(PC2204) Practical Clinic: Guide to Successful Research for Medical Students, Residents, and Young Neurosurgeons: The Dos and Don'ts

Friday, April 21, 2023

8:00am – 11:30am PST

Location:Los Angeles Convention Center, 406AB

Course Director(s)

Aladine Elsamadicy, MD

Resident Physician
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Faculty(s)

James Rutka, MD, PhD

Chair Department of Surgery
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Nitin Agarwal, MD (he/him/his)

Associate Professor
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Isaac Yang, MD, FAANS, FACS (he/him/his)

Professor
UCLA
Los Angeles, California, United States
Peter Fecci, MD, PhD (he/him/his)

Professor of Neurosurgery Director for the Duke Center for Brain and Spine Metastasis
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina, United States
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Jennifer Strahle, MD, FAANS (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
John Shin, MD

Chief of Spine Neurosurgery
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Jacob Greenberg, MD, MSCI

Complex Spine Fellow
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Daniel Sciubba, MD, MBA

Professor and Chair
Northwell Health, Hoftstra University
Great Neck, New York, United States
Laura McGuire, MD

Fellow
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Samantha Geouge (she/her/hers)

Director, Peer Review
Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group, AANS
Ricardo Komotar, MD

Professor & Program Director
University of Miami
Miami, Florida, United States

The goal of the course would be to help guide medical students, Resident and Young Neurosurgeons to be involve, create and be successful in research at all these stages.

Disclosure(s):

Aladine A. Elsamadicy, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

James Rutka, MD, PhD: No financial relationships to disclose

Nitin Agarwal, MD: No relevant disclosure to display

Isaac Yang, MD, FAANS, FACS: Baxter: Consultant (Ongoing); Brainlab AG (Munich, Germany): Consultant (Ongoing); Stryker: Research Grant (Ongoing)

Peter Fecci, MD, PhD: Monteris Medical: Consultant (Ongoing)

Jennifer M. Strahle, MD, FAANS: No financial relationships to disclose

John H. Shin, MD: ATEC Spine: Consultant (Ongoing), Stock Shareholder (excluding mutual funds) (Ongoing); Augmedics: Consultant (Ongoing); Depuy Synthes: Speaker/Honoraria (Ongoing); Evolution: Consultant (Ongoing); NuVasive: Consultant (Ongoing)

Jacob Greenberg, MD, MSCI: No financial relationships to disclose

Daniel Sciubba, MD, MBA: Baxter: Consultant (Ongoing); Depuy Synthes: Consultant (Ongoing); Medtronic: Consultant (Ongoing); Stryker: Consultant (Ongoing)

Laura Stone McGuire, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Samantha A. Geouge: No financial relationships to disclose

Ricardo Komotar, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Presentations:

8:00am – 8:05am PST

Introduction to the Course
Speaker: Aladine A. Elsamadicy, MD – Yale School of Medicine
8:05am – 8:20am PST

Importance of Research in a Career of Neurosurgery
Speaker: James Rutka, MD, PhD – University of Toronto
8:20am – 8:35am PST

How to Find Research Mentorship as a Medical Student or Resident
Speaker: Nitin Agarwal, MD (he/him/his) – University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
8:35am – 8:50am PST

How to Mentor Students as a Resident or Young Neurosurgeon
Speaker: Aladine A. Elsamadicy, MD – Yale School of Medicine
8:50am – 9:05am PST

Insights to the Clinical Research Process in Neuro-oncology
Speaker: Isaac Yang, MD, FAANS, FACS (he/him/his) – UCLA
9:05am – 9:20am PST

Leveraging Big Data to Perform Clinical Research in Spine
Speaker: John H. Shin, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital
9:20am – 9:35am PST

How to Start a Translational Lab as a Young Neurosurgeon
Speaker: Peter Fecci, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Duke University Medical Center
9:35am – 9:50am PST

How to Obtain Funding as a Resident
Speaker: Jacob Greenberg, MD, MSCI – Cleveland Clinic Foundation
9:50am – 10:05am PST

How to Obtain Funding as a Young Neurosurgeon
Speaker: Jennifer M. Strahle, MD, FAANS (she/her/hers) – Washington University in St. Louis
10:05am – 10:20am PST

How Research Is Viewed in Residency Applications: Insights from a Program Director
Speaker: Ricardo Komotar, MD – University of Miami
10:20am – 10:35am PST

How Research Productivity Contributes to the Rise in Academic Neurosurgery: Insights from a Chairman
Speaker: Daniel Sciubba, MD, MBA – Northwell Health, Hoftstra University
10:35am – 10:50am PST

Leveraging Organized Neurosurgery Opportunities to Publish as a Medical Student or Resident
Speaker: Laura Stone McGuire, MD – University of Illinois at Chicago
10:50am – 11:05am PST

Demystifying the Editorial Process with Managing Editor of JNS
Speaker: Samantha A. Geouge (she/her/hers) – Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group, AANS
11:05am – 11:30am PST

Meet and Greet