This Saturday at 7 am Phoenix time/2 PM GMT, don’t miss this opportunity to hear the story of the history of Neurosurgery in South Africa and the vision for the upcoming 18th World Congress meeting in Cape Town! mclive.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

This is me and a friend, looking out over the city, probably contemplating how I will be reminding everyone that it's 4 days to abstract deadline for WFNS Cape Town! About an hour's jog from the venue. #wfns2023 #capetown

This was from a safari trip. Late afternoon, suddenly surrounded by an incredibly quiet herd of 30+ elephants. If you've never been to the African Bush, you need to go. It will reconfigure your mind and soul. Another reason to submit your abstract by tomorrow! #WFNS2023

If you need more enticement...World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies meeting, Cape Town Dec 4-8! Largest neurosurgical meeting in the world. First time in SubSaharan Africa. It's going to be amazing! #wfns2023 #Capetown #southafrica

Paragliders off Signal Hill this evening. #WFNS2023 Cape Town. Just saying

We're getting closer to the World Congress of Neurosurgery in Cape Town, December 4-8, 2023! Here is a link to a message about it in my personal capacity. youtu.be/FiPweQ5sqU4

With the World Congress of Neurosurgery in Cape Town coming up, if you haven't seen this tourism ad from a little while back, I highly recommend it. If this doesn't move you, you have a hard heart indeed. youtu.be/EZztihHOB6g?si… If you like it share it. #wfns2023 #CapeTown

To generate some excitement about the World Congress of Neurosurgery in a few weeks, here's something about Cape Town on the more social side. Please share. youtu.be/JSGD1vf-j3Y?si…

Just over a week to go before WFNS2023. Several friends have asked for some recommendations of places to eat and drink in Cape Town. Here is my video! It's going to be great. Those coming, be prepared. Those not, be jealous. Please share! youtu.be/bTVHCZBjO3M?si…

Excellent panel this morning at WFNS2023 on Sustaining your career in Neurosurgery. Things rarely heard discussed, wonderful honesty and openness. Kate Drummond, Shlomi Constantini, Chandrashekar Deopujari, Nelci Zanon, Andre Grotenhuis, Sarah Olson. Great international couch!

Rick Boop WFNS 2023. 80% of cancer in children occurs in LMICs. In HICs, 80% survive; in LMICs, 20%. Of all cancers, brain tumors are the leading cause of childhood cancer deaths. What we need to do should be clear.

I'm incredibly grateful to the Wellcome Trust for backing our team in this. Great opportunity to learn more about the brain, but mostly to make a difference in peoples' lives. Massive privilege capetown.today/triumph-in-aca…

For those of you who need to be reminded of what a vibrant, diverse, and connected global neurosurgery community can be, here are some snapshots of our World Congress in Cape Town in December. If we could only recapture the Ubuntu...youtu.be/t1BFUCH2YjU

Lets learn about #1 cause of death & acquired disability in pediatrics #TraumaticBrainInjury #TBI "Rain does not fall on one roof alone" means TBI affects us all over the world #ICNC24 ICNApedia FLICNA Child Neurology Society UCLA Pediatric Neurology UCLA Health Neurosurgery 🧠 Alcy Torres WHO African Region Tony Figaji

Today we beat Ukraine at the World Aquatics women's U16 waterpolo tournament, but it was bittersweet. What heartened me was that the SA fans included the few Ukrainian supporters, cheered for their team & gave their players a walk of honour covered in both flags. That's sport

Thank you to the SA National Research Foundation for choosing African Brain Child as the NRF 2024 winner of the Science Team Award. Onward in changing lives through brain science! youtu.be/xOOwUfFPbDg?si…

One of our fave weeks of the year - Yabonga Children's Project filled our building with 90 highschoolers for 2 days & the African Brain Child team (and other NI researchers) made them all fall in love with the brain. 💞 🧠 💓 A snippet from last year: tinyurl.com/45mjx8mh