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  • Saturday, May 2nd
    2:00 PM - 3:30 PM CT
    Annual Horsley Lecture and Inaugural Annual Samuel H. Greenblatt Lecture with Roundtable Discussions
    Location: 301A, Level 3, HBGCC
    Moderator: Ali Tayebi-Meybodi, MD – Rutgers University
    Moderator: Mark C. Preul, MD – Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center
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  • Saturday, May 2nd
    2:00 PM - 2:02 PM CT
    Welcome and Introduction
    Location: 301A, Level 3, HBGCC
    Moderator: Ali Tayebi-Meybodi, MD – Rutgers University
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  • Saturday, May 2nd
    2:03 PM - 2:28 PM CT
    Victor Horsley Lecture "A 'Neurosurgeon' Made a World of Difference"
    Location: 301A, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Mark C. Preul, MD – Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center
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  • Saturday, May 2nd
    2:29 PM - 2:59 PM CT
    Inaugural Annual Samuel H. Greenblatt Lecture by Dr. T. Forcht Dagi
    Location: 301A, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: T. Forcht Dagi, MD, DMedSc, FRCSEd, FAANS – Mayo College of Medicine and Science/The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
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  • Saturday, May 2nd
    3:00 PM - 3:30 PM CT
    Roundtable the Meaning of History for Neurosurgery, Medical School Education, Residency Training
    Location: 301A, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Charles J. Prestigiacomo, MD, FAANS, FACS – University of Cincinnati
    Speaker: Ali Tayebi-Meybodi, MD – Rutgers University
    Speaker: Lena Mary Houlihan, MB BAO BCH MCH PHD FEBNS FRCSI – Cork University Hospital
    Speaker: T. Forcht Dagi, MD, DMedSc, FRCSEd, FAANS – Mayo College of Medicine and Science/The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
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  • Sunday, May 3rd
    2:00 PM - 3:30 PM CT
    Annual Vesalius Award Lecture and Oral Presentations
    Location: 301A, Level 3, HBGCC
    Moderator: T. Forcht Dagi, MD, DMedSc, FRCSEd, FAANS – Mayo College of Medicine and Science/The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
    Moderator: Mark C. Preul, MD – Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center
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  • Sunday, May 3rd
    2:00 PM - 2:02 PM CT
    Welcome and Introduction
    Location: 301A, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Mark C. Preul, MD – Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center
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  • Sunday, May 3rd
    2:03 PM - 2:13 PM CT
    Mary Maciel: A Pioneer in Medical Illustration
    Location: 301A, Level 3, HBGCC
    Presenting Author: Samer Hoz, MD, FRCS – Department of Neurosurgery, University of Cincinnati
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  • Sunday, May 3rd
    2:13 PM - 2:16 PM CT
    Abstract Discussion
    Location: 301A, Level 3, HBGCC
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  • Sunday, May 3rd
    2:17 PM - 2:27 PM CT
    The Atlantic Synapse : A Century of the Society of British Neurological Surgeons and the Evolution of Modern Neurosurgery
    Location: 301A, Level 3, HBGCC
    Presenting Author: Nina Carlos-De Clercq, MD – Department of Neurosurgery, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork, Ireland
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  • Sunday, May 3rd
    2:27 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Abstract Discussion
    Location: 301A, Level 3, HBGCC
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  • Sunday, May 3rd
    2:31 PM - 2:41 PM CT
    The Music of Illness: Neurological Disorders as Catalysts of Creativity — Lessons from Ravel, Schumann and Scriabin
    Location: 301A, Level 3, HBGCC
    Presenting Author: Samia Cherkaoui, Bsc., and MD.,CM (candidate) – McGill University
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  • Sunday, May 3rd
    2:41 PM - 2:44 PM CT
    Abstract Discussion
    Location: 301A, Level 3, HBGCC
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  • Sunday, May 3rd
    2:45 PM - 2:55 PM CT
    Analysis of Karl Friedrich Burdach's Approach to Understanding Brain Pathology in the Early Nineteenth Century
    Location: 301A, Level 3, HBGCC
    Presenting Author: Ali Tayebi-Meybodi, MD – Rutgers University
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  • Sunday, May 3rd
    2:55 PM - 2:58 PM CT
    Abstract Discussion
    Location: 301A, Level 3, HBGCC
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  • Sunday, May 3rd
    2:59 PM - 3:11 PM CT
    Lateral Thinking: Tracing the Birth and Evolution of the Far Lateral Approach (Vesalius Award)
    Location: 301A, Level 3, HBGCC
    Presenting Author: Kivanc Yangi, MD – Department of Neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona, United States
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  • Sunday, May 3rd
    3:11 PM - 3:14 PM CT
    Abstract Discussion
    Location: 301A, Level 3, HBGCC
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  • Sunday, May 3rd
    3:15 PM - 3:25 PM CT
    Illuminating the Invisible: Thomas Edison and the First X-Ray Visualizations of the Human Brain (Greenblatt Award)
    Location: 301A, Level 3, HBGCC
    Presenting Author: Michell Goyal, BS – Barrow Neurological Institute
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  • Sunday, May 3rd
    3:25 PM - 3:28 PM CT
    Abstract Discussion
    Location: 301A, Level 3, HBGCC
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  • Sunday, May 3rd
    6:15 PM - 9:15 PM CT
    Rengachary Lecture at the Peter Carmel History Section Dinner
    Location: Casa Rio | 430 E. Commerce St. San Antonio on the Riverwalk
    Speaker: Bruce Winders
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