Place of Birth: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Date of Birth : July 30, 1952

Education:

• 1974 B.S. University of Wisconsin-Madison
  


• 1980 Ph.D. Albany Medical College of Union University
  (Anatomy/Neuroscience)
  


• 1983 M.D. Medical College of Wisconsin
  

Postdoctoral Training:

Internships and Residencies:

• 1983-1984 Intern, Southwestern Medical School, Department of
  Surgery, Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, Texas
  


• 1984-1988 Resident, Southwestern Medical School, Department of
  Neurosurgery, Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas Veterans Administration
  Hospital, Dallas Children's Hospital, Dallas, Texas
  


• 1988-1989 Chief Resident, Southwestern Medical School, Department
  of Neurosurgery, Parkland Memorial Hospital, Southwestern Medical School,
  Dallas, Texas
  

Research Fellowships:

• 1987-1988 Department of Neurobiology and Histology, Karolinska
  Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. Preceptors: Drs. Lars Olson and Tomas Hokfelt;
  intracranial transplantation for the treatment of Parkinson's disease.
  

Licensure and Certification:

• 1989 - Texas Board of Registration in Medicine
  


• 1989 - Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine
  


• 1992 - Board Certification - American Board of Neurological
  Surgeons
  


• 1993 - Advanced Trauma Life Support Certification
  

Academic Appointments:

• 1989 - 1992 Instructor in Surgery, Associate in Division of
  Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
  


• 1992 - 1996 Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery and
  Associate in the Division of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston,
  Massachusetts
  


• 1996- Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery and
  Associate in the Division of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston,
  Massachusetts
  

Hospital Appointments:

• 1989 - Associate in Division of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's
  Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
  


• 1989 - Associate in Department of Neurosurgery, Children's
  Hospital Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
  


• 1989 - Active Staff Member, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston,
  Massachusetts
  


• 1992 - Active Staff Member, New England Baptist Hospital, Boston,
  Massachusetts
  


• 1996 - Courtesy Staff Member, New England Baptist Hospital,
  Boston, Massachusetts
  


• 1996 - Consulting Staff in Neurosurgery, Spaulding Rehabilitation
  Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
  

Awards and Honors:

• 1991 Listed in West's Who's Who in Health and Medical Services
  


• 1994 Cited in "The Best Doctors in America". Ed. Naiteh
  S, Smith GW. Woodward and White, Aiken South Carolina
  

Major Committee Assignments:

National

• 1990 Congress of Neurological Surgeons: Seargeant-at-Arms
  


• 1990 Congress of Neurological Surgeons: Planning Committee,
  Cerebrovascular Plenary Session
  


• 1991 American Association of Neurological Surgeons/Congress of
  Neurological Surgeons: Planning Committee, Cerebrovascular Plenary Session
  


• 1992 Congress of Neurological Surgeons: Registration Committee,
  Scientific Program Committee
  


• 1992- American Heart Association - Massachusetts Liaison to Stroke
  Council, Chairperson
  


• 1993 Congress of Neurological Surgeons: CME Liaison, Annual
  Meeting, Vancouver, B.C.
  


• 1993 Congress of Neurological Surgeons: Annual Meeting Scientific
  Planning Committee, Vancouver, B.C.
  


• 1994 Congress of Neurological Surgeons: Annual Meeting, Practical
  Course Co-Director, Chicago, Illinois
  


• 1994 Congress of Neurological Surgeons: Annual Scientific Planning
  Committee, Chicago, Illinois
  


• 1994 Congress of Neurological Surgeons: Education Committee Annual
  Meeting
  


• 1994 Executive Committee, Joint Section on Cerebrovascular Disease:
  AANS/CNS
  


• 1995 Congress of Neurological Surgeons: Annual Meeting, Open
  Scientific Chairman, San Francisco, CA
  


• 1993-1995 Joint Committee on Education. American Association of
  Neurological Surgeons/Congress of Neurological Surgeons: Chairman, Continuing
  Medical Education Subcommittee
  


