What do you enjoy most about neurosurgery training and why? The most enjoyable thing about my training has been meeting and caring for our patients. As I have become more senior, this includes gaining more independence in complicated surgical cases, but also becoming more involved in the process of caring for patients and their families […]
Anja Srienc, MD, PhD, is a PGY 4 resident training in neurosurgery. A native Minnesotan, she also happens to speak three languages and has studied in Europe and Australia. She plans to go into academic medicine. Q. Tell us a little about your background and why you’re pursuing neurosurgery training? I grew up in an […]
The Making a Difference program provides a unique way to recognize staff who go above and beyond to advance the Department of Neurosurgery mission to provide the best neurosurgical patient care possible. To recognize someone, staff and faculty can submit nominations at the Making a Difference email address. Each month, three nominees are randomly selected […]
When did you join the Department of Neurosurgery? What is your current role? In 2009, I joined the Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery as an executive assistant to Dr. T. S. Park and was promoted to office manager shortly after. What is your role in the Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery at St. Louis Children’s Hospital? My […]
The highly acclaimed BrainWorks, a theatrical production created by and starring Washington University School of Medicine neurosurgeons Eric C. Leuthardt, MD, and Albert H. Kim, MD, PhD, is now airing on PBS stations throughout the U.S. The St. Louis premiere is scheduled to air on the Nine Network Oct. 7 and Oct. 14 from 7 […]
They’ve only been here a short time, but already our three new residents took 2nd place in the Society of Neurological Surgeons Virtual Intern Boot Camp competition. Immersed in training, and winning awards, they took a moment to tell us a bit about themselves and their experience in St. Louis so far. Michelle Connor, MD […]
The Making a Difference program provides a unique way to recognize staff who go above and beyond to advance the Washington University department mission to provide the best neurosurgical patient care possible. To recognize someone, both staff and faculty can submit nominations at the Making a Difference email address. Each month, three nominees are randomly […]
Announcing new neurosurgery research grants greater than $100K (Jan. 1 – July 31, 2020): Gavin Dunn, MD – CRI $1.25M Cancer Research Institute Dissecting the Immune Response From Beginning to Effector Cell in Central Nervous System Cancers Total five-year award $1.25M Jacob Greenberg, MD, PGY 6 resident – F32 $154K National Institutes of Health (NIH) […]
Endovascular Surgical Neuroradiology Fellows Residency: Washington University in St. LouisMedical School: All-India Institute of Medical Sciences “The endovascular surgical neuroradiology fellowship at WashU is CAST- and ACGME- accredited with a good variety, complexity and volume of cases. During neurosurgery residency training here at WashU, I felt that our endovascular group of three neuroradiologists and one […]
Sophie Church has served as the Department of Neurosurgery residency coordinator for five years and is headed to Omaha where her husband accepted a faculty position in Vascular Surgery at the University of Nebraska. While she leaves St. Louis (and fortunately is still working with our department remotely), we wanted to take a moment and […]