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Neurosurgery Education & Research Activities
Supervision: Dr Khurana participates in the supervision of:
- Final (fourth) year medical students enrolled in the Australian National University Medical School (ANUMS)
- Senior medical students from interstate and overseas rotating with the neurosurgery service
- Neurosurgery Junior Medical Officers (JMOs)
- For a list of some of the tutorials given by Dr Khurana to senior medical students and JMOs visit: www.brain-surgery.us/medstudent.html or
- Postgraduate Surgical Masters Candidates enrolled in the MPhil(Surg) degree of the Australian National University (see below)
- Neurosurgical trainees enrolled in the SET Program of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
GP Articles: Published in Canberra Doctor, the Official print publication of the ACT Division of the Australian Medical Association (AMA). These articles have been written for a diverse audience, including general practitioners, junior medical officers, senior medical students and nursing and paramedical staff. Their downloadable PDF versions are available by clicking on the titles below.
For the Official Website of Canberra Doctor:
Masters Degree: The Australian National University (ANU), ranked the top university in Australia and one of the world's best universities (click here for ranking details), offers a Master of Philosophy (Surgery) or MPhil(Surg) degree in surgical research, equivalent of an "MS".
- In 2009, Dr Khurana supervised two Surgical Masters candidates. A further two will be commencing in 2010. Current Masters projects are listed below (*).
- Medical graduates or final year medical students interested in undertaking an MPhil(Surg) degree under Dr Khurana's supervision are welcome to contact Dr Khurana for further information on (02) 6244 3937, or the Office of the ANU Associate Dean (Higher Degree Research):
A Research Fellowship for neurosurgery MPhil(Surg) candidates is currently being set up.
Recent or Current Neurosurgery Research Projects:
Click the following PDF icons for the relevant manuscript, letter, book chapter or debate co/authored by Dr Khurana: (* = a project currently being completed by a surgical Masters candidate)
- Mobile phones and brain tumours - An international collaboration examining the health risks of mobile phone technology.
- Letter: Khurana VG. Science 2008; 322: 1325.
- Debate: Khurana VG et al. Medical Physics 2008; 35: 5203-5206.
- Peer-reviewed article & meta-analysis: Khurana VG et al. Surgical Neurology 2009; 72: 205-214.
- Letter: Khurana VG et al. Surgical Neurology 2009; 72: 436-437.
- Intraoperative ultrasonographic flowmetry
- Manuscript: Kirk HJ et al. British Journal of Neurosurgery 2009; 23:40-47.
- Intraoperative fluorescence videoangiography
- Manuscript: Khurana VG et al. In press.
- Selective awake craniotomy
- Manuscript: Manchella S et al. In peer-review.
- Neurosurgical applications of magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS), functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI)*
- Manuscript: Rao P et al. In preparation.
- Brain Tumour Incidence*
- Manuscript: Dobes M et al. In preparation.
- A review of cerebral blood flow and metabolism and cerebral ischaemia - A book chapter in one of Neurosurgery's most renowned textbooks:
- Tan C, Khurana VG, Benarroch EE, Meyer FB. Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism and Cerebral Ischaemia. In: Youmans Neurological Surgery, 6th Edition, Philadelphia, WB Saunders, in press, 2010.
For the Official PUBMED list of Dr Khurana's journal publications and their abstracts...
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