• 1995 Joint Committee on Education: American Association of
  Neurological Surgeons/ Congress of Neurological Surgeons: Associate Chairman
  


• 1995 Secretary of Education Committee: Congress of Neurological
  Surgeons
  


• 1995 Congress of Neurological Surgeons: Annual Scientific Planning
  Committee, San Francisco, California
  


• 1995 Joint Section of Cerebrovascular Surgery: Subcommittee Member,
  Outcomes and Guidelines Committee/Ischemic Diseases Subcommittee
  


• 1995 Editor of Cerebrovascular Surgery : Newsletter for Joint
  Section of AANS/CNS on Cerebrovascular Surgery
  


• 1995 Congress of Neurological Surgeons: Annual Meeting, Chairman,
  Special Scientific Sessions, Montreal, Quebec
  


• 1996 Joint Section on Cerebrovascular Surgery, Annual Meeting,
  Scientific Program Committee, San Antonio, Texas
  


• 1996 Joint Section on Cerebrovascular Surgery, Annual Meeting,
  Abstract Committee, Anaheim, California
  

Harvard Medical School

• 1992- Neurosurgery Career Advisory Committee, Harvard Medical
  School, Boston, Massachusetts
  


• 1993- Senior Fellow in Oliver Wendall Holmes Society. Harvard
  Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
  


• 1993- Student Advisor in Oliver Wendall Holmes Society. Harvard
  Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
  

Hospital

• 1992 - 1994 Brigham Surgical Group: Executive Committee, Brigham &
  Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
  


• 1992 - Neurosurgical Director: Brigham and Women's Hospital
  Cerebrovascular Section, Boston, Massachusetts
  


• 1992 - Co-Director: Brigham and Women's Hospital
  Neurosurgical/Neurological Intensive Care Unit, Boston, Massachusetts
  


• 1993 - Director, Cerebrovascular Group, Brigham and Women's
  Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
  


• 1993 - Strategic Planning. Neurosurgery, Brigham & Women's
  Hospital, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
  


• 1994 - Finance Committee: Brigham Surgical Group
  


• 1995 - Trauma and Burn Center: Associate Director - Neurosurgery
  Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
  

Memberships, Offices and Committee Assignments in
Professional Societies:

• 1989 - American Medical Association
  


• 1989 - Boston Stroke Society
  


• 1989 - Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Joint Section on
  Cerebrovascular Surgery
  


• 1989 - New England Neurosurgical Society
  


• 1989 - New York Academy of Sciences
  


• 1989 - American Cleft Palate - Craniofacial Association
  


• 1990 - American Heart Association - National Stroke Council Liaison
  


• 1990 - Boston Society of Neurology and Psychiatry
  


• 1990 - Society for Neuroscience
  


• 1990 - North American Skull Base Society - Fellow
  


• 1991 - 1992 American Association of Neurological Surgeons:
  Candidate Member
  


• 1992 - Joint Committee on Education: AANS/CNS
  


• 1992 - American Association of Neurological Surgeons: Full Member
  


• 1993 Joint Section on Tumors: AANS/CNS
  


• 1993 - Joint Section on Neurotrauma and Critical Care: AANS/CNS
  


• 1994 - American Association of Neurological Surgeons: Annual
  Meeting, Reception Committee. San Diego, California
  


• 1994 - American Association of Neurological Surgeons: Annual
  Meeting, Marshall, San Diego, California
  


• 1994 - American Association of Neurological Surgeons: Annual
  Meeting, Registration Committee, San Diego, California
  


• 1994 - Society of University of Neurosurgeons, Member
  


• 1994 - American College of Surgeons, Fellow
  


• 1994 - American Association for the Advancement of Science
  


• 1996 - National Stroke Association
  

Editorial Functions:

• 1993 - Neurosurgery: Editorial Staff
  


• 1994 - Cerebrovascular Newsletter. Joint Section of Cerebrovascular
  Surgery of AANS/CNS: Co-Editor
  


• 1995 - Cerebrovascular Newsletter. Joint Section of Cerebrovascular
  Surgery of AANS/CNS: Editor
  


