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The Neurosurgical Society of the Virginias

The Neurosurgical Society of the VirginiasThe Neurosurgical Society of the VirginiasThe Neurosurgical Society of the Virginias

Established in 1966

Established in 1966Established in 1966

Resident Awards

Resident Awards

Each year, the Neurosurgical Society of the Virginias selects the best clinical science and basic science presentations by the residents at the annual meeting.  The Jane-Nugent award, in honor of Dr. John Jane and Dr. Robert Nugent, is given to the best basic science presentation.  The Crutchfield- Gage-Thomson award, in honor of Dr. Gale Crutchfield, Dr. Lyle Gage, and Dr. James Thomson, is given to the best clinical science presentation.  A second and third place award is selected for each category as well.  


PAST WINNERS


2021

JANE-NUGENT AWARD:

  • First Place: Panos Mastorakos, MD (NIH).  Immunology of Cerebrovascular Injury:  Drivers of Damage and Repair


  • Second Place: Jamie Toms, MD (VCU).  Nucleus Basalis of Meynert Stimulation Promotes Neurogenesis and Improves Cognitive Function in Demented Rats


  • Third Place:  Jesse Stokum (U. Maryland).  More than 1/5th of the Astrocyte Proteome is dedicated to the Perivascular Endfoot, Including Critical Components of the Electron Transport Chain


CRUTCHFIELD-GAGE-THOMSON AWARD:

  • First Place: Jonathan Pomeraniec, MD (NIH).  Machine Learning and Parkinson Disease:  All tremor is Not Created Equal


  • Second Place: Jason Boulter, MD (Walter Reed).  Traumatic Intracranial Hemorrhage Expansion After Venous Thromboembolism Chemoprophylaxis   


  • Third Place: Charles Opalak, MD (VCU).  Development and Validation of the Richmond Acute Subdural Hematoma (RASH) Score  



2020

JANE-NUGENT AWARD:

  • First Place: Islam Fayed (Georgetown). Mutant IDH-induced LDH-A Expression in Peritumoral Cortex as a Mechanism for Tumor Related Epilepsy


  • Second Place: Michael Benko (Virginia Tech).  Repetitive Diffuse Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Causes an Atypical Astrocyte Response and Spontaneous Recurrent Seizures


  • Third Place: Shayan Moosa (UVA).  Whole-Brain Visualization of Active Neuronal Populations in a Rodent Model of Neuropathic Pain


CRUTCHFIELD-GAGE-THOMSON AWARD:

  • First Place: Gnel Pivaxyan (Georgetown).  The Utility of Prolonged Prophylactic Systemic Antibiotics (PPSA) for Subfascial Drains After Posterior Spinal Surgery for Degenerative Disease


  • Second Place: Miriam Ishaque (UVA).  Pediatric Anoxic Brain Injury - A Possible Locked-in Syndrome


  • Third Place: Elizabeth Hogan (GW).  Cavernous Sinus Exploration in Cushing's Disease: Indications and Outcomes


2019

JANE-NUGENT AWARD:

  • First Place:  Daniel Raper, MD (UVA)    Modeling Venous and Lymphatic Pathology in Neurological Disease


  • Second Place:  Dominic Maggio, MD (NIH)   Combination of Protein Phosphatase 2A Inhibition and PD-1 Blockade Syngeristically Induces Regression of Murine Intracranial Glioblastoma


  • Third Place:  Panagiotis Mastorakos, MD (NIH)   Microglia and Peripheral Myelomonocytic Cells Contribute to Divergent Outcomes Following Cerebrovascular Injury


CRUTCHFIELD-GAGE-THOMSON AWARD:

  • First Place:  Peter Christiansen, MD (UVA)   A Mini-Open Lateral Retropleural Approach for Thoracic and Thoracolumbar Junction Pathology


  • Second Place:  Charles Miller, MD (Walter Reed)   Return to Active Duty Rates After Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery in Military Pilots


  • Third Place:  Jamie Toms, MD (VCU)   A Comparative Study of Fiducial and Fiducial-less Based Registration Utilizing the O-arm


2018  

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CRUTCHFIELD-GAGE-THOMSON AWARD:

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