Clinical Neurosurgery - Volume 57

INTRODUCTION		Preface Honored Guests Officers of the CNS 2009 Congress of Neurological Surgeons Past Presidents Editors-in-Chief Clinical Neurosurgery Contributors Honored Guest: James T. Rutka, MD, PhD, FRCSC, FACS, FAAP Bibliography
GENERAL SCIENTIFIC SESSION I: Defining Excellence in Neurosurgery
CHAPTER 1		Neurosurgery: A Culture of Excellence Presidential Address P. David Adelson, MD, FACS, FAAP
CHAPTER 2		Defining and Achieving Excellence in Surgical Neuro-Oncology Mitchell S. Berger, MD
CHAPTER 3		Excellence in Spinal Neurosurgery Volker K.H. Sonntag, MD
CHAPTER 4		Defining Excellence in Pediatric Neurosurgery A. Leland Albright, MD
CHAPTER 5		Defining Excellence in Vascular Neurosurgery Nader Sanai, MD, and Robert F. Spetzler, MD
CHAPTER 6		Defining Excellence in Evidence-Based Medicine Clinical Practice Guidlelines Mark E. Linskey, MD
CHAPTER 7		Honored Guest Lecture: Excellence in Neurosurgical Research: The Neuro-Oncology Paradigm James T. Rutka, MD, PhD, FRCSC, FACS, FAAP
GENERAL SCIENTIFIC SESSION II: Pursuing Excellence in Neurosurgery
CHAPTER 8		Neurosurgery Education: The Pursuit of Excellence Edward C. Benzel, MD
CHAPTER 9		Pursuing Excellence in Neurosurgical Innovation Mandy J. Binning, MD, Adnan H. Siddiqui, MD, PhD, Elad I. Levy, MD, FACS, FAHA and L. Nelson Hopkins, MD
CHAPTER 10		Pursuing Excellence in Healthcare Delivery: American Neurosurgery Fred G. Barker, II, MD
CHAPTER 11		Honored Guest Lecture: Excellence in Clinical Neurosurgery: Practice and Judgment Make Perfect James T. Rutka, MD, PhD, FRCSC, FACS, FAAP
CHAPTER 12		Neurological Society of India Guest Lecture: Optimally Invasive Skull Base Surgery Basant Kumar Misra, MBBS, MS, MCh
GENERAL SCIENTIFIC SESSION III: Measuring Excellence in Global Neurosurgery
CHAPTER 13		Measuring Excellence in Neurosurgical Competence and Certification Nelson M. Oyesiku, MD, PhD, FACS
CHAPTER 14		Measuring Excellence in Clinical Translation: What Are the Top Works in the Field of Neurosurgery? Francisco A. Ponce, MD, and Andres M. Lozano, MD, PhD
CHAPTER 15		Measuring Excellence in Health Care Delivery: Canada J. Max Findlay, MD, PhD.
CHAPTER 16		Honored Guest Lecture: Excellence in Neurosurgical Program Building: Enhancing the Academic Mission James T. Rutka, MD, PhD, FRCSC, FACS, FAAP, and Christopher Wallace, MD, MSc
RESIDENT AND YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARDS
CHAPTER 17		Working Toward Rational and Evidence-Based Treatment of Chronic Subdural Hematoma Thomas Santarius, MD, PhD, Peter J. Kirkpatrick, FRCS (SN), FMedSci, Angelos G. Kolias, MSc, MRCS, and Peter J. Hutchinson, FRCS (SN), PhD
CHAPTER 18		Mechanisms of Evasion to Antiangiogenic Therapy in Glioblastoma Samuel D. Rose, BS, and Manish K. Aghi, MD, PhD
CHAPTER 19		The Measurement of Pain in Patients with Trigeminal Neuralgia H. Isaac Chen, MD, and John Y.K. Lee, MD
CHAPTER 20		Biochemical Serum Markers in Head Injury: An Emphasis on Clinical Utility Samit Satish Mehta, MD
CHAPTER 21		Enhancing Competence in Graduates Through a Transition to Practice Program in Neurological Surgery Gregory J. Murad, MD, J.R. Lister, MD, William A. Friedman, MD, and Gwen Lombard, RN, PhD
CHAPTER 22		Facilitation of Visuomotor Associative Learning by the Basal Ganglia Sameer A. Sheth, MD, PhD, Matthew K. Mian, BSE, Tarek Abuelem, MD, John Gale, PhD, and Emad N. Eskandar, MD
CHAPTER 23		Embryonic Stem Cell Markers Distinguishing Cancer Stem Cells From Normal Human Neuronal Stem Cell Populations in Malignant Glioma Patients Melvin Field, MD, Angel Alvarez, BS, Sergey Bushnev, MD, and Kiminobu Sugaya, PhD
CHAPTER 24		Differentiating Radiation Effect From Tumor Progression After Stereotactic Radiosurgery: T1/T2 Matching Hideyuki Kano, MD, PhD, Douglas Kondziolka, MD, FRCS(C), FACS, Javier Lobato-Polo, MD, Oscar Zorro, MD, John C. Flickinger, MD, and L. Dade Lunsford, MD
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