Pittsburgh, November 4, 2024 -- Peter Vajkoczy, MD, PhD, professor and chair of neurosurgery at Charité - Universitätsmedizin in Berlin, Germany has been named the honored guest for the 2024 Stuart Rowe Society Lectureship at the University of Pittsburgh Department of Neurological Surgery. Dr. Vajkoczy will present a talk on “Our Current Research Advances in Neurovascular Surgery” in the department’s main conference room at UPMC Presbyterian on November 20 at 7:15 a.m.
Dr. Vajkoczy’s specialized areas of interest include neurovascular surgery (aneurysms, bypass surgery, AVMs), skull base surgery (pituitary surgery, posterior fossa), neuro-oncology (complex glioma surgery) and minimally invasive spine surgery.
His research fields of interest include biology of blood vessels, the pathophysiology underlying brain tumors, the pathogenesis and therapy of spinal metastatic disease, neuroimmunology of the spinal cord, the relevance of the sagittal balance for degenerative spine disease, and image-guided/robotic spine surgery.
Dr. Vajkoczy has published and co-authored over 700 papers. He is a member of the German Neurosurgical Society, the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies, the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies, the Germany Academy of Neurosurgery, the German Spine Society, AO Spine and the European Spine Society. He currently serves as president-elect of the German Society of Neurosurgery and has served as president of the Germany Academy of Neurosurgery and president of the German Spine Society.
The Stuart Rowe Society Lectureship is held in honor of Stuart Niles Rowe, MD, the first formally-trained neurosurgeon to practice in Pittsburgh. Rowe is widely considered the founding figure of neurosurgery training in the city, establishing the base of what would later become the University of Pittsburgh Department of Neurological Surgery.
Rowe believed that neurosurgery training should not only teach exceptional technique, but also the critical clinical decision-making skills necessary to succeed. He preached the underlying need for thorough literature review and independent research as a means for broadening clinical knowledge.
Dr. Vajkoczy’s talk will be followed by a series of short presentations by department residents beginning at 1 p.m, each spotlighting a topical research issue relevant in the field. The resident talks are followed by discussion moderated by Dr. Vajkoczy.
For more information on this year's Stuart Rowe Society Lectureship, please contact Barbara DeRiggi at 412-647-6358.
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Stuart Rowe Society Lectureship Schedule:
(B-400; UPMC Presbyterian)
Honored Guest Lecture
7:15 - 8:15 a.m.
“Our Current Research Advances in Neurovascular Surgery”
Peter J. Vajkoczy, MD, PhD
Case Presentations and Lunch with Residents
12:15 - 1:00 p.m.
Resident Research Lectures
1:00- 4:00 p.m