UCSD Neurosurgery Matches 2013 Residents

UCSD Neurosurgery matched two outstanding candidates into the Neurosurgical residency program today.  Jeffrey Steinberg, of Albany Medical College and David Santiago-Dieppa of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Dr. Santiago-Dieppa is a native of Southern California and graduated in Biochemistry at UC-Riverside prior to attending medical school in Baltimore.  

Dr. Steinberg is a native of Northern California.  He graduated from the University of California-Santa Barbara in Biopsychology prior to attending medical school in Albany, New York. 

Please join us in welcoming Drs Steinberg and Santiago-Dieppa!

Dr. David Santiago-DieppaDr. Jeffrey Steinberg

Dr. Alex Khalessi Interviewed by San Diego Union Tribune.

Dr. Alex Khalessi was recently interviewed by the UT Tribune on stroke therapies.  Please read the interview here.

UCSD Brain Tumor Group Visits Tokyo Women's Medical University

Dr. Bob Carter and Dr. Santosh Kesari spend the day visiting Tokyo Women's Medical Center at the 3rd Global COE symposium on Brain Tumors.  Drs. Carter and Kesari were hosted by Dr. Yoshihiro Muragaki and Dr. Nitta Masayuki of the Faculty of Advanced TechnoSurgery at TWMU.  Tokyo Women's has one of the largest programs for the treatment of brain tumors in Tokyo. 

In Japan, medical and surgical oncology are united under the purview of 'surgical neuro-oncologists' who both operate on patients and administer medical treatments including clinical trials for patients. 

Dr. Carter provided an update on tumor microvesicles as biomarkers for brain tumors and Dr. Kesari highlighted the use of personalized medicine in glioma treatment. 

UCSD Neurosurgery hosts visiting medical students

Each summer, it is a pleasure to host a group of visiting students from medical schools  around the United States who come to receive exposure to neurosurgical practice at the University of California, San Diego. This year it has been a pleasure to welcome an outstanding group of students to our University.  Each student  rotates between the 4 major teaching hospitals in our program. This includes Rady Children's Hospital, the Hillcrest hospital, the Thornton Hospital campus, and the Veterans Administration hospital. During the rotation, Fridays are an academic day in which students participate in neurosurgical grand rounds and resident didactic sessions as well as Friday afternoon resident clinic.

In addition, residents perform a series of didactic teaching sessions with the faculty throughout the month-long rotation.  A central mission of UCSD Neurosurgery is to train the next generation of neurosurgical leaders throughout United States. Each summer, we look for to working with an outstanding new group of students who are preparing to enter neurosurgical residency the following year.

 We recognize the following students for their participation on the service this year.

 

Christine Stewart – University of Minnesota

Vance Fredrickson – Wayne State University

Victoria Schunemann – Ohio State University

Zach Barnard – Michigan State University

Joon Kim – Cornell University

Simon Buttrick – Mount Sinai

John Parker – UCSD

Jeffrey Steinberg – Albany Medical College

James Wright – West Virginia University

Eytan Nov – NYU Sackler School of Medicine in Israel

Afshin Salehi – UCSD

Dr. Jeffrey Ojemann Speaks On Brain Machine Interface

On October 4, 2012, UCSD neurosurgery was pleased to welcome Dr. Jeffrey Ojemann  of the Seattle Children's Hospital who presented rounds on brain machine interface in 2012. Dr. Ojemann's work centers on the use of cortical electrophysiology to map motor tasks and to then to generate real-time control of robotic devices. 

As one of the nations leading translational neuroscientists, Dr. Ojemann work highlights the power of using intraoperative recordings obtained during surgery to study and master brain function.