The Louisiana Neurosurgical Society hosted its 34th annual meeting in New Orleans on Jan. 16-17. The meeting participants included approximately 50 neurosurgeons from Louisiana. Drs. Anil Nanda, Brian Willis and several neurosurgery residents from University Neurosurgery attended the two-day conference. Second-year resident of the Department of Neurosurgery Aileen Cangiano-Heath, MD, won the 2009 John Jackson Resident Award. This honor is awarded to the best scientific paper submitted for presentation at the conference.
Other presentations were made by faculty and staff of the Department of Neurosurgery from LSUHSC-Shreveport, including Dr. David Connor, Dr. Christina Notarianni, Dr. Benjamin Brown, Dr. Raul Cardenas and Dr. Cedric Shorter.
Nanda, professor and chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery, gave a presentation titled "Holsted and Matas: a Southern Surgical Friendship."
Willis, professor and neurosurgeon at LSUHSC-Shreveport ,was named the treasurer-secretary for the Louisiana Neurosurgical Society.
