University of Pittsburgh Department of Neurological Surgery faculty and residents will participate in numerous symposiums, presentations and lectures at the 2025 Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting scheduled for Los Angeles, October 11-15.
Saturday, October 11
SYM04A: Case Based Education in Neurotrauma for the Practicing Neurosurgeon and for Oral Board Preparation
Neurotrauma and Critical Care Symposium
8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Participants: Mark Alexander Maclean, Nicolas Khattar, Alan Hoffer, Justin Davanzo, Zachary Hickman, Ramesh Grandhi, Ryan Seiji Kitagawa, Francis Jareczek, John Greer, Randy Scott Bell, Christian Ricks, John Kanter, Emily Sieg, Berje Haroutuon Shammassian, Enyinna Nwachuku.
SYM02B: Hemorrhagic Stroke: Update on Microsurgical and Endovascular Techniques
Cerebrovascular Symposium
12:45 - 4:15 p.m.
Participants: Joshua Osbun, Visish Mani Srinivasan, Chirag Gandhi, Saman Sizdahkhani, Andrew Grande, Jeffrey Steinberg, Hai Sun, Michael Lang, Kadir Erkmen, Christopher Kellner, David Altschul, Phil Taussky, Kevin Cockroft, Justin Fraser, Jonathan Andrew Grossberg, Ciaran Powers, Justin Robert Mascitelli
SYM06: 3D Surgical Neuroanatomy
Medical Education Symposium
12:45 – 4:00 p.m.
Participants: Vanessa Milanese Holanda Zimpel, Jeffrey Sorenson, Varun Ranjan Kshettry, Kaan Yagmurlu, Samy Youssef, Guillermo Aldave Orzaiz, Maria Peris-Celda, Juan Carlos Fernandez-Miranda, Joao Paulo Almeida, Paul Gardner
Sunday, October 12
Orbital, Periorbital, and Other Minimally Invasive Approaches to the Skull Base, A Collaboration Between CNS and NASBS
Special Symposium
8:00 a.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Participants: Brian Fowler, Roger Turbin, James Evans, Maurizio Iacoangeli, Amir Dehdashti, Pablo Recinos, Hamid Borghei-Razavi, Alexander Kuffer, Jamie Joseph Van Gompel, Andrea Kossler, Rafael Martinez-Perez, Varun Ranjan Kshettry, Howard Krauss, L. Madison Michael, Andre Luiz Beer-Furlan, Raymond Cho, Matthew Koch, Joseph Maroon, Heather Christine Grimaudo, Paul Gardner, Daniel Prevedello, Shaan Mohammed Raza, Ju Hyung Moon, Lola Blackwell Chambless, Garni Barkhoudarian Ali Krisht, Kyle Godfrey, Theodore Schwartz, Alexander Tai, Maria Peris-Celda, Siviero Agazzi, Claudia Kirsch, George Zenonos, Kristen Moe, Davide Marco Croci, William Couldwell, Nathan Zwagerman, Robert Heller
SYM08: Swimming with the Sharks
Medical Education Symposium
8:00 a.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Participants: Manan Shah, Stephen C Harward, II, Isaac Yang, Julie Lynn Chan, Calal Elsayed, Renee Reynolds, E. Sander Connolly, Jr., David Delmar Limbrick, Jr., James Henry Mooney, Greg Murad, William Mack, IV, Akash Patel, Linda Liau, Ganesh Rao, Anand Germanwala, James Markert, Jr., Daniel Resnick, Nathan T Zwagerman, Nisha Gadgil, Lawrence Chin, Elad Levy, D. Kojo Hamilton, Stephan Munich, Joseph Maroon, Michael Steinmetz, Bryan Lieber, Nitin Agarwal, Russell Lonser, Timothy Wang, Anthony Wang, Douglas Kondziolka, Jeffrey Paul Mullin, Debraj Raj Mukherjee, C. Rory Goodwin, Ajith Thomas, Michael Ivan, Alexander Khalessi, Brian Lim Hoh, Raj Swaroop Lavadi, Christina Notarianni, Gregory Zipfel, Lola Blackwell Chambless, Geoffrey Colby, Daniel Tonetti, Michael McDowell, Christian Ricks, Jamie Ullman, Jody Leonardo, Stacey Wolfe.
