Honored to share that our world-class researchers have elevated
@WUSTLmed
Neurosurgery to the ranking of No. 5 for
@NIHFunding
among all neurosurgery departments in the nation. Three of our PIs ranked in the top 20, including
@ChenUltrasound
at
#11
.:
We are thrilled to announce the newest members of the WashU Neurosurgery 2022-2023 intern class:
*Ajay Chatrath, MD, PhD
*Tatenda Mahlokozera, MD, PhD
*Alexander Perdomo Pantoja, MD
*Jane Yuan, MD
Welcome to the
#WashUNeurosurgery
family!
#MatchDay2022
#neurosurgerymatch
Michael R. Chicoine, MD, will be the new Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at
@mumedicine
. The
#WashUNeurosurgery
department is grateful for his 30-plus years of tremendous work & service. We are sad to see
@chicoinem1
leave, but his legacy will endure!
Neurosurgeon Albert H. Kim, MD, PhD, has been named inaugural director of the Brain Tumor Center at Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
@AlbertHKimMDPhD
#braintumor
Congratulations to Wilson Zachary Ray, MD on his recent $3.9 million grant from the
@DeptofDefense
. Ray will study whether surgically rerouting nerves can restore hand & arm function in people who have suffered
#spinalcord
injuries in their necks.
@ZackRayLab
@WUSTLmed
Proud of
#WashUmed
neurosurgeon Gavin Dunn, MD, serving on
@USNavy
hospital ship USNS Mercy at the Port of Los Angeles, ready for non-covid19 patients w/12 operating rooms, 1,000 patient beds, 80 ICU beds and room for 1,200 medical staff.
#COVID19
Our spine team performed an awake surgery yesterday for lumbar stenosis. The patient was ambulatory within 60 minutes and left the hospital less than 4 hours after surgery. Thanks to Dr. Brenton Pennicooke who has created a pathway for rapid recovery following spine surgery!
Congratulations to
@WUSTLmed
student Sangami Pugazenthi (M3) for being awarded the
@NREFORG
Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship!
@S__Pugazenthi
is a member of Dr. Albert Kim's lab (
@AlbertHKimMDPhD
). Way to go, Sangami!
Excited to announce: spinal neurosurgeons
@NitinAgarwalMD
and Daniel Hafez, MD, PhD, are joining our faculty, bringing with them a new depth of surgical expertise in minimally invasive spine and deformity surgery.
Help us congratulate Nitin Agarwal, MD (
@NitinAgarwalMD
) for receiving a project award from The Foundation for
@BarnesJewish
. Agarwal's research will focus on the durability of minimally invasive standalone fusion for adult
#spinaldeformity
.
Rockstar
@WUSTLmed
student Sangami Pugazenthi (
@S__Pugazenthi
) was awarded the 2023 Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship "Best Abstract Award" by the
@NREFORG
. She will present her work at the 2024
@AANSNeuro
Annual Scientific Meeting. Congrats, Sangami!
Please help us welcome the 2024-2025
#WashUNeurosurgery
intern class:
📌Diogo Garcia - Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina
📌Michael Jin - Stanford University School of Medicine
@michael_c_jin
📌Joshua Koleske - Washington University School of Medicine
@tajkoleske
Congratulations to
@WUSTLmed
student Sangami Pugazenthi (
@S__Pugazenthi
) for being awarded the
@NREFORG
2024 Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship Best Abstract. She received the award at
#AANS2024
annual meeting.
She's not only a phenomenal pediatric neurosurgeon, but our own Jennifer Strahle, MD, (
@strahleMD
) is now ranked the
#18th
most influential woman neurosurgeon on Twitter/X. Congrats, Dr. Strahle!:
@STLChildrens
Thank you for your service, neurosurgeon and Navy Cmdr. Gavin Dunn MD! Dr. Dunn has returned home to St. Louis after serving on the USNS Mercy. Deployed in support of the nation's
#COVID19
response efforts, the naval ship served as a hospital for non-COVID-19 patients.
