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  • Friday, May 3rd
    12:55 PM – 12:59 PM CT
    Socioeconomic Effect on Outcomes in Pediatric Gunshot Wounds to the Head: A National Trauma Data Bank Analysis of Payment Method
    Location:  S401ab
    Presenting Author: Courtney Deaver, BS – University of Arizona College of Medicine, Neurosurgery Department, Phoenix AZ
    Co-Author: Robert W. Bina, MD – University of Arizona College of Medicine, Neurosurgery Department, Phoenix AZ
    Co-Author: W. Ethan Coleman, BS – Barrow Neurological Institute
    Co-Author: Sofia Fabrega, B.S. – The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix
    Co-Author: Peter Nakaji, MD – University of Arizona College of Medicine, Neurosurgery Department, Phoenix AZ
    Co-Author: Annie Pico, BA – University of Arizona College of Medicine, Neurosurgery Department, Phoenix AZ
    Co-Author: Daniel Pietz, MS – University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix, Department of Neurosurgery
    Co-Author: Kevin Zhao, MD – University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, Banner University Medical Center
    Pediatrics
  • Friday, May 3rd
    1:00 PM – 1:04 PM CT
    Safety and Technical Yield of Brainstem Biopsies in Children – An Updated Meta-Analysis of 1000 cases
    Location:  S401ab
    Presenting Author: Shehryar Sheikh, MD MPH (he/him/his) – Cleveland Clinic
    Co-Author: Violette Recinos, MD – Cleveland Clinic
    Pediatrics
  • Friday, May 3rd
    1:05 PM – 1:09 PM CT
    Comparison of postoperative outcomes following endoscopic third ventriculostomy or shunt in a propensity-score matched pediatric cohort
    Location:  S401ab
    Presenting Author: Paulo Castro – Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
    Co-Author: Loren Berman, MD – Nemours Children's Health
    Co-Author: Joseph Piatt, MD, MAS, FAAP – Nemours Children's Health
    Pediatrics
  • Friday, May 3rd
    1:10 PM – 1:14 PM CT
    Associated Risk Factors for Extended Length of Stay following Cranial Vault Remodeling for Craniosynostosis: Analysis of the 2012 to 2021 NSQIP-Pediatric Database
    Location:  S401ab
    Presenting Author: Aladine A. Elsamadicy, MD – Yale School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Michael Alperovich, M.D. – Yale School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Michael DiLuna, M.D. – Yale School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Aladine A. Elsamadicy, MD – Yale School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Astrid C. Hengartner, B.S. – Yale School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Alexandre Prassinos, M.D. – Yale School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Sumaiya Sayeed, B.S. – Yale School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Paul Serrato, M.S. – Yale School of Medicine
    Pediatrics
  • Saturday, May 4th
    1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Donald Matson Lecturer: What Matters (to me) in Clinical Research and Top Pediatric Abstracts
    Location:  S401cd
    Moderator: Hal S. Meltzer, MD, FAANS – West Virginia University, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute
    Moderator: Jesse Winer, MD, FAANS – OHSU
    Pediatrics
  • Saturday, May 4th
    1:30 PM – 1:35 PM CT
    Welcome and Introduction
    Location:  S401cd
    Moderator: Hal S. Meltzer, MD, FAANS – West Virginia University, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute
    Pediatrics
  • Saturday, May 4th
    1:36 PM – 1:41 PM CT
    Donald D. Matson Lecture: Introduction
    Location:  S401cd
    Speaker: Matthew D. Smyth, MD – Johns Hopkins All Childrens Hospital
    Pediatrics
  • Saturday, May 4th
    1:42 PM – 2:12 PM CT
    Donald Matson Lecturer: What Matters (to me) in Clinical Research
    Location:  S401cd
    Speaker: John R.W. Kestle, MD – University of Utah
    Pediatrics
  • Saturday, May 4th
