{"id":37146,"date":"2015-12-04T03:17:22","date_gmt":"2015-12-04T07:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utnews.utoledo.edu\/?p=37146"},"modified":"2015-12-02T11:38:13","modified_gmt":"2015-12-02T15:38:13","slug":"med-student-presents-at-national-neurosurgery-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/12_04_2015\/med-student-presents-at-national-neurosurgery-conference","title":{"rendered":"Med student presents at national neurosurgery conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fourth-year medical student Justin Baum is preparing for a career in neurosurgery by getting exposure at national conferences. <\/p>\n

His latest presentation focused on one of two main ways to treat aneurysms: microsurgical clipping. Baum made a case for clipping rather than the alternative endovascular coiling method because clipping, although more invasive, offers a much lower chance for the aneurysm to grow back.<\/p>\n

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Baum<\/p><\/div>Baum, with the help of Dr. Azedine Medhkour, associate professor of neurosurgery at The University of Toledo, presented the video titled \u201cClipping of an Unruptured Middle Cerebral Artery Aneurysm Complicated by a Wide Neck and Incorporation of the Temporal Artery\u201d at the annual meeting of the American College of Surgeons in October in Chicago.<\/p>\n

Baum said Medhkour has served as his mentor for the past four years. The video of the procedure, which was performed at UT Medical Center, demonstrated a clipping technique where the retraction of the brain is minimized. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhenever possible, it is good to limit retraction because it can cause unnecessary trauma to the brain, which can lead to brain swelling, focal strokes or seizures,\u201d Baum said.<\/p>\n

Medhkour said Baum is making connections that will help him secure a residency after he graduates in May.<\/p>\n

\u201cJustin is one-of-a-kind when it comes to intellectual prowess and hard work,\u201d Medhkour said. \u201cHe has had many works accepted at national and international conferences \u2014 work that is normally presented by senior residents or attending neurosurgeons.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey call him \u2018Dr. Justin,\u2019 even though he tells everyone he is a fourth-year medical student,\u201d Medhkour said. \u201cAt UT, we encourage our medical students to be more aggressive and scholastic. Our students should be prepared for academia early on as we have some of the brightest minds on campus. I think Justin is a good example of someone doing just that, and he will be an excellent neurosurgeon in the near future.\u201d <\/p>\n

In May, Baum also gave a presentation on \u201cTraumatic Lung Injury and Multiple Organ Trauma Effects on Traumatic Brain Injury Patients\u201d at the annual meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Meet Justin Baum, a fourth-year medical student specializing in neurosurgery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":789,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,1,3,7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37146"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/789"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37146"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37269,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37146\/revisions\/37269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}