All sessions are at The St. Paul Hotel
Friday, September 18, 2015
MNNS Opening Reception and Poster Session
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
James J. Hill South Room
Saturday, September 19, 2015
Breakfast
8:00 am – 9:00 am
Summit Room
Welcome
Matthew Hunt, MD
9:00 am – 9:10 am
Scientific Session I: Functional / Spine
9:10 am –10:30 am
Moderator: Ann Parr, MD, University of Minnesota, Neurosurgery
9:10 – 9:30 am Paola Testini, MD – “Thalamic Deep Brain Stimulation for Tourette Syndrome: Clinical Outcomes and Neural Network Modulation”
9:30 – 9:50 am Christopher Graffeo, MD – “Type II Odontoid Process Fracture in Octogenarians: Surgical Versus Nonoperative Management”
9:50 – 10:10 am Patrick Maloney, MD – “Radiographic Analysis of Postoperative Delayed Cervical Palsies”
10:10 – 10:30 am David Darrow, MD – “Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Trigeminal Neuralgia: Meta-analysis”
Break
10:30 am – 10:50 am
Scientific Session II: Peripheral Nerve
10:50 am – 11:50 am
Moderator: Matthew Hunt, MD, University of Minnesota, Neurosurgery
10:50 – 11:10 am Stepan Capek, MD – “Tumefactive Appearance of Peripheral Nerve Involvement in Hematologic Malignancies: A New Imaging Association”
11:10 – 11:30 am Nikhil Prasad – “The Sub-paraneurial Compartment: A New Concept in the Anatomic Classification of Peripheral Nerve Lesions”
11:30 – 11:50 am Robert Spinner, MD – “Recurrent Intraneural Ganglion Cysts: Pathoanatomic Patterns and Treatment Implications”
Lunch
11:50 am – 1:00 pm
James J. Hill South Room
Distinguished Lecturer
Stephen J. Haines, MD
“The Making of a Neurosurgeon”
1:00 pm – 1:45 pm
Summit Room
Scientific Session III: Tumor
1:45 pm – 3:05 pm
Moderator: Michelle Clarke, MD, Mayo Clinic, Neurosurgery
1:45 – 2:05 pm Catherine Miller, MD – “MAPK Pathway Inhibitor Therapy for Progressive Pediatric Astrocytomas”
2:05 – 2:25 pm Joshua Hughes, MD – “Magnetic Resopnance Elastography and Slip Interface Imaging of Meningiomas, Pituitary Adenomas, and Vestibular Schwannomas”
2:25 – 2:45 pm Paramita Das – “An Oncogene in Medulloblastoma”
2:45 – 3:05 pm Lydia Wheeler – “Clinicopathologic Features of MEN1 Neoplasms”
Break
3:05 pm – 3:25 pm
Scientific Session IV: General
3:25 pm – 4:25 pm
Moderator: Anthony Bottini, MD, Park Nicollet Clinic
3:25 – 3:45 pm Ramachandra Tummala, MD – “Teaching Brain Surgery – Observations of a Young Neurosurgeon”
3:45 – 4:05 pm Avital Perry, MD – “Clinical Correlation of Magnetic Resonance Elastography in Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus”
4:05 – 4:25 pm Anthony Burrows, MD – “Outcomes from Staphylococcus Aureus Colonization Screening and in Patients Undergoing Elective Neurologic Surgery“
Outgoing President Remarks
4:25 pm
Matthew Hunt, MD
Evening Reception, Dinner and Piepgras Awards
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Pazzaluna Restaurant
360 St. Peter St., St. Paul
Sunday, September 20, 2015
MNNS Business Meeting
9:00 am – 10:30 am
Hotel Restaurant
Minnesota Twins Game
1:00 pm
Target Field, Downtown Minneapolis
Minnesota Neurosurgical Society 
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