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Department of Neurological Surgery @UCSF . We focus on providing the best possible care for our patients, alongside research efforts to develop better treatments

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@NeurosurgUCSF

UCSF Neurosurgery

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We’re honored to be ranked among the top two neurosurgery programs in the country for the fourth year in a row by @usnews ! 🎉 Thank you to all our incredible faculty and staff for their dedication to our patients and their families. @UCSFHospitals

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@NeurosurgUCSF

UCSF Neurosurgery

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We are thrilled to announce the appointment of Edward Chang, MD as the new Chair of the Department of Neurological Surgery at UCSF! 👏👏 Learn more about him here:

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UCSF Neurosurgery

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Researchers @UCSF , led by neurosurgeon Edward Chang, MD, have used #Neuropixels probes to record activity from hundreds of individual neurons while participants listened to speech. Out today in @Nature , this study gives us a view into how the brain analyzes the sounds in words.

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UCSF Neurosurgery

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During his last week as Chair of the Neurosurgery Department at UCSF, we celebrate Dr. Mitchel Berger's leadership and legacy. Over the last 23 years, his pioneering vision and work has impacted the entire neurosurgery community:

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UCSF Neurosurgery

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Out today in @Nature , new research by @ChangLabUcsf has set a new benchmark for a speech neuroprosthesis that can allow people with severe speech paralysis to communicate. @UCSF @UCSFHealth #ucsfweill

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UCSF Neurosurgery

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We're so excited to welcome the newest members of @UCSF Neurosurgery! Congratulations to John Bernabei, MD, PhD ( @bernabei_john ) , Sravani Kondapavulur, MD, PhD ( @skondapavulur ), and Mahmoud Elguindy, MD, PhD ( @notinthemoud ) 🎉🎉 #Match2023 #MatchDay #Neurosurgery

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UCSF Neurosurgery

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A specialist in awake brain surgery, @HerveyJumper is the latest in a long line of UCSF neurosurgeons known for removing tumors once deemed inoperable. In this @UCSF magazine feature, a view of what his day looks like between the OR and his research lab:

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"This is the first successful demonstration of direct decoding of full words from the brain activity of someone who is paralyzed and cannot speak.” In @NEJM , @UCSF neurosurgeon Edward Chang & team describe a new technology for restoring speech: #ucsfweill

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Breakthrough Technology: @UCSF researchers, led by neurosurgeon Edward Chang, have successfully developed a “speech neuroprosthesis” that has enabled a man with severe paralysis to communicate. #ucsfweill

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“Neuroprosthesis” Restores Words to Man with Paralysis

Researchers at UC San Francisco have successfully developed a “speech neuroprosthesis” that has enabled a man with severe paralysis to communicate in sentences, translating signals from his brain to...

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UCSF Neurosurgery

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New @UCSF work published in @NatureComms shows that @ChangLabUcsf 's brain-computer interface allows a person who has lost the ability to speak or type to spell out full sentences from a large vocabulary by silently attempting to speak:

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UCSF Neurosurgery

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Congratulations to @UCSF neurosurgeon @HerveyJumper , who was awarded a NIH K08 award!! 👏👏 His research focuses on how gliomas interact with functional cognitive networks, so we can better predict which patients are at greatest risk for language deficits.

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UCSF Neurosurgery

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Published in @NatureBiotech , @UCSFHospitals neurosurgeon Philip Starr & colleagues describe the first human use of a #DBS device that allows chronic wireless streaming of brain activity at home. This is the first step towards adaptive DBS for #Parkinsons :

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UCSF Neurosurgery

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We are thrilled to welcome the newest members of @UCSF Neurosurgery! Congratulations to @AlexAabedi , Reilly Kidwell, MD, and @VijayLetchuman !🎉🎉 #Match2022 #Matchday #Neurosurgery

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UCSF Neurosurgery

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Save the Date: Join us on 5/15 for a special webinar event. Our panelists will discuss their experiences navigating pregnancy & parenthood as neurosurgeons. More details coming soon! #ILookLikeASurgeon #WomenInMedicine

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UCSF Neurosurgery

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Happy #WomenInScience Day! 👩‍🔬👩‍⚕️ We proudly celebrate all the amazing women physicians and scientists, @UCSF and beyond. Featured here, neurosurgeon Line Jacques, who is Chief of Peripheral Nerve & Pain Surgery, leading the next generation of neurosurgeons.

