Dr. Alexandra Giantini Larsen, a fifth-year resident in neurosurgery, was recently awarded first place at the New York Society of Neurosurgery Resident Research Night for her work on liquid biopsies for brainstem gliomas. Dr. Larsen placed first of the eight presentations by neurosurgical residents from New York area training programs. Her research, a collaborative project with Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK), found that liquid biopsies performed on cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) are useful for...