In a new JNS: Pediatrics study, UCSF neurosurgery resident Joseph Chen, MD, worked with colleagues at McGill University and UCLA to show that surgery for moyamoya disease was more effective than medication at preventing ischemic events: thejns.org/pediatrics/v... #MoyamoyaAwareness

Our department chair Edward Chang, MD, kicked off the #ASNR26 opening plenary session highlighting research in the @changlabucsf.bsky.social working to decode the human brain. @theasnr.bsky.social

Join us in wishing good luck to Meeki Lad, BS, MPH, member of Dr. Manish Aghi's lab @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social, on the Great American Baking Show! #UCSFProud | How a viral cake video landed this UCSF brain tumor expert on a competitive baking TV show www.sfgate.com/food/article...

It was a great pleasure to host Vivek Kavadi, CEO @astro-org.bsky.social at UCSF! We appreciated hearing his vision & priorities, & how we can work together to continue to make a difference for our patients! Catherine Park, Alex Hotca-Cho, Steven Seyedin, Harish Vasudevan @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social

Epilepsy “brain blips” aren’t random but instead follow a pattern that scientists can spot a second before they strike, new UCSF research finds. This early warning signal could lead to prevention devices that protect memory, language and focus. https://ucsfh.org/48J4kgu

In the Advances in Epilepsy session, chief neurosurgery resident Anthony Lee, MD, PhD, presented his research with @changlabucsf.bsky.social & @labnowakowski.bsky.social using spatial transcriptomics & micro-electrocorticography to link form and function in the superior temporal gyrus. #AANS2026 🧠🟦

We’re excited to be in San Antonio this weekend for #AANS2026! Check out all the incredible work that our faculty, fellows, residents, and medical students are doing: neurosurgery.ucsf.edu/news/ucsf-ne... @ucsfhealth.bsky.social

📢Announcing the invited symposium speakers: Joseph Costello (@neurosurgucsf.bsky.social) Peter Dirks (University of Toronto / @sickkidsto.bsky.social) Nada Jabado (McGill University / Montreal Children's hospital) @neurodevkathy.bsky.social (University of Washington / @seattlechildrens.org)

Outstanding UCSF work #AACR2026! Brooke Braman (David Raleigh lab) 2 posters genomics/meningiomas, Courtney Tamaki (Nam Woo Cho Lab) radiation-inducible surface protein targets Details here! www.linkedin.com/posts/ucsf-r... @aacrjournals.bsky.social @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social @ucsfcancer.bsky.social

Listen to the latest podcast! "SNObound: Career Advice from Dr. Brooke Braman in Radiation Oncology" from David Raleigh Lab. Dr. Mike Dohopolski & Jayden Hang interview Braman on her residency path soc-neuro-onc.libsyn.com/website/snob... @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social @ucsfcancer.bsky.social

A phase 1 clinical trial led by @ucsfhealth.bsky.social neuro-oncologist Jennifer Clarke, MD, MPH, shows that a personalized treatment regimen with multiple targeted therapies is a feasible approach for recurrent #glioblastoma: braintumorcenter.ucsf.edu/news/precisi... @ucsfcancer.bsky.social

New in @jamaoncology.com: a UCSF team led by David Raleigh, MD, PhD, reports on a prospective genomic profiling analysis of more than 1100 #meningiomas. Their findings could help guide evolving diagnostic criteria and clinical trial design: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... @ucsfradonc.bsky.social

This recent study in #NatureCommunications showed that #STING activation induces cytotoxic and immune responses in #meningiomas via inflammatory cell death pathways. Read the full article here: go.nature.com/3OlX42T

Solving Tumor Heterogeneity: Spatial and 3D Genomics— Mario Suva, Joseph F. Costello, and Antonio Iavarone addressed this topic in a plenary session at the AACR Special Conference on Brain Cancer. #AACRbrain26

Michelle Monje, Benjamin Deneen, and Shawn Hervey-Jumper discussed "The Neuroscience of Gliomas" in a plenary session at the AACR Special Conference on Brain Cancer. #AACRbrain26 @michellemonje.bsky.social

Thank you to Morten Lund-Johansen, MD, PhD, from the University of Bergen, for delivering this year's Khatib #SkullBase Lecture! Great hearing about his research on the efficacy of radiosurgery for vestibular #schwannoma and his work developing neurosurgery programs in Ethiopia.