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UCSF Neurosurgery

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Our vascular team is thrilled about our new hybrid OR! The new setup allows for angiography and performance of both open & endovascular techniques. Here, neurosurgeon Adib Abla and team perform a microsurgical clipping of a previously coiled, previously ruptured, ACOM aneurysm.

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UCSF Neurosurgery

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Let's give it up for @UCSF #Neurosurgery Resident @jakeyoung11 , winner of the 2020 @UCSFHospitals Exceptional Physician Award! He is 1 of 12 awardees and the only resident. Congrats Jake!!

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UCSF Neurosurgery

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Today on his last day @UCSF , we honor neurosurgeon Dr. Michael McDermott for 27 years of excellence in patient care, cutting-edge research, and residency training. Wishing him all the best as the new Chief of Neuroscience at @BaptistHealthSF !

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UCSF Neurosurgery

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Congratulations to UCSF neurosurgeon @ManishKAghi , who was selected to join @TheJNS Editorial Board! Dr. Aghi is an exemplary neurosurgeon-scientist and truly deserving of this honor and responsibility! 👏👏

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UCSF Neurosurgery

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Please join us in welcoming our new Neurosurgery residents: Alex Aabedi, MD (left) from UCSF, Reilly Kidwell, MD (center) from UC San Diego, and Vijay Letchuman, MD (right) from University of Missouri 👏👏👏 #neurosurgeryresident #ucsfresidents

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UCSF Neurosurgery

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From complex surgical approaches to language networks, our department’s medical illustrator, Ken Probst, chooses his four favorite illustrations of the year: #medicalart #sciart

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UCSF Neurosurgery

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UCSF researchers, led by Prasad Shirvalkar, MD, PhD, and @ChangLab , have reported the first objective biomarkers of chronic pain states from direct neural recordings in the ACC and OFC. OFC signals more strongly correlated with chronic pain. @natureneuro

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UCSF Neurosurgery

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We're excited to congratulate and introduce our incoming residents: David Caldwell, Alexander Haddad, and Gray Umbach. Welcome to the team! 👏 #MatchDay2021

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UCSF Neurosurgery

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In a new study published in @Nature , @SarithaKrishnaa , @HerveyJumper , and colleagues show that changes to the circuitry of the human brain in #glioblastoma promote tumor growth as well as decrease patient survival and cognition: #CancerNeuroscience

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UCSF Neurosurgery

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Congratulations to graduating neurosurgery chief resident @RaminMorshedMD who will be starting a fellowship in skull base tumor surgery at @MayoClinicNeuro ! 🎉🎓

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UCSF Neurosurgery

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Dr. Berger goes to Washington! 🇺🇸 We’re honored to report that @UCSFHospitals #neurosurgeon Mitchel Berger, MD was invited to the @WhiteHouse today to meet w/ @POTUS , @VP & @FLOTUS for the relaunch of the #cancermoonshot initiative ➡️

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UCSF Neurosurgery

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Every year, @UCSF neuroendocrinologist Dr. Lewis Blevins paints portraits as a graduation gift for the neurosurgery chief residents. This year, we celebrate #UCSFGrads Darryl Lau, @StephenTMagill , and Caleb Rutledge!

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UCSF Neurosurgery

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On this month's @NeuroOnc cover, @jakeyoung11 , @RaminMorshedMD , @HerveyJumper , & Mitchel Berger, MD, review the mapping techniques and intra-operative tools that enable neurosurgeons to safely maximize #glioma resections. Art by Ken Probst.

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We're so excited to welcome the newest members of @UCSF Neurosurgery! A big congratulations to Joseph Oh, MD ( @josephoh0517 ), Robert Osorio, MD ( @robcosorio ), and Joseph Chen, MD 🎉🎉 #Match2024 #MatchDay #Neurosurgery @UCSFMedicine @BrownMedicine

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UCSF Neurosurgery

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New in @PNASNews , the @HerveyJumper lab shows how brain cancer cells remodel speech circuits. Congrats to first author @AlexAabedi and the rest of the team! 👏 #CancerNeuroscience

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UCSF Neurosurgery

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We're incredibly proud to be named the #2 hospital nationwide for Neurology & Neurosurgery by @usnews ! Thank you to our entire team, whose dedication and commitment to our patients is apparent every day.

