Happy Mother’s Day to all the amazing moms — especially my wonderful mom and loving wife! Grateful for your love and strength. 💐❤️ Başta harika annem ve sevgi dolu eşim olmak üzere, tüm annelerin Anneler Günü kutlu olsun! 💖 #MothersDay #AnnelerGünü

🧠 May is #BrainCancerAwarenessMonth A patient once told their glioblastoma was inoperable had a full resection via awake craniotomy at UW Health. Watch their journey: 📰 news8000.com... 📽️ youtu.be/UyTtdSUW2ac #Neurosurgery #Glioblastoma #DrMustafaBaskaya

🧠 New Research Alert! Eloquent vs. Non-Eloquent AVM outcomes—what matters most? 📘 Int’l Journal of Stroke 🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/17… 📍Surgery = best obliteration; embolization = riskier in eloquent areas. #Neurosurgery #AVM #Stroke #BrainHealth

📢 New study out in European Stroke Journal: 🧠 Single-feeder AVMs more often rupture 📊 No difference in obliteration/complication rates post-matching ⚠️ PICA origin = higher complication risk pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11… #AVM #Neurosurgery #UWHealth

New study out now! 📄 We compared microsurgical resection vs. SRS for low-grade AVMs. 🔹 Resection = higher obliteration 🔹 Similar outcomes & complication rates Read more 👉 link.springer.com/article/10.100… #Neurosurgery #AVM #SRS #Microsurgery #UWMadison

📢 Excited to speak at the Walter E. Dandy Neurosurgical Club, Yemen! 🗓 June 7, 2025 🕒 3:00 PM Yemen/Istanbul | 7:00 AM CST 📝 Register: shorturl.at/udfgl Topic: Microsurgical Treatment of Complex Intracranial Pathologies #Neurosurgery #Microsurgery #SkullBase

🕊️ Eid al-Adha Mubarak | Kurban Bayramınız Kutlu Olsun 🕊️ Wishing everyone a healthy, peaceful, and meaningful Eid al-Adha. Herkese sağlıklı, huzurlu ve anlam dolu bir Kurban Bayramı dilerim. 🌐 Twitter / Facebook / YouTube / Instagram: Dr. Mustafa K. Baskaya, MD #EidMubarak #KurbanBayramı

🕊️ We lost a legend. / Bir efsaneyi kaybettik. Prof. M. Gazi Yaşargil passed at 99. The father of microneurosurgery, he changed the field forever. Huzur içinde uyu. / Rest in peace. 🧠🙏🏻 #Yaşargil #Microneurosurgery #Mikronöroşirürji #UWHealth #UWMadison

🧠 New study: Microsurgical resection cures 🟢87.1% of Grade IV AVMs vs. 🟠32.3% with SRS—⚖️ no higher risk. SRS remains key for deep and inoperable AVMs 🧠🔒. 📖 Published in Neurosurgical Review: doi.org/10.1007/s10143… #Neurosurgery #AVM #NeurosurgicalReview #UWMadison

🍽️ Brains, Bonds & Bites We work hard in the OR, clinic, or lab — but sometimes, we pause to share a meal, a laugh, and a moment of life beyond medicine. Grateful for this incredible team of future neurosurgeons, physicians, and innovators. 🧠💬🥂 #Neurosurgery #uwmadison

🆕 New Publication AVMs with a single draining vein had higher rates of rupture and hemorrhagic complications. However, long-term outcomes—obliteration, recovery, retreatment—were similar to AVMs with multiple draining veins. 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.… #AVM #Neurosurgery

Honored to present AVM surgical principles at the 9th FEN Sapporo Live Microneurosurgery Course 🇯🇵 Grateful to be back in Japan—my second home. 📍Sapporo | 🗓 July 6–10 📞 Consult: +1 (608) 262-7303 Dr. Mustafa K. Baskaya, MD #Neurosurgery #AVM #FEN2025 #UWMadison #MedicalEducation

Memorial Conference for Gazi Yaşargil, MD—Pioneer of Microneurosurgery 🗓️ July 12, 2025 Register via Zoom 👉 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist… Dr. Mustafa K. Baskaya, MD #Neurosurgery #Microsurgery #BrainHealth #UWHealth

🧠 New study A novel C2 pedicle screw trajectory for atlantoaxial fixation reduces vertebral artery injury risk—especially in HRVAs. ✅ Longer, safer path ✅ CT + cadaveric validation ✅ Stepwise anatomical guidance 📖 link.springer.com/article/10.100… #Neurosurgery #UWHealth #UWMadison

🏆 Our paper on sustainable microsurgery training for LMICs was selected as the 2025 CNS Global Neurosurgery Paper of the Year! Huge thanks to first author Dr. Abdullah Keleş, who will present it Oct 12 at CNS in LA. #GlobalNeurosurgery #CNS2025 #BaskayaLab #MMI

Best Gift Ever 📷 From the child of my patient, whose mommy was diagnosed with a thalamic tumor. After surgery, she is now healthy. Moments like these remind me why I became a neurosurgeon. #Neurosurgery #skullbase #microvascular #microsurgery #neurosurgeon #uwhealth #uwmadison

🔍 Endoscopic Endonasal Anatomy of the Pterygopalatine Fossa 🔍 Lesson: Knowing anatomical landmarks improves safety & precision in complex skull base surgery. #Neurosurgery #SkullBase #Neuroanatomy #EndoscopicSurgery

🎉 Birthday Gratitude 🎉 Grateful for my amazing research fellows’ surprise ❤️ and for all friends, relatives & colleagues who sent wishes (and even those who forgot). 🎈. #Neurosurgery #UWMadison #BrainHealth

🧠 New study published! We developed the DITSS score, a machine learning model predicting long-term diabetes insipidus risk after transsphenoidal surgery with high accuracy (AUC 0.81). 🔗 sciencedirect.com/science/articl… #Neurosurgery #PituitarySurgery #MachineLearning #UWMadison

One of my patients overcame a large vestibular schwannoma (acoustic neuroma) through surgery and is now healthy. She created The Lucky Brain Tumor to support others. 🌐 luckybraintumor.com FB: @LuckyBrainTumor | IG: @luckybraintumor #BrainTumorAwareness #RecoveryJourney