We're so proud of Michael Spadola, MD, Rachel Blue, MD, and Stephen Miranda, MD! Congratulations on joining the Leather Apron Club, and we can't wait to see what each of you accomplish in the next phase of your neurosurgery careers.

Everyone in our department plays a valuable role in making this the best place to receive neurosurgical care, to train, and to conduct research. Check out our new team photo for this year!

Congrats to our award winners for this year! Paul Marcotte, MD was given the Outstanding Faculty Educator Award, Rachel Blue, MD was given the Resident Clinical Achievement Award, and Alex Vaz, MD, PhD was given the Resident Research Award.

We were honored to have Adnan Siddiqui, MD, PhD, FACS, FAHA from the University of Buffalo Neurosurgery join us as our third Kim Family Visiting Professor in Cerebrovascular Surgery. He gave our department a fantastic lecture titled, Veins: The Next Neurosurgical Frontier.

Dr. Yoshor hosted the 23rd Annual Frazier Club Reception at the AANS Meeting in Chicago. He was joined by faculty, residents, and Penn Neurosurgery alumni.

To kick off 2024, our Neurosurgery Residents took part in our annual cadaver lab. We are grateful as always to the noble volunteers who donated their bodies to science and medical education.

We're thrilled to announce that Drs. Ahmad, Quinones, and Shost have matched into our Residency Program!

Drs. Cajigas and Halpern are featured in a new video looking at Deep Brain Stimulation. They utilized this technique to treat a patient who wanted to rid of his tremors by the time of his daughter's wedding so he could give a toast.