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Come rotate with us at UT San Antonio Neurosurgery!
You’ll be part of the team in a high-volume, high-acuity environment spanning Level 1 trauma and complex cranial, spine, and vascular cases.
Registration is now open:
aamc.org/vsas (Course: NRSR 4010)
Dr. Fadi Al Saiegh will participate in the upcoming #2026CNS annual meeting as a moderator for the session “W16: Transvascular Access in Neurosurgery.”
Wed 11/4 | 12:20–1:50 PM
cns.org/annualmeeting
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Dr. Fadi Al Saiegh will participate at the #2026CNS annual meeting as faculty for the session “SYM12: Evolution of the Hybrid CV Neurosurgeon: Complex Open and Endovascular Techniques in the Modern Era.”
Sun 11/1 | 8 AM – 4:15 PM
cns.org/annualmeeting
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Dr. Andrew Conner will participate at the #2026CNS annual meeting as faculty for the session "SYM15: Movement Disorder Surgery: Approaches and Techniques."
Sun 11/1 | 8:00 AM–12:00 PM
cns.org/annualmeeting
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Congratulations to our faculty on their well-deserved promotions!
Joanna Gernsback, MD – promoted to Assoc. Professor, Tenure Track
Cristian Gragnaniello, MD – promoted to Assoc. Professor
Naomi Sayre, PhD – promoted to Assoc. Professor, Tenured
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Izabela Tarasiewicz, MD, was recently featured in a UH video discussing tethered cord syndrome. This condition is often associated with small children but can also affect teens and adults. About 7% of adults with chronic lower back pain have tethered cord.
youtube.com/watch?v=uvuz-oBf…
We recently hosted our inaugural Resident QI and Research Day! Congratulations to this year’s award recipients: Drs. Aylin Padir and Greg Murtha.
Thank you to everyone who participated. We look forward to building on this tradition in the coming years.
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Justin Mascitelli, MD, and Fadi Al Saiegh, MD, recently coauthored an article for the Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery entitled “Current state of the field and recommendations for middle meningeal artery embolization in chronic subdural hematoma..."
(Article Link in Reply)
Congrats to Michael Gaub, MD, who will be accepting the #AANS2026 Cerebrovascular Section Best Clinical Scientific Paper Abstract Award Resident/Fellow.
Sun 5/3 | 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Session: CV Controversies
See full schedule in flyer
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Varun Patamalla (from the lab of Dr. Sandeep Burma) will be sharing his presentation at #AANS2026:
“Radiation-Induced Senescence in Glioblastoma Recurrence”
Sun 5/3 | 4:00–5:30 PM
Session: Top Scoring Scientific Abstracts
See full schedule in flyer
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Michael Gaub, MD, will present at #AANS2026:
“Perfusion-Bypass Recipient Mismatch Predisposes to Perioperative Ischemic Stroke in STA-MCA Bypass for Symptomatic...”
Sun 5/3 | 2:00–2:45 PM
Session: Paper Posters: CV
See full schedule in flyer
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