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Come rotate with us at UT San Antonio Neurosurgery!
You’ll be part of the team in a high-volume, high-acuity environment spanning Level 1 trauma and complex cranial, spine, and vascular cases.
Registration is now open:
aamc.org/vsas (Course: NRSR 4010)
Medical students Thompson, Ning, Tao, and Jung, with residents Dr. Scanlon and Bolte, and faculty member Dr. McGinity will present a poster at the #2026CNS meeting: “Beyond the Bleed: Long-Term Glycemic Dysregulation Following Intracranial Hemorrhage”
cns.org/annualmeeting
Dr. Ali Seifi will have an ePoster at the upcoming #2026CNS annual meeting entitled: “Accuracy and Hallucination of Peer-Reviewed Citations Generated by Large Language Models in Neurocritical Care."
cns.org/annualmeeting
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Residents Dr. Alex Villahermosa and Dr. Greg Murtha with faculty member Dr. Ali Seifi will have an ePoster at the #2026CNS meeting: “Impact of Complicated Diabetes Mellitus in Patients Following Severe Traumatic Brain Injury.”
cns.org/annualmeeting
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Dr. Justin Mascitelli will participate in the upcoming #2026CNS annual meeting as faculty for “SYM12: Evolution of the Hybrid CV Neurosurgeon: Complex Open and Endovascular Techniques in the Modern Era.”
Sun 11/1 | 8AM–4:15 PM
cns.org/annualmeeting
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Dr. Fadi Al Saiegh will participate in the upcoming #2026CNS annual meeting as a moderator for the session “W16: Transvascular Access in Neurosurgery.”
Wed 11/4 | 12:20–1:50 PM
cns.org/annualmeeting
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Dr. Fadi Al Saiegh will participate at the #2026CNS annual meeting as faculty for the session “SYM12: Evolution of the Hybrid CV Neurosurgeon: Complex Open and Endovascular Techniques in the Modern Era.”
Sun 11/1 | 8 AM – 4:15 PM
cns.org/annualmeeting
@UTHealthNeuro @UTHealthSA
Dr. Andrew Conner will participate at the #2026CNS annual meeting as faculty for the session "SYM15: Movement Disorder Surgery: Approaches and Techniques."
Sun 11/1 | 8:00 AM–12:00 PM
cns.org/annualmeeting
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Congratulations to our faculty on their well-deserved promotions!
Joanna Gernsback, MD – promoted to Assoc. Professor, Tenure Track
Cristian Gragnaniello, MD – promoted to Assoc. Professor
Naomi Sayre, PhD – promoted to Assoc. Professor, Tenured
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Izabela Tarasiewicz, MD, was recently featured in a UH video discussing tethered cord syndrome. This condition is often associated with small children but can also affect teens and adults. About 7% of adults with chronic lower back pain have tethered cord.
youtube.com/watch?v=uvuz-oBf…
We recently hosted our inaugural Resident QI and Research Day! Congratulations to this year’s award recipients: Drs. Aylin Padir and Greg Murtha.
Thank you to everyone who participated. We look forward to building on this tradition in the coming years.
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Justin Mascitelli, MD, and Fadi Al Saiegh, MD, recently coauthored an article for the Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery entitled “Current state of the field and recommendations for middle meningeal artery embolization in chronic subdural hematoma..."
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