Dave Atteberry (left) is awarded the best presentation award from M. Sean Grady.

Pittsburgh, December 8, 2006 -- PGY-6 resident Dave Atteberry, MD, received the best presentation award at the second annual Department of Neurological Surgery Stuart Rowe Society Lectureship held on December 7.

Atteberry's presentation on "A Comparison of Outcomes Between CyberKnife Radiosurgery and Conventional XRT for Spinal Metastases" was one of seven research lectures presented by department residents during the day honoring Stuart Niles Rowe, the department’s first chairman and an early advocate of broad neurosurgical training.

The award was chosen and presented by the lectureship’s honored guest, M. Sean Grady, MD, Charles Harrison Frazier Professor and Chairman of Neurological Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania Health System. Dr. Grady commented that all seven lectures were thoughtfully prepared and well presented.

In addition to the resident lectures, the day featured a lecture on the management of traumatic brain injury by Dr. Grady, a noted international expert in the field. Dr. Grady also presided over a journal club and later capped the day with an informal talk on academic neurosurgery after a reception and dinner at the Fox Chapel Golf Club.