Costas Hadjipanayis (center) is awarded the best presentation award from Gary Steinberg (right) and Douglas Kondziolka (left)

Pittsburgh, December 7, 2005 -- Chief resident Costas Hadjipanayis, MD, PhD, received the best presentation award in the inaugural Department of Neurological Surgery Stuart Rowe Society Lectureship and Resident Research Day held on December 7. Hadjipanayis’ presentation on DNA repair was one of 10 research lectures presented by department residents during the day honoring Stuart Niles Rowe, the department’s first chairman and an early advocate of broad neurosurgical training.

The award was chosen and presented by the lectureship’s honored guest, Gary Steinberg, MD, PhD, professor and chairman of Stanford University's Department of Neurological Surgery. Steinberg, an acknowledged leader in the management of complex vascular malformations and cerebral aneurysms, also presented two talks during the days activities.