AANS/CNS Section
on Pediatric Neurological Surgery

Save the date for the 2021 Section on Pediatric Neurological Surgery Annual Meeting, taking place Dec. 7-10, 2021, at the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City.

Watch the video below for a sneak peek of the 2021 Pediatric Section Annual Meeting from Douglas Brockmeyer, MD, FAANS.

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Thank you to the presenters, attendees, hosts and staff who made the virtual 2020 Pediatric Section Annual Meeting a great success! Click below to view our program book.

Online Program

2020 Award Winners

Hydrocephalus Association Award

Mohammed Alshareef, MD
Complement Activation Leads to Worse Cognitive Outcomes Following Germinal Matrix Hemorrhage in a Chronic Mouse Model

Kenneth Shulman Award

Michelle Kameda-Smith, MD
Integrative Multi-omic Analyses Of MSI1 Function In Brain Cancer Reveal Context-specific Downstream Targets For Drug Discovery

(NEW 2020)
Bobby Jones Chiari and Syringomyelia Foundation Award

Vijay Mysore Ravindra, MD
Multi-Center Validation of the Condylar-C2 Sagittal Vertical Alignment (C-C2SVA) in Chiari I Malformation: A Study Utilizing the Park-Reeves Syringomyelia Research Consortium

(New 2020)
Molly Hubbard Award

Jignesh Kishor Tailor, MD, PhD
A human stem cell approach to understanding medulloblastoma initiation and maintenance

American Academy of Pediatrics-Section on Neurosurgery Award

Randaline Barnett, MD
Implementation of Telemedicine in Pediatric Neurosurgical Practice During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Does Virtual Care Perpetuate Health Care Disparities?

Thank you to all those involved in making the 48th Annual Meeting of the AANS/CNS Section on Pediatric Neurological Surgery in Scottsdale a success!

Many thanks to local host Jay Wellons and the entire Vanderbilt team for the most highly attended Pediatric Section Meeting ever!

• View the 2018 Pediatric Section Annual Meeting Online Program Brochure
• Congratulations to the following oral presentation and poster winners:
• Best Basic Science Poster: Amy Katherine Bruzek, MD. CSF Circulating Tumor DNA Copy Number Quantifies Tumor Growth and In Vitro Treatment Response in Pediatric DIPG and High Grade Glioma
• Best Clinical Poster: Brandon G Rocque, MD, MS, FAANS. Quality of Life and Mental Health after Pediatric CNS Tumor Treated with Surgery Only
• Hydrocephalus Award: Elizabeth Naylor Kuhn, MD. Cross Sectional Evaluation of Transition Readiness in the Interdisciplinary Spina Bifida Clinic
• Shulman Award: Jacob Richard Lepard, MD. Developing a de novo Stereotactic Electroencephalography (SEEG) Program: A Multi-Institutional Pediatric Experience