    2:19 PM – 2:24 PM CT
    Best Pediatric Basic Science Abstract: Single Cell Transcriptomic Atlas of CSF-interacting Cells in the Developmental Brain Reveals Active Crosstalk Among Distinct Cell Populations
    Location:  S401cd
    Presenting Author: Emre Kiziltug – Yale School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Kristopher Kahle, MD, PhD – Massachusetts General Hospital
    Co-Author: Shelei Pan, N/a – WUSTL
    Co-Author: Jennifer M. Strahle, MD (she/her/hers) – Washington University in St. Louis
    Co-Author: Peter H. Yang, MD – WUSTL
    Pediatrics
  • Saturday, May 4th
    2:49 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Abstract Discussion/Audience Questions
    Location:  S401cd
    Speaker: Hal S. Meltzer, MD, FAANS – West Virginia University, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute
    Pediatrics
  • Saturday, May 4th
    3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Focused Ultrasound: Experience and Opportunities
    Location:  S401cd
    Moderator: P. David Adelson, MD, FAAP, FACS, FAANS – Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute at WVU Medicine
    Pediatrics
  • Saturday, May 4th
    3:30 PM – 3:35 PM CT
    Welcome and Introduction
    Location:  S401cd
    Speaker: P. David Adelson, MD, FAAP, FACS, FAANS – Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute at WVU Medicine
    Pediatrics
  • Saturday, May 4th
    3:36 PM – 3:56 PM CT
    Childen's National Hospital Experience
    Location:  S401cd
    Speaker: Robert Keating, MD, FAANS – Children's National Medical Center
    Pediatrics
  • Saturday, May 4th
    3:57 PM – 4:17 PM CT
    Nicklaus Children's Hospital Experience
    Location:  S401cd
    Speaker: John Ragheb, MD, FAANS, FACS – Nicklaus Children's Hospital
    Pediatrics
  • Saturday, May 4th
    4:18 PM – 4:38 PM CT
    Focused Ultrasound: Current and Emerging Indications
    Location:  S401cd
    Speaker: Manish Ranjan, MD – WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute
    Pediatrics
  • Saturday, May 4th
    4:39 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Questions and Open Table Discussion
    Location:  S401cd
    Speaker: P. David Adelson, MD, FAAP, FACS, FAANS – Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute at WVU Medicine
    Pediatrics
  • Sunday, May 5th
    3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Pediatric Rapid Fire Abstract Session
    Location:  S405b
    Moderator: Caitlin E. Hoffman, MD – Weill Cornell Medicine, New York Presbyterian
    Moderator: Sze Chun Winson Ho, MD – UCSF
    Pediatrics
  • Sunday, May 5th
    3:30 PM – 3:31 PM CT
    Introduction
    Location:  S405b
    Moderator: Caitlin E. Hoffman, MD – Weill Cornell Medicine, New York Presbyterian
    Pediatrics
  • Sunday, May 5th
    3:31 PM – 3:33 PM CT
    Primary Pediatric Brain Tumors in the African Continent: A Systematic Literature Review and Proposed Solutions for Resource-Limited Environments
    Location:  S405b
    Presenting Author: Sukul Mittal, BS (she/her/hers) – UT Southwestern Medical Center
    Co-Author: Umaru Barrie, PhD – UT Southwestern Medical Center
    Co-Author: Ali Ebada, BS – UT Southwestern Medical Center
    Co-Author: Michael Farid, BSE (he/him/his) – Weill Cornell Medicine
    Co-Author: Ammar Haider, MBBS – CMH LMC, Lahore, Pakistan
    Co-Author: Abigail Jenkins, BA – UT Southwestern Medical Center
    Co-Author: Ishav Shukla, B.S. – UT Southwestern
    Co-Author: Teddy T. Totimeh, MD – University of Ghana Medical Centre
    Pediatrics
  • Sunday, May 5th
    3:33 PM – 3:35 PM CT
    Prognostic Utility of Age Stratification and Radiotherapy Dosage in Pediatric Diffuse Midline Gliomas, H3 K27-altered
    Location:  S405b
    Presenting Author: Yufan Yang (he/him/his) – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
