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    Annual Vesalius Award Lecture and Oral Presentations

    Sunday, April 27, 2025
    1:30 PM – 3:02 PM EDT

      Moderator(s)

    • Jonathan Sherman, MD

      Chief of Neurosurgical Oncology / Professor of Neurosurgery
      Rutgers Cancer Institute / Rutgers RWJ Medical School

    In this session, the resident receiving the top abstract award will give the Vesalius Lecture. In addition, the session will include the top abstract oral presentations.

    Presentations:

    • 1:30 PM – 1:32 PM EDT
      Welcome and Introduction

      Speaker: Jonathan H. Sherman, MD – Rutgers Cancer Institute / Rutgers RWJ Medical School

    • 1:33 PM – 1:47 PM EDT
      Herbert Mayo’s (1796-1852) Forgotten Legacy: Mapping the Brain’s White Matter in Early 19th Century Neuroscience

      Presenting Author: Kivanc Yangi, MD – The Loyal and Edith Davis Neurosurgical Research Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery Research, Barrow Neurological Institute

    • 1:47 PM – 1:50 PM EDT
      Abstract Discussion
    • 1:51 PM – 2:05 PM EDT
      A Treatable Mystery: The 60th Anniversary of Salomón Hakim and Raymond Andrews Discovery of Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

      Presenting Author: Yashaar M. Hafizka, BA – David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

    • 2:05 PM – 2:08 PM EDT
      Abstract Discussion
    • 2:09 PM – 2:23 PM EDT
      The Evolution of the Diagnosis of Brain Tumors: A Look Back into the Beginnings of Neurosurgery

      Presenting Author: Meghna Bhattacharyya, MD – Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

      Presenting Author: Xander M. Constantine – Department of Neurological Surgery, Rutgers Health, Rutgers University

    • 2:23 PM – 2:26 PM EDT
      Abstract Discussion
    • 2:27 PM – 2:41 PM EDT
      History of Cervical Spine Localization: Surface Landmarks

      Presenting Author: Mark D. Johnson, MD – Department of Neurosurgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

    • 2:41 PM – 2:44 PM EDT
      Abstract Discussion
    • 2:44 PM – 2:59 PM EDT
      Vesalius Award Presentation - A Surgeon Beyond His Era: Neurosurgical Contributions of Eugène-Louis Doyen (1859–1916)

      Presenting Author: Ali Tayebi-Meybodi, MD – Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

    • 2:59 PM – 3:02 PM EDT
      Abstract Discussion