Phase 1 study led by Nicholas Butowski, MD @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social @ucsfhealth.bsky.social gets FDA clearance for an investigational new drug application to begin a phase 1 clinical trial for patients with recurrent high-grade glioma. www.cancernetwork.com/view/fda-cle...

We’re proud to have earned the Joint Commission’s Advanced Certification in Spine Surgery, recognizing our Spine Center's high-quality care for patients across Northern California! 🎉 https://ucsfh.org/4sYMWfe

We're so excited to welcome the newest members of UCSF Neurosurgery! Congratulations to Anita Kalluri, MD, Young Joon Kim, MD, and Youssef Sibih, MD 🎉🎉 #Match2026 #Neurosurgery @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social @harvardmed.bsky.social

At ZSFG, we remain committed to building trust, expanding access, and delivering care that honors every patient's experience. Thank you, Dr. Manley for being an example of compassionate care. #healthequity @sfpublichealth.bsky.social @ucsfmedicine.bsky.social

Scott Hamilton came to trust his neurosurgeon, Dr. Geoff Manley, for his humility just as much as his expertise. “Medicine becomes stronger, not weaker, when it invites patients into the circle of understanding,” he writes in @statnews.com. www.statnews.com/2026/03/04/m... @zsfgcare.bsky.social

The gap between lab research and real-world behavior has limited efforts to improve gait symptoms for Parkinson’s patients. Now, in a first-of-its-kind study, @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social researchers used brain signals recorded at home, to identify when patients are walking. https://ucsfh.org/4rr8BLO

Tumor-intrinsic chromatin programs enforce immune evasion in glioblastoma: doi.org/10.1172/JCI2... Rongze Olivia Lu & colleagues provide a Commentary on Xinchun Zhang et al.: doi.org/10.1172/JCI1...

Thanks to Gabriel Zada, MD, an alumnus of our residency program now at @keck.usc.edu, for delivering this year's Boldrey Lecture! Great hearing his insights on endoscopic approaches in pituitary surgery and the promise of molecular profiling to inform the management of pituitary adenomas.

The deadline for online abstract submissions for the #SNIS 23rd Annual Meeting has been extended! The new submission deadline is: Monday, March 23, 2026, at 11:59 pm (EST). For full details on submission guidelines, please visit: snisannualmeeting.org.

Research led by Tomasz Nowakowski, PhD @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social @ucsfstemcell.bsky.social in @nature.com | New map of fetal brain cell development may change our understanding of mental illness and cancer www.earth.com/news/new-map... #UCSFProud

The extra dose of progesterone from the birth control shot adds fuel for a #meningioma to develop. More on the increased risk compared to others associated with birth control & pregnancy: braintumorcenter.ucsf.edu/news/meningi... @ucsfcancer.bsky.social @ucsfradonc.bsky.social @ucsfbixby.bsky.social

We ranked #1 in NIH funding in 2025, marking more than 20 consecutive years as the nation’s top-funded neurosurgery program! 🎉 This achievement reflects our team's commitment to advancing the field & translating those discoveries into new standards of care: neurosurgery.ucsf.edu/news/ucsf-ne... 🧪🧠📈

Exciting new paper by Harish Vasudevan et al! "IFN signaling is associated with radiotherapy response in malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors" www.jci.org/articles/vie... @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social @ucsfcancer.bsky.social @ucsfhealth.bsky.social

Directly relevant to the care of patients with the most common malignant tumor of the peripheral nervous system👇 Zhu et al. reveal transcriptional, functional genetic & cellular mechanisms of IFN signaling that underlie radiotherapy response in people with MPNST: doi.org/10.1172/JCI1...

As a member of the President’s Cancer Panel, UCSF's Mitchel Berger, MD, recently co-authored a report about the state of the cancer workforce. Check out our Q&A with him to learn more about the Panel's new policy recommendations: braintumorcenter.ucsf.edu/news/ucsf-ne... @ucsfcancer.bsky.social

Super excited to share our new paper: At-home movement state classification using totally implantable cortical-basal ganglia neural interface | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Great hearing from @ucsfhealth.bsky.social endocrinologist Francesca Galbiati, MD, at Grand Rounds about oxytocin! Oxytocin deficiency is associated with worse mental health and bone health, and new research suggests an emerging role for oxytocin as a post-operative biomarker for sodium imbalances.

