Department Announcements

Dr. Sam Browd discusses how leveraging AI technology may lead to improving patient outcomes, making care more accessible and reducing costs across the board.

Nominated by Dr. Louis J. Kim, Dr. Richard G. Ellenbogen is among 10 recipients of The Parker J.

Neurological Surgery Resident Malia McAvoy, MD, was commissioned as a lieutenant in the US Navy Reserve on September 23, 2022.  This event culminates a 10-year journey for Dr. McAvoy and continues a family tradition of service in the Navy and Marine Corps.

Dr. Naren Ganesalingam, a pediatric neurosurgeon based in the UK, interviewed Dr. Sekhar for his “Conversation with Neurosurgery Leaders & Legends” podcast and videocast series.

The Department’s own Louis J Kim, MD, MBA served as lead editor of The Journal of Neurosurgery’s July issue of Neurosurgical Focus.  And, a team of our residents and faculty –

Ellie Musgrave found her calling when she was just 4 years old.  At 16, however, she went from a teenager with aspirations of being a race car driver to a patient at Seattle Children’s getting wheeled into a surgery suite to have a large tumor in the back of her brain removed.

David J. Bonda, MD, (Pediatric) Stephanie H. Chen, MD (Endovascular), Imad S. Khan, MD (Spine), Patrick Kim, MD (Spine), and Andrew J. Montoure, MD (CV/Skull Base) 

David J. Bonda, MD

Congratulations to members of the department who were voted Top Doctors in the Puget Sound region for 2022 by Seattle Magazine. For more than two decades, “Seattle” magazine has published a list of the region’s top doctors. None paid to be included. All were nominated by their peers.

In 2015, Melissa Hunter, decided to undergo surgery for epilepsy with Dr. Jeffrey G.

Dr. Michael Levitt is among the top 100 social media influencers (#72) in Neurosurgery on Twitter.  Read the full story here.