Yale Neurosurgery - Residency Program Conferences

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	Department of Neurosurgery
	Yale University School of Medicine
	333 Cedar Street P.O. Box 208082 New Haven, CT
	06520-8082 U.S.A.
	203-785-2805 neurosurgery@yale.edu

Residency in Neurosurgery

Conference Descriptions
Conferences (Click here for current calendar)

Type	Frequency	Residents Required to Attend	Faculty Required to Attend
Neurosurgical¹ (Spencer, Chief Resident)	Weekly	Yes	Yes
Neuropathology^1, ² (Kim)	Weekly	Yes	Yes
Tumor Clinics² (Piepmeier, Duncan, Baehring, Kim)	Weekly	Yes	Relevant Faculty
M and M³ (Spencer, Chief Resident)	Monthly	Yes	Yes
Neurological⁴ (Strugar, Spencer, Waxman)	Weekly	Yes	Yes
Neuroradiological⁵ (Sze, M. Johnson)	Weekly	Yes	Yes
Neurovascular⁶ (Gunel, M. Johnson)	Weekly	Yes	Relevant Faculty
Clinical Neuroscience Case Conference⁷	Weekly	Yes	yes

¹Combined weekly conference with Neurosurgery, Neuroradiology and Neuropathology.

²Pediatric and Adult Tumor Boards – includes neuropathology and neuroradiology.

³M & M includes Neurosurgery, Neuroradiology and other relevant disciplines for particular cases.

⁴Weekly Neurology and Neurosurgery Grand Rounds is joint between the two Departments.

⁵Neuroradiology is integral to Neurosurgery, M & M, and Neurovascular conferences with topical additional conferences and lectures throughout the year.

⁶Neurovascular conference is a joint neurosurgery, neuroradiology conference. Additional conferences, seminars, and lectures occur on essentially daily basis which are attended by particular assignment and interest.

⁷Joint Neurosurgery, Neurology, Neuroradiology prospective case discussion. Additional conferences, seminars, and lectures occur on essentially daily basis which are attended by particular assignment and interest.