Bowers Neurosurgical Frailty and Outcomes Lab

Our lab (‘17) is dedicated to neurosurgical frailty & mentoring students by providing quality research opportunities for all students w/ remote collaborations.

[Bowers Neurosurgical Frailty and Outcomes Lab @BowersNsgyLab]

Congratulations to our lab members who matched! 🎉

#neurosurgery #match2026 #frailtylab

[Bowers Neurosurgical Frailty and Outcomes Lab @BowersNsgyLab]

@CNS_Update

#2026CNS #frailtylab

[Omar M. M. Mansoor @OmarMohMansoor]

Glad to have had the opportunity to present our work from the @BowersNsgyLab at the Alexandria University Faculty of Medicine 2nd Year Medical Student Conference. Thankful for the invaluable mentorship by Dr. Bowers @bowersbrainsurg

[Christian Bowers @bowersbrainsurg]

Excellent job presenting the #arcs
We can evaluate faculty so much more effectively than the current system of h-index.

[Christian Bowers @bowersbrainsurg]

Awesome work by @moisimd @MINeuroSurgeons @HurleyMedical excellent course! Great tradition!

[Aditya S. Pandey @Aditya_S_Pandey]

Congratulations to Marc Moisi and the entire @MINeuroSurgeons community for a fantastic neurosurgery cadaveric course!! Great resource for learners from Michigan and the Midwest!

[Bowers Neurosurgical Frailty and Outcomes Lab @BowersNsgyLab]

Catch our brilliant medical student, @a_istanboulli, presenting our lab’s latest research on ARCS.

@AANSNeuro

#aans2026 #frailtylab #arcs

[Ari Istanboulli @a_istanboulli]

Catch me presenting at @AANSNeuro our project on Arms Race Control Score and 4:54 PM. Thank you @BowersNsgyLab for a wonderful opportunity and the great mentorship!

[Christian Bowers @bowersbrainsurg]

I'm moderating the session on Geriatric Considerations in Neurosurgery (#frailty) at the 2026 CNS Annual Meeting this fall, back in the home of my alma mater @GUMedicine @MGUHNeurosurg in Washington, D.C.! Learn more about my session and the rest of the symposia and add them to your registration today. #frailtyfighters @CNS_Update

Can't wait to connect:
https://t.co/T50RbXy9Ya
#2026CNS #CNSEvolution

[Christian Bowers @bowersbrainsurg]

So very proud of @MichaelCovell_ for matching at such an incredible program. He authored so many phenomenal frailty projects, had a dozen oral presentations, & was co-director of the #frailty lab. Congrats!!!

[Christian Bowers @bowersbrainsurg]

Pemla did a terrific job with the lab and was the rare student from her school to match into neurosurgery without a research year! Strong work #frailtyfighter

[Michael Covell @MichaelCovell_]

Incredibly excited and grateful to have matched into #neurosurgery at @BarrowNeuro. Thank you to my family, friends, and mentors for making this dream possible. Thank you Dr. Lawton, Dr. Ponce, and Dr. Snyder for the opportunity of a lifetime! 🏜️

[Bowers Neurosurgical Frailty and Outcomes Lab @BowersNsgyLab]

You can read a couple of the key frailty papers she authored.

[1] https://t.co/yPAxjzaHh0

[2] https://t.co/ieNE443O3N

[Bowers Neurosurgical Frailty and Outcomes Lab @BowersNsgyLab]

We want to congratulate our past lab member Pemla Jagtiani on matching into Neurosurgery at Cooper Health! During her time in the lab, she was involved and lead frailty projects under the mentorship of Dr. Bowers. We would like to wish her the best of luck!

[Pemla Jagtiani, MD @PemlaJagtiani]

Beyond thrilled to have matched Neurosurgery at @CooperNeuroSurg #DownstateMatch #Match2026

[Christian Bowers @bowersbrainsurg]

Congrats to @Joannaroy99 and congrats to you @PascalJabbourMD for the perfect record of mentorship! 💪 👏

[Omar M. M. Mansoor @OmarMohMansoor]

Our newest work using the Arms Race Control Score is published!

Grateful to have worked on it with @Joannaroy99 and thankful for the invaluable mentorship by Dr. Bowers (@bowersbrainsurg ).

[Christian Bowers @bowersbrainsurg]

Amaizng work team!

[Christian Bowers @bowersbrainsurg]

Amazing work- gold standard of mentorship

[Pascal Jabbour MD, FAANS, FACS, FAHA @PascalJabbourMD]

We have been helping IMGs match in Neurosurgery for the last 16 years in our post doc program @TJUHNeurosurg with a hit rate of 100%!
This recent publication by our superstar post doc @Joannaroy99 shows that :
1-IMGs that match into neurosurgery demonstrate higher publication counts and greater research effort compared to U.S medical graduates
2-The proportion of high-effort publications relative to total publication output did not differ among both groups

[Bowers Neurosurgical Frailty and Outcomes Lab @BowersNsgyLab]

#armsracecontrolscore #stopthearmsrace #bowersfrailtylab #match2026 #arcs #neurosurgerymatch #neurotwitter #neurosurgery

[Bowers Neurosurgical Frailty and Outcomes Lab @BowersNsgyLab]

Developed by our lab PIs, Dr. Christian Bowers and Dr. Michael Kogan, the Arms Race Control Score provides an objective, effort-adjusted score to compare applicants.

We would like to thank Dr. Pascal Jabbour, and the Thomas Jefferson Neurosurgery Department for the collaboration

[Pascal Jabbour MD, FAANS, FACS, FAHA @PascalJabbourMD]

We have been helping IMGs match in Neurosurgery for the last 16 years in our post doc program @TJUHNeurosurg with a hit rate of 100%!
This recent publication by our superstar post doc @Joannaroy99 shows that :
1-IMGs that match into neurosurgery demonstrate higher publication counts and greater research effort compared to U.S medical graduates
2-The proportion of high-effort publications relative to total publication output did not differ among both groups

[Bowers Neurosurgical Frailty and Outcomes Lab @BowersNsgyLab]

ARCS continues to change the playing field in residency applications. While IMGs exceeded USMDs in productivity and publication counts, there was no statistically significant difference of the ratio of high-effort publications to all publications between the two groups.