Neurosurgical Resection and Incident Depression and Anxiety in Benign Meningioma
Submitted by John Dempsey MD, Abigail Funari, MD, Yanli Zhang-James, MD, PhD, Harish Babu, MD, PhD
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Cervical Myelopathy Decompression Cone of Economy and Posturography
Submitted by Prasanth Romiyo, MD, Pierre Girgis, MD, Tyler Schmidt, DO, Ram Haddas, PhD
University of Rochester, Department of Neurosurgery
Effects of Lumbar Decompression on Functional Transitions in Patients with Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: Clinical, Biomechanical, and Neuromuscular Evidence
Submitted by Prasanth Romiyo, MD, Pierre Girgis, MD, Tyler Schmidt, DO, Ram Haddas, PhD
University of Rochester, Department of Neurosurgery
The following were finalists in the 2026 Abstract Competition:
Carbamazepine, Oxcarbazepine Responsiveness and Resistance to Trigeminal Neuralgia
Submitted by Sarah Brisman
College of Arts and Science, NYU,
Michael Brisman, MD
Department of Neurosurgery, NYU Long Island Hospital
Displacement of Synthetic Cranioplasty Implant Due to Mechanical Failure of Titanium Fixation Plating-Illustrative Case Report and Review of the Literature
Submitted by Graham A. Branscom, BA, Evan M. Ren, MS, Michael B. Lemonick, MA, Bahie Ezzat, MS, Ziad Rifi, MD, Shahram Majidi, MD, Christopher P. Kellner, MD, Tomoyoshi Shigematsu, MD, PhD
Department of Neurosurgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Focused and Enhanced Training for Physician Assistants through a Neurosurgery Physician Assistant Fellowship
Submitted by JoDee Winter PA-C and Katherine Anastasi PA-C
Mayo Clinic Arizona
Investigating Decompressive Lumbar Laminectomy Volumes Before and After Major Randomized Controlled Trials
Submitted by Keshv Krishna Srinivasan, BS, Graham A. Branscom, BA, Cindy Kuang, BA, Matthew Carr, MD, Michael B. Lemonick, MA, Tanvir F. Choudhri, MD
Department of Neurosurgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Hanya M. Qureshi, MD
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Leilei Hao, BA, Rebecca Carpenter, MS, Brendan F. Judy, MD, John Y.K. Lee, MD
Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
David S. Casper, MD
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Investigating Intracerebral Hemorrhage Evacuation Procedure Volumes Before and After the MISTIE III Trial
Submitted by Graham A. Branscom, BA, Evan Ren, BS, Keshv Krishna Srinivasan, BS, Michael B. Lemonick, MA, Matthew T. Carr, MD, Tanvir F. Choudhri, MD, Christopher P. Kellner, MD
Department of Neurosurgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
John Y.K. Lee, MD, Leilei Hao, BA; Rebecca Carpenter, MS
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Kyphoplasty vs Vertebroplasty-An Analysis of Medicare Procedure Volumes, Payment, and Specialties From 2015 to 2023
Submitted by Graham A. Branscom, BA, Keshv Krishna Srinivasan, BS, Matthew Carr, MD, Tanvir Choudhri, MD, Michael B. Lemonick, MA,
Department of Neurosurgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
John Y.K. Lee, MD, Leilei Hao, BA, Rebecca Carpenter, MS, Brendan F. Judy, MD
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
David S. Casper, MD, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Hanya M. Qureshi, MD, Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
The Innovation Landscape of Neurovascular Stent Surface Coatings-A Bibliometric Patent Analysis
Submitted by Graham A. Branscom, BA, Priya Bhanot, BS, Evan Ren, BS, Michael Lemonick, MS, Akhil Rao, BA, Brandon Philbrick, MD, Shahram Majidi, MD, Christopher P. Kellner, MD
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Using Clinical and Thrombus Characteristics to Predict the Etiology of Ischemic Stroke-An Analysis of the INSIGHT Registry
Graham A. Branscom, BA, Carina Seah, PhD, Tannishtha Som, MS, James Vicari, PhD, Benjamin I. Rapoport, MD, PhD, Christopher P. Kellner, MD
Department of Neurosurgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Alan R. Dabney, MD, PhD
Department of Statistics, Texas A&M University
Selva Baltan, MD, PhD
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine/Research, Oregon Health & Science University
Farida Sohrabji, PhD
Department of Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics, Texas A&M University
Keith Pennypacker, PhD
Department of Neurology, University of Kentucky
Center of Advanced Translational Stroke Science, Neurosurgery, and Neuroscience
Keith B. Woodward, MD
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
Sol Schulman, MD, PhD
Division of Hemostasis and Thrombosis, Beth Israel Deaconness Medical Center
Justin F. Fraser, MD
University of Kentucky College of Medicine