Dr. Johnson has been treating patients with a large variety of spinal disorders for nearly twenty years and currently teaches Orthopedics and Therapeutic Exercise related to the spine and extremities...

Dr. Neil Feldstein was an invited speaker at the 36th annual meeting of the American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons (ASPN), held last month in Hawaii. Dr. Feldstein was one of the first neurosurgeons to speak during the meeting's five-day Scientific Program. His talk was titled, "Chiari I...

The American Heart Association held their International Stroke Conference earlier this month and a number of people from our department were able to attend. Among them were fifth year neurosurgery resident, Christopher Kellner, MD and medical students Michael McDowell, Eric Sussman,...

Dr. Richard Anderson from the Pediatric Neurosurgery Center spoke to his neurosurgical colleagues at the recent meeting of the  Congress of Neurological Surgeons in Chicago. His lecture was entitled, Anterior and Posterior Fusion Strategies of the Pediatric Spine.  "Children are not...

Department Chair, Dr. Robert Solomon shared his expertise on unruptured aneurysms at the recent meeting of the  Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS). His lecture, Multidisciplinary Management Strategies for Unruptured Aneurysms, was received with great interest. Dr. Solomon stuck around...

Dr. Paul McCormick, Director of the Spine Center and Herbert & Linda Gallen Professor of Neurological Surgery, spoke at the recent 2012 Annual Meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) in Chicago. He co-directed a practical course with Dr. Peter Angevine on Using...

Evan Johnson, PT, DPT, OCS, Physical Therapy Director of the Spine Center, and fellow physical therapist Rami Said, DPT, M.Eng.,OCS, recently presented their research on hip joint manipulation in Quebec City, Canada at the International Federation of Manual Physical Therapists (IFOMPT)...

Dr. Guy McKhann, Florence Irving Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery, spoke at the recent 2012 Annual Meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) in Chicago. His talk was part of a Luncheon Seminar on Strategies to Reduce Risk in Surgical Management of Tumors in Eloquent...

Dr. Guy McKhann spoke at a Practical Course on Deep Brain Stimulation at the recent 2012 Annual Meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) in Chicago. He was one of several to discuss the implications of clinical trials of deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's...

Dr. Peter D. Angevine from the Spine Center has been quite busy in Chicago this week at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS). On Saturday, he was Course Director with Dr. Paul McCormick for a Practical Course on Using Evidence-Based Medicine to Manage...