    Co-Author: Daniel Brat, MD, PhD – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Michael DeCuypere, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago
    Co-Author: Sachin Govind, BS (he/him/his) – Feinberg School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Roger Stupp, MD – Northwestern Medicine Malnati Brain Tumor Institute of the Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
    Co-Author: Nitin Wadhwani, MD – Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago
    Pediatrics
  • Sunday, May 5th
    3:35 PM – 3:37 PM CT
    Louise Eisenhardt Resident Travel Scholarship Award: Regional and Socioeconomic Factors Impacting Pediatric Victims of Cranial Gunshot Wounds: Analysis of the Kids’ Inpatient Database (KID)
    Location:  S405b
    Presenting Author: Elise Yoon, DO – Michigan State University
    Co-Author: Leopold Arko, MD – Wayne State University
    Co-Author: Yasmeen Berry, BS – Wayne State University
    Co-Author: Matthew T. Brennan, BS (he/him/his) – Wayne State University
    Co-Author: Michael Cools, MD – Wayne State University
    Co-Author: Enoch Kim, BS – Wayne State University
    Co-Author: Michael Melhem, BA (he/him/his) – Wayne State University
    Pediatrics
  • Sunday, May 5th
    3:37 PM – 3:39 PM CT
    Financial Toxicity in Pediatric Neurosurgical Oncology
    Location:  S405b
    Presenting Author: Alexandra M. Giantini Larsen, MD – Department of Neurological Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine
    Co-Author: Samantha Brown, MS – Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    Co-Author: Jeffrey P. Greenfield, MD, PhD – Weill Cornell Medicine, New York Presbyterian Hospital
    Co-Author: Caitlin E. Hoffman, MD – Weill Cornell Medicine, New York Presbyterian
    Co-Author: Christopher Newman, MD (he/him/his) – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    Co-Author: Anne Reiner, MPH – Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center,
    Co-Author: Mark Souweidane, MD – Weill Cornell Medicine, New York Presbyterian Hospital
    Pediatrics
  • Sunday, May 5th
    3:39 PM – 3:41 PM CT
    Predictors of Return-to-Learn Duration After Sport-Related Concussion in Adolescent Athletes
    Location:  S405b
    Presenting Author: John E. Dugan, BA – University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine
    Co-Author: Paul D. Berkner, DO – University of New England
    Co-Author: Grant L. Iverson, PhD – Harvard Medical School
    Co-Author: Jacob Jo, B.A. – Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Grant H. Rigney, MSc – Harvard Medical School
    Co-Author: Douglas P. Terry, PhD – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Co-Author: Kristen L. Williams, M.S., L.A.T., A.T.C. – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Co-Author: Scott L. Zuckerman, MD, MPH (he/him/his) – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Pediatrics
  • Sunday, May 5th
    3:41 PM – 3:43 PM CT
    Hospital Teaching Status Influence on Pediatric Gunshot Wounds to the Head Outcomes: A National Trauma Data Bank Study
    Location:  S405b
    Presenting Author: Courtney Deaver, BS – University of Arizona College of Medicine, Neurosurgery Department, Phoenix AZ
    Presenting Author: Annie Pico, BA – University of Arizona College of Medicine, Neurosurgery Department, Phoenix AZ
    Co-Author: Robert W. Bina, MD – University of Arizona College of Medicine, Neurosurgery Department, Phoenix AZ
    Co-Author: Sofia Fabrega, B.S. – The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix
    Co-Author: Peter Nakaji, MD – University of Arizona College of Medicine, Neurosurgery Department, Phoenix AZ
    Co-Author: Daniel Pietz, MS – University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix, Department of Neurosurgery
    Co-Author: Kevin Zhao, MD – University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, Banner University Medical Center
    Pediatrics
  • Sunday, May 5th
