Conferences

Neurosurgery residents participate daily in neurosurgery attending rounds where the care of inpatient neurosurgical patients is discussed. In addition to learning through direct patient care, there is a strong didactic curriculum that includes the conferences detailed below. The conferences serve as a broad educational foundation upon which residents can build their neurosurgical knowledge-base. Visiting professors and outside lecturers enrich the conference schedule on a regular basis.

Conference	Date/Time	Frequency	Location
Monday
General Neurosurgical*	7:00 - 8:00 am	1st, 3rd, 4th	Hatfield 12D03
Morbidity and Mortality (small group)	8:00 - 8:30 am	1st, 3rd, 4th	Hatfield 12D03
Morbidity and Mortality (educational)*	7:00 - 8:00 am	2nd	Hatfield 12D03
Tuesday
Spine*	7:00 -8:00 am	1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th	Hatfield 12D03
Wednesday
Neurosurgery Essentials*	7:00 - 8:00 am	Every other Wed.	Hatfield 12D03
Neuropathology Didactics/Clinical-Radiological-Pathological Correlations*	7:00 - 8:00 am	Every other Wed.	Hatfield 12D03
Neurology Grand Rounds	7:30 - 8:30 am	1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th	UHS8B60
Trauma	7:00 - 8:00 am	1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th	DCH Vey Conf.
Thursday
Pediatric Neuro-oncology Tumor Board†	7:00 - 8:00 am	1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th	Hatfield 10D03
Cerebrovascular*	7:00 - 8:00 am	1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th	Hatfield 12D03
Friday
Adult Neuro-oncology Tumor Board*	7:00 - 8:00 am	1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th	Hatfield 14D03

* Neurosurgical residents are required to attend.
† Senior Resident (PGY4) on Doernbecher Children’s Hospital (Pediatric Neurosurgery) rotation.

General Neurosurgical

Director: Nathan R. Selden, MD, PhD, director residency program
Presentation: Various neurosurgery and allied institutional faculty discuss clinical and non-clinical core competency based topics. Topics are also presented by visiting professors, visiting students. Departmental clinical policy and reviews are also discussed.

 
Cerebrovascular Conference

Director: Stanley L. Barnwell, MD, PhD, director of the endovascular program
Presentation: Endovascular fellows, neurosurgery residents, and neurology, neurological surgery and vascular faculty.

Neurosurgery Essentials

Director: Daniel Guillaume, MD, pediatric neurosurgery
Presentation: A variety of topics that complement the neurosurgical training program including: anatomy, current research controversies, American Board of Neurological Surgery Primary "Boards" review, surgical technology.

Spine Conference

Director: Andrew Nemecek, MD, neurosurgeon and Robert Hart, MD, orthopeadic surgeon
Presentation: Neurosurgery and orthopeadic residents and faculty.

Neuropathology Conference

Neuropathology didactics/clinical-radiological-pathological correlations case conference.
Oversight: Marjorie Grafe, MD, neuropathology
Presentation: Neurosurgery residents with pathology and neurosurgery faculty.

Neuro-oncology Tumor Board

Director: Edward Neuwelt, MD, neuro-oncology/neurosurgery.
Presentation: Neurosurgery residents with pathology and radiology faculty.

Pediatric Neuro-oncology Tumor Board

Director: Kellie Nazemi, MD, pediatric neuro-oncology.
Presentation: Neurosurgery and neuro-oncology faculty, residents, pathology and radiology faculty.

Morbidity and Mortality Conference

Committee of 3 faculty and 1 resident review cases and select educational cases.
Director: Edmund Frank, MD, neurological surgery quality control committee chair.
Presentation: Resident involved in each case with faculty discussants.

Neurology Grand Rounds

Director: Dennis Bourdette, MD, neurology department chair.
Presentation: Neurology faculty and visiting professors.

Trauma Conference

Director: Richard Mullins, MD, general surgery trauma division chief.
Presentation: Trauma and neurotrauma faculty and residents.

Spine Journal Club

Director: Edmund Frank, MD, neurosurgery.
Presentation: Neurosurgery residents.
Conference: Monthly in the evening.