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Published today in @CellCellPress : Researchers, led by @radhika28 , @yuefeng_1 , & @josephcostell14 , use a unique tumor sampling approach to offer a 3D view of #glioblastoma that identifies new potential therapeutic targets.

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UCSF Neurosurgery

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This was an incredible #neurosurgery #Matchday for @UCSFMedicine graduates! Drs. Diana Chang and Sheantel Reihl will train @UCLANsgy , Dr. Joe Garcia will train @PittNeurosurg , Dr. Ryan Phelps will train @StanfordNsurg & Dr. @AlexAabedi with us @UCSF ! 👏👏👏 #MatchDay2022

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UCSF Neurosurgery

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Congratulations to the Chair of our department, neurosurgeon Dr. Edward Chang! 🎉🎉 Please congratulate Dr. Chang on being elected to @theNAMedicine , alongside other distinguished faculty @UCSF :

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UCSF Neurosurgery

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Today in @NatureMedicine UCSF researchers @scangos , Andrew Krystal, MD, Edward Chang, MD, and colleagues demonstrate a personalized neuromodulation approach to severe depression

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Personalized Brain Stimulation Alleviates Severe Depression Symptoms

Depression is among the most common psychiatric disorders, affecting as many as 264 million people worldwide and leading to hundreds of thousands of deaths per year. But as many as 30 percent of...

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UCSF Neurosurgery

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We are pleased to announce that John de Groot, MD ( @J_deGrootMD ) will be joining us as the next Division Chief of Neuro-Oncology within the @UCSF Department of Neurosurgery! Learn about Dr. de Groot and his vision for the future:

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UCSF Neurosurgery

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Together with UCSF neurosurgeon @HerveyJumper & colleagues at @GWSMHS @harvardmed , UCSF med student @eliana_e_kim publishes in @WorldNeurosurg on diversity issues in neurosurgery and lessons learned from other professions.

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Announced this morning at #SNO2023 : Congrats to incoming SNO President Daphne Haas-Kogan, MD, and Secretary-Treasurer Shawn Hervey-Jumper, MD! 🎉 This will be a fantastic 2 years for neuro-oncology. @NeuroOnc @UCSFCancer @HerveyJumper #UCSFProud

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UCSF Neurosurgery

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Congratulations to our department chair Edward Chang, MD, on receiving @SNS_Neurosurg 's Winn Prize! 🎉 He is the 2nd @UCSF neurosurgeon to be honored with this prestigious award recognizing an outstanding commitment to neuroscience research. #SNS2023 #UCSFproud @CNS_Update

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UCSF Neurosurgery

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Congratulations to @ManishKAghi for receiving the 2022 Abhijit Guha Award and Lecture from @NSTumorSection and @NeuroOnc 🎉 This award recognizes his significant accomplishments as a physician-scientist. Don't miss his lecture on Saturday, November 19 at 3:30pm! #SNO2022

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UCSF Neurosurgery

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Congrats 🎉to our department chair, Eddie Chang, MD, ( @changlabUCSF ) and the other 28 @UCSF faculty for being selected into the 2nd cohort of Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Investigators ( @czbiohub )!

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Published in @TheJNS Spine, @UCSFHospitals neurosurgeon Praveen Mummaneni & colleagues present an algorithm for selecting a minimally invasive interbody approach for spinal deformity surgery:

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UCSF Neurosurgery

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We’re excited to welcome cerebrovascular neurosurgeon (and residency program alumnus) @EWinklerMDPhD to our faculty! His lab studies the cell-specific genetic mechanisms regulating the brain's vasculature in health and disease: @UCSFHospitals @UCSFstemcell

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Today in @Nature , researchers led by Arturo Alvarez-Buylla, PhD, & @shawn_sorrells show that significant numbers of new neurons migrate into the human entorhinal cortex, a brain region that is crucial for memory-related functions, until 2-3 years of age:

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UCSF Neurosurgery

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Published in @TheJNS , Dr. Mitch Berger describes triple motor mapping for maximal safe resection of gliomas near motor pathways. Congrats to all authors, including neurosurgeon @HerveyJumper , fellow Andrew Gogos, and residents @jakeyoung11 & Ramin Morshed!