• 1995 - Neurosurgery: Case Reviews Editor
  


• 1996 - Stroke Council Newsletter: Neurosurgical Associate Editor
  


• 1996 - Journal of Neurovascular Disease: Editorial Board
  

Major Research Interests:

• Neural transplantation
  


• Neuronal regeneration after stroke
  


• Etiology of vasospasm
  


• Clinical management of vasospasm
  

Research Funding Information:

• 1976 - 1980 National Institutes of Health Neuroscience Training
  Grant Recipient
  


• 1992 Neurobiological Technology, Inc. Grant support to study
  cerebral edema. "Effect of Corticotropic Releasing Factor in Reducing
  Cerebral Edema After Stroke."
  


• 1992 - 1995 National Institute of Child Health and Human Services.
  Project # P01 HD 29587-02. Cellular/ Molecular Pathophysiology of Mental
  Retardation. Project II: Clinically Safe NMDA Antagonists Prevent
  Neurotoxicity. Co-Investigator - Philip E. Stieg, Ph.D., MD, Principal
  Investigator - Stuart A, Lipton, MD, Ph.D.
  


• 1995- National Institute of Child Health and Human Services.
  Project # PO1 HD 29587-02. Grant Renewed 1995.
  


• 1992 - 1993 Brigham Surgical Group. Grant support to develop
  photothrombotic model of cerebral hypoxia ischema.
  


• 1993 - 1994 Brigham Surgical Group: Support to evaluate cerebral
  protection and trophic responses to ischemic brain injury.
  


• 1994 - 1995 Brigham Surgical Group: Support to evaluate neuronal
  plasticity after stroke.
  


• 1995 American Heart Association Grant. Student Scholarship in
  Cerebrovascular Disease. Bozena Renata Jachna.
  


• 1995 Brigham Surgical Group: Support to evaluate transplantation
  after stroke.
  


• 1995 Surgical Trial for Intracerebral Hemorrhage (STICH). NIH
  Department of Health and Human Services Public Health Service. Surgical Trial
  for Intracerebral Hemorrhage. (STICH) Co-Principal Investigators: Philip E.
  Stieg PhD, MD, Daniel Kanter MD.
  


• 1995- Clinical Protocol. Efficacy/Safety Study of 15 mg/kg/day
  Tirilazad Mesylate in North American Women with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. UpJohn
  Company. Principal Investigator, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.
  


• 1996- A Multicenter, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of the
  Safety and Efficacy of SB-238592-DB in Patients With Severe Traumatic Brain
  Injury. SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals. Principal Investigator, Brigham and
  Women's Hospital, Boston, MA. Accepted April 1996
  


• 1996- Treatment Induced Perturbations of Angiogenic
  Factors/Receptors in Brain Tumors. Co-Investigator - Philip E. Stieg, Ph.D.,
  M.D. Principle Investigator - Dr. C. Norman Coleman, Brigham and Women's
  Hospital, Radiation Oncology, Boston, MA.
  

Principal Clinical and Hospital Service Responsibilities:

• 1989 - 1992 Clinical Director: Brigham and Women's Hospital
  Neurosurgical Clinic, Boston, Massachusetts
  


• 1989 - Neurosurgical liaison to intensive care unit, Brigham and
  Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
  


• 1990 - Organization and implementation of the Franc D. Ingraham
  Visiting Professorship, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Children's Hospital, and
  Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
  


• 1990 - Organization and implementation of Section on
  Cerebrovascular Disorders, Division of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's
  Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical
  School, Boston, Massachusetts
  


• 1990 - Co-Director: Center for Technical Excellence in
  Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
  


• 1991 - Neurosurgical Liaison: Longwood Area Trauma Center, Boston,
  Massachusetts
  


• 1991 - Organization and Implementation of the
  Neurology/Neurosurgery Intensive Care Unit, Brigham and Women's Hospital,
  Boston, Massachusetts
  


• 1991 - Neurosurgical Liaison: Coordinating Committee for
  Neurosurgical Nursing
  