Guess who was recently cited by Castle Connolly as an exceptional woman in
#neurosurgery
? Our very own pediatric neurosurgeon Jennifer Strahle, MD (
@strahleMD
).
Learn more about Dr. Strahle here.:
Congrats to Dr. Eric Leuthardt (
@leuthardt
) on a historic professional milestone - successfully completing the 500th Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy (LITT) surgery at
@WUSTLmed
.
#LITT
is a revolution in care for patients with
#braintumors
or
#epilepsy
.
Exciting news from our soon-to-be faculty member
@NitinAgarwalMD
! Agarwal was selected as the awardee for the 2022-23
@NREFORG
&
@AANSNeuro
Young Clinician Investigator Award for his project: “Predicting Spinal Cord Injury Prognosis Using a Novel Non-Invasive Biomarker.”
The lab of Jennifer Strahle, MD (
@strahleMD
) celebrated the official opening of the new Neuroscience Research Building. Very excited to see even more amazing discoveries coming from this group!
#hydrocephalus
It is with great excitement to announce that our own
@AnjaSrienc
has been selected as a member of the
@WUSTLmed
chapter of the Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honor Medical Society. This is a big deal! Please help us in congratulating Anja on this well-deserved accomplishment!
Our chair Greg Zipfel, MD, will be installed this afternoon as the Ralph Dacey, MD, professor of neurological surgery. His installation address: "Legacy of Ralph Dacey, Jr., MD, the giant upon whose shoulders we are now standing." Congrats
@GregoryZipfel
!
On
#NationalWomenPhysiciansDay
we salute
@strahleMD
, associate professor of
@WashUNeurosurg
, Orthopedic Surgery and Pediatrics. Dr. Strahle is a compassionate advocate for her patients & provides the best care to children who are struggling with truly challenging conditions.
Ananth Vellimana, MD, is joining our faculty as assistant professor on the investigator track beginning July 1. A dual-trained cerebrovascular neurosurgeon, Dr. Vellimana will also be developing a vascular and traumatic brain injury research program.
Congratulations to WashU neurosurgeon David Limbrick MD who was just named to the
@TheJNS
: Pediatrics Editorial Board! An exceptional neurosurgeon-scientist, Dr. Limbrick is the T.S. Park Chair and Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery
@WUSTLmed
and a leader in the field.
Brenton Pennicooke, MD, MS, (
@bpennicookeMD
) received a project award from The Foundation for
@BarnesJewish
. Pennicooke will use markerless 3-D motion capture and muscle bioelectric signals to predict outcomes in cervical myelopathy. Congrats, Dr. Pennicooke!
#spine
Congratulations to our
#Neurosurgery
Postdoctoral fellow
@SaadJaveedMD
for being awarded the Best Peripheral Nerve Abstract by the
@CNS_Update
. Dr. Javeed will present our institute's experience w/ nerve transfers in spinal cord injury at the
#2022CNS
Annual Meeting in October.
Announcing new
@wustlmed
neurosurgery research grants:
@GavinGpdunn
and resident Dr. Jacob Greenberg were awarded grants ($1.25M and $154K) to advance research that will make a difference in patients’ lives.
Unable to move her legs due to a tumor crushing her spinal cord, our patient was transferred from another hospital where experts felt the tumor was unable to be surgically removed. Today, one day after her surgery, our patient is already able to move her legs against resistance.
The need for hard-working, talented physician-scientists has never been greater. We're excited to announce that outstanding surgeons Camilo Molina, MD, and Brenton Pennicooke, MD, are joining our department.
#spine
#neuroscience
#innovation
Excited to announce that John I. Ogunlade, DO, will join the
#WashUNeurosurgery
spine division in July 2022. Ogunlade will lead the spine endoscopy team at
@BarnesJewishWst
& other community hospitals. We are so fortunate to welcome him to
#WashUNeurosurgery
!
