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UCSF Neurosurgery @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations to @ucsfhealth.bsky.social neurosurgeon @herveyjumper.bsky.social on receiving the Guha Award from the AANS/CNS Section on Tumors & @neuroonc.bsky.social! 🎉 This award recognizes his lab’s research advances in cancer neuroscience and his dedication to mentoring. #2025CNS #CNSConnects

Shawn Hervey-Jumper, MD, (left) and Brain Nahed, MD, (right) pose for a photo with the award certificate.

Shawn Hervey-Jumper, MD, at the podium presenting his talk.

The big screen showing UCSF neurosurgeon Shawn Hervey-Jumper, MD, at the podium delivering his presentation.

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UCSF Neurosurgery @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social · 3d

We’re excited to be in sunny L.A. for #2025CNS! Check out all the incredible work that our faculty, residents, and medical students are doing: neurosurgery.ucsf.edu/news/ucsf-ne...
@herveyjumper.bsky.social @ucsfcancer.bsky.social @ucsfhealth.bsky.social #Neurosurgery

The Los Angeles skyline and palm trees below a banner for the 2025 CNS Annual Meeting being held October 11-15, 2025.

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Sanjeev Herr @sanjeevherr.bsky.social · 11d

I’m thrilled to report on work I led with Dr. Shawn Hervey-Jumper and Dr. Todd Hollon which shows that we can forecast where glioblastoma will recur even at time of initial resection.

It’s wonderful to see all the work I conducted during my research year @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social come together!

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UCSF Neurosurgery @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social · 14d

UCSF neurosurgeon @herveyjumper.bsky.social & his @umich.edu colleagues have developed an intraoperative tool called FastGlioma that uses AI to help neurosurgeons see in real-time where tumor cells have infiltrated brain tissue. 🧪 braintumorcenter.ucsf.edu/news/how-ai-...
@ucsfcancer.bsky.social

Graphic showing an MRI scan of a low grade glioma below a headline that says, How AI is Changing Brain Tumor Surgery. Subheading says: High-tech imaging approaches allow neurosurgeons to interpret tissue samples during surgery to remove previously invisible malignant cells.

Quote card showing Shawn Hervey-Jumper, MD, a UCSF neurosurgeon and the Mitchel S. Berger, MD Endowed Professor of Neurosurgery, during an awake brain surgery. He is quoted saying: With this new technology, we can deliver safer, more complete tumor resections.

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UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center @ucsfcancer.bsky.social · 18d

See highlights of @ucsfradonc.bsky.social participation at the 2025 @astro-org.bsky.social conference starting tomorrow: cancer.ucsf.edu/news/2025/09... #ASTRO2025 #UCSF

UCSF Radiation Oncology Specialists Share Innovative Research and Clinical Expertise at National Radiation Oncology Conference | UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

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UCSF Radiation Oncology @ucsfradonc.bsky.social · 18d

Amazing team swim w/ @sjohnliu.bsky.social @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social to support glioblastoma & pediatric cancer research- $600K+ raised at SF event! Funds raised goes directly to local cancer research institutions, @ucsfhealth.bsky.social Children's, @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social Brain Tumor Center

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UCSF @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social · 20d

Anti-seizure meds don’t work for 1 in 3 epilepsy patients. UCSF experts are closing the gap with surgery and breakthrough devices that can change lives. tiny.ucsf.edu/HzE2SS

If Anti-Seizure Meds Don’t Work for Epilepsy, Can Surgery Help?

Vikram Rao, director of the UCSF Epilepsy Center, discusses why a third of seizure patients don’t respond to medication and the promising new surgical and technological treatments available.

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UCSF Neurosurgery @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social · 21d

Congrats to all the postdocs who competed in the #UCSFPostDocSlam! And a special shoutout to Ritwik Vatsyayan, PhD, who told us about his research in the @shirvalkarlab.bsky.social working to rewire how the brain responds to chronic pain. #Neuroskyence #SciComm 🧪 www.ucsf.edu/news/2025/09...

