Anesthesiology Research Symposium

How does the brain take out the trash — and what happens when it can't?

Our November 6 symposium brings together clinicians, surgeons, and basic scientists around one anatomical throughline: the brain-meningeal lymphatic-cervical lymphatic axis. Panelists will trace how fluid and solutes leave the brain, why that traffic is shaped by sleep and by anesthesia, and how it intersects with the amyloid and tau pathology of Alzheimer's disease. The conversation runs from imaging and preclinical models to the operating room, where lympho-venous bypass — a technique developed for limb lymphedema — raises a provocative question: can drainage downstream of the brain be engineered?

Join us as we celebrate year of research accomplishments in the department and beyond.

Kindly RSVP here for the 2026 Anesthesiology Research Symposium.