Thank you to the many participants who joined the EANO–SNO Highlights Webinar 2025! Outstanding talks, engaging discussion, and key scientific insights from #EANO2025 & #SNO2025. 🎥 The full recording is now online on our YouTube channel – watch or rewatch anytime! 👉 youtu.be/REdE1Y8zQZQ?...

New in #ScienceAdvances: @doriswang.bsky.social's team shows for the first time that at-home recordings from fully implanted deep brain stimulation devices can be used to decode personalized neural biomarkers associated with gait in patients with #Parkinsons. www.ucsf.edu/news/2026/02... 🧠📈 🧪

Tumor boards bring together #braintumor experts to review complex cases and provide recommendations. Dr. John de Groot of UCSF explains why tumor boards are such a critical part of brain tumor care: https://braintumor.org/news/brain-tumor-board-101-answers-to-frequently-asked-questions/

Join us at this virtual event to learn about our residency program! Register here: ucsf.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #MedSky #MedEd #neurosurgery

Resident Research Day: Driving the Future of Research! Medical & Physics residents presentations, Data Science speakers, Highlights: radonc.ucsf.edu/resident-res... @ucsfcancer.bsky.social @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social @sjohnliu.bsky.social @sueyom.bsky.social @ajh.bsky.social @julianhong.bsky.social

Proud to share the results from our phase 1 clinical trial testing a genomically-tailored multi-agent treatment regimen in 30 adults with recurrent glioblastoma published today in aacrjournals.org/clincancerres. @CCR_AACR @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social t.co/niMlNGjgQ5

Congratulations to neurosurgeons Drs. Blake Taylor, Nalin Gupta, and Tarun Arora on being named Marin Magazine’s 2026 Top Doctors. This recognition reflects their commitment to delivering high-quality neurosurgical care to patients and families across Marin and the Bay Area.

We’re pleased to welcome Martin van den Bent, MD, PhD, as an adjunct professor! In addition to mentoring faculty and residents, he is helping increase UCSF’s role in large international clinical trials: braintumorcenter.ucsf.edu/news/new-neu... @eanoassociation.bsky.social @erasmusmc.bsky.social

Thank you to everyone who joined us at the 6th Annual Adam Clar Neuro-Oncology Nursing Lecture! And congratulations to Mary Lovely, PhD, who received this year’s Adam Clar Neuro-Oncology Nursing Award in recognition of her exemplary work in the field 🎉

We’re excited to share a new report from the President’s Cancer Panel that highlights opportunities to strengthen America’s cancer workforce. Read the full report, which was co-authored by UCSF's Mitchel Berger, MD: prescancerpanel.cancer.gov/reports-meet... @ucsfcancer.bsky.social

Congrats to David Raleigh, MD, PhD, the new Translational Science Co-Vice Chair of the @nrgonc.bsky.social Brain Tumor Committee! 🎉 This position recognizes how his research and leadership are shaping national brain tumor clinical trials: www.nrgoncology.org/Home/News/Po... @ucsfradonc.bsky.social

Congratulations to David Raleigh on being appointed Translational Science Co-Vice Chair of the NRG Brain Tumor Committee! @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social @ucsfcancer.bsky.social

Congratulations to UCSF neurosurgeon scientist Shawn Hervey-Jumper, MD, on being elected to @the-asci.org! 🎉 His election recognizes the significant research contributions he has made towards our understanding of glioblastoma. @ucsfcancer.bsky.social

Check out the latest research led by @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social neurosurgeon scientist Ethan Winkler, MD, PhD, which presents a new approach for building better 3D cell culture models of the developing brain. 🧠📈

UCSF scientists build brain organoids at scale equipped with blood vessels, "leading to high fidelity neurodevelopment." Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

More than five years later, Cronutt is still seizure-free and living his best life at Six Flags after receiving an experimental therapy with transplanted interneuron progenitor cells that was developed by the Baraban Lab at @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social: youtu.be/hZpFH5J5lbo 🧪 🧠🟦

Honored to be part of the Sontag Foundation family!