

  • David Stockwell-University of Vermont
  • Clemens Schirmer-Tufts University
  • Nikhil Nayak-Yale University

 Each winner is granted a $500 honorarium.

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56/19/2009 8:00Welcome Friday MorningRoss Jenkins

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156/19/2009 8:05State Councils UpdateGary Bloomgarden

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356/19/2009 8:20Myths, Misconceptions, and Missteps in Evaluating Medical EvidenceDaniel Resnick, M.D.

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106/19/2009 8:55A Year of Endoscopic Pituitary Surgery - Pathology Treated and Lessons LearnedEdward R. Laws, MD, FACS Brigham & Women's Hospital

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106/19/2009 9:05OUTCOME of the RESIDUAL PITUITARY GLAND in APOPLECTIC MACROADENOMASGérard MOHR, M.D.*, Rafik MAROUF, M.D., Peter ASSIMAKOPOULOS, M.D., Raphael GLICKSTEIN, M.D.

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106/19/2009 9:15Prediction of Symptomatic Cerebral Vasospasm after Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage with an Artificial Neural Network: Feasibility and Comparison to Logistic Regression ModelsTravis M. Dumont MD*, Anand I. Rughani MD, Bruce I. Tranmer MD University of Vermont Division of Neurosurgery

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106/19/2009 9:25Small Craniotomy Compared to Burr Hole Treatment of Chronic Subdural HematomaAnand I. Rughani*, Chih Lin, Travis M. Dumont, Timothy E. Link, Michael A. Horgan, Bruce I. Tranmer

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106/19/2009 9:35Observations of the Treatment of Cavernous Malformations in the Pediatric PopulationR. Michael Scott The Children's Hospital, Boston

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106/19/2009 9:45Exosomal Analysis of EGFRvIII Positive Glioma Johan Skog, Carlos Sanchez*, Ayguen Sahin,, Ph.D., Xandra Breakefield, Ph.D., Fred Hochberg, M.D., Bob S. Carter M.D. Ph.D.

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106/19/2009 9:55Solely Endoscopic Resection of Skull Base LesionsGerald T. McGillicuddy, M.D., FACS Jonathan Sillman, M.D.

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256/19/2009 10:05Friday Mid Morning Break

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106/19/2009 10:30Lateral stereotactic ventriculo-cisternostomy for entrapped ventriclesEkkehard M.Kasper*, Clark Chen and Peter WarnkeEkkehard M.Kasper, Clark Chen and Peter Warnke

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106/19/2009 10:40Safety and utility of stereotactic depth electrode implantation into the insula in the evaluation of medically intractable epilepsyDesai A, Jobst BC, Roberts DW

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106/19/2009 10:50Phosphatase based analysis of the Tumor Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) transcriptome profiles of glioblastomaPascal O. Zinn*, Lisa-Marie Sturla, David Kozono, Masayuki Nitta, Kimberly Ng, Peter C. Warnke, Ekkehard Kasper and Clark C. Chen - Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Department of Radiation Oncology, Genomic Stability and DNA Repair - BIDMC Department of Neurosurgery

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106/19/2009 11:00In vivo analysis of Ccm3: a gene involved in cerebral cavernous malformation developmentAimee Two*, Yale School of Medicine Murat Gunel, MD, Department of Neurosurgery, Yale School of Medicine Angeliki Louvi, PhD, Department of Neurosurgery, Yale School of Medicine

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106/19/2009 11:10Initial coil orientation in a model aneurysm – influence on flow and wall parametersClemens M. Schirmer, MD and Adel M. Malek, MD, PhD* Department of Neurosurgery, Tufts Medical Center and Tufts University School of Medicince

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106/19/2009 11:20Functional Outcome following Surgical Resection of Spinal Nerve Sheath TumorsKevin C. Yao, M.D. Tufts Medical Center Department of Neurosurgery

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106/19/2009 11:30Efficacy of Multimodality Treatment Involving Limited Surgery and Stereotactic Spine Radiotherapy for Solitary Spinal MetastasesKevin C. Yao, MD*. Abraham Boskovitz, MD, Debbie Bakes, BS, Christopher S. Melhus, PhD, John E. Mignano, MD PhD Tufts Medical Center, Departments of Neurosurgery and Radiation Oncology

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106/19/2009 11:40CTLA-4 blockade augments vaccine-induced antitumor immunity against intracranial glioma.Barnard ZR, Agarwalla PK, Fecci PE, Dunn GP, Curry WT* Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of neurosurgery; Harvard Medical School





