Liliana Ladner

Someone tell that 5-year-old stuffed animal vet she's getting a promotion... Neurosurgery, here I come!!🧠 Humbled to join this incredible field and deeply appreciative of the many mentors and patients I have met along the way. #Match2025 @WomenInNSGY @TheNRMP

New Research: Neuroinflammation and acquired traumatic CNS injury: a mini review: Acquired traumatic central nervous system (CNS) injuries, including traumatic brain injury (TBI) and spinal cord injury (SCI), are devastating conditions with… frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… #Neurology

"For my project, we studied how well these biomarkers could reflect the severity of a patient’s TBI, as well as their long-term prognosis." Read more: news.vt.edu/articles/2025/…

So excited for the privilege to train at @HolyCityNsgy! Grateful for the countless mentors, co-applicants, and patients I have met and will continue to meet along the way.

IM GOING TO BE A NEUROSURGEON!!! This one’s for my family, friends, & mentors. Blood, sweat, tears, and the luck of the Irish make for a HUGE W!!! 🍀🧠🔪⭐️ #NeurosurgeryMatch #Match2025 #Neurosurgery

#OnlineFirst: Effects of optimal versus suboptimal median household income on the surgically treated traumatic brain injury population at a level I trauma center in the Boston metropolitan area: a propensity score–matched analysis. thejns.org/view/journals/….

Ready to dive into #Neurosurgery Sub-Is? Join us for ‘Neurosurgery Sub-Internships 101’! Get insights on how to prepare, expectations, & the logistics of applying & completing your Sub-I! Don’t miss out—this could be your key to a standout experience! #match2025 @Hannahblack111

What happens when you put a psychiatrist and a neurotrauma researcher in the same room? Excited to share our newest paper on suicidality in TBI survivors. @CarilionRandD @J_Neurotrauma liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/ne…

NEW #OpenAccess report: Liliana Ladner and Mebratu Daba of @vtcsom describe a novel ictal shushing behavior in a pediatric patient with a pilocytic astrocytoma. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cn… @LadnerLili @WileyNeuro #epilepsy

We're excited to introduce the 2024-25 WINS Medical Student Executive Committee and Subcommittee members! 🎉 We can’t wait to see all the initiatives they'll bring forward! #Neurosurgery #WomenInNeurosurgery #MedicalStudents

Great time at the Neurosurgical Society of the Virginias conference with the growing @vtcsom neurosurgery crew! (feat. our superstar incoming chief Dr. Srijan Adhikari)

A met to the brain is a rare outcome of pancreatic cancer. But when it happens, can we predict who fares better? sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

(R,S)-ketamine's rapid-acting antidepressant effects are modulated by NR2B- containing NMDA receptors on adult-born hippocampal neurons biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_neursci

Dr. Mark Witcher pioneered a way to track chemical and electrical signaling from a single neuron cell in the brain, in collaboration with Dr. Read Montague @FralinBiomed. A neurosurgeon from Denmark came to @CarilionClinic for training on this technique. bit.ly/3GnqgPB

New paper with @VTNeuroLabs out in @PNASNews this week!🚨 Here we discuss a key blood-brain barrier regulating pathway, and how it goes haywire in TBI 🧠 doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2…

What a privilege to be at my first @CNS_Update with the VT/Carilion crew. Snuck in some speed work too 🏃🏻‍♀️#CNS5k #CNS2023

Great time at #MHSRS. @MilitaryHealth knows how to put on a good show!

@AmericanOsler's latest newsletter is out: Here's a fragment from Med student @LadnerLili of @vtcsom. To read the full story, get the newsletter. Don't get the newsletter? become a member: americanosler.org/content/members

5 theses, 4 years, and many mice later... It's finally out! 🧠🎉

What a blast at #NNS2023 with the lab fam @LabTheus in Austin. Met new mentors, geeked out over some science, and ate allll the brisket. Thanks for a great time @Neurotrauma!