{"668080":{"#nid":"668080","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Georgia Tech Pediatric Technologies Invited Speaker Series","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EA special presentation, jointly presented by Georgia Tech Pediatric Technologies and the Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u201cNovel Options for Scoliosis Treatments\u201d\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.shrinerschildrens.org\/en\/our-care-providers\/amer-f-samdani-md-61537\u0022\u003EAmer F. Samdani, M.D.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nClinical Professor (Adjunct) of Neurological Surgery and Orthopaedic Surgery\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nSidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nChief of Surgery\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nShriners Hospital for Children - Philadelphia\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n**Register \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_U53ssL5fTEKdGzNLmBXePw\u0022\u003EHERE\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;to attend via Zoom\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAmer F. Samdani, MD, is certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery. He completed his undergraduate degree with honors at Columbia University, New York, NY, and earned his medical degree at Johns Hopkins Medical School, Baltimore, MD. He completed neurosurgery residency training at Johns Hopkins and a pediatric neurosurgery fellowship at the Children\u2019s Hospital of Philadelphia. Dr. Samdani\u2019s academic honors include membership in the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, the Alfred Blalock Research Award for Residents at Johns Hopkins, and outstanding poster at the Congress of Neurosurgeons. He was awarded the Edgar Dawson Traveling Fellowship by the Scoliosis Research Society and the Scoliosis Research Society Traveling Fellowship. Dr. Samdani has coedited 3 textbooks and has coauthored 53 book chapters and 280 publications in peer reviewed journals. He serves on the Executive Committee for the Harms Study Group and the Children\u2019s Spine Study Group. He leads the Shrine Spine Surgeons group, consisting of spine surgeons from Shriners Hospitals researching various topics in the treatment of spine deformity. Dr. Samdani\u2019s clinical interests include complex pediatric spine deformity (particularly fusionless treatments for scoliosis) and neuromuscular disease.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u201cNovel Options for Scoliosis Treatments\u201d - Amer Samdani, MD - Shriners Hospitals for Children\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"\u201cNovel Options for Scoliosis Treatments\u201d - Amer Samdani, MD - Shriners Hospital for Children - Philadelphia"}],"uid":"27195","created_gmt":"2023-06-12 18:09:30","changed_gmt":"2023-07-11 18:49:59","author":"Colly Mitchell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2023-10-03T11:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2023-10-03T12:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2023-10-03T12:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2023-10-03 15:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2023-10-03 16:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2023-10-03 16:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"Petit Biotech Building, 315 Ferst Drive, NW, Suddath Seminar Room 1128, Atlanta, GA 30332","extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1292","name":"Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"187423","name":"go-bio"},{"id":"189814","name":"go-researchevents"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:connect@ibb.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EEvent inquiries\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}