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The Congress of Neurological Surgeons ( CNS) Honors Dr. Menezes
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by Dorothy J. Poppe
ASAP, in its mission of education, attended the past three Congress of Neurological Surgeons meetings. At the seminars, we distribute pamphlets and materials, attend all lectures pertaining to Chiari, syringomyelia, and related subjects, meet with medical exhibitors, and meet individually with members of the ASAP Medical Advisory Board. This year, the Congress of Neurological Surgeons hosted its 54 th Annual Meeting October 16 th 24 th 2004 in San Francisco with the Honored Guest, Arnold H. Menezes, MD. Here is a brief synopsis of his extensive accomplishments in neurosurgery:
Dr. Menezes is Professor and Vice Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Iowa Roy and Lucille Carver College of Medicine and the University of Iowa Health Care Center in Iowa City, Iowa, where he has been in practice for over 30 years. He has played a significant role in the development of the department and its teaching activities. His main areas of interest have been pediatric and spinal neurosurgery as well as the posterior skull base. He has been active in furthering these sections of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons as well as the CNS, advancing the field in pediatric neurosurgery and having major commitments to the Section on disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves. He is a founding member of the North American Skull Base Society. His over 20 professional affiliations encompass national and international neurosurgical groups that speak for his commitment to the spread of neurosurgery.
Dr Menezes has substantial clinical research interests furthering the understanding of the craniocervical junction to provide definition of congenital, developmental and acquired pathological states at the craniocervical border, identifying the natural history and planning surgical physiological approaches to their management. The database of over 4,500 patients has identified numerous disorders. A major interest is the hindbrain herniation and its implications. Pediatric neurosurgery and especially its application to the developing spine has been on par with his development of the skull base interdisciplinary center.*
Dr. Menezes gave a series of presentations to the neurosurgeons attending the meeting, including Spectrum of Craniovertebral Junction Disease from a Database of 4,800 Patients and Chiari Malformations and Syringomyelia. Dr. Menezes platform has increased awareness in the neurosurgical community about the complexity and prevalence of CM/SM.
Dr. Menezes, an esteemed member of our Medical Advisory Board, will host the ASAP 2005 National Conference in July.
* CNS Scientific Program
***Trivia Fact: The founding meeting of the CNS was held by 22 men in Saint Louis, Missouri, on May 11, 1951. The first Annual Meeting of the Congress was held in November of 1951, in Memphis, Tennessee. Total membership at that meeting was 121. Currently the membership has grown to approximately 5,300 neurosurgeons worldwide.
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