Findings from University of California San Diego (UCSD) Reveals New Findings on Managed Care (Dr. Joan Venes: a Pioneer of Pediatric Neurosurgery): Managed Care

2025 MAY 20 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- A new study on Managed Care is now available. According to news reporting out of La Jolla, California, by NewsRx editors, research stated, “Dr. Joan Venes (1935-2010) is a well-respected pioneer of pediatric neurosurgery.”

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the University of California San Diego (UCSD), “She was the third board-certified female neurosurgeon in the United States and was the first female neurosurgery resident to be accepted by her residency program at Yale University. She was the recipient of numerous awards, including the prestigious Van Wagenen Fellowship, which sparked her interest in furthering research around pediatric intracranial pressure monitoring. Throughout her career, Dr. Venes was a prolific researcher, publishing extensively on pediatric shunts, procedural techniques, and the use of technology in pediatric neurosurgery. She was one of the founding members of the American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons and the first female chairman of the Pediatric Section of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Congress of Neurological Surgeons. In the latter half of her career, Dr. Venes developed a strong interest in health policy, becoming a Pew Fellow in Health Policy at the University of Michigan and, subsequently, a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellow.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Her leadership and mentorship laid the groundwork for an exponential increase of female neurosurgeons and her research continues to be impactful today.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Dr. Joan Venes: a Pioneer of Pediatric Neurosurgery. Neurosurgery, 2025;96(5). Neurosurgery can be contacted at: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Two Commerce Sq, 2001 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19103, USA. (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins - www.lww.com; Neurosurgery - http://journals.lww.com/neurosurgery/pages/default.aspx)

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Lauren E. Stone, University of California San Diego (UCSD), Dept. of Neurological Surgery, 9300 Campus Point Dr Mc 7893, La Jolla, CA 92037, United States. Additional authors for this research include Yasoda Satpathy and Sharona Ben-Haim.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1227/neu.0000000000003313. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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