Pittsburgh, September 20, 2007 -- Department vice-chair of research, P. David Adelson, MD, was named president-elect of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) for 2007-08 at the group’s annual meeting held September 15-20 in San Diego. He will lead the organization beginning with their annual meeting in September of 2008.

CNS is a leading group of international neurosurgeons with a mission to promote public welfare through the advancement of neurosurgery, through a commitment to excellence in education, and by dedication to research and scientific knowledge.

Dr. Adelson is an internationally recognized expert in head injury and epilepsy in children. He is director of Pediatric Neurotrauma at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, director of surgical epilepsy at the University of Pittsburgh Epilepsy Center, and co-director of the Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury Center at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. He is also director for The Walter Copeland Neurosurgical Research Laboratory.

He has been the recipient of multiple awards, including The Best Doctors in America, Young Investigators Award of the Brain Injury Association, Congress of Neurological Surgeons Clinical Investigation Award and Outstanding Physician Award.

Dr. Adelson was also recently named recipient of The A. Leland Albright Endowed Chair at the University of Pittsburgh. The chair honors the career accomplishments of A. Leland Albright, MD, former chief of neurosurgery at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and well-known expert in pediatric neurosurgery.

This past year, Dr. Adelson served as vice-president of the CNS and has held several other leadership positions with the organization.