Resident & Medical Student Section
"Good students aim for good grades. Great students aim for understanding."
-Maxime Lagacé
Welcome Neurosurgery Residents and Medical Students!
Welcome to the Resident and Student Section of the Michigan Association of Neurosurgeons (MANS) — your hub for professional development, networking, and hands-on educational opportunities in neurosurgery across Michigan.
Whether you're a medical student exploring neurosurgery or a resident building your surgical career, this section is designed to keep you informed, supported, and connected.
Congratulations to Our 2026 Resident Winners!
Shivum Desai, DO: Degree of Intraoperative Bisynchronization Blockade is Associated with Drop Attack Freedom After Corpus Callosotomy in Pediatric Patients: A Comparative Cohort Study
Daniel Griepp, DO: Polymethyl Methacrylate (PMMA) Cement as an Interbody Spacer in Primary Pyogenic Spondylodiscitis: A Retrospective Study of the Largest Surgical Cohort
Drew Thibault, DO: Remission Rates in Repeat Endoscopic Transsphenoidal Surgery for Recurrent Growth Hormone–Secreting Pituitary Adenomas
We are currently accepting 2027 resident abstract research presentations.
2027 Abstract Submission
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Button2027 Summer Meeting
August 14-16
Congratulations to the
2025 Resident Abstract Winners
Jordan Lam, DO
University of Michigan
Feasibility of Individualized Wireless Carbon Fiber Neural Interfaces for Brain-Computer Interfaces
Anisse Chaker, MD
Henry Ford Hospital
Risk Factors for Treatment Non-response after Lumbar Surgery: A Michigan Spine Surgery Improvement Collaborative (MSSIC) Study
Ayobami Ward, MD
University of Michigan
dmpFES Confers Fatigue Resistance in Primate Model of Upper Extremity Paralysis in SCI
Did you Graduate? CONGRATS!
Email admin@mansneurosurgery.org with your updated contact information and the month/year you graduated.
Questions? Call 517-580-5701






