University of Miami Neurological Surgery Team Wins Charity Softball Tournament

Twenty-eight teams of neurosurgeons from some of the top medical institutions in the U.S. and Canada competed on June 9 at the 9th Annual Neurosurgery Charity Softball Tournament in New York City. The champion was the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine’s Department of Neurological Surgery. With victories over Johns Hopkins University, Dartmouth College, Cornell University, University of South Florida, University of Pittsburgh and, finally, a 5-4 win over the Barrow Neurological Institute, the Miller School team went undefeated. It was led by Ricardo Komotar, MD, assistant professor of neurological surgery, and Allan Levi, MD, PhD, professor of neurological surgery.

Hosted by New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, the event raised funds for brain tumor research through the Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation (NREF) of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS). For more information, click here to read the full release.