Isabelle M. Germano, MD, MBA, FACS, Professor of Neurosurgery, Neurology, and Oncological Sciences at Mount Sinai Health System, was recently chosen by the New York Society for Neurosurgery to give the 2017 Charles A. Elsberg Lecture. She is the first woman to receive this honor since the lecture’s establishment 67 years ago. The event was held October 19.
The annual lecture was launched in 1950 to honor Charles A. Elsberg, MD (1872-1950). Dr. Elsberg, who was born and educated in New York City and practiced at The Mount Sinai Hospital, was the first surgeon focused solely on neurosurgery. Dr. Elsberg is considered the father of spinal cord neurosurgery and was one of the first to successfully remove an intramedullary spinal cord tumor.
Mark Bilsky, MD, president of the society, introduced Dr. Germano’s lecture, titled “The Changing Landscape of Neurosurgery.” Her lecture encapsulated the changing landscape of neurosurgery through the lens of her multiple interests and her significant contributions to neurosurgery, including neuronavigation, brain tumor surgery, translational research, and education.
The Elsberg Lecture has honored many distinguished neurosurgeons, including Ernest Sachs, MD; Leonard I. Malis, MD; Robert Spetzler, MD; Charles B. Wilson, MD; Gazi Yasargil, MD; and Kalmon D. Post, MD.
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Dr. Germano at the podium with James T. Goodrich, MD, PhD, professor of neurosurgery at Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Isabelle Germano, MD, MBA, FACS, center, shown with Mount Sinai Neurosurgery residents, left to right, Alejandro Carrasquilla, MD; Jeffrey Zimering, MD; Jonathan Rasouli, MD; Christopher Sarkiss, MD; Jeremy Steinberger, MD; Kurt Yaeger, MD; Frank Yuk, MD; Travis Ladner, MD; and Margaret Pain, MD.