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

PNL pictured with Dr. James Johnson from UAB Medicine.


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.


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.