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Nitin Tandon, MD
Session II – Advances in Surgical Resection & Intra-Operative Technologies
2025 CNS Annual Meeting
Symposium 10/12/2025 8:38 AM – 9:35 AM
SYM12A: Brain Tumor Update- Management of Malignant Brain Tumors
2025 CNS Annual Meeting
Symposium 10/12/2025 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Using the OR as Your Laboratory: Mapping, Tumors, and Research Versus Guidelines for Mapping
2025 Joint Tumor Section Symposium
Concurrent Session 10/11/2025 9:20 AM – 9:30 AM
Walid Ibn Essayed, MD
Moderator: CNS Joint Tumor Section
Date: October 10
Time 02:00-02:30
Moderator: Skull Base – Abstract Session
Xuefang Sophie Ren, PhD
Title: Longitudinal MRI To Assess Brain Characteristics In Murine Transient And Permanent Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion Models
Final Number: 1043
Session: Mini Podium 2 – Cerebrovascular Session 1
Mini Oral Presentation Date: Monday, October 13, 2025 5:09 PM – 5:12 PM
Title: Endothelial-Specific Modulation Of MiR-34a Attenuates Blood-Brain Barrier Permeability And Improves Outcomes After Ischemic Stroke In Mice
Final Number: 2000
Session: Mini Podium 2 – Cerebrovascular Session 2
Mini Oral Presentation Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2025 4:30 PM – 4:33 PM
Ankush Chandra, MD
| Tuesday October 14th, 5:12-5:15 pm | A Novel BBB-Permeable TGLI1 Inhibitor Overcomes CDK4/6 Inhibitor Resistance In Glioblastoma | Dr. Ankush Chandra, Abstract Presenting Author |
| Tuesday October 14th, 4:33-4:36 pm | Dedicated Research Structure During Neurosurgery Residency: Impact On Academic Productivity And Long Term Success Awarded the “Best Abstract in Medical Education and Training Award” | Dr. Ankush Chandra, Abstract Presenting Author |
Tuesday October 14th
Printer poster during the Interactive Poster Session 2
TITLE: Doctor Of Osteopathy (DO) Match In Neurosurgery (2007–2017): Trends, Outcomes, And Pathways To Level The Playing Field
Laura Zima, MD
Zima, L.A., Kitagawa, R.
Nexus Trauma Case: Posterior Fossa Penetrating Trauma
Oral Presentation at Sunrise Session
October 15 starting at 7am
Ryan Kitagawa, MD
- Date: October 11
Time: 8am-12:30pm
Title: SYM04A Case Based Education in Neurotrauma
- Date: October 12
Time: 8am-4:30pm
Title: SYM09 Shaping the Future of Neurotrauma
- Date: October 15
Time: 7am-8:30am
Title: Guidelines Session V: Brain Trauma Foundation Guidelines for the Management of Penetrating Traumatic Brain Injury
Art Day, MD
| Date | Time | Role |
| October 11 | Past President’s Dinner | Past President |
Yoshua Esquenazi, MD
| Date | Time | Title | Role |
| October 10 | 3:35pm-3:45pm | Beyond the Brain: The Role of the Gut- Brain Axis in Glioma | Speaker |
| October 10 | Tumor Section Symposium Abstract Review | Abstract Reviewer | |
| October 12 | 9:16am-9:25am | Extent of Resection in Glioblastoma: Past, Present, and Future | Faculty |
| October 13 | 2:50pm-4:20pm | Section on Tumors 1: Incorporation of Targeted Therapies in the Management of Brain Tumors in the Molecular Age | Moderator |
Abstracts (several of our MDs):
Bueno Alvarez, A., Zima, L.A., Burroughs, R., ; Bandopadhay, J., Suresh, A., Amezquita-Contreras, C., Alvarez, Wilson, T., Esquenazi, Y., Tandon, N. Predictors of Surgical Revision Following Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Placement: A Retrospective Cohort Study in a Single Institution. Accepted for digital poster
Amezquita-Contreras, C., Zima, L.A., Burroughs, R., ; Bandopadhay, J., Suresh, A., Amezquita Contreras, A., Alvarez, Wilson, T., Esquenazi, Y., Tandon, N. Ventriculoperitoneal Shunting in Post-Traumatic Hydrocephalus: A Single Institution Series. Accepted for digital poster
Richard, C., Zima, L.A., Kitagawa, R. The Use of Burrholes or Craniotomy in Patients with Middle Meningeal Artery Embolization for Non-Acute Subdural Hematomas. Accepted for digital poster
Chandra, A., Trippett, J., BS, Zima, L.A., Ehsan, C., Bueno., A, MD, Kim, J., Aghi, M. Dedicated Research Structure during Neurosurgery Residency: Impact on Academic Productivity and Long Term Success. Accepted for Oral P Presentation and selected for the Best Abstract in Medication Education and Training Award
Chandra, A., Trippett, J., BS, Zima, L.A., Ehsan, C., Bueno., A, MD, Kim, J., Aghi, M. Doctor of Osteopathy (DO) Match in Neurosurgery (2007-2017): Trends, Outcomes, and Pathways to Level the Playing Field. Accepted for printed poster