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Our grand rounds were designed with resident education as a goal and are held in the Executive Board Room of the Medical School Building, MSB G100, on Thursdays at 8:00 a.m. The grand rounds are divided into recurring topics (1 hour).

• First Thursday: Neuroradiology Conference
  This is a combined neurosurgery and radiology conference, overseen by the chief of neuroradiology. The Chief resident designates a resident to select the cases to be discussed at the conference and the program director oversees the conference.
• Second Thursday: Neurosurgery/Neurology Conference
  This is a combined neurosurgery and neurology conference. Issues of mutual interest to Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Neuro-ICU are discussed among the services. The conference also serves as an opportunity to discuss QA issues related to the topic under discussion.
• Third Thursday: Invited Speakers
  These rounds will feature invited speakers locally and nationally.
• Fourth Thursday: Clinical and Research Faculty, Medical Student presentations
  These rounds will feature a combination of lectures by clinical and research faculty. Medical students will also be scheduled to give a 15 minute presentation during their externship.
• Fifth Thursday: Professionalism and Systems-Based Practice
  Invited talks from professionals and experts in law, hospital administration, human resources, and other allied fields. Topics will include: risk management, professionalisms in the workplace, ethics in neurosurgery, national regulatory bodies and laws, billing compliance, and insurance issues.

View a presentation from the list below

• Update on Chemotherapy Treatment of Glioblastoma Multiforme and Future Plan
• Deep Brain Stimulation for OCD: Current Status and Future Applications
• Trigeminal Neuralgia
• Thromboelastography And Other Methods To Evaluate Platelet Function
• TBI Research: Current State of Affairs
• Back to Basics: Management of CNS Infections
• Neurosurgery Anatomical Grand Rounds: Cranial Fossae
• Trigeminal Neuralgia and Friends
• Neurosurgery Anatomical Grand Rounds: Transsphenoidal Approach
• Pituitary Tumors
• Neuroanatomy with Imaging Correlates
• Aneurysm Clip vs. Coil
• Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation
• The Medical Management of Cerebral Vasospasm
• Gliomas: The good, the bad, and the Ugly
• Diagnosis and Treatment of Cerebrovascular Anomalies
• Epilepsy — Timing of Surgery
• Impact of Decompressive Craniectomy on Functional Outcome After Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
• Peripheral Nerve
• Curriculum Conference — March 2009
• Curriculum Conference — May 2009
• Carotid Stenosis
• Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and stenting for carotid artery stenosis (Review)
• Anatomy Review
• Neurosurgery Case Reviews: Multidisciplinary section
• Curriculum Conference — September 2009
• 2010 Federal Healthcare Reform law
• ANS 5—Structure of autonomic ganglia; ANS 6—Central Autonomic Pathways
• Central Pontine Myelinolysis
• Session 17, Neurology 71, PNS 12
• Neurosurgery Grand Rounds: October 2010