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    Top Scoring Scientific Abstracts

    Sunday, May 3, 2026
    4:00 PM - 5:30 PM CT
    Location:304AB, Level 3, HBGCC

      Moderator(s)

    • Christopher Ogilvy, MD

      Endovascular and Operative Neurovascular Surgery
      BIDMC Brain Aneurysm Institute, Neurosurgical Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Harvard Medical School. Boston, MA, United States.

    • Brian Gill, MD

      Assistant Professor
      Columbia University Irving Medical Center

    Presentations:

    • 4:00 PM - 4:01 PM CT
      Welcome and Introduction

      Speaker: Christopher S. Ogilvy, MD – BIDMC Brain Aneurysm Institute, Neurosurgical Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Harvard Medical School. Boston, MA, United States.

    • 4:01 PM - 4:05 PM CT
      Peking University Third Hospital (PUTH) classification of sacral cysts (SCs) and surgical strategies: Based on 10 years of single-center experience

      Presenting Author: Chao Wu

    • 4:06 PM - 4:10 PM CT
      Reversing Tumor-Like Metabolic Rewiring of Myeloid Cells Through the ABCA1–HMOX1 Axis Restores Antitumor Immunity in Glioblastoma

      Presenting Author: Lily H. Kim, MD – Stanford School of Medicine

    • 4:11 PM - 4:15 PM CT
      Identification And Characterization Of The Receptor For The Novel Cytokine METRNL In CNS Tumors

      Presenting Author: Vaithish Velazhahan, PhD – Stanford University School of Medicine

    • 4:16 PM - 4:20 PM CT
      Associations of supramaximal resection with outcome in glioblastoma across age groups – a report of the RANO resect group

      Presenting Author: Antonio Dono Ostorga, MD – University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

    • 4:36 PM - 4:40 PM CT
      Advances in Visualization for 5-Aminolevulinic Acid–Guided Resection of High-Grade Gliomas: From Proof-of-Principle to First Clinical Application in Awake Surgery

      Presenting Author: Walter Stummer, MD – Department of Neurosurgery, University of Münster

    • 4:41 PM - 4:45 PM CT
      Long-Term Metabolic Network Modulation After STN-DBS in Parkinson’s Disease: A Longitudinal ^18F-FDG PET Study

      Presenting Author: Wei Lin

    • 4:46 PM - 4:50 PM CT
      Radiation-induced senescence as a driver of glioblastoma recurrence

      Presenting Author: Varun Patamalla

    • 4:51 PM - 4:55 PM CT
      What Determines Patient Satisfaction After Surgery for Grade II Lumbar Spondylolisthesis? A QOD SpineCORe Analysis

      Presenting Author: Nima Alan, MD – UCSF

    • 5:01 PM - 5:05 PM CT
      Fellowship at Home: A Sustainable Model for Building Cerebrovascular and Microsurgical Capacity in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

      Presenting Author: Silvia Vaca, MD – Stanford Neurosurgery

    • 5:11 PM - 5:15 PM CT
      Does Optic Nerve Compression Due to Meningiomas Cause Atrophy of the Visual Cortex? The Role of Trans-Synaptic Degeneration

      Presenting Author: Guilherme Pereira – University of São Paulo, School of Medicine

    • 5:16 PM - 5:20 PM CT
      Thrombectomy Versus Best Medical Management in Childhood Posterior Circulation Stroke: A Prospective Multicenter Cohort Study

      Presenting Author: S. Farzad Maroufi, MD MPH MPHE – Johns Hopkins University

    • 5:21 PM - 5:25 PM CT
      Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy for Brain Tumors: a Prospective Multicenter Analysis of 787 Patients from the LAANTERN Study

      Presenting Author: Eric Leuthardt, MD, FAANS – Washington University

    • 5:26 PM - 5:30 PM CT
      VE-cadherin Cleavage in Human Brain Blood Vessel Endothelial Cells - a Potential Targetable Mechanism of Chronic Subdural Hematoma Induced Blood Vessel Permeability

      Presenting Author: Kristine Ravina, MD – Virginia Tech Carilion Clinic