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UCSF Neurosurgery

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Today in @ScienceAdvances @ChangLabUCSF presents a new spatial map of melody in the brain. Populations of auditory neurons selectively encode different features of melody. Some overlap with those that encode speech while others are specialized for music.

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UCSF Neurosurgery

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UCSF Neurosurgery claims first place for Highest Number of Accepted Abstracts at #2022CNS with 80 abstracts accepted! Congratulations and thanks to all of the faculty, residents, researchers, and med students who worked so hard to get us here 🎉🙌 #UCSFAtCNS @CNS_Update

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Congrats to neurosurgery resident @jakeyoung11 on winning the #AANS2022 National Brain Tumor Society Award for his work showing convection-enhanced delivery of #AAV gene therapy can recruit immune cells to #GBM - a possible strategy to overcome resistance to checkpoint inhibitors

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UCSF Neurosurgery

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We had a fantastic time reconnecting with friends, colleagues and alumni from across the country last night to kick of #2022CNS and honor the incomparable Mitchel Berger, MD! Thanks especially to our guest speakers @mtlawton , @DoctorQMd and @DanielYoshor

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UCSF Neurosurgery

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As we reflect on the past year, we’d like to recognize our incredible @UCSF #neurosurgery team. Our #topnine Instagram posts of 2020 highlight leaders that continue to inspire us with their successes:

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UCSF Neurosurgery

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We've been ranked the #1 neurosurgery program for NIH funding for the 16th consecutive year! 🎉Congratulations to all of our hard-working investigators who continue to make ground-breaking discoveries in the neurosciences and advance the health of patients everywhere. #ucsfweill

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Published today on the cover of #NeurosurgicalFocus , UCSF neurosurgeon Praveen Mummaneni, resident @JohnFredBurkeMD & team describe a rare case of thoracic chordoma which required an unusual approach. Read about the bilateral clamshell thoracotomy here:

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In a new @SfNJournals study led by @DorisWangLab , researchers show that specific changes in neural activity from the subthalamic nucleus and sensorimotor cortex correlate with phases of the gait cycle in patients with Parkinson's disease:

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UCSF Neurosurgery

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Congratulations to Dr. Mitchel Berger whose distinguished career was recognized with the Mark Rosenblum Distinguished Service Award from the @NSTumorSection at #CNS2021 ! 👏👏 @CNS_Update @AANSNeuro

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UCSF Neurosurgery

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We are deeply saddened to have lost our dear friend and colleague, Dr. Irene Say. Irene was a talented surgeon, a dedicated mentor, a compassionate doctor, a force of positive energy, and above all a kind, funny and remarkable soul. It was a gift to have her among our faculty.

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UCSF Neurosurgery

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Explore @UCSF_SBCVL 's 3D models of the craniocervical junction, including its main neurovascular structures:

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"With molecular pathology, things are moving really rapidly." UCSF neuropathologist Dr. Arie Perry gives a preview of the upcoming WHO 2021 CNS Tumor classification scheme, including 22 new tumor entities. #BTC2021

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On the cover of @TheJNS , PGY6 resident @JohnPAndrews_MD & colleagues show how diffuse tensor imaging tractography can help surgeons avoid postoperative visual field deficits in intraventricular meningiomas: @RaminMorshedMD @MayoClinicNeuro @MountSinaiNeuro

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We're honored and proud to be named the #3 hospital nationwide for Neurology & Neurosurgery again by @usnews ! Thank you to our entire team, whose dedication and commitment to our patients is apparent every day. #BestHospitals

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UCSF Neurosurgery

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Congratulations to faculty member Arturo Alvarez-Buylla, PhD on his election to @theNASciences !! 🎉🎉 Dr. Alvarez-Buylla's immense contributions to the field include discoveries related to adult neurogenesis that continue to shift paradigms:

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Congrats to the team led by @UCSFHospitals neuro-oncologist Nicholas Butowski & @BrainTumorInst 's @roger_stupp ! 🎉🎉 The team was awarded $4.2M to develop immunotherapies for #glioblastoma , as part of @theNCI 's Glioblastoma Therapeutics Network: #btsm

