June 4: International Skull Base Surgery Day

David A Gudis¹, Benjamin S Bleier², Jean Anderson Eloy³, James J Evans⁴, Juan Carlos Fernandez-Miranda⁵, Paul A Gardner⁶, Mathew Geltzeiler⁷, Jessica W Grayson⁸, Richard J Harvey⁹, Elisa A Illing¹⁰, David W Kennedy¹¹, Cristine Klatt-Cromwell¹², Edward C Kuan¹³, Jivianne Lee¹⁴, Michael J Link¹⁵, James K Liu^{16

17}, Patricia Loftus¹⁸, Nyall R London¹⁹, Erin L McKean²⁰, Kibwei A McKinney²¹, L Madison Michael²², Gurston G Nyquist¹¹, Zara M Patel²³, Mindy Rabinowitz¹¹, Sanjeet V Rangarajan²⁴, Kenneth D Rodriguez²⁴, Nicholas R Rowan¹⁹, Rodney J Schlosser²⁵, Kafui Searyoh²⁶, Raymond F Sekula Jr²⁷, Timothy L Smith⁷, Carl Snyderman²⁸, Satyan B Sreenath¹⁰, Dennis M Tang²⁹, Brian D Thorp¹², Eric W Wang²⁸, Marilene B Wang¹⁴, Bradford A Woodworth⁸, Garret Choby²⁸

Affiliations

¹ Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Neurologic Surgery, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York, United States.
² Department of Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
³ Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, United States.
⁴ Department of Neurologic Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
⁵ Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, United States.
⁶ Department of Neurologic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
⁷ Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States.
⁸ Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States.
⁹ Rhinology and Skull Base Surgery, University of New South Wales and Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
¹⁰ Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.
¹¹ Department of Otolaryngology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
¹² Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States.
¹³ Departments of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery and Neurological Surgery, University of California, Irvine, California, United States.
¹⁴ Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles, California, United States.
¹⁵ Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States.
¹⁶ Skull Base Institute of New Jersey, Neurosurgeons of New Jersey, NYU Langone Neurosurgery Network, Livingston, New Jersey, United States.
¹⁷ Department of Neurosurgery, Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center, RWJ Barnabas Health, Livingston, New Jersey, United States.
¹⁸ Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, California, United States.
¹⁹ Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
²⁰ Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States.
²¹ Rhinology and Skull Base Surgery, SSM Health - St. Anthony Hospital, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States.
²² Department of Neurosurgery - University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee, United States.
²³ Department of Otolaryngology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, United States.
²⁴ Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center/Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States.
²⁵ Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States.
²⁶ Department of Otolaryngology, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, University of Ghana Medical School, Accra, Ghana.
²⁷ Department of Neurologic Surgery, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York, United States.
²⁸ Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
²⁹ Division of Otolaryngology, Department of Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States.

PMID: 40351876
PMCID: PMC12064291 (available on 2026-03-26)
DOI: 10.1055/a-2538-4080

Editorial

June 4: International Skull Base Surgery Day

David A Gudis et al. J Neurol Surg B Skull Base. 2025.

. 2025 Mar 26;86(3):243-244.

doi: 10.1055/a-2538-4080. eCollection 2025 Jun.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Neurologic Surgery, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York, United States.
² Department of Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
³ Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, United States.
⁴ Department of Neurologic Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
⁵ Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, United States.
⁶ Department of Neurologic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
⁷ Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States.
⁸ Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States.
⁹ Rhinology and Skull Base Surgery, University of New South Wales and Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
¹⁰ Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.
¹¹ Department of Otolaryngology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
¹² Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States.
¹³ Departments of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery and Neurological Surgery, University of California, Irvine, California, United States.
¹⁴ Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles, California, United States.
¹⁵ Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States.
¹⁶ Skull Base Institute of New Jersey, Neurosurgeons of New Jersey, NYU Langone Neurosurgery Network, Livingston, New Jersey, United States.
¹⁷ Department of Neurosurgery, Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center, RWJ Barnabas Health, Livingston, New Jersey, United States.
¹⁸ Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, California, United States.
¹⁹ Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
²⁰ Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States.
²¹ Rhinology and Skull Base Surgery, SSM Health - St. Anthony Hospital, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States.
²² Department of Neurosurgery - University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee, United States.
²³ Department of Otolaryngology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, United States.
²⁴ Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center/Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States.
²⁵ Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States.
²⁶ Department of Otolaryngology, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, University of Ghana Medical School, Accra, Ghana.
²⁷ Department of Neurologic Surgery, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York, United States.
²⁸ Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
²⁹ Division of Otolaryngology, Department of Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States.

PMID: 40351876
PMCID: PMC12064291 (available on 2026-03-26)
DOI: 10.1055/a-2538-4080

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