    3:43 PM – 3:45 PM CT
    Intra-Arterial Chemotherapy for Newly Diagnosed Residual or Recurrent Atypical Choroid Plexus Papilloma and Choroid Plexus Carcinoma Prior to Second-Look Surgery
    Location:  S405b
    Presenting Author: Alexandra M. Giantini Larsen, MD – Department of Neurological Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine
    Co-Author: Andrew Garton, MD – Weill Cornell Medical Center
    Co-Author: Pierre Gobin, MD – New York Presbyterian Hospital
    Co-Author: Jared Knopman, MD – Weill Cornell Medical Center
    Co-Author: David Pisapia, MD – Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital
    Co-Author: Rashi Rangaraj, n/a – Weill Cornell Medical Center
    Co-Author: Colleen Sanders, NP – Weill Cornell Medical Center
    Co-Author: Mark Souweidane, MD – Weill Cornell Medicine, New York Presbyterian Hospital
    Co-Author: Apostolos John Tsiouris, MD – Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital
    Pediatrics
  • Sunday, May 5th
    3:45 PM – 3:47 PM CT
    The Impact of Social Factors on Outcomes Following Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Surgery in the United States: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
    Location:  S405b
    Presenting Author: Neerav Kumar, AB (he/him/his) – Weill Cornell Medical College
    Co-Author: Izzet Akosman, BS – Weill Cornell Medical College
    Co-Author: Caitlin E. Hoffman, MD – Weill Cornell Medicine, New York Presbyterian
    Co-Author: Ibrahim Hussain, MD – Department of Neurological Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College
    Co-Author: Abhinav Kumar, n/a – Stanford University
    Co-Author: Cooper Lathrop, BS – Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
    Co-Author: Jeffrey Shi, BS – Weill Cornell Medical College
    Co-Author: Graham Winston, MD – Department of Neurological Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine
    Co-Author: Grace Xu, BSE – Princeton University
    Pediatrics
  • Sunday, May 5th
    3:47 PM – 3:49 PM CT
    Disparities in Indications and Outcomes Reporting for Pediatric Tethered Cord Surgery: The Need for a Standardized Outcome Assessment Tool
    Location:  S405b
    Presenting Author: Vijay M. Ravindra, MD, MSPH – Naval Medical Center San Diego
    Co-Author: Matt Findlay, n/a – University of Utah
    Co-Author: Douglas Brockmeyer, MD (he/him/his) – University of Utah
    Co-Author: David Gonda, MD – Rady Children's Hospital
    Co-Author: Rajiv R. Iyer, MD – University of Utah
    Co-Author: Michael P. Kelly, MD – Rady Children's Hospital
    Co-Author: John R.W. Kestle, MD – University of Utah
    Co-Author: Sam Tenhoeve, BA – University of Utah
    Co-Author: Skyler Terry – University of Utah
    Pediatrics
  • Sunday, May 5th
    3:49 PM – 3:51 PM CT
    Differences in clinical characteristics of older (> 9 years old) versus younger (< 9 years old) pediatric patients undergoing decompression for Chiari I Malformation
    Location:  S405b
    Presenting Author: Huy Q. Dang, AB (he/him/his) – Baylor College of Medicine
    Co-Author: Prazwal Athukuri, BS – Baylor College of Medicine
    Co-Author: David F. Bauer, MD, MPH – Texas Children's Hospital
    Co-Author: Collin English, BS – Baylor College of Medicine
    Co-Author: Alex Flores, MD – Baylor College of Medicine Neurosurgery
    Co-Author: A Basit Khan, MD – Baylor College of Medicine
    Pediatrics
  • Sunday, May 5th
    3:51 PM – 3:53 PM CT
    The Microsurgical Treatment of Brainstem Cavernous Malformations in the Pediatric Population
    Location:  S405b
    Presenting Author: Stefan W. Koester, n/a – Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Joshua Catapano, MD – Department of Neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, 85013, Arizona, USA
    Co-Author: Joelle N. Hartke, MD – Barrow Neurological Institue