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UCSF Neurosurgery

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Our faculty and their research collaborators published over 500 journal articles in 2021! See the 10 that made journal covers with art by our wonderful medical illustrator, Ken Probst:

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UCSF Neurosurgery

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Happy National Women Physicians Day! Today we celebrate neurosurgeon Doris Wang, MD and all the amazing women clinicians at @UCSF and beyond, for paving the way and inspiring the next generation of #WomenInMedicine . #womenphysiciansday @DorisWangLab

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UCSF Neurosurgery

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Congratulations to graduating neurosurgery #ChiefResident Taemin Oh, MD, who will be starting a Pediatric Neurosurgery fellowship at @UofUNeurosurg followed by a Pediatric Spinal Deformity fellowship at @shrinersphilly ! 🎉🎓 #UCSFGrads

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Congrats to UCSF neurosurgeon Doris Wang, MD, PhD, for receiving a NINDS Neurosurgeon Research Career Development Program K12 award! 👏👏 Wang's research focuses on the neural basis of motor learning, with an interest in how #Parkinsons affects the corticostriatal circuit.

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UCSF Neurosurgery

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The @UCSF Brain Tumor Center has received renewed funding from @theNCI through a Specialized Program in Research Excellence (SPORE) grant! 🎉 Dr. Berger explains how this award funds innovative translational research projects to improve outcomes for patients with brain tumors.

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Congratulations to graduating neurosurgery chief resident Young Lee, MD, who will be starting a yearlong fellowship in endovascular neurosurgery at @WashUNeurosurg ! 🎉🎓 #UCSFGrads

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Excited to welcome these brilliant folks to the team! Say hello to our new fellows: ✅ Dr. @NitinAgarwalMD ✅ Dr. Ernest Barthélemy ( @NeuroChirGlobal ) ✅ Dr. @iahncajigas ✅ Dr. Saman Shabani ✅ Dr. @DanTonettiMD ✅ Dr. Michelle Wedemeyer ✅ Dr. Jos'lyn Woodard

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Published today in @NeurosurgeryCNS , UCSF neurosurgeon Praveen Mummaneni and colleagues discuss a treatment algorithm for neurosurgical care during #COVID19 .

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Does ventricular entry during #GBM resection lead to a worse prognosis? No. New 200-patient analysis in @TheJNS by @UCSF neurosurgeons @JakeYoung11 , Mitch Berger, MD & team shows VE not associated with ⬆️ in adverse outcomes. Take home: use VE to max EOR.

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Happy #MothersDay ! Shown here, @UCSFHospitals neurosurgeon Catherine Miller performing an awake TLIF in 2018, while 8 months pregnant with her first child. #neurosurgerymom #ILookLikeASurgeon

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UCSF Neurosurgery

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Published today in @SciReports , the @UCSF Brain Tumor Center team validates a novel imaging tool for rapid, intraoperative detection of glioma cells at the tumor margin: Congrats authors @HerveyJumper @AnnetteMolinar2 @ManishKAghi @jakeyoung11 & others! 👏

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UCSF Neurosurgery

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We'd like to welcome our new faculty member, neurosurgeon Anthony DiGiorgio ( @DrDiGiorgio )! Dr. DiGiorgio specializes in treatment of #TBI and #SCI , with a particular focus on SCI research through @track_sci . Learn more:

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With grants totaling $30 million, our department has ranked #1 in funding for neurosurgery research from @NIH for the 18th year in a row. Congrats to our team dedicated to advancing the field & translating those discoveries into improved patient care! 🎉 #UCSFWeill #UCSFProud

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. @UCSFHospitals neurosurgeons Shawn @HerveyJumper & Mitchel Berger present a @NeurosurgeryCNS review series on surgical management of eloquent area tumors. UCSF faculty contributed 10 of the 15 articles! Read them online ahead of print:

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Congrats to @UCSFMedicine student Sheantel Reihl, for receiving the @PDSoros Fellowship for New Americans!! 👏👏 Learn more about Reihl's research with neurosurgeon @HerveyJumper , on health access and equity in brain tumor clinical trial enrollment:

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From a minimally invasive option for aneurysm clipping to machine learning in neurosurgical decision-making, our department’s medical illustrator Ken Probst, chooses his favorite four illustrations of the year: #sciart #medart #nsgy

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Congratulations to UCSF neurosurgeon Michael McDermott for receiving the Wolfe Family Endowed Professorship. 🎉🎉This recognizes Dr. McDermott's many accomplishments, including his impact and continued work in meningioma research.

