Pittsburgh, December 11, 2008 -- PGY-6 resident Ricky Madhok, MD, received the best presentation award at the fourth annual Department of Neurological Surgery Stuart Rowe Society Lectureship held on December 10.

Madhok's presentation "The Biomechanical Characteristics of the Occipital Cervical Junction - Evaluation after Clivectomy, Condylectomy and Odontoidectomy" was one of eight research lectures presented by department residents during the day honoring Stuart Niles Rowe, the department’s first chairman and an early advocate of broad neurosurgical training.

Ricky Madhok, MD, receives best presentation award from honored guest Patrick Kelly, MD, at Fourth Annual Stuart Rowe Day.

The award was chosen and presented by the lectureship’s honored guest, Patrick J. Kelly, MD, noted expert in computer-assisted stereotactic neurosurgery and former chairman of neurosurgery at New York University’s Langone Medical Center.

In addition to the resident lectures, the day featured three 3D anatomy presentations by department fellows and a lecture on the stereotactic removal of brain tumors by Dr. Kelly. Dr. Kelly also presented a lecture on "The Resection of Gliomas and the Myth of Sisyphus" after a reception and dinner at the Fox Chapel Golf Club.