A cornerstone of our mission is to provide patients and their caregivers/family the information they need to help them. We understand it’s not simply about giving medical advice or emotional support, but providing the information and resources people need to understand their condition. Additionally, BSF sponsors programs aimed at bringing together members of the medical and scientific communities together to learn best practices and advance knowledge.
Meningioma Awareness Day
Meningioma Awareness Day brings together physicians and other health providers, researchers, meningioma patients and their families for mutual learning about the latest research into the causes, detection, and treatment of the disease. The event provides information and strategies for coping with this most common form of primary brain tumor, which affects 600,000 people in the country.
More >> Pituitary Day
In 2010, Brain Science Foundation organized Boston’s first ever Pituitary Day, bringing critical awareness to pituitary disorders. A consortium of world-class physicians presented the latest research and understandings of pituitary disease in hope of improving diagnosis and treatment. Sponsored by the Brain Science Foundation, Shield’s MRI, and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Pituitary Neuroendocrine Center, Pituitary Day hosted nearly one hundred patients, families, physicians, and health care providers.
More >> The Meningioma Summit
The BSF sponsored the first International Meningioma Summit convened in the United States. On October 13, 2005, bringing together neurosurgeons, basic science researchers and clinicians from around the world to present to each other on the topic of meningioma, the most common type of primary brain tumor.
More >> Lunch/Breakfast at the Brigham
This lecture series gives patients and other members of the Brain Science Foundation Community a chance to hear some of our top researchers present their work.
More >>The Master Class: Endoscopic Anterior Skull Base Surgery
The Brain Science Foundation regularly cosponsors The Master Class: Endoscopic Anterior Skull Base Surgery with Brigham & Women’s Hospital Pituitary Neuroendocrine Center. Led by world-renowned pituitary expert and longtime Brain Science Foundation collaborator Edward R. Laws, Jr., MD, FACS, the course provides the opportunity for surgeons to learn the endoscopic techniques that he and his team at BWH use to treat pituitary tumors.