    Co-Author: Michael T. Lawton, MD – Department of Neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, 85013, Arizona, USA
    Co-Author: John Mailolo, BS – Barrow Neurological Institue
    Co-Author: Redi Rahmani, MD – Barrow Neurological Institue
    Co-Author: Lea Scherschinski, MD – Barrow Neurological Institue
    Pediatrics
  • Sunday, May 5th
    3:53 PM – 3:55 PM CT
    Do patients with Chiari I Malformation and craniocervical instability present differently and have different outcomes? A comparison study
    Location:  S405b
    Presenting Author: Prazwal Athukuri, BS – Baylor College of Medicine
    Co-Author: David F. Bauer, MD, MPH – Texas Children's Hospital
    Co-Author: Huy Q. Dang, AB (he/him/his) – Baylor College of Medicine
    Co-Author: Collin English, BS – Baylor College of Medicine
    Co-Author: Alex Flores, MD – Baylor College of Medicine Neurosurgery
    Co-Author: A Basit Khan, MD – Baylor College of Medicine
    Pediatrics
  • Sunday, May 5th
    3:59 PM – 4:09 PM CT
    Discussion
    Location:  S405b
    Moderator: Sze Chun Winson Ho, MD – UCSF
    Pediatrics
  • Sunday, May 5th
    4:09 PM – 4:13 PM CT
    Lumbar Vertebral Body Tethering: Outcomes and Reoperations in a Consecutive Series of 106 patients
    Location:  S405b
    Presenting Author: Alan Stein, MD – Shriners Hospital for Children
    Co-Author: Steven Hwang, MD – Shriners Children’s-Philadelphia
    Co-Author: Terrence Ishmael, MD – Shriners Hospital for Children
    Co-Author: Zan Naseer, MD – Shriners Hospital for Children
    Co-Author: Emily Nice, BS – Shriners Hospital for Children
    Co-Author: Joshua Pahys, MD – Shrin
    Co-Author: Amer Samdani, MD – Shriners Hospital for Children
    Co-Author: Alexander J. Schupper, MD – Mount Sinai Health System
    Pediatrics
  • Sunday, May 5th
    4:13 PM – 4:17 PM CT
    Astrocyte priming promotes enhanced cortical synchrony and increased network bursting in response to perinatal cytokine exposure
    Location:  S405b
    Presenting Author: Marc Carmichael, PhD (he/him/his) – Stanford University School of Medicine
    Submitter: Marc Carmichael, PhD (he/him/his) – Stanford University School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Theo Palmer, PhD – Stanford University School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Jacob Umans, n/a – Stanford University School of Medicine
    Pediatrics
  • Sunday, May 5th
    4:17 PM – 4:19 PM CT
    Blood Conservation Strategies and Surgical Techniques in Pediatric Neurosurgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
    Location:  S405b
    Presenting Author: Sanjay V. Neerukonda, BS (he/him/his) – McGovern Medical School
    Co-Author: Soummitra Anand, BSA (she/her/hers) – UT Southwestern Medical Center
    Co-Author: Salah G. Aoun, MD – UT Southwestern Medical Center
    Co-Author: Faraaz A. Azam, BS (he/him/his) – UT Southwestern Medical Center
    Co-Author: Momodou G. Bah, MPH – Michigan State University School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Umaru Barrie, PhD – UT Southwestern Medical Center
    Co-Author: Bruno Braga, MD – UT Southwestern Medical Center
    Co-Author: Michael Farid, BSE (he/him/his) – Weill Cornell Medicine
    Co-Author: Sukul Mittal, BS (she/her/hers) – UT Southwestern Medical Center
    Pediatrics
  • Sunday, May 5th
    4:19 PM – 4:21 PM CT
    CMV Infection degree in Medulloblastoma patients: a novel predictor of survival. A single-center study in Germany.
    Location:  S405b
    Presenting Author: Maria F. De la Cerda Vargas, MD (she/her/hers) – Section of Pediatric Neurosurgery. Department of Neurosurgery and Neurotechnology
    Co-Author: Jens Schittenhelm, n/a – Institute of Pathology and Neuropathology.
    Co-Author: Martin U. Schuhmann, n/a – Department of Neurosurgery and Neurotechnology, Universitätsklinik Tübingen
    Co-Author: Marcos S. Tatagiba, n/a – Department of Neurosurgery and Neurotechnology. Universitätsklinik Tübingen.
