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51st Annual Meeting of the ISPN in Lyon France

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 19:25:41 GMT

51st Annual Meeting of the ISPN in Lyon France. Dr. Jacob Lepard received an award for "Best Podium Presentation" for his talk titled "Admission Blood-Based TBI Biomarkers are Predictive of Neurosurgical Intervention."

2024 International Conference on Recent Advances in Neurotraumatology in Jaipur, India!

Sun, 17 Mar 2024 13:38:30 GMT

In line with the theme, Dr. Reisner presented on post-traumatic aneurysms and the value of osteopontin as a biomarker.

Dr. Reisner attended the 2024 International Conference on Recent Advances in Neurotraumatology in Jaipur, India ! As the Chairman of the Neurotrauma Committee at the World Federation of Neurological Surgeons , he helped organize this successful event!

The theme this year was Stimulating Innovations in Neurotrauma, and the conference was well covered by local media!

In addition, he served as a delegate for a discussion about neurotrauma and road safety in India, which was followed by a walkathon for safer roads.

World Federation of Neurosurgical Society's 18th World Congress of Neurosurgery in Cape Town, South Africa!

Sun, 10 Dec 2023 13:22:01 GMT

Dr. Reisner, Dr. Blackwell, Dr. Lepard and PNL Collaborators Dr. Wang and Dr. Alawieh attended the World Federation of Neurosurgical Society's 18th World Congress of Neurosurgery in Cape Town, South Africa!

Dr. Reisner pictured presenting on Traumatic Brain Injury Biomarkers in Children: Opportunities and Challenges , and chairing sessions in Neurotrauma and Masterclass in Research: Neurotrauma. Dr. Reisner served as the Chair of Neurotrauma for 2023 WFNS.

PNL pictured with Dr. James Johnson from UAB Medicine.

Dr. Blackwell pictured presenting on Utilizing Outcome Measures in Pediatric TBI and an abstract on Inflammation Disrupts Networks of Attention and Executive Function after Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury: A Pilot Study.

Dr. Lepard pictured presenting on Incomplete Atlanta-Occipital Dissociation: Thoughts on Diagnosis and Management. He also presented an abstract on Hindbrain Herniation as a Criteria for Fetal Myelomeningocele Repair: A Natural History Study, and chaired a session on Innovating and Working with Industry: Neurotrauma.

PNL Collaborators Dr. Kevin Wang and Dr. Ali Alawieh were also in attendance and presented!

Dr. Wang pictured giving a plenary adress on How Blood-based Biomarker Tests can Reshape the way we Manage and Treat the Injured Brain. He also chaired sessions in Neurotrauma and Innovating and Working with Industry: Neurotrauma.

Dr. Alawieh pictured presenting on Dissecting the Role of Complement in Triggering Acute TBI and Its Progression to Chronic Encephalopathy. He also presented three abstracts: A Pooled Analysis of Management and Outcomes in Pediatric Infectious Intracranial Aneurysms, Site-specific Suppression of Complement C3 Activation Halts the Progression of Neuroinflammation after Traumatic Brain Injury – A Translational Approach, and The Stroke Thrombectomy and Aneurysm Registry (STAR) - An International Consortium for Advancing Management of Cerebrovascular Disease.

Dr. Blackwell is this month's Emory School of Medicine Research Spotlight

Fri, 01 Dec 2023 13:28:22 GMT

She spoke about her research at PNL and why she's compelled to study TBIs:

“I have seen two patients with very similar traumatic brain injuries, but one patient discharged from the hospital in a disorder of consciousness while the other discharged and was walking, talking, and able to go back to school and home. We have a poor understanding of why kids’ outcomes are so discrepant. So for me, it is important to learn how and why these kids have very different trajectories. We want to be better at understanding outcomes so that it can lead to improved management.”

Read her spotlight article here !

Innovations in Clinical Program Development Award 2023

Tue, 21 Nov 2023 22:42:32 GMT

Dr. Reisner was awarded " Innovations in Clinical Program Development Award 2023 " at Emory Department of Pediatrics and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta's 2023 Pediatrics Physician, Faculty & Staff Awards Celebration! He was awarded for his development of the Concussion Care Program. Congratulations Dr. Reisner!

Also in November, Dr. Reisner attended the Centenial Anniversary of the Serbian Neurosurgery Society Meeting, Belgrade, Serbia!

Dr. Reisner was honored as 1 of 7 international guests who were made honorary Serbian Neurosurgery Society members during the 100th annual Serbian Neurosurgery Meeting.

In addition, Dr. Reisner presented on Post-traumatic Aneurysms.

He also moderated a session on Neurotrauma with Professor Tariq Khan.

Congress of Neurological Surgeons 2023 Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.

Sat, 16 Sep 2023 12:55:45 GMT

Mulugeta, M, Reisner, A, et al. presented Emerging Risk Factor in Pediatric Intracranial Gunshot Wounds: Age under 5 years, which was awarded Top 3 Posters in Disparities in Healthcare.

Dr. Reisner and Research Assistant Makda Mulugeta attended the Congress of Neurological Surgeons 2023 Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.

National Neuotrauma Conference 2023 in Austin, TX!

Sun, 30 Jul 2023 21:59:05 GMT

Dr. Blackwell, Dr. Reisner, Senior Research Coordinator Meena Verma, Research Assistants Gabrielle Bailey and Makda Mulugeta, and student Kendall Parsons attened the National Neuotrauma Conference 2023 in Austin, TX!

Bailey, G, et al. presented on Social Determinants of Health as Predictors of Pediatric Concussion Outcomes (poster & oral presentation) and was awarded Top 20 Trainee Posters and Trainee Diversity Award.

Makda Mulugeta, et al. presented on Applying Known Prognostic Factors of Mortality in Pediatric Intracranial Gunshot Wounds to a Younger Cohort.

Kendall Parsons, et al. presented on Socioeconomic Health Disparities in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury: Comparisons of Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Children.

PNL attended the Southeastern Pediatric Research Conference, Atlanta, GA!

Tue, 20 Jun 2023 21:48:11 GMT

Image 1 : Ruhika Aguru, et al. Relationship Between Child Opportunity Index and Mortality in Pediatric Patients with Intracranial Firearm Injuries (oral presentation)

Image 2 : Makda Mulugeta & Gabrielle Bailey, et al. Trends in Pediatric Gunshot Wound Cases During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Dr. Reisner Presenting at ICRAN 2023 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia

Tue, 11 Apr 2023 21:39:09 GMT

The PNL Lab is now participating in the GEO-TBI study, "an international, prospective observational study on traumatic brain injury epidemiology"

Mon, 09 Jan 2023 21:32:19 GMT

The PNL Lab is now participating in the GEO-TBI study, "an international, prospective observational study on traumatic brain injury epidemiology". Read more about it here .

Dr. Reisner Presents at the 2022 Mediterranean Association of Neurological Surgeons

Thu, 01 Dec 2022 21:20:58 GMT