The 10 finalists in this year's UCSF Postdoc Slam stand together on the steps of Genetech Hall at UCSF's Mission Bay campus. Photo by Noah Berger.

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UCSF Neurosurgery @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social · 27d

Watch the full video about HIFU for essential tremor here: youtu.be/VdvmwiJAk-A

Focused Ultrasound Treatment for Essential Tremor | UCSF Neurosurgery

YouTube video by UCSF Neurosurgery

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UCSF Neurosurgery @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social · 27d

High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is an incision-less surgical procedure used to treat essential tremor by lesioning the brain pathway involved with tremor generation. @ucsfhealth.bsky.social neurosurgeon @doriswang.bsky.social explains that this leads to lasting tremor reduction.

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The Society for Neuro-Oncology (SNO) @neuroonc.bsky.social · Sep 5

Who’s ready for 2025 WFNOS/SNO Annual meeting in Honolulu?!

Register by Sept 19 to get early bird pricing and join colleagues from around the world in advancing #neurooncology.

soc-neuro-onc.org/SNO2025

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UCSF Neurosurgery @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social · Sep 12

Great to hear about Ilina Bhaya-Grossman's research in the @changlabucsf.bsky.social last week at the Exploratorium! Her PhD work has focused on how the brain processes word boundaries, which are incredibly difficult to identify in a foreign language. @berkeleyengineer.bsky.social 🧪 🧠🟦

Soon-to-be Dr. Ilina Bhaya-Grossman stands behind a podium presenting her PhD exit seminar at the Exploratorium.

Ilina Bhaya-Grossman presenting her talk. The title of her slide says: We perceive our native language effortlessly. The left side of her slide shows an silhouette of a person speaking, and the right side shows several graphs representing how frequencies, loudness, sounds (phonemes), syllables, and words ultimately help the brain convert air pressure fluctuations into meaning.

Ilina Bhaya-Grossman (right) with UCSF neurosurgeon Edward Chang, MD (left).

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UCSF Neurosurgery @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social · Sep 9

Congratulations to Tomasz Nowakowski, PhD, on being named a finalist for the prestigious Blavatnik National Award for Young Scientists! 🎉 He was selected for his groundbreaking research shaping the future of neuroscience and medicine. stemcell.ucsf.edu/news/tomasz-... @ucsfstemcell.bsky.social 🧪 🧠📈

UCSF neuroscientist Tomasz Nowakowski, PhD, seated at a bench in his lab.

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Sanjeev Herr @sanjeevherr.bsky.social · Aug 25

What an incredible month it has been completing my sub-I at @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social ! I learned so much, met so many incredible people, and I had a great time doing it. I am truly grateful to have had this opportunity. #Neurosurgery #Match2026

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UCSF Neurosurgery @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social · Aug 20

Interested in learning how the brain turns sound into meaning? Hear from bioengineering PhD student Ilina Bhaya-Grossman about her research in the @changlabucsf.bsky.social
as part of the Exploratorium's After Dark series. #SciComm 🧠📈 @berkeleyengineer.bsky.social
@ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social

Flyer for Ilina Bhaya-Grossman's talk showing a colorful illustration of a brain.

Your Brain on Language
Sounds, Signals, Speech!
With Ilina Bhaya-Grossman
Advised by Edward F. Chang

Thursday, September 4, 2025
6:30-7:30 pm

The Kanbar Forum
Exploratorium at Pier 15
San Francisco

How does your brain turn sound into meaning? Every time we hear someone speak, our brain pulls off a remarkable feat — transforming vibrations in the air into words, sentences, and ideas we instantly understand. Join us for a behind-the-scenes look at how scientists study this question and how curiosity, data, and teamwork come together to reveal the answers.

