M. Gazi and Dianne C.H. Yasargil Lectureship, “Advances in Neuroscience”

Cerebrovascular and Skull Base Surgery: Behold the Inseparable Twins

Jacques J. Morcos, M.D., FRCS (Eng), FRCS(Ed), FAANS

Morcos is a professor and chair of the Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery at the McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, where he is also director of cerebrovascular and skull base neurosurgery and co-director of neurosciences. He is also president-elect of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons.

Morcos is a renowned, double fellowship-trained neurosurgeon whose expertise spans cardiovascular lesions and complex brain tumors. He is a native of Lebanon who earned his medical degree at the American University of Beirut, completed his residency in neurological surgery at the University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinics and completed fellowships in cerebrovascular surgery at the University of Florida College of Medicine and in cerebrovascular and skull base surgery at Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix.

The M. Gazi and Dianne C.H. Yasargil Lectureship, “Advances in Neuroscience,” began in 2008 to honor the then-UAMS professor and his wife.

M. Gazi Yasargil, originally from Turkey, joined the UAMS faculty in 1994 and took professor emeritus status in 2013. He was a microneurosurgery pioneer and was named “Man of the Century 1950-1999” by the Congress of Neurological Surgeons for his extraordinary body of work, including the development of several tools used in microneurosurgery.

His wife, Dianne, was a nurse who developed a method of organizing surgical instruments into sets for different types of neurosurgeries and later founded the European Association of Neurosciences Nurses.

In support of improving patient care, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education, and the American Nurses Credentialing Center to provide continuing education for the health care team.

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The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 ANCC contact hours.  Nursing contact hours will be awarded for successful completion of program components based upon documented attendance and completion of evaluation materials.

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The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 1.0 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.