The Neurosurgical Consult Book

“The case descriptions are concise, relevant, and well referenced. I regret that I did not have access to this resource when I was starting out in neurosurgery!” -AVIVA ABOSCH, MD, PHD”Illustrating key clinical principles with surgical efficiency, this book is the essential companion of the Neurosurgery resident.” -LOLA B. CHAMBLESS, MD, FAANS”I predict this will be an indispensable reference for trainees in neurosurgery.” -EDWARD CHANG, MD”The Neurosurgical Consult Book provides residents a library of the common consults with quick summaries of presentations, imaging findings, clinical signs, management plans, and learning points. This handbook will surely find its way into the pockets of neurosurgery residents.” -MICHAEL T. LAWTON, MD”Whether you’re in the midst of a busy day on-call or between cases, this book will provide succinct, highly relevant background and management pearls on neurosurgical conditions at all levels.” -MICHAEL LIM, MD”This is an outstanding book that fills a critical niche and will be a ‘must-have’ in resident call rooms for years to come.” -WILLIAM J. MACK, MD, MS, FAANS, FACS, FAHA”The mastery of clinical examination and a meticulous understanding of neurosurgical pathology is a continuous process, and it starts even before our residency and continues way after we finish our training. This book illustrates the importance of these consults for all of us and, most importantly, for the well-being of our patients.” -ALFREDO QUIÑONES-HINOJOSA, MD, FAANS, FACS”While it is impossible to know and see everything throughout one’s career, this book offers highly practical information on the differential diagnosis, work-up and investigation, and management of patients presenting with neurosurgical disorders of all types. An especially valuable resource for junior trainees, and one which I wish I had at my fingertips back then!” -JAMES T. RUTKA, MD, PHD”I anticipate that this book will help consolidate the neurosurgical libraries of many providers into a single reference used on a routine basis.” -DANIEL M. SCIUBBA, MD, MBA”This book will serve as the voice of reason to prepare the next generation of neurosurgeons to think about all problems in a broad sense while maintaining their confidence as they care for our patients and their families.” -NICHOLAS THEODORE, MD, FACS, FAANS

Dr. Xu is an assistant professor of neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he specializes in cerebrovascular/skull base and endovascular neurosurgery. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers in journals such as Nature, Neuron, Science Advances, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Neurosurgery, and Journal of Neurosurgery. He was a News Executive of The Harvard Crimson and was a contributing editor towards 50 Successful Harvard Application Essays: What Worked for Them Can Help You Get into the College of Your Choice.

Dr. Rincon-Torroella is a chief resident at the Johns Hopkins Hospital Department of Neurosurgery. She has published over 90 book chapters and peer-reviewed papers in clinical and translational research. She has served as a content developer working together with Elsevier and Dr. Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa as an editor for The Video Atlas of Neurosurgery: Contemporary Tumor and Skull Base Surgery. She also co-authored chapters for major neurosurgical textbooks such as Youmans & Winn Neurological Surgery , Kumar’s Neurocritical Care Management of the Neurosurgical Patient, and Goodman’s Neurosurgery Oral Board Review.

Dr. Liu is currently a PGY7 resident completing an enfolded spine fellowship at the Johns Hopkins Hospital Department of Neurosurgery. She has published over 40 peer-reviewed papers and was the 2020-2021 NEUROSURGERY® Publications Resident Fellow. She continues to serve as an editor for Neurosurgery and Operative Neurosurgery.