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EANO @eanoassociation.bsky.social · Aug 20

📣 New journal launch! Neuro-Oncology Pediatrics is live — an open-access journal advancing global research and care for children & young adults with brain tumors.
A joint EANO & @neuroonc.bsky.social initiative.
🔗 Read more: www.eano.eu/about/news/n...
#NeuroOncology @oxfordacademic.bsky.social

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UCSF Neurosurgery @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social · Aug 15

We're excited to welcome Maya Graham, MD, PhD, to the team! She specializes in seeing adult patients with brain tumors, and her #glioma research focuses on studying how epigenetics drives tumor initiation in cerebral organoids: braintumorcenter.ucsf.edu/news/physici...
@ucsfcancer.bsky.social 🧪

Two-panel graphic showing side-by-side images of UCSF's Parnassus Heights campus and UCSF neuro-oncologist Maya Graham, MD, PhD.

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UCSF Neurosurgery @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social · Aug 14

On the cover of the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, Nitin Agarwal, MD, Praveen Mummaneni, MD, MBA & their colleagues report that surgery to treat cervical spondylotic myelopathy helped patients relying on others for care return to independence: thejns.org/spine/view/j...
#MedSky #SurgSky

Illustration depicting a person with cervical spondylotic myelopathy who attained care independence postoperatively. Art by Melissa Logies.

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UCSF @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social · Aug 14

Chronic pain affects 1 in 5 Americans. @nytimes.com on @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social research, shows it’s possible to stop that pain where it starts: in the brain. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/h...

Treating Chronic Pain is Hard. An Experimental Approach Shows Promise.

www.nytimes.com

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UCSF Neurosurgery @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social · Aug 11

A big congratulations to @herveyjumper.bsky.social on being elected President-Elect of @neuroonc.bsky.social! 🎉 He will be the sixth neurosurgeon and fourth @ucsfhealth.bsky.social physician to serve in this role. #UCSFProud @ucsfcancer.bsky.social

Award graphic showing a photo of UCSF neurosurgeon Shawn Hervey-Jumper, MD, president-elect of the Society for Neuro-Oncology.

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UCSF Neurosurgery @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social · Aug 5

One of the biggest challenges to treating chronic pain lies in reliably measuring how much pain someone is feeling. But @shirvalkarlab.bsky.social has shown that they can predict when someone’s going to be in significant pain by tracking their brain activity: magazine.ucsf.edu/can-we-train... 🧪 🧠🟦

UCSF neurologist and pain medicine specialist Prasad Shrivalkar, MD, PhD, standing in front of a whiteboard. Photo: Anastasiia Sapon.

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UCSF Neurosurgery @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social · Jul 31

Research led by @changlabucsf.bsky.social at @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social identifies a new, vital role for a brain region called the the middle precentral gyrus (mPrCG) in planning and coordinating the muscle movements required to speak. #Neuroskyence 🧪
www.ucsf.edu/news/2025/07...

Meet the Little Brain Region that Helps You Say What’s on Your Mind

Researchers discovered that a different part of the brain handles stringing sounds and words together into coherent sentences. The information could help people who have had strokes and lost the abili...

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UCSF Neurosurgery @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social · Jul 29

We’re honored to be named among the top two neurosurgery programs nationwide and the Best in the West by @usnews.com! 🎉 It's a privilege caring for our patients and their families, and we thank our entire team for hard work and dedication. @ucsfhealth.bsky.social www.ucsfhealth.org/lp/us-news-2...

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UCSF Health @ucsfhealth.bsky.social · Jul 29

👏 The rankings are in! We’re proud to be among the nation’s #BestHospitals — and the No. 1 hospital in California and San Francisco, according to @usnews.com! 🎉

UCSF Health Ranks Among Nation's Best for 2025-26

U.S. News & World Report ranked UCSF No. 1 in CA & Top 20 in the nation.

www.ucsfhealth.org

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Madhumita Sushil @madhumitasushil.bsky.social · Jul 25

Looking for a motivated postdoc to join our team for research in multimodal foundation models for medicine! I'll be at #ACL2025 #ACL2025NLP next week, please reach if you you are interested in learning more! Details here: docit.ucsf.edu/news/were-hi... @aclmeeting.bsky.social

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