Dr. JFM

Happy 100th Anniversary to the department of Neurosurgery at University of Toronto!
Congrats
for an outstanding celebration
Honored by your invitation
The world of Neurosurgery is better because of you

New! ENDOSCOPIC CAVERNOUS SINUS SURGERY COURSE
3D Anatomy, HandsOn, Live Surgery

August 8-9, 2024 at Stanford University

Targeted for pituitary & skull base surgeons/teams interested in recently developed techniques
Limited availability
Inquiries - [email protected]

Stanford Skull Base course for residents and fellows - March 29-30, 2024
Transcranial and Endonasal approaches
3D Surgical Neuroanatomy and 3D illustrative cases
Outstanding group of enthusiastic trainees!
Thanks team for your incredible support

Team Dr. JFM Stanford Neurosurgery Dr.Jayakar V Nayak MD, PhD in the news

Doctors Remove Highly Complex Brain Tumor Through Toddler’s Nose - Stanford Medicine Children’s Health Blog At 2 and a half years of age, Lewis had a pituitary gland that was working poorly and worsening vision. Then, fear of a new tumor developing near his hypothalamus triggered worry that Lewis would develop hypothalamic obesity. It was time to operate.

Congratulations to our fellows and visitors completing their training and stay at
Dr. Reza from Indonesia was awarded the CNS Foundation Stanford International Visitorship
Outstanding performance from this young promise of Asian Neurosurgery. A joy having you.
Dr. Min Ho Lee from South Korea conducted innovative research on robotic surgery for posterior skull base and transorbital approaches. Keep looking into the future!
Dr. Violet from Thailand spend 1 month observing complex skull base procedures. Thanks for visiting!

Safe travels and see you soon

Stanford NeuroTraIn Center and extended Skull Base family at
Proud and grateful for all your outstanding work

Training clinical fellows is a major academic responsibility
graduates after 18 months and 350 cases. Superb clinician, surgeon and researcher. She embraces safe, gentle, accurate surgery. A rising star in our field
is ready for you

Congratulations to Dr. Mariano Rinaldi from for completing his research fellowship in at NeuroTraIn Center.
Your personal sacrifice and outstanding work will certainly benefit many patients over the years in northern Patagonia.
You continue the legacy and traditions of the Argentinean school of microsurgical neuroanatomy
Viva la Anatomía Carajo !!

Enhorabuena al Dr. Mariano Rinaldi por finalizar exitosamente su especialización en Neuroanatomia Microquirurgica en el centro NeuroTraIn de la Universidad de Stanford.
Vuestro sacrifico personal sumado al excelente trabajo realizado con toda certeza serán de un enorme beneficio para los pacientes del norte de la Patagonia.
Así continuarás con el legado y tradición de la escuela Argentina de Neuroanatomia Microquirugica.
Viva la Anatomía Carajo!!

It’s been an immense privilege to work hand-in-hand with Master Skull Base Surgeon Rob Jackler over the last 5 years . Today we did our last case together as he heads into retirement from clinical practice. Many enjoyable long hours & challenging cases. Thanks Rob for your friendship and inspiring mentorship.



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ACNS Webinar Endosc Endonasal Vs Cranial Keyhole in Giant Skull Base Trs & Endoscopic Pituitary Sx This video contains lectures from the weekly organized scientific webinars by the Asian Congress of Neurological Surgeons. The video has two lectures in it. ...

“Teaching is the greatest act of optimism”
Deep gratitude to our invited faculty
Mentorship, friendship, generosity
We walk the talk
Innovations in Endoscopic Endonasal Surgery 2023 was a huge success thanks to you all!



See you next summer!

It was an honor to be invited speaker for the 31st annual George Ehni Lecture at Baylor Neurosurgery. Great time teaching residents and fellows and interacting with world-class faculty. Texas hospitality is not overrated!

Looking forward to sharing the stage with these Neurosurgery Masters from whom I have learnt so much
Immersive 3D, Microsurgical Anatomy, Technical Pearls, Surgical Innovation

Great international crew observing microneurosurgery case today - transcallosal prefornicial approach
From left to right:
Amy Wang -
Sasagawa Sensei - Japan - Sayonara!
Alix - Belgium
Enrico - Italy
Dr. Chan - Philippines

Dueling dissection with at Rhoton Room
What an honor to work alongside Skull Base pioneers & legends - Chandra Sen & L. Sekhar - a shared past and a shared passion for

Great way to start as visiting professor to USF Tampa Hospital with an outstanding group of residents

Changing of the Guard at Stanford NeuroTraIn Center. We celebrate their successful completion of fellowship. Your passion for microsurgical neuroanatomy and techniques will serve you and your patients lifelong.

Nobutaka Yoshioka Sensei (Japan)
Dr. Moon (South Korea)
Jose Ernesto Chang (El Salvador)
Johan Valenzuela (Rep. Dominicana)

Farewell and Godspeed!