SYM09: Shaping the Future of Neurotrauma: Lessons from the Past, Innovations for Tomorrow: Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Section on Neurotrauma and Critical Care
Neurotrauma and Critical Care Symposium
8:00 a.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Participants: Charles Tator, Allen Sills, Jr., Jack Wilberger, Jr., Peter Hutchinson, Donald Marion, John Povlishock, Lawrence Pitts, Geoffrey Manley, M. Ross Bullock, Guy Rosenthal, Allan Belzberg, Bradley Dengler, David Okonkwo, Patricia Raksin, Franco Servadei, Ryan Seiji Kitagawa, Mark Hadley, Michael Fehlings, Nicholas Theodore, Ross Puffer, Andrii Sirko, Shelly Timmons, Laura Benjamin Ngwenya, Alex Valadka, Martina Stippler, Gregory Hawryluk, Ann Margaret Parr, Jamshid Ghajar, Robert Spinner, Raj Narayan, Paul Arnold, Eve Tsai, Sarah Woodrow, Ramesh Grandhi
SYM10A: Navigating Practice: Lessons for Early Career Success and Changing Jobs
Socioeconomic/CSNS, Medical Education Symposium
8:00 - 12:00 p.m.
Participants: Elyne Kahn, Michele Marie Johnson, John Braca, III, Aviva Abosch, Michael G. Kaiser, Devon LeFever, Richard Berkman, W. Christopher Fox, Laura Stone McGuire, George Liu Yang, Sarah Woodrow, James Brett Price Fleming, Rupa Juthani, Nancy Cusick, Charles Prestigiacomo, Tim Lucas, Kunal Gupta
SYM11A: Revascularization Indications and Techniques
Cerebrovascular Symposium
8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Participants: Daniel Louis Barrow, Michael Lawton, Jacques Morcos, Laligam Sekhar, Erez Nossek, Amir Dehdashti, Rokuya Tanikawa, Gary Steinberg, William Couldwell, Sepideh Amin-Hanjani, Christopher Ogilvy, Nickalus Khan, Jonathan Russin, Satoshi Kuroda, Michael Lang, Ketan Bulsara
SYM10B: Maximizing Neurosurgical Careers: Utilizing Expertise, Integrating APPs, and Advancing Career Opportunities
Socioeconomic/CSNS, Medical Education Symposium
12:45 - 4:15 p.m.
Participants: John Braca, III, Judith Rosman, Anthony Bottini, Ramachandra Tummala, Michele Marie Johnson, Steven Giannotta, Jean-Christophe Leveque, Patrick Han, Gary Rajah, Jr. , Ciara Harraher, Kevin Foley, Tim Lucas, John Adler, Jason Ellis, Suzanne Audrey Tharin, Erica Fay Bisson
SYM12B: Brain Tumor Update: Management of Benign Brain Tumors
Tumor Symposium
12:45 - 4:15 p.m.
Participants: Gabriel Zada, Brian Jeremy Williams, Christopher Mitchell Jackson, Carolina Gesteira Benjamin, Stephanie Cheok, Theodore Schwartz, Paul Gardner, Farshad Nassiri, Jennifer Moliterno, Jamie Joseph Van Gompel, Manish Kumar Aghi, Wenya Linda Bi, Olabisi Sanusi, Mustafa Kemal Baskaya, Michael Ivan, Ramin Morshed, Christina Jackson, Saniya Godil, Shaan Mohammed Raza, Michael William McDermott, Mitesh Vipin Shah
SYM15: Neurosurgeon Scientist CNS Symposium
Socioeconomic/CSNS, Medical Education Symposium
12:45 - 4:15 p.m.
Course Director: Costas Hadjipanayis
Participants: Ziv Williams, Zoher Ghogawala, Melanie Hayden Gephart, Michael Robert Levitt, Bob Carter, H. Isaac Chen, E. Antonio Chiocca, Michael Lim, Gregory Zipfel, William Mack, Nader Pouratian, Linda Liau, Sameer Sheth
Monday, October 13
125: Leveraging Machine Learning To Develop A Novel, Intuitive, And Interpretable Risk Assessment Score For Predicting Local Tumor Progression After Stereotactic Radiosurgery For Spinal Metastases
Sunrise Science Session: Tumor 2
8:00 - 8:06 a.m.
Presenter: Suchet Taori
Contributors: Sam Adida, Shovan Bhatia, Michael Kann, James Cushing Bayley, Pascal Zinn, Steven Burton, John Flickinger, Roberta Sefcik, Peter Gerszten.
GSS2B: No Association Between Fencing Response Following Concussion and Recovery Time, Concussion Severity, or Clinical Outcomes in Professional American Football Players
General Scientific Session II
8:44 - 8:52 a.m.
