The Department of Neurological Surgery Visiting Professor Lecture Series features prominent figures in the neurological surgery field providing talks in their specialty. Guest speakers also typically participate in the usual department conferences. The schedule for the 2007-08 academic year includes...

September 11, 2007
Paolo Cappabianca, MD
Professor and Chairman
Department of Neurological Sciences
Universita degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Naples, Italy

Clinical interests: endoscopic surgery, skull base surgery.

December 5, 2007
Stuart Rowe Society Lecture
John Jane Sr., MD, PhD
Professor of Neurological Surgery
Director, Neurosurgical Training Program
University of Virginia Health System
Editor, Journal of Neurosurgery

Interests: General neurosurgery, Spine, Pediatric neurosurgery, Craniofacial abnormalities, trauma, craniofacial and spine-adult and pediatric

April 18, 2008
Edward Benzel, MD (more info)
Director, Center for Spine Health
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH

Specialty interests: spine biomechanics, cervical spondylosis, spinal neoplasms.

May 28, 2008
Bernard George, MD
Department of Neurosurgery
Neurochirurgie Hopital Lariboisiere
Paris, France

For more information on these lectures, please contact Mary Jo Tutchko at (412) 647-6358