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“Our goal is to restore a full, embodied way of communicating, which is the most natural way for us to talk with others,” said @UCSF neurosurgeon Edward Chang, MD. @ChangLabUcsf 's latest research with a speech neuroprosthesis ➡️

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UCSF Neurosurgery

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New in @ScienceMagazine , @LabNowakowski and colleagues use #SingleCell RNA sequencing and spatial transcriptomics to show that thalamic nuclei are made up of a mosaic of different cell types: #studyBRAIN #BICCN @UCSFstemcell @nyscf

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Congratulations to neurosurgery resident Michael Safaee! 🙌 Dr. Safaee received the 2020 Howard Naffziger Award, which recognizes outstanding clinical service and care to neurosurgical patients @UCSFHospitals .

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UCSF Neurosurgery

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Happy #NationalWomenPhysiciansDay ! Today we're celebrating our superstar residents, fellows, and all the amazing women physicians in our department and beyond. @UCSFHospitals @UCSFMedicine

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This week, we’re celebrating #MedStudentTwitter accomplishments! Enormously proud of our @UCSFMedicine students – we are in the top 3 neurosurgery departments with the most med student #firstauthor publications! 🙌🙌 #MedTwitter

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UCSF Neurosurgery

1 year

In a new study published in @JCO_ASCO , @HerveyJumper , @AnnetteMolinar2 , Mitchel Berger, MD, and colleagues show that a greater extent of tumor resection extends survival for low-grade #glioma patients:

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UCSF Neurosurgery

2 years

Please join us in welcoming @UCSFHospitals Dan Raper, MBBS to our faculty! Dr. Raper has advanced training in cerebrovascular and endovascular neurosurgery. He will practice at UCSF Parnassus and at Regional Medical Center (RMC) in San Jose.

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UCSF Neurosurgery

10 months

Please join us in welcoming our new class of neurosurgery fellows to the team! 👋👋 @jh_kanterMD @dmazurhart @DaveSegar @JasNsgy

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UCSF Neurosurgery

3 years

Congrats to the @ChangLabUcsf on their 2nd place win for the 2021 @gtec_BCI #BCIAward ! 🎉🎉 One of the top accolades in #BCI research, the award recognizes outstanding and innovative research in the field of Brain-Computer Interfaces. #ucsfproud #ucsfweill

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UCSF Neurosurgery

3 years

"We now have a biological marker that may be able to predict response to enzastaurin and we hope selecting for those patients will extend their survival." Phase 3 trial of a targeted therapy for #glioblastoma begins at UCSF:

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UCSF Neurosurgery

4 years

Another well deserved recognition this week for @UCSF neurosurgeon @DorisWangLab : Congrats Dr. Wang, on your nomination to the @UCSFMSS Honor Roll celebrating influential, inspiring women leaders in surgery! 🎉🎉 #WomenInSurgery

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UCSF Neurosurgery

3 months

Happy #NationalWomenPhysiciansDay ! Please join us in celebrating the outstanding accomplishments of our residents and all the incredible women physicians in our department and beyond. @UCSF @UCSFHospitals

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UCSF Neurosurgery

2 years

On the July cover of @TheJNS , @UCSFHospitals neurosurgeon Mitchel Berger, MD, and colleagues show that using intraoperative mapping when resecting middle frontal gyrus #gliomas preserves the key subcortical tracts in this region. Art by Ken Probst:

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UCSF Neurosurgery

9 months

Congrats to @EWinklerMDPhD for receiving the Joint Cerebrovascular Section/CNS Foundation Young Investigator Award at the 2023 @SNISinfo meeting! 🎉The award will fund his work to uncover targetable gene pathways to induce therapeutic response in human brain AVMs. @CNS_Update

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UCSF Neurosurgery

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New in @NatureMedicine , @WilliamCChen1 , @StephenTMagill & @LabRaleigh identify a biomarker that predicts how meningiomas respond to radiotherapy. Their findings could help redefine how these brain tumors are classified & guide postoperative treatment:

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