It’s Not Brain Surgery - The AANS Practice and Business Management Podcast – Presented by the AANS

Communication Tips:  Healthcare Finance Basics: How to Speak the Language of Administrators featuring guest contributor Cheerag D. Upadhyaya, MD, MBA, MSc, FACS, FAANS.Dr. Cheerag D. Upadhyaya is a Clinical Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.  He also serves as Chief Transformation & Business Strategy Officer for the Department of Neurosurgery.  He has completed research fellowships at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute / National Institutes of Health and as a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar.  He completed his neurosurgical residency at the University of Michigan.  He then completed a fellowship in complex and minimally invasive spine surgery at the University of California, San Francisco.  Most recently he completed his Master's in Business Administration at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  He has been awarded the Scoliosis Research Society Edgar Dawson Traveling Fellowship and AANS/CNS Spine and Peripheral Nerve Outcomes Committee Award.  He is a member of the Scientific Program Committee and Executive Committee for the AANS/CNS Spine and Peripheral Nerve Section.  Dr. Upadhyaya serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine.

Host Paul J. Camarata, MD, FAANS, and JNS Social Media Committee Member, Lior Elkaim, MD welcome neurosurgery leader Andres M. Lozano, MD, PhD, FRCSC to discuss his career journey, his research, and much more.Dr. Lozano was born in Sevilla, Spain and moved with his family to Ottawa at a young age. He obtained his MD degree from the University of Ottawa and his PhD in Neurobiology and neurosurgical training from McGill University. He received postdoctoral training in movement disorders at Queen Square, London, UK and in cell and molecular biology in Toronto. He was appointed to the University of Toronto in 1991, and in 1999 he became the youngest individual to be appointed Full Professor in the Department of Surgery. In 2014 he was appointed to the rank of University Professor, the highest and most prestigious academic rank at the University of Toronto. He is the former Chairman of the Division of Neurosurgery at the University of Toronto and holds with it, the Dan Family Chair in Neurosurgery. He also holds the RR Tasker Chair in Functional Neurosurgery at University Health Network and a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Neuroscience.

Communication Tips: Breaking Bad News Tips and Guide featuring guest contributor Sean M. Lew, MD, FAANS.Dr. Sean Lew has subspecialty training in pediatric neurosurgery and is board certified in both neurosurgery and pediatric neurosurgery. He has particular interest and experience in the surgical treatment of pediatric epilepsy, pediatric brain tumors, moyamoya disease and craniocervical anomalies.He is active in clinical research with an emphasis on pediatric epilepsy, pediatric cervical spine surgery, general pediatric neurosurgery, surgical techniques and outcomes. He has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications and his research has been presented nationally on numerous occasions.

Teaching and Learning In the Operating Room featuring guest contributor Professor Mustafa Baskaya, MD, FAANS.Dr. Mustafa Baskaya, MD, is a tenured Professor and the Robert J. Dempsey Professor of Neurological Surgery at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health. He is also the director of the Skull Base Surgery Program, the Lincoln Ramirez Neuroanatomy & Microsurgery Skills Laboratory, and the Fellowship Program in Cerebrovascular & Skull Base Surgery, all at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. His professional Certifications and Education are: Medical School Ankara University Medical School, Ankara Turkey.His national and international leadership roles include being appointed to the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies Cerebrovascular Surgery Committee, serving as Chair of the Subcommittee for the Cerebrovascular Research Award (of the AANS/CNS Joint Section), and past chair of the International Division of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons.