Delighted to present this year’s Michael LJ Apuzzo lecture Yale University Yale UniversityMed Yale Daily News University of Toronto Neurosurgery U of T Department of Surgery on Leadership in Neurosurgery!

This week, Dr. Abhaya Kulkarni took on the role of Surgeon-in-Chief and Chief of Peri-Operative Services at SickKids. Dr. Kulkarni has been an integral part of SickKids since joining as Staff Neurosurgeon in 2003. Congratulations Dr. Kulkarni! ➡️ bit.ly/3Jd1bIw #SKPeeps

Trust me! It’s hard to take a decent selfie wearing these protective glasses. Happy 2024 solar eclipse day all!

I really like this Editorial in Journal of Neurosurgery about how woman neurosurgeons can strive to have it all! Still progress to be made. Thanks Dr. Alex Beier for such strong writing! thejns.org/view/journals/…

Lucky me to meet with Ukrainian medical student Anna Melnyk and USA Pediatric Neurosurgeon Eisha Christian here The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Canada on #International_Womens_Day !

What are glymphatics anyway? Well, find out here in March issue of Journal of Neurosurgery ! Free article: thejns.org/view/journals/…

Amazing to see how the lateral transorbital approach can be used to access the middle cranial fossa and cavernous sinus! Check out this paper by Theodore Schwartz MD and colleagues that led to cover selection in March issue Journal of Neurosurgery ! bit.ly/3wH6X2c

What’s the best approach to the lateral compartment of the cavernous sinus for Knosp Gr IV pituitary adenomas? Find out here in latest online publication of Journal of Neurosurgery !

Mari and I standing with Ukraine today now 2 years after Russian invasion.
Here in Nathan Phillips Square Toronto’

On the cover of this month’s JNS!
Depiction of venous drainage from a left sided pituitary tumor in Cushing’s disease through the inferior petrosal sinus. See Journal of Neurosurgery Mayo Clinic bit.ly/3w6bOJE

We are excited to share our new publication! It is a multi-year, multidisciplinary basic science and clinical team effort. Thank you Dept of Neurosurgery and UCSF Brain Tumor Center for making this possible!
Radhika Mathur et al, Cell, Jan 18, 2024
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#OnlineFirst : Template-based target point localization for occlusion of the middle meningeal artery during evacuation of space-occupying chronic subdural hematoma.

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What factors are associated with the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment practices for #pediatric patients with severe traumatic #BrainInjury ?

Read the new #investigation by Armaan Malhotra, Husain Shakil, Christopher Witiw and more!

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Clinician-Scientists, although maybe not endangered, are a valuable and unique phenotype that require unique training models & career long attention and support. The U of T Department of Surgery Surgeon-Scientist Training Program is one such training model that works!

The use of exoscopes in neurosurgery continues and the indications are expanding! Check out some of the latest procedures for exoscopic neurosurgery, here on the cover of Focus Video, all articles free to view now in January issue! bit.ly/48yAuZk

Nice technique to preserve the cerebellar bridging veins during supracerebellar approaches. On the cover! Read full article here in January issue of EIC of the JNSPG Journal of Neurosurgery : doi.org/10.3171/2023.5…

#OnlineFirst : Laser interstitial thermal therapy compared with open resection for treating subependymal giant cell astrocytoma.
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#JNSCaseLessons : A case illustrating techniques for restoring optimal spinal biomechanics to alleviate symptoms in Bertolotti syndrome
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Journal of Neurosurgery thanks for sweet jacket . Perfectly timed as it is pouring rain ☔️ in So Cal !

Congrats to some of our faculty, residents, and med students on landing their figure on the cover of Journal of Neurosurgery Pediatrics earlier this month

Neurosurgery's dedication to research is unmatched!

Check out the full article at: bit.ly/41uSXDS