The 31st Annual J. Garber Galbraith Scientific Session & Lecture was held at the Bradley Lecture Center at Children's Harbor on Friday, October 3, 2014. The lecture was was well attended and featured scientific presentations from thirteen speakers throughout the day, culminating in the J. Garber Galbraith lecture "Evidence-based Assessment of Well-Established Interventions: The Parachute and the Epidural Hematoma" presented by Stephen J. Haines, MD.
Dr. Stephen Haines is the Lyle A. French Chair and Head of the Department of Neurosurgery. He received his M.D. degree from the University of Vermont and trained in Neurosurgery at the University of Pittsburgh. He received the Van Wagenen Fellowship of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons to study clinical trials at Oxford University in 1981. Prior to his appointment at Minnesota he was Chair of the Department of Neurological Surgery and a founding Co-Director of the Neuroscience Institute at the Medical University of South Carolina. He has been board certified in Neurological Surgery since 1984.
Dr. Haines' primary clinical interests lie in surgery of the skull base, cranial nerves and posterior fossa, pediatric neurosurgery and brain tumors. He has extensive experience in the surgery of acoustic neuroma, trigeminal neuralgia and hemifacial spasm, craniofacial disorders, complex hydrocephalus, pediatric and adult myelodysplasia.
Dr. Haines' primary research interest focuses on the application of advanced clinical research techniques to neurosurgery and the development of resources for the evidence-based practice of neurosurgery. He is a past member of the Editorial Board of the Cochrane Stroke Group and has led his departments' involvement in numerous clinical trials. He has published and lectured extensively on these subjects.
The scientific session was followed by a dinner and award ceremeony held at The Summit Club where the awards were presented for the top three resident presentations as voted on by a independent team of judges. This years award winners were:
J. Garber Galbraith Award for Research - Christoph J. Griessenauer, MD
Griffith Harsh III Award for Research - Joseph H. Miller, MD
Richard Morawetz Award for Research - Paul M. Foreman, MD
The J. Garber Galbraith Scientific Session and Lecture is held annually by the Department of Neurosurgery. The 32nd Annual Session will be held November 6, 2015. For more information, call 205-934-2918.
31st Annual J. Garber Galbraith Scientific Session Held October 3 2014
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- Written by: Vicky Conner