Bhuvic Patel, MD, Selected as 2022-23 Van Wagenen Fellow

The William P. Van Wagenen Fellowship Selection Committee has announced Bhuvic Patel, MD, as the recipient of the 2022-23 William P. Van Wagenen Fellowship. Dr. Patel, a resident in neurosurgery at Washington University in St. Louis, will commence his Van Wagenen Fellowship in July 2022.

Dr. Patel will spend his fellowship year at the Heidelberg University Hospital in Germany, under the supervision and mentorship of Felix Sahm, MD, PhD, the division director of molecular neuropathology. He is pursuing the research topic of “Region-specific epigenetic analysis of meningiomas and their cell of origin.”

“I am honored and excited to have been awarded the Van Wagenen Fellowship,” Dr. Patel said. “The fellowship will give me the opportunity to work with brilliant scientists overseas and help lay the foundation for my career as a neurosurgeon-scientist.”

The Van Wagenen Fellowship offers post-residency study in a foreign country for a period of 12 months. The William P. Van Wagenen Fellowship was established by the estate of Dr. Van Wagenen, who was one of the founders and the first president of the Harvey Cushing Society, now the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS). The Van Wagenen Fellowship provides freedom in scientific development without the restrictive limitations usually imposed by many research grants and fellowships.

For more information on the Van Wagenen Fellowship opportunity or other Neurosurgery Research & Education Foundation (NREF) grant programs, contact Lauren Coleman at 847.378.0535 or [email protected].

To support similar research and educational programs, consider a donation to the NREF.

###

About AANS

Founded in 1931 as the Harvey Cushing Society, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) is a scientific and educational association with more than 11,000 members worldwide. The AANS is dedicated to advancing the specialty of neurological surgery in order to provide the highest quality of neurosurgical care to the public. Fellows of the AANS are board-certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada or the Mexican Council of Neurological Surgery, A.C. Neurosurgery is the medical specialty concerned with the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of disorders that affect the spinal column, spinal cord, brain, nervous system and peripheral nerves.

For more information, visit www.AANS.org.

About the NREF The Neurosurgery Research & Education Foundation (NREF) is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization created in 1980 by the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) to support research and education efforts that enhance and confirm the critical role neurosurgeons play in improving lives.

The NREF is dedicated to providing education to neurosurgeons at all stages of their careers, as well as funding research into new and existing neurosurgical treatments, in order to identify links between best practices and improved outcomes in patient care. Through voluntary public donations, corporate support, and donations from allied groups, the NREF supports endeavors that impact the lives of those suffering from epilepsy, stroke, brain tumors, spinal disorders, sports-related head injuries, lower back pain and Parkinson’s disease.

 For more information about NREF, visit www.nref.org.