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    Stereotactic and Functional

    Stereotactic & Functional Rapid Fire Abstracts

    Sunday, May 3, 2026
    2:00 PM - 3:30 PM CT
    Location:Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, Stage 1, HBGCC

    Presentations:

    • 2:03 PM - 2:05 PM CT
      Microsurgical Fiber Dissection Study of Thalamocortical Projections with Diffusion Imaging Correlation

      Presenting Author: Nafiye Sanlier, MD – Istanbul Training and Research Hospital

    • 2:06 PM - 2:08 PM CT
      Motor Network Neurophysiological (TMS-EEG) Markers as Predictors of Long-Term Outcomes Following Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt in Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

      Presenting Author: Noa Zifman

    • 2:09 PM - 2:11 PM CT
      Real-World Comparative Outcomes of Occipital Nerve Stimulation Versus CGRP Monoclonal Antibodies for Chronic Migraine

      Presenting Author: Ssu-Yu Chen, MD – Department of Neurological Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital

    • 2:12 PM - 2:14 PM CT
      Real-World Trends in Magnetic Resonance-Guided Focused Ultrasound for Parkinson’s Disease: A Nationwide, EHR-Based Analysis

      Presenting Author: Neema Darabi, BS – Carle Illinois College of Medicine

    • 2:15 PM - 2:17 PM CT
      SEEG-Guided Radiofrequency Ablation Using a Temperature Control System: From Preclinic to Clinic

      Presenting Author: Aura A. Kullmann, PhD – NeuroOne Medical Technologies Corporation

    • 2:18 PM - 2:20 PM CT
      Somatic Mutations in the Hippocampus of Adults with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

      Presenting Author: John Andrews, MD – Children's Hospital Of Philadelphia

    • 2:21 PM - 2:23 PM CT
      Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation Modulates Microscale Spatiotemporal Motor Cortex Activity and Cortico-Basal Ganglia Functional Connectivity in Parkinson’s Disease

      Presenting Author: Min Jae Kim, BS – Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

    • 2:24 PM - 2:26 PM CT
      Technical Feasibility and Long-Term Safety of Wireless Intracortical Visual Prosthesis (ICVP) Implantation in Human Visual Cortex: A Two-Patient Experience

      Presenting Author: Sepehr Sani, MD – Rush University Medical Center

    • 2:27 PM - 2:29 PM CT
      Thalamic Pulvinar Stimulation Maps Epileptic Networks in Participants with Posterior Quadrant Epilepsy

      Presenting Author: Fatimah M. Coppin, BS – The CUNY School of Medicine

    • 2:30 PM - 2:32 PM CT
      The Canine Homolog of Human Receptive Speech Area Responds Selectively to Social Reinforcement

      Presenting Author: Kai Miller, PhD, MD, PhD – Mayo Clinic

    • 2:33 PM - 2:35 PM CT
      Translational Devices for Simultaneous Stereotactic Neural Recordings and Drug Delivery in the Brain: From Small to Large Animals

      Presenting Author: Aura A. Kullmann, PhD – NeuroOne Medical Technologies Corporation

    • 2:36 PM - 2:38 PM CT
      Unfolding the Brain: Electrophysiological and Anatomic Evidence of Functional Axonal Sprouting After Pial Removal Across the Interhemispheric Fissure in Mice

      Presenting Author: Daniel Quintana, BA – UCSF Department of Neurological Surgery

    • 2:39 PM - 2:41 PM CT
      Development of an Ex Vivo Human Brain Perfusion Platform for Real-Time Neural Monitoring and Translational Brain Computer Interface Research

      Presenting Author: Ahmed Habib, MD. – University of Pittsburgh

    • 2:42 PM - 2:44 PM CT
      Individualized Electrophysiological Correlates of Craving Revealed by Naturalistic and Longitudinal Recordings in Addiction Patients with Nucleus Accumbens Deep Brain Stimulation

      Presenting Author: Drew Yang, M. A. (Philosophy) – Sunnybrook Health Sciences and Toronto Western Hospital

