Discussing the “Racial, Minority, and Gender Disparities in Post-Stroke Motor Recovery and Rehabilitation,” Drs. Ryan Sindewald and Ron Sahyouni put forth data to prompt potential policy changes and community outreach for stroke survivors. Ryan Sindewald Ron Sahyouni

Dr. Catherine Garcia presents her work “Under Pressure: Advancing the Diagnosis of Pediatric CSF Leaks with Digital Subtraction Myelography” to enhance outcomes in these patients. Cedars-Sinai Neurosurgery

Congratulations to our CANS Resident Research Award Presentations: Dr. John Yue UCSF Neurosurgery, Dr. Jason Kim UCLA Neurosurgery 🧠, and Dr. Jose Castillo UC Davis Health.

Our 2024-2025 Resident CANS Fellows: Dr. Alex Lopez UC Irvine Neurosurgery, Dr. Jose Castillo UC Davis, Dr. James Brazdzionis UC Riverside, and Dr. Jessica Campos UC Irvine Neurosurgery and President Dr. Harraher Ciara Harraher.

Thank you to our CANS 2025 Industry Sponsors!

Thank you to outgoing President Dr. Harraher and her family for hosting current and past members of the CANS Board!

Five #spinesurgeons reflect on patient cases that left a significant impression on them in 2024. Read the Annette Beckers’ Spine article featuring #Neurosurgeon Brian R. Gantwerker, MD: Spine surgeons' proudest 2024 cases: beckersspine.com/spine/61303-sp… Brian Gantwerker, MD, FAANS, FACS 🟧🇮🇱

Leadership demands accountability, service, and action. It’s not about resting on titles but rising to challenges. True leaders don’t ask, “What can others do for me?” but “What more can I do for others?” #Leadership #Responsibility #Action

Taking the time to celebrate, appreciate and recognize the amazing women in neurosurgery, medicine, leadership and STEM this #InternationalWomensDay As president of the Society For Brain Mapping And Therapeutics WorldBrainMapping, I have made it one of our key priorities to

.Alexander Khalessi, MD, MBA, MD, is leading a nationwide effort to protect NIH funding, emphasizing its critical role in sustaining medical research & innovation. 45 medical associations and societies have backed Khalessi's letter in defense of indirect cost funding. sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/03/10/ucs…

#Neurosurgery urges lawmakers to take immediate action to protect patient access to care by halting the Medicare physician payment cuts. “Physicians are there for patients in decisive moments and now need Congress to step up when it matters,” states Alexander Khalessi, MD, MBA. Read

Happy Match Day! We are thrilled to welcome Drs. Guan Li, Julie Necarsulmer, and Kyle Zappi to the #UCSDNeuroSurg team! We look forward to their continued success and future contributions to neurosurgery. #Match2025

Today is Match Day! We are so excited to announce the newest additions to the Stanford Neurosurgery residency program! Welcome to the farm!🌲 Maria Bederson, MS Jay Gill, PhD Astrid Hengartner Pavan Shah #Match2025 #stanford #neurosurgery #stanfordneurosurgery

Please join us in welcoming the newest members of UC San Francisco Neurosurgery! A big congratulations to Michael Baumgartner, MD, PhD, Jennifer Guidera, MD, PhD, and Maxwell Wang, MD, PhD 🎉 #Match2025 #MatchDay #Neurosurgery UCSF School of Medicine Penn Neurosurgery Pitt Neurosurgery

We are thrilled to announce and welcome our incoming neurosurgical residents! Dr. Nischal Acharya, UC Irvine Dr. Enoch Kim, Wayne State University

The Columbia Neurosurgery The Spine Hospital research team is getting ready for #AANS2025 Here is one of our Columbia Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons medical students, Chiemela Izima, practicing his podium presentation in front of our fellows, residents, medical students, and Columbia University undergraduates Looking forward

This reaccreditation from the National Association of Epilepsy Centers (NAEC) reflects our continued excellence in patient care, research, and innovation!

Abstract submissions are now open for the ASPN Annual Meeting, happening July 17–20, 2025, at the beautiful Fontainebleau in Miami Beach. The submission deadline is approaching fast on April 30th: aspnpain.com/miami2025/ #ASPN2025 #CallForAbstracts #PainResearch

Attention, Southern California neurosurgery and ortho residents, spine fellows, and students: I am hosting a robotic spine surgery lab Loma Linda U. Health. Come and join the robotic spine surgery revolution. Globus Medical Pacific Spine & Pain Society AANS/CNS Spine Section Arthrex Spine UC Irvine School of Medicine

“Planned denial.” I heard this firsthand during a peer-to-peer call—where a non-surgeon told me the insurance denial was already decided, based on “protocol.” The conversation was just a formality. This isn’t how patient care should work. We need to call it what it is.