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    Annual Vesalius Award Lecture and Oral Presentations

    Sunday, May 3, 2026
    2:00 PM - 3:30 PM CT
    Location:301A, Level 3, HBGCC

      Moderator(s)

    • T. Forcht Dagi, MD, DMedSc, FRCSEd, FAANS

      Professor of Neurosurgery/Vice Chair, the Surgical Specialty Board for Neurosurgery,
      Mayo College of Medicine and Science/The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

    • Mark Preul, MD

      Newsome Chair and Director of Neurosurgery Research
      Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center

    Presentations:

    • 2:00 PM - 2:02 PM CT
      Welcome and Introduction

      Speaker: Mark C. Preul, MD – Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center

    • 2:03 PM - 2:13 PM CT
      Mary Maciel: A Pioneer in Medical Illustration

      Presenting Author: Samer Hoz, MD, FRCS – Department of Neurosurgery, University of Cincinnati

    • 2:13 PM - 2:16 PM CT
      Abstract Discussion
    • 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

      Presenting Author: Nina Carlos-De Clercq, MD – Department of Neurosurgery, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork, Ireland

    • 2:27 PM - 2:30 PM CT
      Abstract Discussion
    • 2:31 PM - 2:41 PM CT
      The Music of Illness: Neurological Disorders as Catalysts of Creativity — Lessons from Ravel, Schumann and Scriabin

      Presenting Author: Samia Cherkaoui, Bsc., and MD.,CM (candidate) – McGill University

    • 2:41 PM - 2:44 PM CT
      Abstract Discussion
    • 2:45 PM - 2:55 PM CT
      Analysis of Karl Friedrich Burdach's Approach to Understanding Brain Pathology in the Early Nineteenth Century

      Presenting Author: Ali Tayebi-Meybodi, MD – Rutgers University

    • 2:55 PM - 2:58 PM CT
      Abstract Discussion
    • 2:59 PM - 3:11 PM CT
      Lateral Thinking: Tracing the Birth and Evolution of the Far Lateral Approach (Vesalius Award)

      Presenting Author: Kivanc Yangi, MD – Department of Neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona, United States

    • 3:11 PM - 3:14 PM CT
      Abstract Discussion
    • 3:15 PM - 3:25 PM CT
      Illuminating the Invisible: Thomas Edison and the First X-Ray Visualizations of the Human Brain (Greenblatt Award)

      Presenting Author: Michell Goyal, BS – Barrow Neurological Institute

    • 3:25 PM - 3:28 PM CT
      Abstract Discussion