    Pediatrics
  • Sunday, May 5th
    4:21 PM – 4:23 PM CT
    Dexamethasone Use in Pediatric Neurosurgical Trauma: A Systematic Review of the Current Literature
    Location:  S405b
    Presenting Author: Ezi Kalunta-Crumpton, B.S, M.D Candidate (she/her/hers) – UT Southwestern Medical Center
    Co-Author: Umaru Barrie, PhD – UT Southwestern Medical Center
    Co-Author: Bruno Braga, MD – UT Southwestern Medical Center
    Co-Author: Sanjay V. Neerukonda, BS (he/him/his) – McGovern Medical School
    Co-Author: Parker Smith, BS – UT Southwestern
    Co-Author: Pooja Venkatesh, BS (she/her/hers) – UT Southwestern Medical Center
    Pediatrics
  • Sunday, May 5th
    4:23 PM – 4:25 PM CT
    Management of Thoracic Outlet Syndrome in Children
    Location:  S405b
    Presenting Author: P. David Adelson, MD, FAAP, FACS, FAANS – Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute at WVU Medicine
    Co-Author: Jorge Arango, MD – Phoenix Children's Hospital
    Co-Author: Alexandra Bonnell, BA – Tulane University
    Pediatrics
  • Sunday, May 5th
    4:25 PM – 4:27 PM CT
    Machine Learning for Enhanced Prognostication: Predicting 30-Day Outcomes Following Posterior Fossa Decompression Surgery in a Pediatric Cohort with Chiari Malformations
    Location:  S405b
    Presenting Author: Victor El-Hajj, BS – Karolinska Institutet
    Co-Author: Edward Ahn, MD – Mayo Clinic Rochester
    Co-Author: Umberto Battistin, MBBS – Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN
    Co-Author: Mohamad Bydon, MD, FAANS – Mayo Clinic
    Co-Author: David J. Daniels, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Mayo Clinic Rochester
    Co-Author: adrian Elmi-Terander, MD – Karolinska
    Co-Author: Abdul Karim Ghaith, MD – Mayo clinic- rochester-mn
    Co-Author: Harry Hoang, MD – Mayo Clinic Rochester
    Pediatrics
  • Sunday, May 5th
    4:27 PM – 4:29 PM CT
    Zero echo-time magnetic resonance imaging (ZTE-MRI) for pediatric spine pathology: a novel radiation free approach
    Location:  S405b
    Presenting Author: Kevin K. Kumar, MD, PhD – Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford
    Co-Author: Arokoruba O. Cheetham-West, BS – Stanford University School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Mark Golchehreh, n/a – Division of Pediatric Radiology, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford
    Co-Author: Kelly Mahaney, MD – Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford
    Co-Author: Cormac O. Maher, MD – Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford
    Co-Author: Laura M. Prolo, MD, PhD – Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford
    Co-Author: Elizabeth Tong, MD – Stanford University
    Co-Author: Kristen Yeom, MD – Department of Radiology, Phoenix Children’s Hospital
    Pediatrics
  • Sunday, May 5th
    4:29 PM – 4:31 PM CT
    Outcomes of Stereoelectroencephalography following Failed Epilepsy Surgery in Children
    Location:  S405b
    Presenting Author: Georgia Wong, MS – Georgetown University School of Medicine
    Pediatrics
  • Sunday, May 5th
    4:31 PM – 4:33 PM CT
    Identifying Leptomeningeal Dissemination in Patients with Medulloblastomas: Cerebrospinal Fluid Cytology Compared to Magnetic Resonance Imaging
    Location:  S405b
    Presenting Author: Zain Peeran, BS – UCSF
    Co-Author: Alexander A. Aabedi, MD – Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco
    Co-Author: Manish Aghi, MD, PhD – UCSF
    Co-Author: Edward Fisher, n/a – UCSF
    Co-Author: Nalin Gupta, MD, PhD – UCSF
    Co-Author: Harmon Khela, BS – UPenn
    Co-Author: Cassie Kline, MD, MAS – UPenn
    Co-Author: Ryan Phelps, MD – UCSF
    Co-Author: Alyssa Reddy, MD – UCSF
    Co-Author: Jennifer Rios, BS – UCSF
    Pediatrics
  • Sunday, May 5th
    4:33 PM – 4:35 PM CT
    Environmental Factors of Pediatric Brain Tumor Rates: Investigating Air Quality and Lead Exposure
    Location:  S405b
    Presenting Author: Syed A. Sarwar, B.A. – Hackensack-Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Department of Neurosurgery
    Co-Author: Julia Botvinov, n/a – Hackensack-Meridian School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Nicholas D. Cassimatis, n/a – Hackensack-Meridian School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Jasdeep Hundal, PsyD – Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Department of Neuropsychology
    Co-Author: Shreyes Manivel, n/a – Hackensack-Meridian School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Geoffrey R. O'Malley, Jr. – Hackensack-Meridian School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Nitesh V. Patel, MD – Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Department of Neurosurgery