We are proud to announce that Bhuvic Patel, MD (
@BhuvicP
) is returning to his
#WashU
roots and joining our neurosurgery faculty in 2024. Learn more about Dr. Patel.:
A behind the scenes look at
#WashU
#Neurosurgery
's annual department photo. One of the few moments we're all in the same place at the same time! Professional grade photos to follow...
Chair of Neurosurgery
@UMMCNews
, the only academic medical center in Mississippi, Chad Washington, MD, credits his Washington University training, and some key people, for profoundly influencing his career.
#neurosurgery
#neurosurgeryresidency
#leadership
On
#WorldNeurosurgeonDay
we recognize the birthday of Dr. Harvey Cushing, the father of modern neurosurgery. We also celebrate our
#WashU
neurosurgeons and their neurosurgical colleagues across the globe.
@CNS_Update
@AANSNeuro
Major congrats to our residents who were recently awarded the prestigious R25 grant:
@CrossInTheBrain
Carl Hacker, MD, PhD
@rowland_han
@AnjaSrienc
@WashUNeurosurg
is one of a small number of neurosurgery programs in the country that offer this opportunity to residents.
@NIH
Today is the end of an era, as Dr. T.S. Park completed his final selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) procedure at
@STLChildrens
. After 33 years and 5,323 SDR surgeries, Dr. Park is officially retiring in June. Help us congratulate Dr. Park on an amazing career!
@WUSTLmed
Bittersweet day as we say goodbye to our Chief Residents: Christopher Dibble, MD, PhD,
@JGreenberg_MD
&
@BhuvicP
. We know that continued success is in their future. Find out where they're headed here.:
Congratulatons to Dimitrios Mathios, MD (
@DMathios_MD
) for being named a 2024
@AmericanCancer
Society-Funded Pilot Project awardee. Dr. Mathios will evaluate liquid biopsy approaches for outcome prediction in
#meningiomas
. Learn more.:
To 4,600 families across the globe, neurosurgeon T.S. Park MD is a hero who helped their children gain mobility. On
#cerebralpalsyawarenessday
we'd like to recognize his role as the global expert in managing
#cerebralpalsy
spasticity.
@WUSTLmed
We are extremely
#grateful
for all of the talented faculty, residents, and staff who continually strive to enrich our department. Here is a look back at some of the truly remarkable accomplishments from our
#Neurosurgery
team members.
Jacob Greenberg, MD, PGY6 resident, has received a grant from The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital to study: "Use of Intensive Longitudinal Data to Advance Personalized Spine Surgery."
#personalizedmedicine
#spinesurgery
@BJC_HealthCare
Our former Chair Ralph G. Dacey, Jr., MD, was awarded the Neurosurgical Society of America (NSA) medal yesterday at their annual meeting. This is awarded to an individual based on their lifetime contributions to academic
#Neurosurgery
.
#nsa2023
Thrilled to have Ananth Vellimana, MD, join our faculty as assistant professor on the investigator track! He is a dual-trained cerebrovascular and skull base neurosurgeon with strong ties to
@WUSTLmed
.
#neurosurgery
@GregoryZipfel
Congratulations to Wilson "Zack" Ray, MD, vice chair
@wustlmed
Neurosurgery, for being named to
@theJNS
Editorial Board: Spine! Dr. Ray is an outstanding neurosurgeon-scientist deserving of this honor and responsibility!
Drs. Greg Zipfel (
@GregoryZipfel
) & Ananth Vellimana (
@vellimana
) seek a Research Fellow interested in
#Cerebrovascular
diseases to lead the CONDOR database and other clinical research projects. Apply today:
If you are a
#medstudent
interested in our
@WUSTLmed
#neurosurgery
#residency
program, we invite you to our virtual sub-internship series starting with a 45-min. session on our unique hands-on neurosurgery rotation in Ireland. Learn more:
Congrats to Drs. Wilson Z. Ray (
@ZackRayLab
) & Saad Javeed (
@SaadJaveedMD
), who were awarded a research grant from the Lumbar Spine Research Society (
@LSRSspine
) for their project: Enhancing Lumbar Fusion via Transient Bioelectronic Implants to Accelerate Bone Growth.
