Thank you to ⁦NASS⁩ for giving me the opportunity to give two talks on behalf of the International Spine Study Group, and for everyone else who contributed #ISSG ⁦⁩ ⁦Michigan Medicine⁩ ⁦Michigan Neurosurgery⁩ ⁦Neurosurgery at NM⁩ ⁦Pitt Neurosurgery⁩

My doctor, a board certified neurologist with over 20 years of experience believes I need an MRI. But Frank, from Blue Cross Blue Shield, believes otherwise. What a joke.

CNS President Alexander Khalessi, MD, MBA sat down with the Michael L.J. Apuzzo Lecturer on Creativity and Innovation: CEO and Founder of Neuralink, Elon Musk. As part of their virtual discussion, Mr. Musk answered questions submitted by the audience about his research!

Dr Michael Cloney speaking on odontoid fractures at the CNS #2024CNS General scientific session. #GOBLUE ! Michigan Neurosurgery

Extremely proud of Michael Cloney, MD, MPH presenting his award winning and paradigm shifting paper on the benefits of surgical management of type II odontoid fractures at the congress of neurological surgeons #CNS2024

Thank you CNS for inviting me to speak about my work on surgery for dens fractures, and to Nader Dahdaleh of Neurosurgery at NM for his mentorship on this project (and so many other things) Nathan Shlobin, MD MBA 🇺🇦 Michigan Neurosurgery #CNS2024

Thomas Buell and Michael Cloney, MD, MPH presented research projects [Outcomes of T12/L1 to Sacropelvic Fusions & Mid- vs lower-thoracic UIV Complications] at North American Spine Society Annual Meeting in Chicago in collaboration with the International Spine Study Group. NASS

Tour de force lunch session on primary spinal tumors CNS. On behalf of co-director Rory Goodwin, we’d like to thank Edjah Nduom, MD (he/him) Khoi Than, our faculty & attendees for the wonderful engagement. Thank you icotec Medical for supporting this educational event for #2024CNS.

Congratulations to our co-chief resident Dr. Whitney Muhlestein who was awarded the prestigious Neurosurgery Peripheral Nerve Paper of the Year award at this year’s #CNS2024! We couldn’t be more thrilled to see her incredible work recognized in this way. #GoBlue #womeninSTEM

Friends and colleagues, Last night we lost a true icon in neurosurgery. The visionary neurosurgeon L. Nelson “Nick” Hopkins III passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family. Nick was a true innovator whose legacy to our specialty is the field known as neuro Endovascular.

A privilege for Michigan Neurosurgery residents to present at the Seattle Science Fdtn journal club on “Management of the Fractional Curve in Lumbar Deformity” Great discussions of papers from Dean Chou, MD Lawrence G. Lenke MD Columbia Neurosurgery The Spine Hospital AANS/CNS Spine Section #Spine #MIS shorturl.at/9e9wp

Look, I don’t want to make this all about myself but there’s a chance I’m going to have to make a truly annoying amount of edits on the next edition of my Grover Cleveland bio.

#ONSVisualAbstract Optimal Timing of Cranioplasty After Decompressive Craniectomy: Timing or Collapse Ratio bit.ly/3Bhw5in by Huo et al Taizhou Fourth People's Hospital, Taizhou, Jiangsu CNS Martina Stippler John Kanter George Maragkos, MD Mohamed Zaazoue Jorge F. Urquiaga

Too much. Should be 5%. Why? Because a Harvard MPH thinks so. Next year if we’re still having trouble balancing the budget we can make it 3%. Central planners always know best.

Excited about this operative video! It’s always great when we can come up with creative solutions to tackle big problems and minimize risks for complicated patients. Michael Cloney, MD, MPH Ricardo J. Fernández-de Thomas, MD Pitt Neurosurgery UR Neurosurgery

Always thank your patients for entrusting you with their care.

The idea that physician judgment is beyond question is absurd. Doctors are human, prone to biases, overtesting, and defensive medicine. Peer review exists precisely because doctors routinely identify errors in their colleagues’ decisions. We all see it every day. Hang out

I know this might sound crazy, but people who have real direct patient care experience should own and operate our healthcare system.

Time to double down: Repeal ACA Section 6001! Take back our hospitals!! AMA Dutch Rojas