Introduction
Introduction
General Scientific Session I: Defining Excellence in Neurosurgery
Chapter 1
Neurosurgery: A Culture of Excellence Presidential Address
P. David Adelson, MD, FACS, FAAP
Chapter 2
Defining and Achieving Excellence in Surgical Neuro-Oncology
Mitchell S. Berger, MD
Chapter 3
Excellence in Spinal Neurosurgery
Volker K.H. Sonntag, MD
Chapter 4
Defining Excellence in Pediatric Neurosurgery
A. Leland Albright, MD
Chapter 5
Defining Excellence in Vascular Neurosurgery
Nader Sanai, MD, and Robert F. Spetzler, MD
Chapter 6
Defining Excellence in Evidence-Based Medicine Clinical Practice Guidelines
Mark E. Linskey, MD
Chapter 7
Honored Guest Lecture: Excellence in Neurosurgical Research: The Neuro-Oncology Paradigm
James T. Rutka, MD, PhD, FRCSC, FACS, FAAP
General Scientific Session II: Pursuing Excellence in Neurosurgery
Chapter 8
Neurosurgery Education: The Pursuit of Excellence
Edward C. Benzel, MD
Chapter 9
Pursuing Excellence in Neurosurgical Innovation
Mandy J. Binning, MD, Adnan H. Siddiqui, MD, PhD, Elad I. Levy, MD, FACS, FAHA and L. Nelson Hopkins, MD
Chapter 10
Pursuing Excellence in Healthcare Delivery: American Neurosurgery
Fred G. Barker, II, MD
Chapter 11
Honored Guest Lecture: Excellence in Clinical Neurosurgery: Practice and Judgment Make Perfect
James T. Rutka, MD, PhD, FRCSC, FACS, FAAP
Chapter 12
Neurological Society of India Guest Lecture: Optimally Invasive Skull Base Surgery
Basant Kumar Misra, MBBS, MS, MCh
General Scientific Session III: Measuring Excellence in Global Neurosurgery
Chapter 13
Intraoperative Misadventures: Complication Avoidance and Management in Aneurysm Surgery
Daniel L. Barrow, MD
Chapter 14
Measuring Excellence in Clinical Translation: What Are the Top Works in the Field of Neurosurgery?
Francisco A. Ponce, MD, and Andres M. Lozano, MD, PhD
Chapter 15
Measuring Excellence in Health Care Delivery: Canada
J. Max Findlay, MD, PhD.
Chapter 16
Honored Guest Lecture: Excellence in Neurosurgical Program Building: Enhancing the Academic Mission
James T. Rutka, MD, PhD, FRCSC, FACS, FAAP, and Christopher Wallace, MD, MSc
Resident And Young Investigator Awards
Chapter 17
Working Toward Rational and Evidence-Based Treatment of Chronic Subdural Hematoma
Thomas Santarius, MD, PhD, Peter J. Kirkpatrick, FRCS (SN), FMedSci, Angelos G. Kolias, MSc, MRCS, and Peter J. Hutchinson, FRCS (SN), PhD
Chapter 18
Mechanisms of Evasion to Antiangiogenic Therapy in Glioblastoma
Samuel D. Rose, BS, and Manish K. Aghi, MD, PhD
Chapter 19
The Measurement of Pain in Patients with Trigeminal Neuralgia
H. Isaac Chen, MD, and John Y.K. Lee, MD
Chapter 20
Biochemical Serum Markers in Head Injury: An Emphasis on Clinical Utility
Samit Satish Mehta, MD
Chapter 21
Enhancing Competence in Graduates Through a Transition to Practice Program in Neurological Surgery
Gregory J. Murad, MD, J.R. Lister, MD, William A. Friedman, MD, and Gwen Lombard, RN, PhD
Chapter 22
Facilitation of Visuomotor Associative Learning by the Basal Ganglia
Sameer A. Sheth, MD, PhD, Matthew K. Mian, BSE, Tarek Abuelem, MD, John Gale, PhD, and Emad N. Eskandar, MD
Chapter 23
Embryonic Stem Cell Markers Distinguishing Cancer Stem Cells From Normal Human Neuronal Stem Cell Populations in Malignant Glioma Patients
Melvin Field, MD, Angel Alvarez, BS, Sergey Bushnev, MD, and Kiminobu Sugaya, PhD
Chapter 24
Differentiating Radiation Effect From Tumor Progression After Stereotactic Radiosurgery: T1/T2 Matching
Hideyuki Kano, MD, PhD, Douglas Kondziolka, MD, FRCS(C), FACS, Javier Lobato-Polo, MD, Oscar Zorro, MD, John C. Flickinger, MD, and L. Dade Lunsford, MD
Index
Author Index
Subject Index