Last Friday, our AANS Medical Student Chapter held our annual #Neurosurgery Skull Base Lab. Such a great opportunity for our students! A special thank you to Dr. Surdell and our fabulous residents for organizing such a great day! University of Nebraska Medical Center UNMC College of Medicine iEXCEL at UNMC

Thank you to everyone who joined us for Saturday’s DEI Symposium! We're so grateful to our incredible keynote speaker, Dr. Kendrick Johnson, our panelists, and all the presenters who shared their powerful research. Your voices are shaping a more equitable future in #neurosurgery.

CHRI member, David Freestone, MD, recently had his article on constipation in pediatric patients with osteogenesis imperfecta published in Sage Journals. Give it a look. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

Stanford Neurosurgery has received a transformative $29.7M grant from #TheMarcusFoundation to advance #brainmapping research! The goal of the research is to develop a new, durable brain-computer interface (BCI) to restore communication in aphasic stroke. med.stanford.edu/neurosurgery/n…

Today we’re celebrating the people who keep UNMC running smoothly — our amazing administrative professionals! Thank you for all that you do to support our UNMC community ❤️

Proud of one our AANS 2025 ASBN Student ambassadors, Felix Toussaint, MD presenting his work to future peers! AANS #AANS2025

Well done ⁦Spencer Lau, MD⁩ for his great presentation of hemispherotomy outcomes in very young patients. ⁦AANS⁩ ⁦AANS/CNS Peds Section⁩ ⁦AANS Neurosurgeon⁩ ⁦CNS⁩ ⁦Jarod Roland⁩ ⁦Peter H Yang⁩ Dr Matthew Smyth

💫 Student Ambassador Spotlight: Sierra Lyles Introducing Sierra Lyles, one of the shining stars of ASBN’s Student Ambassador team at AANS! Her presence this week is a reminder that the future of medicine is powerful, purposeful, and diverse. Sierra Lyles #ASBNOrg #AANS2025

Happy Grand Rounds Friday! Professor of Neurosurgery at Stanford Neurosurgery Melanie Hayden Gephart, MD, MAS, gave updates on the latest treatment and science of Leptomeningeal disease. Fun fact: Dr. Gephart is alumna of UC San Diego School of Medicine

The festivities continue as we gather to celebrate Drs. Frank Mezzacappa and Alan Wang's #neurosurgery residency completion! We are so proud of you both! University of Nebraska Medical Center UNMC College of Medicine Nebraska Medicine

We are excited to announce that earlier this week, University of Nebraska Medical Center was designated as a NASBS Multidisciplinary Team of Distinction (MTD). This is an educational & institutional honor that is granted to those institutions that meet the MTD criteria. Congratulations! 🏆Nebraska Medicine

UNMC welcomed Omaha Mayor John Ewing, Jr., to campus where he explored the Davis Global Center, including iEXCEL’s cutting-edge health care simulation spaces and visualization technology! hubs.li/Q03vs00s0

Patrick Small group gathering to celebrate Dr Opperman for completing his pediatric rotation with us. Wonderful job! Arnett Klugh III, MD, FAANS Children's Nebraska UNMC Department of Neurosurgery

Nearly a decade after his passing, Stanford neurosurgeon Paul Kalanithi's bestselling memoir "When Breath Becomes Air" continues to inspire. His wife Lucy shares how the book, written during his battle with lung cancer, has touched countless lives. med.stanford.edu/news/insights/…

Proud to serve as President of the Midwestern Neurosurgical Society 2025 in #Omaha. With incredible support from Kellie Devney, we hosted 27 talks, a brilliant keynote by Jay Wellons, MD, MSPH, 8 sponsors, and a memorable evening at the Omaha's Zoo. UNMC Department of Neurosurgery Children's Nebraska

Congratulations 👏to Dr. Afshin Salehi on the successful 2025 Midwest #Neurosurgical Society Annual Meeting held on August 16th! The event, hosted by the UNMC Department of Neurosurgery , featured esteemed guest speaker Dr. Jay Wellons and was attended by neurosurgeons from IA, KS, NE and SD!!

Congratulations to our chair, Kari Simonsen, MD, MBA, for being selected for the University of Nebraska's Developing Excellence in Academic Leaders (NU DEAL) program, sponsored by all four universities with support from the Office of the President. University of Nebraska Medical Center unmc.edu/newsroom/2025/…

A big thank you to Dr. Gordon Li for his insightful presentation on “Incidental Brain Findings in MRI” at the California Academy of Family Physicians Santa Clara Chapter dinner on August 28th! 🧠✨ Over 30 physicians joined us for an engaging evening. 🎉

September is brain aneurysm month. Meet Dr. Daniel Surdell, & Mindy, a survivor of a subarachnoid hemorrhage. Together they remind us of the power of expert care, resilience, & hope. 💙🧠 Watch here👉 youtu.be/MG-GoTkPIXQ?si… University of Nebraska Medical Center Nebraska Medicine #BrainHealth #Neurosurgery

We proudly congratulate Dr. Shawn Hervey-Jumper, MD, on being named the new President-Elect of the Society for Neuro-Oncology (SNO). In this historic achievement, Dr. Hervey-Jumper becomes the first African American to hold this leadership role. His work, along with his peers