Special Neurology Grand Rounds

Kinne Auditorium

Tuesday October 4, 2016 at 12:15 PM

Video-conferenced to Nemours 1 North & Mayo Clinic Health System in Waycross

William Cheshire, M.D., presents:

“Preoperative Supercomputer Modeling of Brain Aneurysm Treatment” 

at Neurology Grand Rounds 7:00 AM on October 4, 2016

Dr. Brian Chong is an Associate Professor of Radiology in the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine.  He joined Mayo Clinic in Arizona in 2004 and is a Consultant in the Departments of Radiology and Neurological Surgery.

He received his M.D. degree from the University of Toronto; did an Internship at Toronto General Hospital; a Residency in Diagnostic Radiology and a Fellowship in Neuroradiology at the University of Toronto and then a fellowship in Neurointerventional Surgery at Emory University in Atlanta.  He was an American Society of Neuroradiology Basic Science Fellow as well. He did sabbatical studies in Pediatric Neuroradiology at the University of California in San Francisco.

Dr. Chong is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada; a Diplomat in the American Board of Radiology; a Senior Member in the American Society of Neuroradiology; Member of the American College of Radiology; and a Senior Member of the Society of Neurointerventional Surgery.  He has served as a member on numerous institutional committees within Mayo Clinic and the Department of Radiology. He is the former Chair of the Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology.

Dr. Chong has over 60 peer reviewed publications, book chapters, and abstracts related to his fields of interest and he has been the Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator of numerous research grants and IRB protocols. His research focuses on presurgical planning and simulation as well as medical device design.

Learning Objectives:

Define areas of new neuroscience knowledge and research

Understand Clinicopathologic (CPC) correlations of neurologic disease

Illuminate areas of practice-based improvement within the neurosciences based on advancing scientific research or Practice-based improvement projects.

The speaker does not have a relevant financial relationship, and does not intend to discuss off label/investigative use of a commercial product or device.

College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, designates this live CME activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^RM .  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This program is supported in part by an educational grant from the following companies in accordance with ACCME Standards:  NONE