• 1994 - Organization, Implementation and Editor of Clinical
  Pathologic Conferences. Brigham and Women's, Children's Hospital. Harvard
  Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Published in Neurosurgery
  


• 1994 - Co-Director: Brigham & Women's Hospital
  Multidisciplinary Trauma Committee, Boston, Massachusetts
  

Teaching Experience:

• 1976 Teaching Assistant, Medical Histology, Albany Medical College,
  Albany, New York
  


• 1977 Teaching Assistant, Neuroscience, Albany Medical College,
  Albany, New York
  


• 1978 Teaching Assistant, Gross Anatomy, Albany Medical College,
  Albany, New York
  


• 1979 Teaching Assistant, Neuroscience, Albany Medical College,
  Albany, New York
  


• 1979-1980 Private medical student tutor, Albany Medical College,
  Albany, New York
  


• 1981 Teaching Assistant, Medical Histology, Medical College of
  Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  


• 1981-1982 Private medical student tutor, Medical College of
  Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  


• 1985-1989 Lecturer, Emergency Room Medicine, Southwestern Medical
  School, Dallas, Texas
  


• 1988-1989 Coordinator, Neurosurgical House Staff Education,
  Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas
  


• 1989- Attending Physician, Neurosurgical Resident Education,
  Brigham and Women's Hospital and Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
  


• 1990- Attending Physician, New Concepts in Neurosurgery, Brigham
  and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
  


• 1990 Visiting Professor, Division of Neurosurgery, "Vasospasm:
  Incidence, Etiology, and Treatment." Neurology/Neurosurgery Grand Rounds,
  Albany Medical Center, Albany, New York, February 1990
  


• 1994 Course Director: Craniofacial Repair: Congenital Models and
  New Plating Techniques, Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting,
  October 9, Chicago, Illinois
  


• 1994 Visiting Professor, Magdalena De Las Salinas Hospital Mexico
  City, Mexico, August 1994.
  


• 1995 Course Director: Craniofacial Repair. Congress of Neurological
  Surgeons Annual Meeting, October 17, San Francisco, California
  


• 1995- Lecturer: Anatomy, Clinical Correlations to Cranial Nerve
  Pathology, Harvard Medical School
  


• 1995 Lecturer: Clinical Correlates in Cranial Nerve Anatomy Health
  Sciences and Technology students. Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts
  Institute of Technology. Boston, MA
  


• 1995 Visiting Professor, Division of Neurosurgery, Yale University
  Medical School, New Haven, Connecticut, November 1995
  


• 1996- Co-Director. Stroke: Update and Comprehensive Review. Harvard
  Medical School. April 18-21, Boston, MA
  


• 1996- Member, Outcomes and Guidelines Committee of the Joint
  Section on Cerebrovascular Surgery
  


• 1996- Member, Executive Council, Joint Section on Cerebrovascular
  Surgery
  


• 1997 Scientific Program Committee, Second Annual Meeting of the
  Joint Section on Cerebrovascular Surgery, February 4-6, Anaheim, California
  

Laboratory Preceptor:

• 1992 - 1993 Supervised research work of Sumeer Sathi, MD,
  Neurosurgical Resident, Brigham & Women's & Children's Hospitals,
  Harvard University
  


• 1993 - 1994 Supervised Research work of Joshua Levine, medical
  student, Harvard Medical School
  


• 1993 - 1994 Supervised Research work of Simcha Weller, MD,
  Neurosurgical Resident, Brigham & Women's and Children's Hospitals, Harvard
  University
  


• 1994 - 1996 Supervised research work of Bozena Jachna, Howard
  Hughes Scholar, medical student, Harvard Medical School
  

Student Advisor:

Neurosurgery

• Bozena Jachna, HMS Student
  


• Miles Cunningham, HMS Student
  


• Hidayatullah Munshi, HMS Student
  


• Alan Villavicencio, HMS Student
  

Oliver Wendall Holmes Society

• Miguel Canales, HMS Student
  


• John Murdick, HMS Student
  


• Eric Poon, HMS Student