Curriculum Vitae

Birth: Charlotte, North Carolina, December, 1953

Education:
1972 Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH
1975 A.B. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
1980 M.D. Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
Postdoctoral Training

Internship and Residencies:
1980-1981 Intern in General Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
1981-1983 Resident in Neurological Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
1985 Acting Resident in Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
1985-1987 Resident in Neurological Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
1987 Senior Registrar and Cerebrovascular Fellow, Neurosurgical Service, Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England, U.K.
1988-1990 Instructor in Surgery, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

Research Fellowships:
1983-1985 Research Fellow in Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
1987 Research Fellow in Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

Certifications:
1991 Diplomate, American Board of Neurological Surgery, November, 1991
1996 Inducted as a Fellow, American College of Surgeons (F.A.C.S.)

Academic Appointments:

1978-1979 Research Assistant, Neuroendocrinology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
1988-1990 Instructor in Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
1990-1994 Assistant Professor in Surgery (Neurosurgery), Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
1990-2001 Assistant Professor in Radiation Therapy, Joint Center for Radiation Therapy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
1994-2001 Associate Professor in Surgery (Neurosurgery), Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
2001-2003 Associate Professor in Surgery (Neurosurgery), UMass Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts
2004-2006 Consultant, Gerson Lehman, New York, NY
2008-2010 Clinical Director of the Brain Program, Focused Ultrasound Surgery Foundation, Charlottesville, Virginia
2008-present Assistant Professor of Research in Neurological Surgery, University of Virginia Medical School, Charlottesville, Virginia

Hospital Appointments:
1988-2003 Associate Surgeon, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
1988-2003 Associate Surgeon, The Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
1988-2003 Associate Surgeon, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
1994-2001 Director of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Brigham & Women's Hospital Boston, Massachusetts
1998-2003 Clinical Associate in Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, Massachusetts
2001-2003 Active Staff, Department of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, Massachusetts
2004-2005 Sabbatical
2005-2006 Corporate Consulting: Gerson Lehrman Group, New York, NY
2006-2007 Active Staff, Department of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery, Lynchburg General Hospital-CentraHealth, Lynchburg, Virginia

Other Professional Positions and Major Visiting Appointments:

1978 Research Assistant in Neurosurgery, University of Minnesota School of Medicine
1980 Research Assistant in Pathology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University
1989 Visiting Lecturer and Panelist, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Virginia School of Medicine International Symposium on Stereotactic Radiosurgery
1989 Invited Lecturer, Neurology/Neurosurgery Grand Rounds, Harvard-Longwood Medical Area.
1989 Invited Faculty, Stereotactic Radiosurgery, Radionics Course in Stereotactic Techniques, Congress of Neurological Surgeons Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia
1989 Invited Lecturer, Nursing Grand Rounds, Brigham and Women's Hospital
1989 Invited Faculty, Luncheon Discussion Group on Stereotactic Radiosurgery, Congress of Neurological Surgeons Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia
1990 Co-Director, Panelist, Lecturer, Moderator, Harvard Medical School Continuing Education Course, Radiosurgery Update.
1990 Invited Lecturer and Consultant, Varian Corporation, Palo Alto, CA
1990 Invited Lecturer and panelist, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, "Neurosurgery Update",post-graduate course
1990 Invited Lecturer, 14th annual New York Neurosurgery Symposium
1990 Invited Lecturer, Skull base tumor Workshop, Hannover, Germany
1990 Invited Lecturer, Framingham Union Hospital Medical Grand Rounds
1991 Invited Lecturer, Neurology/Neurosurgery Grand Rounds, Harvard-Longwood Medical Area.
1991 Invited Consultant, General Electric Medical Imaging Systems, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1991 Invited Lecturer, First International Symposium on MR-Guided Laser Interventions, Harvard Medical School.
1991 Invited Lecturer, Providence Medical Center, Portland, Oregon.
1991 International Organizing Committee, Invited Lecturer, Moderator, International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Symposium, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
1991 Invited Lecturer, Panelist, 9th European Congress on Neurosurgery, Moscow, USSR.
1991 Invited Lecturer, German-Austrian Stereotactic Workshop, Finkenberg, Austria.
1991 Invited Lecturer, Medical Grand Rounds, St. Anne's Hospital, New Bedford, Massachusetts
1991 Invited Lecturer, General Scientific Session, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Orlando, Florida.
1991 Invited Lecturer, Boston Society of Neurology and Psychiatry.
1992 Invited Lecturer, Methodist Hospital Neurosurgical Grand Rounds, Indianapolis, Indiana
1992 Invited Lecturer, Pennsylvania State Neurosurgical Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1992 Invited Lecturer, Practical Course, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, San Francisco, California
1992 Invited Lecturer, Breakfast Seminar, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, San Francisco, California
1992 Invited Consultant, General Electric Medical Imaging Systems, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1992 Invited Lecturer, Neurology/Neurosurgery Grand Rounds, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, Massachusetts
1992 Invited Lecturer, Workshop on Stereotactic Techniques, EuropeanSociety of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Stockholm, Sweden
1992 Invited Lecturer, Symposium on Neuro-Radio-Surgery, Vienna, Austria
1992 Invited Lecturer and Panelist, Joint Section on Tumors Session, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Washington, D.C.
1992 Invited Lecturer, Practical Course on Radiosurgery, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Washington, D.C.
1992 Invited Lecturer and Panelist, Radiosurgery Course, American Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, San Diego, California
1992 Invited Lecturer, Western Medical Center, Santa Ana, California
1992 Invited Lecturer, Tumors of the Central Nervous System, Harvard Medical School, Department of Continuing Education, Boston, MA.
1993 Invited Lecturer, Practical Clinic, American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts
1993 Invited Lecturer, Breakfast Seminars, American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts
1993 Invited Lecturer, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Adelaide, Australia
1993 Invited Lecturer, Stereotactic Radiosurgery/Brachytherapy Workshop, Adelaide, Australia
1993 Invited Lecturer, Auckland Hospital Neurosurgery, Auckland, New Zealand
1993 Invited Lecturer, International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Society, 1st Congress Meeting, Stockholm, Sweden
1993 Invited Speaker, Santorini Radiosurgery Workshop, Santorini, Greece
1993 Invited Consultant, General Electric Medical Imaging Systems, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1993 Invited Lecturer, UCLA Stereotactic Neurosurgery/Radiosurgery Course, Los Angeles, California
