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MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 2, 2026

Didactic Sessions Begin @ 8:00 am Level B Ballroom 1 | Cliff Lodge, Snowbird, UT

PEDIATRICS/TRAUMA

8:00 - 8:15 am
Elena Kurudza

Chiari I Malformation Dura Demonstrates Differential Expression of Genes Responsible for Epigenetic and Transcriptional Regulation During Early Neural Development
Elena Kurudza, Salt Lake City, UT

Elena Kurudza, Leo Kim, Douglas Brockmeyer, and Vijay Ravindra
8:15 - 8:20 am  Discussion
8:20 - 8:35 am 
Dr. Hongsermeier-Graves wearing her white coat

How the Molecular Era has Impacted Neurosurgical and Oncological Decision-Making in the Treatment of Pediatric Brain Tumors
Natasha Hongsermeier-Graves, Salt Lake City, UT

Natasha Hongsermeier-Graves, Allison Ludwick, Saachi Jhandi, Tina Dantam, Michael Bounajem, and Samuel Cheshier
8:35 - 8:40 am  Discussion
8:40 - 8:55 am
Dr. Ravindra wearing his white coat with a collared shirt and tie

Necrotizing Entercolitis and Shunt Survival in Premature Infants with Posthemorrhagic Hydrocephalus: A Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network Study
Vijay M. Ravindra, Salt Lake City, UT

Vijay M. Ravindra, John R.W. Kestle, Hailey Jensen, Abhaya V. Kulkarni, David D. Limbrick Jr., Amanda Stanton, John C. Wellons III, Robert P. Naftel, Curtis J. Rozzelle, Brandon G. Rocque, Ian F. Pollack, Mandeep S. Tamber, Samuel R. Browd, Jonathan Pindrik, Albert M. Isaacs, Patrick J. McDonald, Todd C. Hankinson, Eric M. Jackson, Mark D. Krieger, Tamara D. Simon, Jennifer M. Strahle, Richard Holubkov, Ron Reeder, Peter Chiarelli, Nichol Nunn, Maurice V. Bayhon, Sasidhar Karuparti, Lauren Schulz, Allison Ludwick, Sydney White, Destiney Davis, Susan Staulcup, Jessica Becerra Annika Weir, Sam Molot-Toker, Tucker Oliver, Yosef Dastagirzada, Helen Berroya, and William E. Whitehead
8:55 - 9:00 am  Discussion
9:00 - 9:15 am
A headshot of Spencer Rosero wearing his white coat and a light blue shirt.

Cost-Minimization Analysis of Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunting vs. Venous Sinus Stenting in Treatment of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension with Papilledema
Spencer J. Rosero, Salt Lake City, UT

Spencer J. Rosero, Matthew C. Findlay, Dallan Carlson, Gurpreet S. Gandhoke, and Ramesh Grandhi
9:15 - 9:20 am  Discussion
9:20 - 9:35 pm 
A headshot of Diwas Gautam wearing a blue suit jacket and a white button-up shirt.

Surgical Management of Optic Pathway-Hypothalamic Gliomas: Institutional Experience and Systematic Review
Diwas Gautam, Salt Lake City, UT

Diwas Gautam, Julian Brown, Farshad Nassiri, Robert C. Rennert, and William T. Couldwell
9:35 - 9:40 am Discussion
9:40 - 9:55 am 
Sarah Nguyen

The Global Stroke Outcomes (GSO) Study: Preliminary Results
Sarah Nguyen, Salt Lake City, UT

Sarah Nguyen, Sruthi Ranganathan, and Karol Budohoski
9:55 - 10:00 am  Discussion
10:00 - 10:15 am
A headshot of Julian Brown wearing a black suit coat, a light blue button-up shirt, and a blue tie.

Management and Outcomes in Patients with Traumatic Cerebral Venous Sinus Injury and Concomitant Intracranial Hemorrhage
Julian Brown, Salt Lake City, UT

Julian Brown, Forrest Hamrick, Rahim Abo Kasem, Patrick Bi, Dominic Nistal, Isaac Abecassis, Emily P. Sieg, Stephanie H. Chen, Robert H. Bonow, and Ramesh Grandhi
10:15 - 10:20 am  Discussion
10:20 - 10:35 am 
A headshot of Dr. Findlay wearing his white coat, a light blue shirt, and a gray tie.

Cost-Effectiveness of Adjunctive Middle Meningeal Artery Embolization for Chronic Subdural Hematoma: Secondary Analysis of EMBOLISE
Matthew C. Findlay, Salt Lake City, UT

Matthew C. Findlay, Gurpreet S. Gandhoke, Jason M. Davies, Jared Knopman, Kenneth Smith, Maxim Mokin, Ameer E. Hassan, Robert E. Harbaugh, Alexander Khalessi, Jens Fiehler, Bradley A. Gross, Jason Tarpley, Walavan Sivakumar, Mark Bain, R. Webster Crowley, Thomas W. Link, Justin F. Fraser, Michael R. Levitt, Peng Roc Chen, Ricardo A. Hanel, Joe D. Bernard, Mouhammad Jumaa, Patrick Youssef, Marshall C. Cress, Mohammad Imran Chaudry, Hakeem J. Shakir, Walter S. Lesley, Joshua Billingsley, Jesse Jones, Matthew J. Koch, Alexandra R. Paul, William J. Mack, Joshua W. Osbun, Kathleen Dlouhy, Jonathan A. Grossberg, Christopher P. Kellner, Daniel H. Sahlein, Justin Santarelli, Clemens M. Schirmer, Jesse J. Liu, Aniel Q. Majjhoo, Thomas Wolfe, Neil V. Patel, Christopher Roark, Adnan H. Siddiqui, and Ramesh Grandhi
10:35 - 10:40 am Discussion
10:40 - 10:55 am
Dr. Hamrick wearing his white coat.

Predictors of Transfusion in Pediatric Deformity Surgery
Forrest Hamrick, Salt Lake City, UT

Forrest Hamrick, Spencer Rosero, Spencer Twitchell, Vincent Vigorita, Dallan Carlson, and Rajiv R. Iyer
10:55 - 11:00 am Discussion
11:00 - 11:15 am
A headshot of Dr. Warsi wearing his University of Utah-branded white coat, a light blue button-up shirt, and a dark blue tie with red accents.

Closed-Loop Control of Attention Shifting in Children
Nebras M. Warsi, Salt Lake City, UT

Nebras M. Warsi, Simeon M. Wong, Karim Mithani, Sebastian C. Coleman, Olivia N. Arski, Hrishikesh Suresh, Jurgen Germann, Alexandre Boutet, Lauren Erdman, Flavia Venetucci Gouveia, Barbara Berger, Tamas Minarik, Fa-Hsuan Lin, Hsin-Ju Lee, Benjamin R. Morgan, Elizabeth Kerr, Mary Lou Smith, Ayako Ochi, Hiroshi Otsubo, Rohit Sharma, Carolina Gorodetsky, Puneet Jain, Shelly Weiss, Elizabeth J. Donner, Andres M. Lozano, O. Carter Snead, Sabine Kastner, Margot J. Taylor, and George M. Ibrahim
11:15 - 11:20 am Discussion
11:20 - 11:35 am
A headshot of Dr. Veeturi wearing a white coat, a gray button-up shirt, and a black tie..

Single Cell Analysis of Endothelial Cells Reveals Novel Genes Responsible for Endothelial Dysfunction in Intracranial Aneurysms
Sricharan Veeturi, Salt Lake City, UT

Sricharan Veeturi, Allison Liang, Sarah Dabb, Leo Kim, and Karol Budohoski
11:35 - 11:40 am Discussion
11:40 - 12:00 am
Dr. Mittal wearing his white coat

Blood Test for Cerebral Aneursysms
Adi Mittal, Salt Lake City, UT

Adi Mittal
12:00 - 12:05 am Discussion
12:05 am Adjourn

 

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Meeting Coordinator

Lanette Dunbar
Email: lanette.dunbar@hsc.utah.edu
Phone: 801-556-2539
Fax: 801-581-4385


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