Visiting Professor Schedule

March 23, 2007 "Pacemakers for the Brain: Current Applications and Future Prospects"
Ali R. Rezai, M.D.
Jane and Lee Seidman Chair in Functional Neurosurgery
Director, Center for Neurological Restoration
Professor of Neurosurgery
Cleveland Clinic

March 9, 2007 "Understanding the Medical-Legal System: Basics for Residents"
Craig Rabb, M.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Chief of Neurosurgery, Denver Health Medical Center
Denver, CO

January 12, 2007 "Spinal Biomechanics"
Joseph S. Cheng, M.D., M.S.
Assistant Professor
Director, Neurosurgery Spine Program
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Nashville, TN

December 1, 2006 "Surgical Management of Upper Cervical Instabilities"
Harsimran S. Brara, MD, FACS
Chief of Service, Spine Surgery and Neurosurgery
Los Angeles Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA

September 22, 2006 "Spinal Deformity and the Neurosurgeon"
Christopher I. Shaffrey, M.D.
Professor of Neurological Surgery
University of Virginia School of Medicine
Charlottesville, Virginia

September 15, 2006 "Mangement of Spine Tumors"
Michael W. Groff, M.D.
Chief of Neurosurgical Spine Service and Co-Director of Comprehensive Spine Care Center
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

June 9, 2006 "Recent Advances in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery"
Richard G. Fessler., M.D., Ph.D
Professor and Chief of Neurosurgery
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

April 14, 2006 “Becoming an Academic Neurosurgeon”
Edward C. Benzel, M.D.,
Chairman
Cleveland Clinic Spine Institute
Cleveland, Ohio

March 10, 2006 “Cervical Artificial Discs”
Daniel H. Kim, M.D.
Professor of Neurosurgery
Director, Spinal Neurosurgery & Reconstructive Peripheral Nerve Surgery
Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford, California

February 3, 2006 "Cervical Spondylotic Myleopathy-Treatment & Algorithms"
Carl Lauryssen, M.D.
Director, Research & Education
Olympia Medical Center
Beverly Hills, California

January 20, 2006 "Complex Thoracic Spine Surgery"
Robert Heary, M.D.
Professor
University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey
Newark, New Jersey

September 9, 2005 "Biomechanical and Clinical Consideration for Artificial Disc Devices"
Hassen Serhan, Ph.D.
Director, of Research & Technology
Raynham, Massachusetts

August 26, 2005 "AANS/CNS Lumbar Fusion Guidelines"
Daniel Resnick, M.D.,
Assistant Professor
University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin

July 5, 2005 "Posterior Dynamic Stabilization of the Lumbar Spine"
Matthew McDonald, MD.
Assistant Professor
Wakefield Hospital
Adelaide, South Australia