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ALT The August 2026 cover of the Journal of Neurosurgery. Illustrations depict the stages of an insular glioma resection. Cortical mapping helps confirm safe entry sites, and after working between the M2 and M3 branches to create windows for the tumor resection, subcortical mapping in the subinsular white matter helps locate the corticospinal tract.
ALT The names of UCSF Neurosurgery presenters, as well as the logos for the UCSF Department of Neurological Surgery and AANS 2026, over a background of the riverwalk in San Antonio. Text reads, Can’t Miss Monday: Manish Aghi, MD, PhD, Anthony DiGiorgio, DO, Lee Tan, MD, Jacob Young, MD.
ALT The Alamo is shown at sunset below the logos for the UCSF Department of Neurological Surgery and AANS 2026.
ALT Computer monitor showing four MRI scans of the same brain tumor from different angles (axial, sagittal, and coronal views). Text over the image reads, AANS International Brain Mapping Program.
ALT Mitchel Berger, MD, performing a glioma resection surgery.
ALT Edward Chang, MD, Jacob Young, MD, and Shawn Hervey-Jumper, MD, performing a glioma resection.
ALT Graphic announcing the 7th Quadrennial Meeting of the World Federation of Neuro-Oncology Societies and the 30th Annual Meeting & Education Day of the Society for Neuro-Oncology that shows a beach in Hawaii.
ALT The Los Angeles skyline and palm trees below a banner for the 2025 CNS Annual Meeting being held October 11-15, 2025.
ALT The June 2025 cover of the Journal of Neurosurgery. The cover illustration depicts the clinical applications of high-frequency and low-frequency focused ultrasound (FUS) in the management of glioma. Art by Ken Probst.
ALT UCSF neurosurgery department chair Edward Chang, MD, takes a selfie with the group of residents at Oracle Park (Anthony Lee, MD, PhD, Alexander Aabedi, MD, Cecilia Dalle Ore, MD, Vijay Letchuman, MD, Alexa Semonche, MD, and John Andrews, MD). Fellow Ahmad Alhourani, MD and residency program coordinator Ivy Tom as well as UCSF neurosurgeons Anthony DiGiorgio, DO, and Jacob Young, MD are also present.
