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Grand Rounds

General Information

All meetings are held in the Neuropsychiatric Institute's 7th Floor Auditorium (Room 765-N). Parking and refreshments are provided.

Schedule:

September 6, 2007, Thursday, 12:00 Noon
Speaker: Yevgenya Kaydanova, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurology
Director of Neurophysiology Laboratory, Director of Epilepsy Clinic
Department of Neurology & Rehabilitation
University of Illinois at Chicago
Presentation Title: "Update on Epilepsy Management in Women of Childbearing Age"

November 17, 2007, Saturday, 9:00 am
Speaker: Zoher Ghogawala, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery
Wallace Clinical Trials Center, Greenwich Hospital
Yale University School of Medicine
Presentation Title: "Neurosurgical Randomized Trials: Designing Feasible and Fundable Clinical Research"

December 15 , 2007, Saturday, 9:00 am
Speaker: Steven Gianotta, MD
Professor and Chair, Department of Neurological Surgery
Keck School of Medicine, USC
Presentation Title: "Comprehensive Management of Acoustic Neuromas"

January 12, 2008, Saturday, 9:00 am
Speaker: Joseph Maroon, MD
Clinical Professor
Department of Neurological Surgery
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Presbyterian - University Hospital
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Presentation Title: "A Surgeon’s Story: Successes, Failures and a Prescription for a Balanced Life"

February 16, 2008, Saturday, 9:00 am
Speaker: Ali Rezai, MD
Director, Center for Neurological Restoration
The Cleveland Clinic
Presentation Title: "Brain Stimulators: Current Clinical Applications and Future Prospects"

March 22, 2008, Saturday, 9:00 am
Speaker: Saleem Abdulrauf, MD, FACS
Director, Cerebrovascular and Skull Bass Surgery Program
Saint Louis University School of Medicine
Presentation Title: "TBA"
Cancelled

April 19, 2008, Saturday, 9:00 am
Speaker: Volker K.H. Sonntag, MD
Professor of Clinical Surgery at the University of Arizona
Vice-Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at the Barrow Neurological Institute
Presentation Title: "Instrumentation of the Cervical Spine"

May 17, 2008, Saturday, 9:00 am
Speaker: E. Sander Connolly Jr., M.D.
Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery
Director, Cerebrovascular Research Laboratory
Surgical Director, Neuro-Intensive Care Unit
Department of Neurological Surgery
Neurological Institute - Columbia University Medical Center
Presentation Title: "Neuropsychological Changes following Carotid Endarterectomy"

June 28, 2008, Saturday, 9:00 am
Speaker: Jacques J. Morcos, M.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Neurosurgery and Otolaryngology
Co-Director, Microsurgery Training Center, Lois Pope LIFE Center,
University of Miami
Presentation Title: "Surgical approaches to the lateral skull base: the art of tailoring"