Operative Neuroanatomy Using Virtual Reality and Cadaver Lab

This course will employ virtual reality (VR) tools in parallel with cadaveric specimens to demonstrate techniques used in neurosurgical oncology (including skull-based tumors and cortical tumors,) treatment of brain aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations, cavernomas, and more. Lab sessions will first introduce the relevant neuroanatomy using the VR headsets, and then give students an opportunity to analyze the pathological findings in VR, discuss, and evaluate different methods of repair. Relevant anatomy and surgical approaches will also be discussed using prepared cadaveric specimens. the course is comprised of four three-hour-long evening lab sessions at the Stanford Neurosurgical Simulation and Virtual Reality Center.