Awards

Dr. J. Elliott Royer Award in Neurology CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

San Francisco Neurological Society Annual Young Investigator Awards ANNOUNCEMENT

Congratulations to the winners of the 2013 Awards - the following will present their winning presentations on Sunday April 7, 2013 at the Annual Meeting in Sonoma:

8:00 - 8:20am Newman Award presentation, Kai Miller, How Context Influences the Physiology of Perception

8:20 - 8:40am Boldrey Award presentation, Rajiv Saigal, Electronically Controlled Release of Minocycline Nanoparticles from Conductive Polymers Rescues Primary Neurons from Excitotoxicity

8:40 - 9:00am Hanbery Award presentation, Dario Englot, Temporal Lobectomy for Epilepsy: Seizure Semiology in Patients who “Fail” Surgery

9:00 - 9:20am Rosegay Award presentation, Aaron Clark, Intraoperative Neuromonitoring with MEP Predicts Post-operative Neurological Deficits in Patients Having Surgery for Cervical and Cervicothoracic Myelopathy

All residents and fellows in the neurosciences were invited to submit their papers for consideration for the San Francisco Neurological Society's (SFNS) annual awards. The papers are previously unpublished, original work, however, they may be pending publication.

The Henry Newman award is presented each year to the author of the best paper dealing with clinical neurology. The Edwin Boldrey award is intended to recognize a research project in neuroscience. The John Hanbery award is given annually to the best clinical paper covering topics in neurosurgery. The Harold Rosegay award is given annually to the best clinical paper covering topics in neurosurgical anatomy, history and clinical practice.

Congratulations to the winners of the 2012 Award Winners:

Newman award "Lipoprotein associated –phospholipase A2 Activity Level Is a Promising Serum Marker for Acute Brain Ischemia", Waimei Tai, MD, Stanford University

Boldrey award "Purified and synthetic Alzheimer’s Aβ prions", Jan Stöhr, PhD, UCSF, Institute of Neurodegenerative Diseases

Kaiser award "Human motor cortical activity is selectively phase-entrained on underlying rhythms", Kai Miller, MD, PhD, Stanford University

Rosegay award "Extent of Resection for Recurrent Glioblastoma Impacts Overall Survival", Orin Bloch, MD, UCSF

Hanbery award "Integrin-specific knottin peptides as molecular probes for diagnostic imaging or image-guided surgical resection of human CNS tumors", Melanie Hayden, MD, Stanford University

Three of the 2012 Award Winners, from left, Orin Bloch (next to his wife), Melanie Hayden, Kai Miller. Congratulated by SFNS Board Member Claudine Dutaret, MD (right).

Edwin Boldrey Award More

Henry Newman Award More

John Hanbery Award More

Harold Rosegay Award More

Winners of the 2011 Young Investigator Awards click here

Winners of the 2010 Young Investigator Awards displaying their award certificates. From Left: R. Mark Richardson, MD, UCSF, Kaiser Award Winner; Edwards F. Chang, MD, UCSF & UC Berkeley, Newman Award Winner and Isaac Yang, MD, UCSF, Boldrey Award Winner.