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Leksell Radiosurgery Award

Elekta Recognition Program

Each year Elekta sponsors an award for the best paper on stereotactic radiosurgery related to brain tumors amongst the Tumor Section members of AANS and CNS. Winners are presented at the AANS Annual Meeting. On Monday April 16, the 2012 Leksell Radiosurgery Award was presented to Dr. Edward A. Monaco III from The University of Pittsburgh.  2012 marks the fourth year that the Leksell Radiosurgery Award has been presented.  Previous winners are Dr. Robert Starke (2011), Dr. Reqeeb Haque (2010) and Dr. Isaac Yang (2009).

2012 Leksell Radiosurgery Award  Recipient:  Edward A. Monaco III, MD, PhD

The Risk of Leukoencephalopathy After Whole Brain Radiation Therapy Plus Radiosurgery Versus Radiosurgery Alone for Metastatic Lung Cancer

Authors:  Edward A. Monaco III, MD, PhD; AmirFaraji; Phillip Parry; Uri Hadelsberg;Hideyuki Kano; Ajay Niranjan; DouglasKondziolka; L. Dade Lunsford

Edward A. Monaco III, MD, PhD

Biographical Information1:
 
Edward A. Monaco III, MD, PhD, is a sixth-year resident in neurologicalsurgery at The University of
Pittsburgh. In 1999, he graduated summa cum laude with departmental honors in biology and chemistry from Le Moyne College in Syracuse, NY He completed his PhD in neuroscience in 2004 from Upstate
Medical University, also in Syracuse, and his MD from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York in 2006. During Dr. Monaco's fifth and sixth years of residency, he has pursued additional subspecialty training with L. Dade Lunsford, MD, FAANS; Douglas S. Kondziolka, MD, FAANS; and Peter C. Gerszten, MD, MPH, FAANS; in brain stereotactic radiosurgery using the Gamma Knife and LINAC devices, while also performing clinical outcomes research in these areas. His current research interests include better elucidating the effects of different forms of radiation therapy (i.e. whole brain radiation therapy or stereotactic radiosurgery) on normal brain structure and function. Dr. Monaco is married and has three children.

1. Biographical information and picture from the Program Guide for the 2012 Annual Scientific Meeting.

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