SAVE THE DATE! August 2-5, 2023 Innovations in Endoscopic Endonasal Skull Base Surgery. Hands-on dissection course, 3D Lectures & Live Surgery.
We walk the talk!
Master anatomy. Learn new techniques. Improve your practice. Visit Stanford Campus. Limited spots. RSVP.


For this 3rd edition excited to announce our stellar guests and Ricardo Carrau from

Message with question and Happy New Year!!

The desert is a unique place to wrap up an intense 2022, enjoy family time, and recharge for the challenges ahead. Special thanks and admiration to for hosting us and sharing his incredible art work. The world is a better place and way more fun with people like him. Wish you all healthy and lucky 2023!

Here the latest contribution from our NeuroTraIn Lab and Neurosurgical Atlas Team. Unique cover illustration by the talented Josh Klein showing “the dark side of the gland” from the cavernous sinus perspective. 360-degree understanding of this anatomy is the key for mastering parasellar surgery .neuroanatomia2022

FTOZ approach - Microsurgical dissections at NeuroTraIn Lab neurotrain.stanford.edu

3D Surgical Neuroanatomy symposium was vibrant, packed and sold-out. World-class faculty under legendaries Prof. Rhoton & Evandro. Truly inspiring to feel the excitement of the younger generations for microsurgical anatomy & techniques. The future is bright!

The development of caused a generational paradigm shift in . But how do we balance its role with transcranial skullbase approaches? Go to drjfm.com (link in bio) to access my new lecture for the 2022 Japan Neurosurgical Society meeting. Arigato!

Happening now

2022 Acromegaly Community/Stanford Acromegaly Hybrid Educational Conference — Acromegaly Community Living with a rare disease can be difficult to navigate. Take this opportunity to learn about the proper management of Acromegaly from top physicians. This meeting not only focuses on education but the communal and emotional support of patients. Hope to see you there! Hotel information and hotel dis

For the last 30+ years, Dr. Gary Steinberg & the Stanford Moyamoya Center team have treated moyamoya patients & been heroes to many.

We're humbled to share a message to the moyamoya community this 10th annual World Moyamoya Day - May 6th from Dr. Gary Steinberg. Here is what he had to share...

"Today, on the 10th anniversary of World Moyamoya Day, we have much to celebrate. Ever since Tara MacInnes received her bypass surgery in 2004, nearly twenty years ago, I have seen her advocate tirelessly to spread awareness about this rare and often overlooked disease. I am glad to connect with the moyamoya community on this significant anniversary of World Moyamoya Day and reflect on all that has been accomplished.

I also want to recognize the leadership team of World Moyamoya Day, including DJ Johnson, (founder of Moyamoya.com), Angie Sucher Gabrielson, Jennifer Carlin Reilly, Raja Sonnylal and Leila Booshehri Gallagher for their outstanding promotion and leadership. It is through all of your team efforts that
patients are able to pursue further knowledge and support for moyamoya patients and families worldwide.

At Stanford, we continue to have excellent outcomes for our moyamoya patients who come here for treatment and surgery. With more than 31 years of moyamoya treatment expertise, and having performed more than 2,000 surgeries in over 1,300 patients from 49 states and 19 countries, Stanford’s Moyamoya Center continues to offer the most comprehensive approach to treating moyamoya patients. Currently performing 100-120 moyamoya revascularization procedures a year, we are privileged to remain the largest moyamoya referral center in the US and Western world.

We are fortunate to have made some significant research advances in the past 2 years, that clarify some important issues facing moyamoya patients. I am often asked whether a direct bypass procedure is riskier than an indirect bypass in adult moyamoya patients, so we studied this in 133 direct compared with 62 indirect bypasses and showed no difference in the very low post-op stroke rate, but better revascularization at 6 months in the direct bypass group. We also demonstrated that contrary to prior smaller series suggesting 30% of patients with unilateral moyamoya progress to bilateral disease, only 8% of our 217 unilateral patients progressed to involve the other side – which is very reassuring for these patients. Another key study in our pregnant moyamoya patients revealed that performing bypass before pregnancy protected against all strokes during pregnancy or in the postpartum period, compared to a much higher risk of stroke and TIAs in patients who became pregnant before undergoing bypass. Using blood, cerebrospinal fluid and small specimens of arteries from surgery, generously donated by our patients, we have now found novel secreted factors and differences in moyamoya patient blood vessel cells that help explain the disease. Finally, using sophisticated brain imaging we identified several modifiable preoperative factors that increase the risk of postoperative stroke in moyamoya patients, allowing us to decrease surgical risks in our patients.

To all moyamoya patients and their families – thank you for sharing your experience, championing understanding and early treatment, providing resources and knowledge to others, and for being such a dedicated community. I am grateful for all the important work you have accomplished in raising awareness about this under recognized and often misdiagnosed disease among the public and
healthcare professionals. Going forward, I and my colleagues will continue to help patients navigate their moyamoya journey with research discoveries to identify causes of moyamoya and avenues for best treatment options.

Wishing good health to all our Moyamoya Warriors,

Dr. Gary Steinberg