Vanderbilt Neurosurgery Resident Scholarship & Award Recipients
Since neurosurgery represents a lifelong endeavor of continual learning and self-improvement, we proudly recognize our residents for their achievements in research, education, leadership, and clinical excellence at national, state, and local levels.
Awards for the 2019-2020 academic year
Claudio Cavallo, MD
- 2019 Tennessee Neurosurgical Society, Best Oral Presentation
Michael Feldman, MD
- Elected to Board of trustees for the Tennessee medical association
- Socioeconomic fellowship from the CSNS
Patrick Kelly, MD
- Ruth L. Kirschstein Institutional National Research Service Award Institutional Research Training (T32) Grant Award Sponsor: National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health Role: Trainee Grant Number: 5T32CA106183-15
- Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR) Red Blood Cell Distribution Width in Glioblastoma Sponsor: National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health Role: PI Amount: $5,000 Grant Number: VR54147 / UL1 TR002243
- 2019 Voland Neuro-Oncology Research Award Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- 2019 SANS Challenge (Qualified) Congress of Neurological Surgeons
Akshitkumar Mistry, MD
- Vanderbilt SCRIPS Scholar, Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Award: $110,000 (over 3 years)
Rebecca Reynolds, MD
- 2019-2020 NIH Fogarty Global Health Fellow Grant
David Voce, MD
- Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA; F32) from the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health
Aaron Yengo-Kahn, MD
- 2019 AAP/SONS Award for Best Oral Presentation at 2019 AANS/CNS Section of Pediatric Neurosurgery Annual Meeting Awarded for “Improving Discharge Readiness After Concussion Diagnosis in the Pediatric Emergency Department”
- 2019 AANS/CNS Section of Pediatric Neurosurgery Travelling Fellowship To be completed Fall 2020 under mentorship of Dr. Ed Smith at Boston Children’s Hospital
- 2019 NFL Travel Grant for Helmet Challenge Symposium