1993 Invited Lecturer, Practical Course, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
1993 Invited Lecturer, Luncheon Discussion Group, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
1993 Panelist and Moderator, XIth Meeting of the World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Ixtapa, Mexico
1993 Invited Lecturer, Tumors of the Central Nervous System, Harvard Medical School, Department of Continuing Education, Boston, MA
1993 Invited Lecturer, Intensive Review in Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Department of Continuing Education, Boston, MA
1993 Invited Lecturer, Grand Rounds, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
1994 Fischer-Leibinger Visiting Professor in Stereotactic Neurosurgery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
1994 Invited Lecturer, Asia-Pacific Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery Conference, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
1994 Visiting Professor, Ministry of Health, Government of Singapore, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
1994 Visiting Professor, Pramongkutklao Medical School, Bangkok, Thailand
1994 Invited Lecturer, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
1994 Invited Lecturer, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong
1994 Invited Lecturer, Beijing, China
1994 Invited Lecturer, Zhong Shan Hospital, Shanghai, China
1994 Invited Lecturer, Guangxhou, China
1994 Invited Lecturer, Australian Stereotactic Workshop, Saint Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia
1994 Director and Speaker, Practical Course, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, San Diego, CA
1994 Invited Speaker, Breakfast Seminars, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, San Diego, CA
1994 Invited Speaker, Harvard Longwood Oncology Group Spring Symposium, Boston, MA
1994 Invited Speaker, Interactive Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School Continuing Education, Boston, MA (6/23/94)
1994 Invited Lecturer, UCLA Course on Minimally Invasive Therapy of the Brain, Los Angeles, CA (8/25-27/94)
1994 Invited Lecturer and Panelist, First Brazilian Workshop of Stereotactic Radiotherapy and Radiosurgery, San Paulo, Brazil (9/1-3/94)
1994 Invited Lecturer and Panelist, XX Congresso Brasileiro de Neurocirurgia, Belo Horizonte, Brazil (9/4-8/94)
1994 Invited Speaker, Grand Rounds, The Brockton Hospital Symposium, Brockton, MA (9/16/94)
1994 Invited Speaker, The Preuss Foundation Symposium on Stereotactic Radiation Treatments for Brain Tumors, Boston, MA (9/28-30/94)
1994 Invited Lecturer, Breakfast Seminar, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois (10/1-6)
1994 Invited Lecturer, Interventional MRI Symposium, Society for Magnetic Resonance, Boston, MA (10/8-9)
1994 Invited Lecturer, Stereotactic Neurosurgery - Hands On, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, New Orleans, LA (10/28-29)
1994 Invited Lecturer, Radiosurgery for Brain Tumors, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL (11/4-5)
1994 Invited Lecturer, Intensive Review in Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Department of Continuing Education, Boston, MA
1995 Invited Lecturer, Medical Grand Rounds, Brigham & Women's Hospital
1995 Invited Lecturer, Practical Course, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Orlando, FL (4/22)
1995 Invited Lecturer, Tumor Section Symposium, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Orlando, FL (4/26)
1995 Invited Speaker, Breakfast Seminars, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Orlando, FL (4/22-27)
1995 Invited Lecturer and Panelist, 2nd Congress of the Spanish Radiosurgery Society, Madrid, Spain (4/28)
1995 Invited Special Lecturer, Panelist, 10th European Congress on Neurosurgery, Berlin, Germany (5/9).
1995 Invited Lecturer and Panelist, Virtual Reality in Medicine and Developer's Expo, Boston, MA
1995 Invited Lecturer, X-knife Consortium Meeting, Boston (6/13/95)
1995 Program Chairman, Lecturer, Moderator, International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Society 2nd Congress Meeting, Boston, MA 6/14-17/95)
1995 Invited Lecturer, Joint International Congress on Minimally Invasive Techniques in Neurosurgery and Otolaryngology, Pittsburgh, PA (6/19)
1995 Invited Panelist, Practical Course, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Francisco, California (10/15)
1995 Invited Lecturer, Luncheon Discussion Groups, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Francisco, California (10/16,18)
1995 Invited Speaker, General Electric Intraoperative MR Symposium, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Francisco, California (10/18)