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106/19/2009 11:50GVAX Immunotherapy for Patients with Recurrent Malignant GliomaWilliam Curry*, Tracy Batchelor, Pankaj Agarwalla, Patrick Wen, and Glenn Dranoff

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106/19/2009 12:003D Intraoperative ImagingLawrence Borges, M.D., Stacey Campbell

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56/20/2009 8:00Saturday AM Welcome

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356/20/2009 8:05Socioeconomic Challenges for the Neurosurgeon in 2009Troy Tippett, M.D. President, American Association of Neurologic Surgeons

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106/20/2009 8:40Comparative efficacy of frame-based, frameless, and intraoperative MRI guided brainYi Lu*, Alireza Radmanesh, Robert Wiemann, Peter M. Black, Alexandra J. Golby Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham & Women’s Hospital

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106/20/2009 8:50Genome-wide association study for intracranial aneurysmNikhil R. Nayak*, Kaya Bilguvar, Katsuhito Yasuno, Zulfikar Arlier, Richard P. Lifton, Murat Gunel, GIANT Investigators

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106/20/2009 9:00EGFR Activation Suppresses the Expression of the Catalytic Subunit of PP2A in Human Glioblastoma Multiforme*Jennifer A. Moliterno,MD, Yale University, New Haven, CT; Robel T. Beyene,BA, New York, NY; Xiaofei Hu,BS, New York, NY; Demirkan B. Gursel,PhD, New York, NY; Brian M. Howard,BS, New York, NY; John A. Boockvar,MD, New York, NY

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106/20/2009 9:10Intra-operative use of indocyanine green fluorescence videography for resection of a spinal cord hemangioblastoma.Steven W Hwang*, MD, Adel M Malek MD, PhD, and Julian K Wu, MD Tufts Medical Center, Department of Neurosurgery, Boston MA 02111

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106/20/2009 9:20MR Elastography in a feline model of hydrocephalusS. Scott Lollis MD*, Philip R. Perrinez PhD, Adam J. Pattison BS, P. Jack Hoopes DVM, PhD, Keith D. Paulsen PhD, John B. Weaver PhD, David W. Roberts MD

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356/20/2009 9:30Stock Car Racing and Endovascular TrainingDr. Christopher Ogilvy

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256/20/2009 10:05Saturday Mid Morning Break

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106/20/2009 10:30Low Complication Rate of Minimal Access Transforamenal Lumbar Interbody FusionJames Kryzanski, MD* and Basil Nwaoz BA

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106/20/2009 10:40Minimally invasive techniques in complex lumbar revision surgeryJoseph Aferzon MD, Jeffrey A Bash MD

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106/20/2009 10:50Src Homology domain-containing Phosphatase 2 (SHP2) suppresses cellular senescence in glioblastomaLisa-Marie Sturla*, Pascal Zinn, Kimberly Ng, Masa Nitta, David Kozono, Peter Warnke, Clark Chen and Ekkehard Kasper

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106/20/2009 11:00Dynamic transition between stem- and non-stem-state in glioblastoma cells is regulated by epigenetic eventsMasayuki Nitta, Kimberly Ng, David Kozono, Lisa Sturla, Pascal Zinn, *Clark Chen

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106/20/2009 11:10Short Segment Interbody Fusion via the Lateral Transpsoas Approach for the Treatment of Radiculopathy Associated with Degenerative Lumbar ScoliosisRon Riesenburger MD*, Steven Hwang MD, James Kryzanski MD

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106/20/2009 11:20Surgical treatment and outcomes of various intraventricular lesions over 10 years from a single center’s experienceKent J. Kilbourn MS, PA-C*, Inam Kureshi MD

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106/20/2009 11:30Graeb’s CT Grading System of Intraventricular Hemorrhage can be used as a Predictor for the Requirement of External Ventricular Drainage in patients with Spontaneous Intraventricular HemorrhageKureshi IU*, Xu S, Liu, YLee NS. Department of Neurosurgery, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT

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106/20/2009 11:40Vagal Nerve Stimulation for Depression: A reviewJoanna Hellmuth MHS, University of Vermont School of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont Jeffrey Florman MD*, Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine Jeffrey Barkin MD, Portland, Maine

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106/20/2009 11:50Mesothelioma Metastatic to brain mimicking Meningioma: case report*William Spire MD, Nathan Simmons MD, Enrico Lallana MD, Camilo Fadul MD, William Hickey M.D.





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106/20/2009 12:00Dose-Response Curve of Fresh Frozen Plasma to correct elevated INR in Coumadinized Patients with Acute Subdural HematomaDavid Stockwell MD, *Travis Dumont MD, Bruce Tranmer, MD University of Vermont Division of Neurosurgery
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