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I attended the April 2003, Hands-On Peripheral Nerve Injuries course in San Diego at the AANS meeting.   The couse had a distinguished faculty including Eric Zager, John McGillicuddy, Allan Friedman, Allen Maniker, Robert Tiel, Robert J. Spinner, David Kline, and Hans-Peter Richter.

The couse was in a dissection format.  Cadaveric pre-dissections were peformed exposing the brachial plexus, ulnar nerve at the elbow, median nerve at the wrist, and radial nerve.  The group then split into smaller groups at a ratio of 1 faculty member per two students and additional dissections were performed under direct supervision of these experts.

This high faculty to student ratio allowed several hours of intense review of upper extremity peripheral nerve anatomy, surigical exposure of common compression syndromes, review of differential diagnosis of lesions of the upper extremity peripheral nerves.  In addition, advanced techniques of nerve transposition including for nerve repair were extensively reviewed.

I would highly recommend the course for any practitioner with an active peripheral nerve practice, those reviewing for board examinations, and those who wish to review advanced techniques of nerve transposition.

~Bob S. Carter, M.D. Ph.D.

This is due to the AANS meeting that is forthcoming….

Dr. Joshua Hirsch, Co-Director of Interventional Neuroradiology at MGH, will present on the topic of Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty.

For those attending the AANS meeting.  Don’t forget this….

Grand Rounds April 17th.  Research Preview of AANS meeting.

In-Hospital Mortality after Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Procedures in the
U.S. 1998-2000: Relation to Hospital and Surgeon Volume of Care
 
Edward R. Smith M.D., William E. Butler, M.D., Fred G. Barker II M.D.

Microvascular Decompression Surgery in the US, 1996 – 2000: Mortality and Morbidity Rates, and the Effects of Hospital and Surgeon Caseload

Steven N. Kalkanis, M.D.

In-hospital Mortality and Morbidity After Endovascular Treatment
of Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms in the United States, 1996-2000:
The Effect of Hospital and Physician Volume

Brian L Hoh, MD; James D Rabinov, MD; Johnny C Pryor, MD; Bob SCarter, MD,PhD; Fred G Barker II, MD

From the AANS announcing this years NREF fellowships.

Research Fellowship Award Recipients
Ramin Amironovin, MD:  Massachusetts General Hospital
Interaction of the Subthalamic Nucleus and the Globus Pallidus Interna in Movement Control

A Combined Case Conference between Neurology, Psychiatry, and Neurosurgery at 8:30 a.m. in the Etherdome.

Official Notice of the ACGME’s rules on work hours can be found here.