DIDACTIC SCHEDULE
The resident is required to attend the following:
- Brain Conference/Resident Lectures: Weekly
- Cerebrovascular Conference: Monthly
- CPC Conference: Monthly
- Morbidity and Mortality Conference: Quarterly
- Spine Conference: Weekly
- Skull Base Surgery Conference: Monthly
- Journal Club: Monthly
- Cadaver Course: Monthly
- Guest Lecturers: as scheduled
- Neurosurgery Clinic: Weekly
- Resident Inservice Exam every March
- Neuroanatomy Review Course during the residency
- Microsurgery Course during the PGY-3 year of training
- Temporal Bone Lab Course during the PGY-3 year of training
- Neurosurgical Board Review Course during the Chief Year
- Children’s Rotation: Myelomeningocele Clinic, Neuroradiology Conference, Neuroresearch Conference, Pediatric Neurosurgery Clinic, Epilepsy Clinic Weekly
- Neuroradiology Rotation: Neuroradiology Grand Rounds Wednesdays, Neuroimaging Lectures Tuesdays
- Neuropathology Rotation: Fetal, Pediatric and Adult Brain Cutting Weekly
The resident is expected to complete all reading assignments and objectives monthly, and turn in with the monthly case logs.
VISITING PROFESSORS
William E. Hitselberger, M.D., Neurosurgeon, Head and Neck Surgery, House Ear Institute: “CPA Tumors” (2003)
Amin Kassam, M.D., Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery; Director, Minimally Invasive EndoNeurosurgery Center, University of Pittsburg: “Endoscopic Approaches to the Skull Base” (2004)
Franco DeMonte, M.D., Deputy Chair, Neurosurgery, The University of Texas, MD Anderson, Houston, Texas: “Malignancies of the Skull Base: Treatment Paradigms” (November 2004)
Fred Junn, M.D., Director of the Movement Disorders Surgery Program, Henry Ford Health System: “Movement Disorder Stimulation” (Jan 2005)
Ian B. Ross, M.D., Endovascular Neurosurgeon, University of Mississippi: "Advances & Technical Standards in Endovascular Aneurysm Therapy" (April 2005)
Alain LeCuyer, PhD, Shunt Engineer from Biot, France, Integra: “Low Flow Valve Shunt for the Treatment of NPH” (April 2005)
William Mitchell, M.D., Neurosurgeon, JFK Medical Center: “MACS TL Thorascopic Anterolateral Spinal Fixation Training Lab” (May 2005)
William Tobler, MD: Neurosurgeon, Mayfield Clinic: “TranS1 AxiaLIF Training Lab” (July 2005)
Anthony Asher, M.D., Neurosurgeon, Director of Brain Tumor Services, Carolinas Medical Center, Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Associates and the Blumenthal Cancer CenterCarolinas Medical Center: “Advances in the Treatment of High Grade Malignant Gliomas” (July 2005)
Alex Valadka, M.D., Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Texas, Houston: “Management of Traumatic Brain Injury” (July 2005)
Matcheri S. Keshavan, M.D., Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University: “Applications of Functional MRI in Developmental Neuropsychiatric Disorders ” (December 2005)
David Jimenez, M.D., Chairman and a Professor of the Department of Neurosurgery, The University of Health Science Center at San Antonio: “Endoscopic Repair of Craniosynostosis” (December 2005)