Congratulations to our PGY6 Resident Rowland Han, MD (
@rowland_han
) for being awarded the Neil Peart Neurosurgery Research Award from the
@glioblastf
. Dr. Han will research ways to develop improved MRI imaging techniques for
#Glioblastoma
.
#neilpeart
#rush
Bhuvic Patel, MD, has been awarded the prestigious William P. Van Wagenen Fellowship, given each year to one senior neurosurgery resident in North America to study overseas. Congrats
@BhuvicP
!
@AANSNeuro
#braintumor
Yesterday we held our ribbon cutting ceremony at our new offices in the Mid Campus Center,
@GregoryZipfel
gave the annual "State of the Dept." & we thanked our amazing staff for their hard work. One word to describe walking through the new space: WOW!
#makingadifference
Featured in the
@TheJNS
as the "Editor's Pick": "Does ventricle size contribute to cognitive outcomes in posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus? Role of early definitive intervention." Authors include:
@MdLimbrick
&
@strahleMD
.
Read the findings -
Starting our week off with a big congratulations to resident
@ahuguena
for being awarded the top Basic Science Poster in the Functional Section by the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. Always proud of our talented residents!
#CNS2021
@CNS_Update
@youngneuros
Exciting news: Dave Limbrick, MD, PhD (
@MdLimbrick
) has received a grant from
@NINDSDiversity
to create the St. Louis Summer Research Immersion Program in Pediatric
#Neuroscience
. An opportunity for high school students to receive innovative research training. More to come!
🚨Historic announcement alert: Today, T.S. Park, MD, performed his 5,000th selective dorsal rhizotomy. This surgery restores mobility in children with
#cerebralpalsy
. Patients from around the world travel to
@STLChildren
for this procedure, which Dr. Park developed.
#legend
Gregory J. Zipfel, MD, recently named head of the Dept. of Neurosurgery
@WUSTLmed
and neurosurgeon-in-chief
@BarnesJewish
is also now the inaugural Ralph G. Dacey Distinguished Professor of Neurological Surgery. Congrats Dr. Zipfel!
Our own Jacob Greenberg, MD, MSCI (
@JGreenberg_MD
) is the newest recipient of a K23 award from
@NIH
for his project: "Using Mobile Health Technology and Real-Time Assessments to Address Multilevel Influences on Lumbar Spine Surgery Outcomes." Congrats, Dr. Greenberg!
@WUSTLmed
.
@ahuguena
was selected by
@AANSNeuro
to receive the Louise Eisenhardt Travel Scholarship, which is granted yearly to an outstanding resident abstract!
@ahuguena
will give her talk at the "Top Abstracts" session for the AANS/CNS Cerebrovascular Scientific Session.
#AANS2022
(1/2)
Jennifer Strahle, MD, (
@strahleMD
) & PGY6 Resident Benjamin Plog, MD, PhD presented at the
@GlymphaticConf
in Lund, Sweden this week.
Incoming
@WUSTLmed
student Shelei Pan (
@PanShelei
) took part in a poster presentation. The team posed with organizer Dr. Iben Lundgaard.
#gls2024
June marks the end of an era at WashU Neurosurgery. After 33 years of exemplary service, T.S. Park, MD, is officially retiring from St. Louis Children’s Hospital (
@STLChildrens
). We recently honored Dr. Park and reflected on his lasting legacy.:
As we celebrate
#BlackHistoryMonth
, today we're highlighting the first African American graduate of our
#Neurosurgery
Residency Program, William W. Ashley, Jr. Learn more about Dr. Ashley.
@amsobns
Our own
@NitinAgarwalMD
has been awarded funding from the
@ChuckNollFdn
to research
#braininjuries
in professional athletes. Agarwal is working to develop an algorithm that can detect damage in the brain that can't be seen by MRIs or CAT scans.: