NYU Langone Health experts joined colleagues from around the world at the 2024 American Association of Neurological Surgeons’ Annual Scientific Meeting in Chicago. This year’s theme is “What Matters,” which comes at a time “when all of us need to reconsider our appropriate roles and responsibilities in the broader fabric of modern civilization,” according to the organizers.

Below are notable sessions featuring our faculty and trainees.

Friday, May 3

MIS Tubular Decompression +/– Percutateous Fixation + SBRT
Session: Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery: Comprehensive and Practical Review of Contemporary Approaches and Techniques (PC1103)
NYU Langone Presenter: Ilya Laufer, MD
Time: 1:58–2:07PM

Saturday, May 4

Spine Discussion
Session: Surgical Videos from the Masters: How I Do It
NYU Langone Presenter: Ilya Laufer, MD
Time: 2:26–2:31PM

Utility of the Integral Dose for Predicting Radiosurgery Response in Patients with Trigeminal Neuralgia
Session: Pain Rapid Fire Abstract
NYU Langone Presenting Author: Ying Meng
NYU Langone Co-Authors: Kenneth Bernstein, MS; Benjamin Cooper, MD; Jason Gurewitz, MD; Douglas Kondziolka, MD; Elad Mashiach, MSc; Brandon A. Santhumayor, BA; Joshua S. Silverman, MD, PhD; Erik P. Sulman, MD, PhD
Time: 4:24–4:26PM

Lunsford and Leksell Radiosurgery Award: Vestibular Schwannoma International Study of Active Surveillance Versus Stereotactic Radiosurgery: The VISAS Study
Session: Extra-Axial Tumor Surgery: The Intersection of Surgical and Non-Surgical Treatment
NYU Langone Presenters: Kenneth Bernstein, MS; Douglas Kondziolka, MD; Elad Mashiach, MSc; Zane Schnurman, MD
Time: 4:41–4:45PM

AANS/CNS Joint Section on Tumors Neuro-Oncology Trainee Award: Revisiting the Evans Index: Radiographic Predictors of Hydrocephalus Risk After Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Vestibular Schwannoma
Session: Extra-Axial Tumor Surgery: The Intersection of Surgical and Non-Surgical Treatment
NYU Langone Presenting Author: Brandon A. Santhumayor, BA
NYU Langone Co-Authors: Kenneth Bernstein, MS; John G. Golfinos, MD; Douglas Kondziolka, MD; Elad Mashiach, MSc; Ying Meng; Lauren Rotman, MD; Joshua S. Silverman, MD, PhD
Time: 4:51–4:55PM

Sunday, May 5

What Matters: Neurosurgeons and Society
Session: Plenary IV
NYU Langone Presenter: Douglas Kondziolka, MD
Time: 11:07–11:20AM

CD97 (ADGRE5) – A Targetable Vulnerability in Glioblastoma
Session: Tumor Rapid Fire Abstract
NYU Langone Presenting Author: Hayley Donaldson, MS
NYU Langone Co-Authors: Shohei Koide, PhD; Karenna J. Groff, BS, MEng; Takamitsu Hattori, PhD; Christopher Y. Park, MD, PhD; Dimitris G. Placantonakis, MD, PhD; Niklas Ravn-Boess, PhD; Shuai Wang, MD, PhD
Time: 1:43–1:45PM

Preliminary Results from the eShunt System Pilot Study in Idiopathic Normal-Pressure Hydrocephalus
Session: Cerebrovascular Rapid Fire Abstract
NYU Langone Co-Author: Howard A. Riina, MD
Time: 4:12–4:16PM

Monday, May 6

Past, Present, and Future of AI in Neurosurgery
Session: The Past, Present, and Future of Clinical Data Science (NC4402)
NYU Langone Presenter: Eric K. Oermann, MD
Time: 7:11–7:36AM

Raman Spectroscopy and AI for Brain Tumor Diagnosis
Session: Comprehensive Brain Tumor Care in the Era of Targeted Therapies and Novel Imaging Techniques (NC4403)
NYU Langone Presenter: Daniel A. Orringer, MD
Time: 8:31–8:50AM

Role of Organized Neurosurgery in Training Future Technical Leaders (Panel Discussion)
Session: The Past, Present, and Future of Clinical Data Science (NC4402)
NYU Langone Presenter: Eric K. Oermann, MD
Time: 11:35AM–12:00PM