1995 Invited Lecturer, General Scientific Plenary Session, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Francisco, California (10/19)
1995 Invited Panelist and Consultant, Center for Health Care, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories, San Francisco, California (10/20)
1995 Invited Professor, Overlook Hospital, Summit, New Jersey (10/27)
1995 Invited Lecturer, New Jersey State Neurosurgical Society, New Brunswick, New Jersey (10/27
1995 Invited Lecturer, Tumors of the Central Nervous System, Harvard Medical School, Department of Continuing Education, Boston (11/14-15)
1995 Invited Lecturer, Stereotactic Neurosurgery - Hands On,American Association of Neurological Surgeons, New Orleans, LA (11/17-18)
1995 Invited Lecturer, XKnife Consortium, Orlando, FL (12/5)
1995 Invited Lecturer, LINAC Radiosurgery, 1995, University of Florida, Orlando, FL (12/6-10)
1996 Visiting Professor, Chicago Institute of Neurosurgery and Neuroresearch, Chicago, IL (12/22)
1996 Invited Lecturer and Panelist, 2nd International Skull Base Congress, VII Annual Meeting North American Skull Base Society, San Diego, CA, (6/29-7/4)
1996 Invited Lecturer and Panelist, Conference on Stereotactic Target Localization Techniques, Boston, MA, (7/20-7/21)
1996 Invited Lecturer, LINAC Stereotactic Radiosurgery/Radiotherapy Symposium, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea (9/7)
1996 Invited Lecturer, Stereotactic Radiosurgery Workshop, Tokyo University, Tokyo, Japan (9/8)
1996 Invited Lecturer, Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Radiotherapy Workshop, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong (9/10)
1996 Invited Lecturer, Symposium on Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Computer-Assisted Neurosurgery, Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, India (9/12)
1996 Special Guest Lecturer, Oregon Neurosurgical Society, Salishan Lodge, Oregon (10/18)
1996 Special Guest Lecturer, Oregon Neurosciences: Cost Effectiveness
1996, Salishan Lodge, Oregon (10/18)
1996 Visiting Professor, New Jersey Medical School, Newark NJ (10/22-23)
1996 Neurosurgery Grand Rounds, Hackensack Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ (10/23)
1996 Invited Lecturer, UCLA - XKnife User Group, Los Angeles, CA (10/26)
1996 Invited Lecturer, Tumors of the Central Nervous System, Harvard Medical School, Department of Continuing Education, Boston (11/26)
1996 Anesthesia Grand Rounds, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA (11/27)
1997 Pain Service Grand Rounds, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA (2/24)
1997 Invited Lecturer, MRI Basic to Advanced, General Electric Meeting, Breckenridge, CO (3/16)
1997 Visiting Professor, Maine Neurosurgical Society Meeting, Sugarloaf, ME (4/4-6)
1997 Invited Lecturer, Practical Course, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Denver, CO (4/14)
1997 Invited Lecturer, General Electric Intraoperative MR Symposium, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Denver, CO (4/16)
1997 Invited Speaker, Breakfast Seminars, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Denver, CO (4/15,18)
1997 Invited Lecturer, Anesthesia/Critical Care Grand Rounds, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, MA (5/21)
1997 Invited Lecturer and Moderator, International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Society 2nd Congress Meeting, Madrid, Spain (6/25-28/97)
1997 Speaker, Panelist and Moderator, XIIth Meeting of the World Society of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Lyon, France (7/1-4/97)
1997 Invited Speaker and Moderator, 11th International Congress of Neurological Surgery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (7/6-11/97)
1997 Visiting Professor, Tulsa Neurosciences Society, Tulsa, OK (9/11-12)
1997 Invited Panelist, Practical Course, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, New Orleans, LA (9/27-10/1)
1997 Invited Lecturer, Luncheon Discussion Groups, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, New Orleans, LA (9/27-10/1)
1997 Invited Speaker, General Electric Intraoperative MR Symposium, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, New Orleans, LA (9/27-10/1)
1997 Invited Lecturer, General Scientific Plenary Session, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, New Orleans, LA (9/27-10/1)
1997 Invited Lecturer, Brain Tumor Society, Boston, MA (11/1)
1997 Invited Lecturer, Tumors of the Central Nervous System, Harvard Medical School, Department of Continuing Education, Boston (11/25)
1998 Invited Speaker and Moderator, XKnife Radiosurgery Society Meeting, Philadelphia, PA (4/25)
