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Start! Heartwalk San Antonio 2009
Monday Nov 9, 2009 Dr. David Jimenez Named To List of Top 100 Hispanic Influentials Monday Oct 26, 2009 New Surgical Technique Uses Laser Energy To Destroy Brain Tumors Wednesday Oct 7, 2009 Medical Student Research Day 2009 Wednesday Oct 7, 2009 By A Nose: S.A. Neurosurgeons Remove Brain Tumors In A Surprising Way Wednesday Sep 30, 2009  Residency Interview Day (3 of 5)
Friday Dec 11, 2009 Residency Interview Day (4 of 5) Friday Dec 18, 2009 Residency Interview Day (5 of 5) Friday Jan 8, 2010 Texas Neurosurgery Residency Training Program All-State Conference (Day 1) Friday Jan 22, 2010 Texas Neurosurgery Residency Training Program All-State Conference (Day 2) Saturday Jan 23, 2010 |
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Internationally recognized pediatric neurosurgery expert David F. Jimenez, M.D., serves as the Chairman and a Professor of the Department of Neurosurgery at The University of Health Science Center at San Antonio. Prior managerial and academic appointments include 12 years of both neurosurgery director and tenured professorial positions at the University of Missouri-School of Medicine and University of Missouri Hospital and Clinics (Columbia). His areas of expertise in the surgery suite and research lab have always focused on both pediatric and general neurosurgery.
Dr. Viktor Bartanusz graduated with honors from the Medical Faculty at the Comenius University in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. Attracted by research he first started his PhD postgraduate program at the Institute of Experimental Endocrinology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava. His research activity was concentrated in the field of neuroendocrinology, blood-brain barrier and circumventricular organs of the brain.
Jean-Louis R. Caron, M.D., F.A.C.S., Professor at the Department of Neurosurgery at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, is widely recognized as an expert in cerebrovascular surgery. His research interests include innovative therapies for neurovascular disorders. Moreover, he has an interest in radiosurgery and complex spinal surgery.
Dr. Day is a graduate of the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle. He performed his residency training in Neurological Surgery at the University of Southern California. Dr. Day has also completed a fellowship in skull base surgery and anatomy at the University of Vienna’s Neurosurgical Department, under the tutelage of Professor Wolfgang T. Koos.
The research efforts of the Digicaylioglu Lab are directed towards identifying neuroprotective and neurodegenerative cellular signaling in neurons and glial cells in neurological diseases. Our goal is to identify mechanisms and key signaling events, using a translational approach, utilizing established or known drugs and treatments for possible additional indication.
Dr. Epstein is currently a long-standing member of the American College of Surgeons, the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, the American Medical Association and AOA. His many honors and awards include the Radiology Annual Award from Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, James E. Tower Award, the Glover C. Arnold Award and the Solomon Shapiro Award from the New York University School of Medicine.
Dr. Floyd, Assistant Professor for the Department of Neurosurgery, began his medical career in high school after obtaining early acceptance to The University of Alabama School of Medicine at the age of eighteen. Prior to matriculating, Dr. Floyd did finish his undergraduate degree (summa cum laude), studied public health policy and clinical trial design at the University of Adelaide, South Australia on a Rotary International Scholarship.
Dr. Koebbe, an active duty major in the U.S. Air Force, is the only dual-trained vascular neurosurgeon in San Antonio. He provides comprehensive evaluation and treatment of vascular disorders of the nervous system via endovascular and/or opn surgical techniques. Raised an Air Force “brat” from coast to coast, Dr. Koebbe completed his pre-medicine studies graduating magna cum laude as a member of the Jesuit honor society Alpha Sigma Nu from Xavier University in Cincinnati, OH.
Dr. Augusto Parra is faculty at the Department of Neurosurgery and Director of the Neuroscience ICU at UTHSCSA. Prior to his academic appointment at UTHSCSA, Dr. Parra held several academic appointments in the Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery at the Medical College of Pennsylvania, and Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons were he holds an adjunct academic position in the Department of Neurology.
Giacomo G. Vecil, M.D., serves as Assistant Professor for the Department of Neurosurgery at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Dr. Vecil’s research focuses on neurosurgical oncology. Among his special interests is the surgical management of primary and secondary tumors of the brain and spine, alternative treatments for brain tumors (i.e., gene therapy) and the use of intraoperative MRI to improve tumor resection in neurosurgical procedures.
Lee Birnbaum, M.D., M.S., is a board certified neurologist in the Department of Neurosurgery at UTHSCSA. He is also board certified in the subspecialty of vascular neurology. In addition to his clinical training, Dr. Birnbaum completed a two-year endovascular neurosurgery fellowship. Dr. Birnbaum is the only endovascular neurologist in San Antonio. His dual training in neurology and endovascular neurosurgery gives him a unique understanding in the realm of vascular disorders of the nervous system.
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