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Official federal health policy & advocacy office of @AANSNeuro / @CNS_Update | #patients #brain #spine #FixMedicareNow #FixPriorAuth #SurpriseBilling #GME #TBI
Washington, DC
Joined January 2012
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    🚨 REPORT: 82% of physicians are now employed by hospitals or corporate entities. Nearly two-thirds of practices are no longer physician-owned. This outcome should not surprise anyone. For more than a decade, Medicare payment cuts, mounting administrative burden, growing
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    Congratulations to Alexa Canady, MD on the #AANS2023 Humanitarian Award. Dr. Canady is the retired Chief of #Neurosurgery at @ChildrensDMC & America’s first black female neurosurgeon. Thank you for all your contributions!
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    The Senate has passed a resolution designating #Glioblastoma Awareness Day on July 21, 2021 in honor of the late Sens. John McCain & Ted Kennedy, both of whom died from the aggressive form of brain cancer in 2018. bit.ly/2Ql9ev2 #GBMDay #GBM
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    .@POTUS appoints #neurosurgeon Mitchel S. Berger, MD, former @NeurosurgUCSF chair & @AANSNeuro past president to the #CancerMoonshot panel to advise him on barriers to and opportunities for progress in reducing the burden of cancer. bit.ly/3uZp2EN @UCSFMedicine @WHOSTP
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    Congrats to #neurosurgeon, Edward Chang, MD, of @UCSF, @UCSFHospitals & @NeurosurgUCSF, for winning the prestigious 2022 @theNASciences Pradel Research Award! His research of the #brain has deepened our understanding of speech. Well done 👏👏👏 #NASaward
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    Congratulations to @CNS_Update President Nicholas C. Bambakidis, MD on being named Chair of the Department of #Neurosurgery at @UHHospitals. Dr. Bambakidis is an internationally recognized leader in the management of #cerebrovascular and skull base surgery.
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    Today is #WorldNeurosurgeonsDay! On April 8, 1869, Dr. Harvey Cushing, one of the founding fathers of #neurosurgery was born. Learn more about the influence of Dr. #HarveyCushing: bit.ly/2Q4gF9m
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    The Senate has passed a resolution designating #Glioblastoma Awareness Day on July 19, 2023 in honor of the late Sens. John McCain & Ted Kennedy, both of whom died from the aggressive form of brain cancer. bit.ly/3ev3pku #GBMDay #GBM
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    #WomenInNeurosurgery spotlight: Carrie Muh, MD is an expert in #epilepsy surgery; was at @DukeU for 8 years & is now chief of pediatric #neurosurgery & surgical director of the Epilepsy Program at @WestchesterMed & associate professor at @NYMedCollege.
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    .@gelarehzadeh is a Professor of #Neurosurgery, researcher, scientist, the first female Chair of Toronto Western Hospital and a mother of two. Dr. Zadeh shares her experience of navigating motherhood while pursuing a successful #neurosurgical career: bit.ly/3mQ8OcJ