Mentors have an enormous impact on a neurosurgeon’s professional life – as teachers, researchers, authors and colleagues. Honor Your Mentor (HYM) Funds celebrate luminaries in neurosurgery: those who have inspired, taught and guided us.
The future of neurosurgery depends upon the type of leadership exemplified by the men and women who give of their time and talent to develop the specialty. Honor a mentor to recognize and celebrate their role in advancing neurosurgery.
Each HYM fund has a specific area of interest. Donations are directed to a chosen research or educational endeavor and/or institution in the name of the mentor.
Current HYM Fund Honorees
A. Leland Albright
Supports neurosurgery resident and fellow education in Africa
Albert L. Rhoton, Jr.
Supports maintenance & development of the Rhoton Collection®; funding for micro neuroanatomical research fellowships
Allan H. Friedman
Honors Dr. Allan Friedman and his leadership of the RUNN Course by supporting the RUNN Course
Andrew T. Parsa
Funds a fellowship or research grant for brain tumor research
Anthony Marmarou
Funds TBI registry research and/or young investigator research in ICP and brain edema, and supports the Marmarou Named Lectureship on ICP, cerebral edema and/or TBI-related topics at the Neurotrauma Section session of the AANS Annual Scientific Meeting
Charles B. Wilson
Funds brain tumor research
Charles G. Drake
In memory of Charles Drake, Professor and Chairman Emeritus at the University of Western Ontario
Charles Kuntz IV
Funds awards for residents and fellows to present research at the Spine Section Annual Meeting
Charles L. Branch, Sr.
Supports clinical outcomes research for lumbar interbody fusion and cervical fusion using registry data
Charles H. Tator
Supports basic science research in spinal cord injury
Christopher I. Shaffrey To support an International Scholar Surgeon to attend the DSPN Meeting to present a paper
David L. Kelly, Jr.
Supports Resident Education and Research within Wake Forest University Department of Neurosurgery
David Kline
Supports peripheral nerve education and clinical or basic science research
Donald O. Quest
Funds the Quest Research Awards
Ed Benzel
Supports clinical outcomes studies to analyze posture and deformity in cervical spondylotic myelopathy patients
Edward H. Oldfield
Supports innovative clinical and translational research performed by neurosurgical residents and fellows
Edward R. Laws
Supports resident education and research within the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Department of Neurosurgery
Edward S. Connolly
Supports clinical outcome studies, clinical or basic science research and fellowships in spine
Henry G. Schwartz
Supports staff and resident education and research within the department of neurosurgery training program at the Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University in St. Louis, Mo.
Hoi Sang U Fund Purpose: To support research into the molecular mechanisms of neurosurgical diseases with a focus on neurotrauma, neuro-oncology or aging
Howard J. Silberstein
Promotes resident attendance at national meetings and continued development of the University of Rochester Neurosurgery Cranial and Spine Lab
Jack P. Rock
Promotes resident educational activities, including the development of cranial and spinal laboratories and the International Program at Henry Ford Hospital Department of Neurosurgery
James T. Rutka
Supports the Tumor Section in their area of greatest need
John A. Jane, Sr.
For NREF-funded resident education and resident education at the University of Virginia
John C. Oakley
Supports education and research in the study of pain
Joseph S. Cheng
Supports clinical and basic science research in spine and training in spine
Karin M. Muraszko
Helps develop leaders in neurosurgery by providing mentoring and didactic education
Katie O. Orrico
Supports education on health policy, socioeconomics and public and private sector advocacy
Kent C. New
Supports research and the clinical treatment of spinal cord injury
Kim J. Burchiel
Supports education and research in the neurosurgical treatment of pain
L. Dade Lunsford
Supports research, education and clinical outcomes with image-guided neurosurgery that includes stereotactic radiosurgery
Lyal G. Leibrock
Contributes funds for medical students, residents and young neurosurgeons for socioeconomic education
Martin H. Weiss
Supports basic science or clinical research performed by neurosurgery residents
Michael T. Lawton
Supports clinical and basic science research, training and education in cerebrovascular neurosurgery at the Barrow Neurological Institute
Peter J. Jannetta
Honors the memory of Dr. Peter J. Jannetta and supports research, education and innovation within the University of Pittsburgh Department of Neurosurgery
Philip E. Stieg
Funds a skull base research fellowship at the Weill Cornell Medical College Department of Neurological Surgery
R. Michael Scott
Supports the R. Michael Scott Lectureship and related educational efforts at Boston Children’s Hospital
Ralph G. Dacey
Funds the Ralph Dacey CV Research Lectureship at the CV section’s annual meeting
Raymond Sawaya
Supports an annual award for the most successful neurosurgical oncology fellow
Regis W. Haid, Jr.
Supports spinal clinical outcomes studies, fellowship research projects
Richard G. Fessler
Supports basic or clinical research directed toward developing or evaluating new spinal surgical techniques or the treatment of spinal cord injury
Robert E. Harbaugh
Supports rigorous research in registry-based clinical research in neurosurgery
Robert F. Heary
Supports mentorship of medical students and resident as well as facilitate involvement in organized neurosurgery
Robertson Brothers
Supports education and research within the University of Tennessee neurosurgery resident program
Roy A. E. Bakay
Supports research in stereotactic and functional neurosurgery
Sanford J. Larson
Funds an award for best spine research paper at the AANS Annual Scientific Meeting
Sanjiv Bhatia
Funds an international pediatric neurosurgery and/or pediatric epilepsy surgery traveling fellowship; a Bhatia lectureship; and/or pediatric neurosurgery medical missions
Shelly D. Timmons
Support leadership development for all young neurosurgeons
Stewart B. Dunsker
Supports clinical or basic science research and fellowships in spine
Thoralf M. Sundt, Jr.
