Donald Matson Lecturer: What Matters (to me) in Clinical Research and Top Pediatric Abstracts

Moderator(s)

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  Hal Meltzer, MD, FAANS

  Chief, Pediatric Neurosurgery
  West Virginia University, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute
  Morgantown, West Virginia, United States
• JW

  Jesse Winer, MD, FAANS

  Pediatric Neurosurgeon
  OHSU
  Portland, OR, US

Dr. John Kestle shares his thoughts on What Matters as a lifetime clinical investigator and thought leader in the neurosurgical field. This session includes presentations of the top peer-reviewed and selected pediatric neurosurgery abstracts.

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM – 1:35 PM CT

  Welcome and Introduction
  

  Moderator: Hal S. Meltzer, MD, FAANS – West Virginia University, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute
• 1:36 PM – 1:41 PM CT

  Donald D. Matson Lecture: Introduction
  

  Speaker: Matthew D. Smyth, MD – Johns Hopkins All Childrens Hospital
• 1:42 PM – 2:12 PM CT

  Donald Matson Lecturer: What Matters (to me) in Clinical Research
  

  Speaker: John R.W. Kestle, MD – University of Utah
• 2:13 PM – 2:18 PM CT

  Best Pediatric Clinical Abstract: Rates of low-lying conus position and symptomatic tethered cord syndrome are not different between pediatric patients with and without Chiari Malformation Type 1
  

  Presenting Author: Katherine G. Holste, MD – University of Michigan

  Co-Author: Hugh Garton, MD – University of Michigan

  Co-Author: Neena I. Marupudi, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Michigan

  Co-Author: Luke G. McVeigh, MD – University of Michigan

  Co-Author: Karin Muraszko, MD – University of Michigan
• 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
  

  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
• 2:25 PM – 2:30 PM CT

  Pediatric Infectious Aneurysms: Individual Patient Pooled Analysis on Presentation, Management and Outcomes
  

  Presenting Author: Andrew Reisner, MD, FACS, FAAP – Emory University

  Co-Author: Ali Alawieh, MD, PhD – Emory University School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Jad Assi, MD – Emory University

  Co-Author: Daniel L. Barrow, MD – Emory University School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Barunashish Brahma, MD – Emory University

  Co-Author: C. Michael Cawley, MD – Emory University

  Co-Author: Katherine E. Chandler – Emory University School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Joshua J. Chern, MD, PhD – Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory University School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Andrew Reisner, MD, FACS, FAAP – Emory University

  Co-Author: Reem El Annan, MD – Emory University

  Co-Author: Tomas Garzon-Muvdi, MD, MSc – Emory University

  Co-Author: Jonathan Grossberg, MD – Emory University School of Medicine, Grady Memorial Hospital

  Co-Author: Brian M. Howard, MD – Emory University School of Medicine

  Co-Author: gustavo Pradilla, MD – Emory University

  Co-Author: Michael S. Sawvell, DO – Emory University

  Co-Author: Youssef M. Zohdy, MD – Emory University School of Medicine
• 2:31 PM – 2:36 PM CT

  Molecular Diagnostic Factors and Prognostic Implications of Over 300 Patients with Pediatric Pilocytic Astrocytoma
  

  Presenting Author: Katherine E. Chandler – Emory University School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Joshua J. Chern, MD, PhD – Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory University School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Julia N. Grigorian – Emory University School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Kimberly Hoang, MD – Emory University School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Arman Jahangiri, MD, PhD – Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory University School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Vivek A. Pisharody, n/a – Emory University School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Youssef M. Zohdy, MD – Emory University School of Medicine
• 2:37 PM – 2:42 PM CT

  Comparing Ventriculoatrial (VA) and Ventriculopleural (Vpl) Shunts in Pediatric Hydrocephalus - Analysis of Failure Patterns and Shunt Survival: A Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network Study
  

  Presenting Author: Vijay M. Ravindra, MD, MSPH – Naval Medical Center San Diego

  Co-Author: Hailey Jensen, MStat – University of Utah

  Co-Author: John R.W. Kestle, MD – University of Utah

  Co-Author: Jay K. Riva-Cambrin, MD, MS – University of Calgary

  Co-Author: William Whitehead, MD – Texas Children's Hospital
• 2:43 PM – 2:48 PM CT

  Intracranial Stimulation for Pediatric Refractory Epilepsy: A Single Institutional Experience using Evolving Therapies
  

  Presenting Author: Megan Bauman, M.S. – Mayo Clinic

  Co-Author: Anshit Goyal, M.D. – Mayo Clinic

  Co-Author: Sanjeet Singh Grewal, MD – Mayo Clinic

  Co-Author: Panagiotis Kerezoudis, M.D. – Mayo Clinic

  Co-Author: Brian Lundstrom, M.D., Ph.D. – Mayo Clinic

  Co-Author: Kai Miller, M.D., Ph.D. – Mayo Clinic

  Co-Author: Jonathon Parker, M.D., Ph.D. – Mayo Clinic

  Co-Author: Rohin Singh, MD – University of Rochester Medical Center

  Co-Author: Keith Starnes, M.D. – Mayo Clinic

  Co-Author: Jamie J. J. Van Gompel, MD – Mayo Clinic
• 2:49 PM – 3:00 PM CT

  Abstract Discussion/Audience Questions
  

  Speaker: Hal S. Meltzer, MD, FAANS – West Virginia University, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute