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Justin Mascitelli, MD, Presents the Late-breaking Abstract at SNIS
July 16, 2025
Justin Mascitelli, MD, will present the following late-breaking abstract at the annual meeting of the Society of Neurolnterventional Surgery (SNIS): Core Lab And Clinical Outcome Adjudicated Results Of M2 Aspiration Thrombectomy: A Subgroup Analysis Fr …
Justin Mascitelli, MD, Authors editorial for the Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery
July 10, 2025
Justin Mascitelli, MD, recently authored an editorial for the Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery, entitled: “Minimally invasive intracerebral hematoma evacuation: a difficult road, but a bright future.” You can view the article by visiting the link …
Dr. Sayre Research Project Selected for Support by William and Ella Owens Medical Research Foundation
July 8, 2025
The Department of Neurosurgery is exited to share the news that the William and Ella Owens Medical Research Foundation has awarded $1.5 million to UT Health San Antonio to support vital research into Alzheimer’s disease, pancreatic cancer, and childhoo …
Department Team Members Compete in Charity Softball Tournament
June 11, 2025
Residents, fellows, and faculty from the Department of Neurosurgery competed in the annual charity softball tournament sponsored by the Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation (NREF), the philanthropic arm of the American Association of Neurolog …
Ali Seifi, MD, Appointed as Representative by UCNS to Serve on NCC Certification Examination Committee
May 22, 2025
The Department of Neurosurgery is excited to share the news that Ali Seifi, MD, FNCS, FCCM, has been officially appointed as a representative by the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties (UCNS) to serve on the UCNS Neurocritical Care Certificati …
University Hospital Ranked among Top Ten Teaching Hospitals in the Country
May 14, 2025
Fortune has partnered with Premier to rank the top teaching hospitals in the U.S. We are excited to share the news that University Hospital placed number “10” on their list of the top twenty major teaching hospitals in the country. The hospital receive …
Joanna Gernsback, MD, Presents at South Texas NAPNAP Alamo Chapter Symposium
April 17, 2025
Joanna Gernsback, MD, delivered an outstanding presentation at the South Texas National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP) Alamo Chapter Symposium, focusing on the diagnosis and management of scoliosis in pediatric patients. Her insi …
Darren Poidevin, CLPO, Coauthors Article for Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics
April 17, 2025
Darren J. Poidevin, CLPO, recently coauthored an article that was published in the Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics (JPO), the official journal of the American Academy of Orthotists & Prosthetists. The JPO is a peer-reviewed, quarterly scholarl …
Team Members Submit Electronic Poster for AANS
April 14, 2025
Laureen Raelly-Muze, Cerise Cisneros, Thomas Tyler Patterson, MD, and Alexander Papanastassiou, MD, have submitted an electronic poster for the upcoming annual meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) taking place in Boston f …
Groundbreaking Research from Sandeep Burma, PhD, and Bipasha Mukherjee, PhD, Featured in Many News Stories
April 2, 2025
Sandeep Burma, PhD, and Bipasha Mukherjee, PhD, coauthored an article earlier this year describing groundbreaking research that could help delay or eliminate the recurrence of one of the deadliest forms of brain cancer, glioblastoma. Their work has bee …