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What makes a great #neurosurgeon? We set out to answer this question with season four of Barrow Neurosurgery Base Camp. Today, we're bringing you our 10th "trait of greatness" with the season finale: "On Tenacity." “I think I’ve always just called myself stubborn,” said Anna Huguenard, MD, who trained at #BarrowNeurologicalInstitute as a cerebrovascular and skull base fellow. “Whether you call that stubbornness or tenacity, that willingness to just keep coming back is so important to actually becoming a master.” In the season finale, Barrow #neurosurgery faculty and trainees share personal stories of unwavering determination and reflect on what drives them to keep going—even on the most challenging days. You’ll also get to hear from the following special guests: -Fred G. Barker II, MD, Director of Cranial Base Surgery, @MassGeneralNews -Richard G. Ellenbogen, MD, FACS, Chair of the Department of Neurological Surgery, @UWMedicine -Kevin T. Foley, MD, Chair, @SemmesMurphey Clinic -@AdamArthurMD, Neurosurgeon, Semmes Murphey Clinic; Chief Medical Officer, @Medtronic -@DanielYoshor, MD, Chair, Department of Neurosurgery, @PennMedicine To watch the season finale, visit BarrowNeuro.org/BaseCamp. Thank you for tuning into season four of #BarrowNeurosurgeryBaseCamp. We’re excited to announce that season five is underway, thanks to an educational grant from Medtronic. We look forward to our new theme: the creative mind. In the meantime, remember our 10 traits of greatness: 1. Humility 2. Ambition 3. Equanimity 4. Strategic Thinking 5. Teamwork 6. Empathy 7. Passion 8. Courage 9. Integrity 10. Tenacity

Congratulations to the research team at the #BarrowNeuroAnalyticsCenter whose poster presentation received third place in the clinical research category at the @ArizonaMedicine Annual Meeting earlier this month. The poster focused on a nationwide study of United States Medicare beneficiaries that explored the associations between urban and rural residence, drinking water sources, and #Parkinsonsdisease. This work was presented by Vishal Harnoor, a rising fourth-year student at @CreightonSOM/@CreightonPHX. Learn more about the Barrow Neuro Analytics Center at bar.rw/bnac. #ArizonaMedicine #ArMAAnnualMeeting

Now enrolling people with and without amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (#ALS) for a longitudinal biofluids collection and at-home clinical outcomes study. Learn more: bar.rw/targetals

A great privilege to learn from @mtlawton @BarrowNeuro during his visit to @BrownNSGY @BrownMedicine @BrownUnivHealth today. His technical mastery, elegant classification/treatment frameworks, illuminating metaphors, & profound insights into brain function were truly inspiring.

#Huntingtonsdisease is an inherited neurodegenerative disease that can affect movement, cognition, & behavior. At @HDSA Centers of Excellence like Barrow, patients benefit from specialists who are highly experienced in managing HD: bar.rw/huntingtons #HDAwarenessMonth

Watch this #SevenSeries video showing this neck dissection, resection of internal carotid artery dolichoectatic aneurysm, end-to-end extracranial carotid reanastomosis, on our website @BarrowNeuro by clicking on this link… Bar.rw/7series.

“If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.” If bypass technique is my hammer, then why not enjoy the reconstruction of a high cervical internal carotid artery blowout with a sweet excision/end-to-end carotid reanastomosis? Simple, elegant, restorative – so nice...

Here's an article on another end-to-end reanastomosis, the "Binder Ring Bypass," to go with today's #SevenSeries video... pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35147579/

Help advance #ALSresearch—without leaving home! 🏠 The ALL ALS ASSESS study offers fully remote options for study participation for volunteers who have been diagnosed with #ALS. Together, we can make ALS a thing of the past! Visit ALL-ALS.org to learn more and join!

When a #stroke occurs due to a blockage in a blood vessel, treatment aims to restore blood flow. This is known as reperfusion. However, the possibility of serious side effects limits who can receive reperfusion treatments. In an effort to offer existing clot-busting therapies to more patients, and improve outcomes for patients with stroke overall, stroke researchers are working to develop new therapies to protect against these serious treatment side effects. A recent paper from #BarrowNeurologicalInstitute, @PhxVAHealthcare, and @MidwesternUniv explored the potential short- and long-term benefits of monosialoganglioside-containing nanoliposomes, specifically a formulation known as NLGM1, after stroke. The paper was published in the "Journal of @American_Heart." Read the paper at bar.rw/nlgm1.

Today, we're thrilled to celebrate #InternationalClinicalTrialsDay. Medical advancements couldn't happen without #clinicalresearch, and clinical research couldn't happen without many of you. Whether you're a courageous study participant, a supportive family member, or a dedicated researcher, we thank you for your commitment to writing the next chapter of medical discovery. Learn more about research at #BarrowNeurologicalInstitute by visiting bar.rw/research.

Watch this #SevenSeries video showing this C5-C7 laminectomy, resection of giant posterior perimedullary spinal arteriovenous malformation in a child, which ruptured intraoperatively right before opening the dura, on our website @BarrowNeuro by clicking… Bar.rw/7series

Once in a while, unique pathology appears & you look forward to seeing it, studying it in the operating room – like this spinal cord AV fistulous connection. When it unexpectedly ruptures while beginning the case, that clean pathology gets buried in blood. Fortunately, we were there to fix it quickly….