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Grubb Alumni Symposium 2025

Grubb Alumni Symposium 2025

A celebration of neurosurgical leadership, education, and community. This past weekend, we were honored to host the inaugural Robert L. Grubb, Jr., MD Alumni Symposium here in St. Louis — a celebration of neurosurgical education, leadership, and community.  Alumni from across the country returned to share insights on career development, practice models, leadership, and innovation […]
Open Faculty Position – Endovascular/Cerebrovascular Neurosurgeon

Open Faculty Position – Endovascular/Cerebrovascular Neurosurgeon

The Taylor Family Department of Neurosurgery at Washington University in St. Louis (WashU) is seeking a motivated and academically productive dual-trained Endovascular/Cerebrovascular Neurosurgeon to join our distinguished program. The selected candidate will have the chance to join a well-established and rapidly growing stroke and cerebrovascular practice at one of the nation’s premier academic medical centers […]
Synthetic torpor has potential to redefine medicine

Synthetic torpor has potential to redefine medicine

By: Beth Martin Nature is often the best model for science. For nearly a century, scientists have been trying to recreate the ability of some mammals and birds to survive extreme environmental conditions for brief or extended periods by going into torpor, when their body temperature and metabolic rate drop, allowing them to conserve energy […]