Pittsburgh, December 10, 2009 -- PGY-3 resident Kristen E. Jones, MD, received the best presentation award at the fifth annual Department of Neurological Surgery Stuart Rowe Society Lectureship and Research Day held December 9.

Jone's presentation, entitled "Functional Imaging Localization as Replacement for Intracranial EEG for Preoperative Planning Modality in Epilepsy Patients: Analysis of Surgical Outcomes," was one of 10 research lectures presented by department residents during the day intended to honor Stuart Niles Rowe, the department’s first chairman and an early advocate of broad neurosurgical training.

In her presentation, Dr. Jones especially thanked former UPMC pediatric neurosurgeon P. David Adelson, MD, as a key mentor in developing the presentation and for obtaining the patient data.

Stuart Rowe presentation winner Kristen Jones (left) with 2009 honored guest speaker Edward Oldfield.

The award was chosen and presented by the lectureship’s honored guest, Edward H. Oldfield, MD, Crutchfield Professor of Neurosurgery and Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Virginia.

In addition to the resident lectures, the day featured a lecture, "Cushing’s Disease: Lessons Learned from 1000 Cases," by Dr. Oldfield. Dr. Oldfield also presided over a journal club session and later capped the day with a talk on the pathophysiology of syringomyelias at an special reception and dinner at the Duquesne Club in downtown Pittsburgh.