Funds education and research within the Mayo Clinic Residency Program
Ulrich Batzdorf
Supports basic science research in spinal cord injury
Volker K. H. Sonntag
Supports clinical outcome studies, clinical or basic science research and fellowships in spine
Warren C. Boop Jr.
Supports resident education and research at the University of Arkansas
Warren R. Selman
Supports clinical or basic science research and fellowships in cerebrovascular
Global Humanitarian
Supports global neurosurgical programmatic efforts
Military Heroes
Honors those that have served with funds utilized for military surgeons and surgeons-in-training
NSA Neurosurgical Founders
Funds education for the NSA Annual Meeting
Awards
The NREF uses gifts to HYM funds for the stated purpose of the fund as outlined by the donor and/or institution. To date, the following HYM Funds have provided over $300,000 in funding for projects and awards:
Albert L. Rhoton Fund
Rhoton Young Clinician Investigator Award for Neuroanatomical Research
2018 Maria Peris-Celda, MD, PhD, Albany Medical College
Rhoton Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship
2018 Sricharan Gopakumar, Baylor College of Medicine
Brian F. Jimenez, University of Tennessee
Andrew T. Parsa Fund
Andrew T. Parsa Research Fellowship Grant
2017 Darryl Lau, MD, University of California-San Francisco
2018 Teddy Kim, MD, Wake Forest School of Medicine
2019 Benjamin T. Himes, MD, Mayo Clinic
Charles Drake Fund
The fund provides support to the AANS/CNS Cerebrovascular Section for ongoing educational and research programs.
Charles Kuntz IV Fund
The fund supports awards for residents and fellows to present research at the Annual Meeting of the AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves.
2017 Vincent J. Alentado, Michael Brendan Cloney, Doniel Drazin, Benjamin D. Elder, George M. Ghobrial, C. Rory Goodwin, Peter Grunert, Daipayan Guha, Ibrahim Hussain, Christian Iorio-Morin, Evan Joseph Lytle, Allan R. Martin, Meghan Murphy, Aria Nouri, Vijay Ravindra, Ahilan Sivaganesan, Vijay Yanamadala, Michael M.H. Yang and Scott L. Zuckerman
2018 Mark Andrew Attiah, Yi-Ren Chen, Lee Onn Chieng, Michael Cloney, Shashank V. Gandhi, Jakub Godzik, Jian Guan, Allen L. Ho, Katie L. Krause, Darryl Lau, Jay Kiran Nathan, Tianyi Niu, Imran Noorani, Eric W. Sankey, Ganesh Shankar, Corey Tyler Walker, Vijay Yanamadala, Juneyoung L. Yi and Hesham Mostafa Zakaria
2019 Owoicho Adogwa, Mohammed Ali Alvi, Mark Andrew Attiah, Oliver GS Ayling, Andrew Kai-Hong Chan, Islam Fayed, Shashank V. Gandhi, Jack M. Haglin, Allen L. Ho, Sertac Kirnaz, Mohamed Macki, Anthony L. Mikula, Aria Nouri, Zachary Sanford, Alisson R. Teles, Zoe E. Teton, Jamie RF Wilson, Michael M.H. Yang, Hesham Mostafa Zakaria and Scott L. Zuckerman
2020 Roberto Perez-Roman, Andrew K. H. Chan, Ken Chang, Mena G. Kerolus, Michael Karsy, Yaroslav J. Gelfand, Nida Fatima, Allan R. Martin, Harry Mushlin, John F. Burke, Jacob C. Hoffmann, Samuel H. Farber, Chencai Wang, Lee Onn Chieng, Darryl Lau, Jakub Godzik, Anshit Goyal, Anthony L. Mikula, Oliver GS Ayling, and Michael M. H. Yang
David L. Kelly, Jr. Fund
The fund provides support to neurosurgical residents for ongoing educational programs within the department of neurosurgery at Wake Forest University.
Donald O. Quest Fund
Donald O. Quest Basic Science Award for Medical Student
2016 Kristen A Batich
2017 Vaidehi Mahadev
2018 Ahmed Jorge, PhD
2019 Deborah Boyett
Donald O. Quest Clinical Science Award for Medical Student
2016 Jason Anthony Liew
2017 Gautam Madhu Nayar
2018 Aaron Gelinne
2019 Shehryar Sheikh
Donald O. Quest Basic Science Award for Candidate Member or Non-Member (Resident)
2016 Ganesh Mani Shankar, MD
2017 Gentian Toshkezi, MD
2018 Dominic Maggio, MD
2019 Alexander Ksendzovsky, MD
Donald O. Quest Clinical Science Award for Candidate Member or Non-Member
2016 Allen Ho, MD
2017 Richard Rammo, MD
2018 Andrew K. Chan, MD
2019 Siir Sahib Singh Khalsa, MD
Edward R. Laws Fund
The fund provided support for the establishment of a special archive at Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston, including a collection of historical materials and educational resources related to Harvey Cushing and other figures in neurosurgery.
Ralph G. Dacey Fund
2018 Ralph G. Dacey, Jr.
2019 E. Sander Connolly, Jr.
Regis W. Haid, Jr. Fund
The fund provides ongoing support for the NPA Effectiveness of Fusion for Grade I Spondylolisthesis study.
Stewart B. Dunsker Fund
2018-20 Jetan Bhadiwala, MD
Warren C. Boop, Jr. Fund
2017 Heather Pinckard-Dover, MD
2019 Olusoji Afuwape, MD, PhD
Matthew Helton, MD
Patrick Paullus, MD
2020 Matthew Helton, MD
Marcus Stephens, MD
Congratulations to all HYM Fund award recipients and best wishes for their continued success.