    • 2:45 PM - 2:47 PM CT
      Volumetric Analysis of the Piriform Cortex Before and After Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Surgery

      Presenting Author: Julia Franco Neiva, MS3 – State university of Campinas, Brazil

    • 2:48 PM - 2:50 PM CT
      Characterizing VNS Inpatient Utilization for Drug-Resistant Epilepsy from 2015 to 2022

      Presenting Author: Nimrod Gozum, BS – Westchester Medical Center Department of Neurosurgery

    • 2:51 PM - 2:53 PM CT
      Connectivity of the Parasubthalamic Nucleus: A Combined Klingler Microdissection and Tractography Study Revealing A Limbic-Hub

      Presenting Author: Georgios Skandalakis, MD, PhD – UTHealth Houston

    • 2:54 PM - 2:56 PM CT
      DBS and Genetics: Insights from the PD GENEration Study and Patient-Reported Outcomes

      Presenting Author: Vinayak M. Belavadi, BS – Baylor College of Medicine

    • 2:57 PM - 2:59 PM CT
      Deep Brain Stimulation Enhances Cognitive Control Task Performance in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

      Presenting Author: Ahmed Abdou, MS – Texas A&M School of Engineering Medicine

    • 3:00 PM - 3:02 PM CT
      Electrical Stimulation of the Temporal Parietal Junction Slows Behavioral Response Time in Attention Modeling Tasks

      Presenting Author: James L. Cahill, BA – Oregon Health and Science University

    • 3:03 PM - 3:05 PM CT
      Electrophysiologic Guidance in Trigeminal Rhizotomy: Feasibility of Intraoperative TSEPs

      Presenting Author: Flora Yang – University of Minnesota Medical School

    • 3:06 PM - 3:08 PM CT
      Targeting the Centromedian Nucleus: Outcomes of RNS Versus DBS in Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsy

      Presenting Author: Anthony Patrizz, MD, PhD – UTHealth

    • 3:09 PM - 3:11 PM CT
      Functional Brain Connectivity Predicts Long-Term Improvement in Axial Symptoms After Pallidal Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson’s Disease

      Presenting Author: Gilberto Pérez Rodríguez García, MD – Department of Neurosurgery, Boston Medical Center

    • 3:12 PM - 3:14 PM CT
      High-Density Electrocorticography Arrays Map the Cuneate and Gracile Tubercles During Posterior Fossa Surgery

      Presenting Author: Anthony M. Asher, Jr., MD – Barrow Neurological Institute, Department of Neurosurgery

    • 3:15 PM - 3:17 PM CT
      Inferior No More: High Rates of Seizure Freedom for Both Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy and Open Temporal Lobe Epilepsy at a Single High-Volume Epilepsy Center

      Presenting Author: Salil Bhole, MD – WashU

    • 3:18 PM - 3:20 PM CT
      Intraoperative High-Density Micro-ECoG Enables Rapid, Continuous Brain–Computer Interface Cursor Control

      Presenting Author: Kurt Lehner, MD – Johns Hopkins Hospital

    • 3:21 PM - 3:23 PM CT
      Preoperative Psychiatric Comorbidity and Its Impact on Seizure and Psychiatric Outcomes After Epilepsy Surgery

      Presenting Author: Jasmine P. Darbhamulla, BS – Oregon Health and Science University

    • 3:24 PM - 3:26 PM CT
      Staged, Bilateral Magnetic Resonance-Guided Focused Ultrasound Pallidothalamic Tractotomy in Advanced Parkinson’s Disease With Motor Complications

      Presenting Author: Lindsay Knight, PhD – Medical Affairs, Insightec, Inc., Miami, FL USA

    • 3:27 PM - 3:29 PM CT
      Hippocampal Gene Expression Predicts Seizure Outcome in Temporal Lobectomy/Amygdalohippocampectomy

      Presenting Author: Martin Weinand, BS, MD, FAANS, FACS – University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