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Neurological Surgery Grand Rounds Schedule

December 2024
CCC/Milestones - Department of Neurological Surgery Faculty ONLY	7:00-9:00 am	December 4th
Coding Integrity Education (Dr. Kim)	7:00-8:00 am	December 11th
M&M - Department of Neurological Surgery ONLY	7:00-8:00 am	December 18th

Milestone Celebration

Dr. Ellenbogen, Dr. Sekhar and the team recently celebrated the UW Medicine Transcranial Doppler (TCD) lab’s 25th year of accreditation by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission. TCD is a diagnostic ultrasound exam that measures blood flow to the brain and is a safe and effective way to screen for cerebrovascular diseases.

Addressing Alzheimer’s in American Indian communities

Dr. Dedra Buchwald will lead a team which will train doctors and nurses on how to detect early signs of Alzheimer's in American Indian patients thanks to an $11.3 million contract from the Indian Health Service. Read the full story here.

Dr. John Loeser, Professor Emeritus, receives USASP Lifetime achievement Award

Dr. Jennifer Haythornthwaite, JDL, Dr. Jane Ballantyne, Dr. Michael Gold in this picture of the award ceremony, Seattle, April 2024

The US Association for the Study of Pain (USASP) presented their 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award to Dr. John Loeser at their annual meeting which took place in Seattle in April. This distinguished award celebrates his exceptional contributions to the realm of pain research and clinical practice.

Directory

UWMC Clinical Faculty

Anubhav G. Amin, MD - Assistant Professor	RR744A
Richard G. Ellenbogen, MD - Professor & Chairman	RR749B
Samuel Emerson, MD, PhD – Assistant Professor	RR749D
Manuel Ferreira Jr., MD, PhD - Professor	RR744B
Benjamin L. Grannan, MD - Assistant Professor	RR744D
Mahesh Karandikar MD, PhD - Clinical Assistant Professor	RR749E
Andrew Ko, MD - Associate Professor	RR744E
Jacob J. Ruzevick, MD - Assistant Professor	RR744C

UWMC Research Faculty

Dedra Buchwald, MD - Professor, Retired	RR749A
Carolina Da Silva Parada, PhD – Acting Assistant Professor	RR751
Jeffrey Herron, PhD - Assistant Professor	RR714
Zin Khaing, PhD - Assistant Professor	RR716
Pierre D. Mourad, PhD - Professor	RR711
John Silber, PhD - Professor Emeritus	RR734
Miqin Zhang, PhD - Adjunct Professor	RR712

UWMC Research Staff

Marilyn Archer	RR749
Lindsay Cates	RR715
Jen Harmon	RR715
Gustavo Hernandez	RR715
Jeffrey Hyde	RR715
Dylan Jensen	RR715
Anton Odarenko	RR751
Pia Ruckels	RR715
Ali Sadeghi	RR712
Mallory Tucker	RR751

UWMC Administrative Staff

Hylton Buijs – Operations Administrator	RR751
Yishen Chien - Associate Director	RR748C
Graham Halwas - Business Systems Analyst	RR751
Megan Nelson - Program Operations Specialist	RR744
Jana Pettit - Vice Chair, Finance & Administration	RR650
Megan Schade - Associate Director	RR637
Tram Tran - Associate Director	RR744
Wanda Valdez – Administrative Specialist	RR744

Welcome to the Department of Neurological Surgery