Presenters: David Okonkwo, Shawn Eagle
ISTR01D: Spine Trauma Debate 2
Neurotrauma and Critical Care
4:52 - 5:14 p.m.
Presenters: Nitin Agarwal, Jacob Joseph
Upfront Stereotactic Radiosurgery Alone Achieves Durable Long-Term Tumor Control And Pain Relief For Spinal Metastases
Mini Podium 5 Session: Spine Session 1
5:27 - 5:30 p.m.
Presenter: Suchet Taori
Contributors: Sam Adida, Shovan Bhatia, Michael Kann, James Cushing Bayley, Pascal Zinn, Steven Burton, John Flickinger, Roberta Sefcik, Peter Gerszten
ISTU01K: Sonodynamic Therapy
Interactive Session on Tumor 1: Use of Ultrasound Technologies in Neurosurgical Oncology
5:45 - 5:57 p.m.
Presenter: Costas Hadjipanayis
Tuesday, October 14
452: Stereotactic Radiosurgery Provides Durable Local Control, Highly Effective Pain Palliation, And Minimal Radiation-Induced Toxicity For Spinal Metastases
Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves 2: Metastatic Spinal Tumors
3:40 - 3:46 p.m.
Presenter: Suchet Taori
Contributors: Sam Adida, Shovan Bhatia, Michael Kann, James Cushing Bayley, Pascal Zinn, Steven Burton, John Flickinger, Roberta Sefcik, Peter Gerszten
ISTR02C: The Role of Biomarkers in Prognostication for TBI
Interactive Session on Neurotrauma and Critical Care 2: Biomarkers: An Epidemiological and Clinical Perspective
4:55 - 5:15 p.m.
Presenters: John Yue, David Okonkwo
ISTR02E: Biomarkers and The Decision to Transfer
Interactive Session on Neurotrauma and Critical Care 2: Biomarkers: An Epidemiological and Clinical Perspective
5:20 - 5:40 p.m.
Presenters: Bradley Dengler, Nitin Agarwal
2155: The Importance of a Spinal Segment Selectivity Map For Characterizing Upper Limb Strength Improvements Enabled by Epidural Cervical Spinal Cord Stimulation In Individuals With Post-Stroke Hemiparesis
Mini Podium 4 Session: Stereotactic and Functional Session 2
5:51 - 5:54 p.m.
Presenter: Shovan Bhatia
Contributors: Roberto de Freitas, Erynn Sorensen, Lee Fisher, Peter Gerszten, Marco Capogrosso
Wednesday, October 15
Brain Trauma Foundation Guidelines for the Management of Penetrating Traumatic Brain Injury (pTBI), Second Edition
Neurotrauma and Critical Care, Special Course
7: 00 - 8:00 p.m.
Participants: Gregory Hawryluk, Ryan Seiji Kitagawa, Bradley Dengler, David Okonkwo, Andres Mariano Rubiano, Bizhan Aarabi, Andrii Sirko, Randy Scott Bell, Rocco Armonda
493 Occult Neurotrauma In Naval Special Warfare Combat Crewmen and Fast Boat Operators
Sunrise Science Session: Neurotrauma and Critical Care 3
7:42 - 7:48 a.m.
Presenting Author: Joseph Maroon
W18: Advances in Radiation Therapy for CNS Malignancies
Tumor Session; Luncheon Seminar
12:20 - 1:50 p.m.
Participants: Jeffrey Weinberg, Won Kim, Jonathan Sherman, Clark Chen, Stephen Magill, Ajay Niranjan, Toral Patel
MS02F: Staying Whole: Mental Health, Burnout, and Finding Balance while Preparing for Neurosurgery Residency and Beyond
Medical Education Session, Special Course
3:30 - 3:50 p.m.
Moderators: Vidhatri Raturi, Guldamla Kalender
Faculty: Rushna Ali, David Darrow, Nitin Agarwal
Posters
Frailty Predicts Local Control and Overall Survival Following Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Spinal Metastases
Authors: Sam Adida, Suchet Taori, William Rabon, James Cushing Bayley, Pascal Zinn, Nitin Agarwal, Sarah Choi, Steven Burton, John Flickinger, Peter Gerszten, Roberta Sefcik
Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Spinal Metastases from Gastrointestinal Primary Cancers
Authors: Sam Adida, Suchet Taori, Zayaan Tirmizi, James Cushing Bayley, Pascal Zinn, John Flickinger, Steven Burton, Sarah Choi, Roberta Sefcik, Peter Gerszten