Vigi Katlowitz
@Vigi_Katlowitz
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Aspiring husband, father, neurosurgeon scientist, cyborg.
Houston, TX
Joined August 2012
Proud to share our collaborative work, now published in @TheLancetOncol. This project stands as a testament to the talent and enduring spirit of Karenna Groff. Thanks to @wenyalindabi for her dedication in bringing this to publication. @MeningiomaBot
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After years of work the paper is finally out! When planning a phase 2 study its hard to know which non invasive studies to get and/or prioritize. Turns out that the answer changes with different causes of epilepsy
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Objective Surgical outcomes in the management drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE) rely heavily on proper identification of the seizure onset zone (SOZ). Stereo-electroencephalography (sEEG) can be used...
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𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸? #BCMNeurosurgery has trained generations of exceptional surgeons since 1954. Drs. @DoctorGRao, @akashjp330, @omar_tanweer & @SameerShethMD discuss the intersection of our healthcare, research and educational missions. #NeurosurgeryAwarenessMonth #NeuroX
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New preprint from the team, “Attention is all you need (in the brain): semantic contextualization in human hippocampus” . Could not have done it without @SameerShethMD and Ben Hayden! https://t.co/pKgZ8JgMws
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In natural language, word meanings are contextualized, that is, modified by meanings of nearby words. Inspired by self-attention mechanisms in transformer-based large language models (LLMs), we...
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It takes a village. Last night we celebrated our 3 outstanding chief residents (Nisha Giridharan, @abkhan_md, and Major Ben Larkin @USArmy) graduating. So excited to see what great things they do and all of the patients they will go on to help! @BCMNeurosurgery #MedEd
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#BCMNeurosurgery held its final #GrandRounds of the academic year today, where the department celebrated another year full of accomplishments 🎉 Join us in congratulating the following resident award recipients 🏆: •Dr. Nisha Giridharan •Dr. Alex Flores •Dr. Samantha Varela
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Huge congrats to Vigi on this award! The Academy Award is the highest scientific honor available to neurosurgery residents. See the preprint here:
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Consciousness is a fundamental component of cognition,[1][1] but the degree to which higher-order perception relies on it remains disputed.[2][2],[3][3] Here we demonstrate the persistence of...
Dr. Vigi Katlowitz has received the Academy Award for Best Manuscript from the American Academy of Neurological Surgeons for his paper, "Learning and language in the unconscious human hippocampus." Congrats to Dr. Katlowitz, as well as mentors @SameerShethMD & Dr. Ben Hayden! 👏
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Dr. Vigi Katlowitz has received the Academy Award for Best Manuscript from the American Academy of Neurological Surgeons for his paper, "Learning and language in the unconscious human hippocampus." Congrats to Dr. Katlowitz, as well as mentors @SameerShethMD & Dr. Ben Hayden! 👏
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More science! We show that consciousness isnt a required component of core cognitive functions.
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Consciousness is a fundamental component of cognition,[1][1] but the degree to which higher-order perception relies on it remains disputed.[2][2],[3][3] Here we demonstrate the persistence of...
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This #MondayMotivation is brought to you by the members of #BCMNeurosurgery who participated in yesterday's Run for the Rose! 🏃♂️🏃♀️💪 Congrats to all who participated in and organized this amazing event, which supports the Dr. Marnie Rose Foundation🌹#BrainCancerResearch
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Members of #BCMNeurosurgery will be running in this weekend's 21st Annual Run for the Rose in support of #BrainCancerResearch 🌹 One member of our crew is PGY-5 Dr. Vigi Katlowitz, who is running in memory of a young patient. Learn more: https://t.co/gc22Bv7gGt
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new paper out on bioArxiv from the incredibly talented Dr. Franch!
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Uri lived up to his name. Join me in helping others in his memory https://t.co/Jf7L0xsGTJ
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Our beloved Uriel Herc'zl was diagnosed with brain cancer, specifically medulloblastoma, in September 2020. Amid the challenges of the pandemic, with masks bearing the message "Your fight is our...
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A fantastic CNS @CNS_Update here in Houston this year! Congrats to our med student Tommy Liu for winning best clinical research poster and great job to those who presented! @katkabotyanski, Anthony Allam, Zain Naqvi, @Vigi_Katlowitz, @G_Reyes00, and @nabeel_diab @BCMNeurosurgery
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(1/5) New paper in @BiologicalPsyc1 demonstrating favorable outcomes with dual-target sensing-capable #DBS in two patients with concomitant treatment-resistant #OCD and #TouretteSyndrome. Great work by first author @RicardoANajera. https://t.co/KYYQoAeWZG
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Managing post-radiation recurrent meningiomas comes with a separate set of challenges. We reviewed our experience to understand the role of salvage surgery and repeat radiation. @FDeMonte1 @MDAndersonNews @AANSNeuro #oncsurgery
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Couldn’t have asked for a better group with which to spend a functional neurosurgery weekend at the @ClearPointNeuro Residents&Fellows Course in Solano Beach. Thanks @alexandra_____k, @AdamKundishora, @Vigi_Katlowitz, Helen Shi, Sebastien Tremblay, and Mauricio Medina!
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Thanks to all the co-authors who took this to the finish line! @akashjp330 @DoctorGRao @Vigi_Katlowitz @DrShaanRaza
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