    Co-Author: Rohit P. Prem Kumar (he/him/his) – Hackensack-Meridian School of Medicine
    Pediatrics
  • Sunday, May 5th
    4:37 PM – 4:39 PM CT
    A case series of intrauterine fetal myelomeningocele correction through mini-hysterotomy - Outcomes of the modified approach
    Location:  S405b
    Presenting Author: Fernando C. Gomes (he/him/his) – Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
    Co-Author: Bruno S. Costa, MD, PhD – Neurosurgery Department, Santa Casa BH, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
    Co-Author: Franklin B. F. de Lima, MD – Neurosurgery Department, Santa Casa BH, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
    Co-Author: Fábio B. de Mesquita, MD, PhD – Fetal Medicine Department, Fetali Medicina Fetal e Ultrassonografia Center, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
    Co-Author: Marcos Dellaretti, MD, PhD – Neurosurgery Department, Santa Casa BH, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
    Co-Author: Marianna A. Pedroso, MD – Fetal Medicine Department, Fetali Medicina Fetal e Ultrassonografia Center, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
    Pediatrics
  • Sunday, May 5th
    4:39 PM – 4:41 PM CT
    A Comparative Analysis of the Trauma and Injury Severity Score (TRISS) and the Injury Severity Score (ISS) in Predicting High-Value Care Outcomes in Children with Traumatic Brain Injury
    Location:  S405b
    Presenting Author: Foad Kazemi, MD – Johns Hopkins University
    Co-Author: Alan R. Cohen, MD, FACS, FAAP, FAANS (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University
    Pediatrics
  • Sunday, May 5th
    4:41 PM – 4:43 PM CT
    The Association of COVID-19 Pandemic with the Increase of Sinogenic and Otogenic Intracranial Infections in Children: a 10-Year Retrospective Comparative Single-Center Study
    Location:  S405b
    Presenting Author: Mohammed Issa, Sr., 203370 (he/him/his) – Department of Neurosurgery, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
    Co-Author: Ingo Baumann, n/a – Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
    Co-Author: Ahmed El Damaty, n/a – Department of Neurosurgery, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
    Co-Author: Sara Euteneuer, n/a – Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
    Co-Author: Martin Grutza, n/a – Department of Neurosurgery, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
    Co-Author: Vasiliki Kalliri, n/a – Department of Neurosurgery, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
    Co-Author: Arne Krümpelmann, n/a – Department of Pediatrics, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
    Co-Author: Pavlina Lenga, n/a – Department of Neurosurgery, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
    Co-Author: Jan-Oliver Neumann, n/a – Department of Neurosurgery, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
    Co-Author: Moritz Scherer, n/a – Department of Neurosurgery, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
    Co-Author: Angelika Seitz, n/a – Department of Neuroradiology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
    Co-Author: Olaf Sommerburg, n/a – Department of Pediatrics, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
    Co-Author: Steffen Syrbe, n/a – Department of Pediatrics, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
    Co-Author: Andreas W. W. Unterberg, n/a – Department of Neurosurgery, Heidelberg University Hospital
    Co-Author: Jens H. Westhoff, n/a – Department of Pediatrics, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
    Pediatrics
  • Sunday, May 5th
    4:43 PM – 4:45 PM CT
    Hemispherectomy in infants: a safe procedure and argument for earlier surgery in selected cases. A review of 22 patients.
    Location:  S405b
    Presenting Author: Scott H. Boop, MD, MPH – University of Washington Medical Center
    Co-Author: Jason Hauptman, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Seattle Children's Hospital
    Pediatrics
  • Sunday, May 5th
    4:45 PM – 4:47 PM CT
    Cost Effectiveness Analysis of the Use of Machine Learning-based Software for the Diagnosis of Neonatal Cranial Deformities
    Location:  S405b
    Presenting Author: Jimin Shin (he/him/his) – UConn School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Markus Bookland, MD – Connecticut Children's
    Co-Author: David Hersh, MD – Connecticut Children's
    Co-Author: Jonathan Martin, MD – Connecticut Children's
    Co-Author: Petronella Stoltz, DNP – Connecticut Children's
    Pediatrics
  • Sunday, May 5th
    4:49 PM – 4:59 PM CT
    Discussion
    Location:  S405b
    Moderator: Caitlin E. Hoffman, MD – Weill Cornell Medicine, New York Presbyterian
    Moderator: Sze Chun Winson Ho, MD – UCSF
    Pediatrics