https://www.beyondmeded.org/events daily 0.75 2025-08-14 https://www.beyondmeded.org/events/pediatric-neurosurgery monthly 0.5 2025-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6637abd075758227b6603ab4/729fd937-b76c-4378-b64b-093abde61513/BioPhoto-NEURO-PhillipStorm-2624x1720.webp Events - Pediatric Neurosurgery - Phillip B. Storm, M.D. Department of Neurosurgery Professor of Neurosurgery at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Dr. Storm is a renowned pediatric neurosurgeon at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), specializing in brain and spine tumors, with expertise in endoscopic skull base surgery. As Chief of Neurosurgery and Director of the Center for Data Driven Discovery in Biomedicine (D3b), he has pioneered minimally invasive techniques, particularly for pediatric skull base tumors. Dr. Storm’s research integrates genomics and large-scale data to develop precision therapies. He co-founded the CAVATICA platform and collaborates with the Children’s Brain Tumor Network (CBTN) to advance tumor biobanking and sequencing for personalized treatment in pediatric neuro-oncology. https://www.beyondmeded.org/events/course-wrap-up monthly 0.5 2025-07-14 https://www.beyondmeded.org/events/trauma-critical-care-lecture monthly 0.5 2025-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6637abd075758227b6603ab4/800849b7-e878-45fc-a8e6-901010ffe0f5/sandsmark-danielle-whitecoat-right.png Events - Trauma & Critical Care Lecture - Danielle Sandsmark, MD, PhD Department of Neurology Associate Professor of Neurology and Attending Physician https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6637abd075758227b6603ab4/9ad48e5d-0b3e-436d-9782-f4dbfe8e62f0/shammassian-berje-whitecoat-right.png Events - Trauma & Critical Care Lecture - Berje H. Shammassian, MD, MPH, FAANS Department of Neurosurgery Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Neurology and Attending Physician Dr. Shammassian’s top areas of expertise are Traumatic Brain Injury, Stroke, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Thrombectomy, and Craniectomy. His clinical research consists of co-authoring 38 peer reviewed articles. https://www.beyondmeded.org/events/functional-lecture monthly 0.5 2025-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6637abd075758227b6603ab4/bf41f428-2f22-496a-937e-b3f621cffbf9/Cajigas_Iahn_Whitecoat_Web.png Events - Functional Lecture - Iahn Cajigas Gonzalez, MD, PhD Department of Neurosurgery Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Attending Physician An MD-PhD graduate of the joint Harvard-MIT program in health sciences and technology, Dr. Iahn Cajigas completed a residency in neurological surgery at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital followed by a postgraduate fellowship in epilepsy, functional and stereotactic neurosurgery at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Cajigas’ clinical expertise includes deep brain stimulation, focused ultrasound, and stereotactic radiosurgery for movement disorders, the surgical management of epilepsy, the management of refractory back pain with neuromodulation, and the surgical/radiosurgical treatment of trigeminal neuralgia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6637abd075758227b6603ab4/a30190a9-b785-418e-b390-06fa0dcaca59/Vaswani_Pavan_Whitecoat_Web.png Events - Functional Lecture - Pavan Vaswani, MD, PhD Department of Neurology Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology and Attending Physician Dr. Pavan Vaswani is a neurologist in Philadelphia, PA and sees patients with movement disorders at Pennsylvania Hospital and Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He received his medical degree from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, residency in Neurology at Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Womens Hospital, and Masschusetts General Hospital; and fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia VA Medical Center PADRECC. He specializes in movement disorder and is experienced in movement disorders, parkinson's disease, and deep brain stimulation. He has more than 10 publications and over 350 citings. https://www.beyondmeded.org/events/life-in-neruosurgery-faculty-panel monthly 0.5 2025-07-15 https://www.beyondmeded.org/events/intra-axial-tumor-lecture monthly 0.5 2025-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6637abd075758227b6603ab4/96975ada-d09c-4af6-b14b-c97f08de3e35/amankulor-nduka.22c5a2a0.jpg Events - Intra-axial Tumor Lecture - Nduka Amankulor, M.D. Department of Neurosurgery Presidential Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Attending Physician Dr. Amankulor earned his Doctor of Medicine at Yale University and completed neurosurgery residency at Yale New Haven Hospital. He completed a both a Post-Doctoral fellowship in Cancer Genetics and Biology, as well as a Neurosurgical Oncology Fellowship in brain and spine oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Dr. Amankulor served for 9 years as an Assistant Professor in Neurosurgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, where he also acted as Director of Neurosurgical Oncology, attending neurosurgeon, and principal investigator and has received numerous awards for his work. He now serves as Chief of Neurosurgical Oncology and Director of the Penn Brain Tumor Center at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. https://www.beyondmeded.org/events/skull-base-lecture monthly 0.5 2025-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6637abd075758227b6603ab4/b46d48ee-b22c-4eb8-9807-d1076abb1bf3/Adappa_Nithin_Whitecoat_Web.png Events - Skull Base Lecture - Nithin D. Adappa, MD Department of Otorhinolaryngology Professor of Otorhinolaryngology and Attending Physician Dr. Adappa is fellowship director in the Division of Rhinology and Skull Base Surgery and surgical director of the AERD Center, treating Aspirin Exacerbated Respiratory Disease (Samter’s triad). He specializes in revision sinus surgery, focusing on challenging frontal and sphenoid sinuses, and manages surgical care for benign and malignant sinonasal tumors and cerebrospinal fluid leaks. Collaborating with neurosurgeons, he removes brain tumors via nasal and sinus approaches. Dr. Adappa has authored over 250 peer-reviewed papers and edited the “Atlas of Endoscopic Sinus and Skull Base Surgery.” His research centers on topical therapies for chronic rhinosinusitis and outcomes in sinonasal and skull base tumors. 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