There are mentors. There are friends. Some are both. Great catching up Michael McDermott. UCSF Neurosurgery Baptist Health.

A full day powerhouse of #meningioma talks ⁦Sahm Lab⁩ DrEvaGalanis DrKateDrummond ⁦Erik Sulman⁩ ⁦International Consortium on Meningiomas (ICOM)⁩ ⁦Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation⁩ #cnsf2024 ⁦University of Toronto Neurosurgery⁩

Welcome to the #2024CNSF Congress!

The CNSF, along with UofT NSX 100 Years has an excellent program planned. cnsf.org/congress/

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Started off strong
great talks by ⁦International Consortium on Meningiomas (ICOM)⁩
⁦Tobias Walbert MD⁩ ⁦Dr. Michael D. Cusimano⁩ ⁦Alex Landry⁩ ⁦Dr. Michael D. Cusimano⁩ ⁦Akash Patel⁩ ⁦RaleighLab⁩ ⁦Sahm Lab⁩ ⁦Justin Z. Wang⁩ ⁦⁦Farshad Nassiri⁩
⁦⁦Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation⁩

I’ve got Sahm Lab and Akash Patel. Where you at, Stephen Magill MD, PhD and Wenya Linda Bi? #meningioma

Two great new reviews on #metastasis - emphasizing the importance of epigenetic #plasticity & the tumor #microenvironment

Lambert, Zhang & Weinberg
nature.com/articles/s4155…

Karras, Black, McGranahan & Marine
nature.com/articles/s4158…

Nature Cell Biology @Nature MarineLab

A neural #epigenetic signature detectable via plasma analyses is prognostic in patients with #glioblastoma ( #GBM ) resembling an oligodendrocyte-precursor and neuronal-precursor cell-like state and showing increased neuro-to-glioma synapse formation. #NPC
nature.com/articles/s4159…

Eight years after the 1st International Consortium on Meningiomas (ICOM) #scientific meeting, the meeting returns to T O R O N T O 🍁
outstanding line up of #world class speakers, #science #research #clinicalcare
If you want to learn more about #MENINGIOMA Register 👇uoftnsx100years.ca/courses/icom

NEW content online! A guide to artificial intelligence for cancer researchers dlvr.it/T723G9

A deep learning model is used to classify central nervous system tumors based on their DNA methylation profile directly from histopathology and showed high accuracy in a large set of external validation cohorts, potentially informing downstream treatment.
nature.com/articles/s4159…

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100 Years of #Neurosurgery
Tote bag & content fashioned by fine team University of Toronto Neurosurgery
Patrick Steadman Christopher Tarzi Zaid Salaheen andreakasssay

It arrived - merch for 100th Anniversary Neurosurgery ⁦University of Toronto Neurosurgery⁩
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More female surgeons in the operating room could improve patient outcomes: BJS study. Female doctor focus for better care, not just equity and justice.
cbc.ca/news/health/wo… via @cbcnews #WomenInMedicine

A century of Neurosurgery University of Toronto Neurosurgery @UofT
We have advanced beyond anyones prediction ... the future is unpredictable with excitement of all the potential ... who in the picture below could have imagined what we do today in #Neurosurgery

Last chance to register for the #PediatricNeurosurgery event as part of our UofT #Neurosurgery 100th anniversary, moderated by Peter Dirks and Dr. Jennifer L. Quon!

bit.ly/3UbMNoS

Just one week until we begin the #courses , #scientific celebrations, and #social events to celebrate the #100th anniversary of University of Toronto #Neurosurgery !

Don’t miss out - there’s still time to register: bit.ly/3PihHdP

Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation International Consortium on Meningiomas (ICOM) gelareh-zadeh

Next Wednesday we will be hosting the #Spine and #PeripheralNerve Special Topics Course, featuring Jetan H. Badhiwala, Christopher Witiw, Eric Massicotte, Roger Smith, suganth suppiah, Michael G. Fehlings, and Howard Ginsberg!

There’s still time to register:
bit.ly/3UDAJwR

Happy #mothersday2024
to All #Neurosurgery #Mothers
Leave a heart ❤️ & retweet to support the next generation of #hardworking #Neurosurgery Moms
making #motherhood & #Neurosurgery #Real #possible

WINS Neurosurgery AANS AANS Diversity Committee University of Toronto Neurosurgery Temerty Medicine @UofT

Born #Today in 1977, Maryam Mirzakhani was the first female mathematician ever to be awarded the Fields Medal for her outstanding contributions to the dynamics and geometry of Riemann surfaces and their moduli spaces. Sadly, she prematurely died at age 40