1998 Invited Speaker, "Meet the Professor Session", American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA (5/16)
1998 Invited Speaker, General Electric Intraoperative MR Symposium, UHUHS: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Washington, DC (6/3)
1998 Invited Lecturer, Pain Management Seminar, Harvard Medical School, Department of Continuing Education, Boston (6/13)
1998 Invited Lecturer, Tumors of the Central Nervous System, Harvard Medical School, Department of Continuing Education, Boston (9/28)
1999 Invited Lecturer, "Entering the Mind Zone: A Comprehensive Neuroscience Program", Brigham & Women's Hospital Nurse Education(1/13)
1999 Invited Lecturer, West Virginia Medical Society, Charleston, WV(1/22)
1999 Invited Speaker, AANS Joint Section on Cerebrovascular Surgery, Nashville, TN (2/2)
1999 Invited Speaker and Moderator, XKnife Radiosurgery Society Meeting, Sydney, Australia (2/23)
1999 Invited Lecturer, Panelist and Moderator, International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Society 3rd Congress Meeting, Sydney, Australia (2/24-2/27)
1999 Invited Lecturer, Panelist and Moderator, 50th Anniversary of Neurosurgery in Egypt, Cairo, Egypt (3/9-3/12)
1999 Invited Lecturer, Panelist and Moderator, International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Society 3rd Congress Meeting, Sydney, Australia (2/24-2/27)
1999 Invited Lecturer, Panelist and Moderator, Japanese Society of Skull Base Surgery / Conference on Neurosurgical Techniques and Tools, Osaka, Japan (3/22-25)
1999 Invited Lecturer, Practical Course, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, New Orleans, LA (4/24)
1999 Invited Lecturer, General Electric Intraoperative MR Symposium, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, New Orleans, LA (4/26)
1999 Invited Speaker, Breakfast Seminars, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, New Orleans, LA (4/27)
1999 Invited Lecturer and Moderator, New England Neurosurgical Society, Dedham, MA (6/11)
1999 Invited Lecturer, Panelist and Moderator, American Society of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Snowbird, UT (7/7-11)
1999 Invited Lecturer, Tumors of the Central Nervous System, Harvard Medical School, Department of Continuing Education, Boston (9/14)
1999 Visiting Professor, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA (10/1)
1999 Invited Lecturer, Neuroradiology, Head & Neck Radiology and Clinical Functional MRI and Spectroscopy, Harvard Medical School, Department of Continuing Education, Boston (10/4)
1999 Invited Panelist, Practical Course, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Boston, MA (10/30-11/4)
1999 Invited Lecturer, Luncheon Discussion Groups, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Boston, MA (10/30-11/4)
1999 Invited Examiner, AANS Professional Development Course: Mock Oral Board Examination, Houston, TX (11/15-16)
2000 Invited Speaker, North American Skull Base Society, Phoenix, AZ (3/17-19)
2000 Invited Speaker, Practical Course, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, San Francisco, CA (4/9)
2000 Invited Speaker, Breakfast Seminars, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, San Francisco, CA (4/11)
2000 Invited Speaker, Society of University Neurosurgeons, Boston, MA(6/14-17)
2000 Invited Panelist, Practical Course, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Antonio, TX (9/23-28)
2000 Invited Lecturer, Luncheon Discussion Groups, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Antonio, TX (9/23-28)
2000 Invited Lecturer, Tumors of the Central Nervous System, Harvard Medical School, Department of Continuing Education, Boston (12/4)
2001 Invited Lecturer and Panelist, International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Society 4th Congress Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada (6/10-13)
2004 Medical Grand Rounds, Melrose-Wakefield Hospital, Melrose, MA (10/20)

Awards and Honors:

1977 The Engel Society
1980 Alpha Omega Alpha
1982 Brody Scholar in the History of Neuroscience
1983 American College of Surgeons Scholarship
1985 R.M.P. Donaghy Prize in Neurosurgery, Quebec and New England Neurosurgical Societies
1985 Award for Best Resident Paper, New England Neurosurgical Society
1993 Elected to "Ten Outstanding Young Leaders" (TOYL) by Greater Boston Jaycees
1995-96 Who's Who Among Outstanding Americans
1997-99 Listed in "Best Doctors in America -- Northeast Region"

Grant Support:

1996 Investigator, Brigham Surgical Group Research Grant, Rapid Rate Magnetic Cortical Stimulation for MR Cortical Mapping.
$42,000 direct costs

Memberships, Offices and Committee Assignments in Professional Societies:

1980-present American Medical Association
1980-1987 North Carolina Medical Society
1980-1987 Durham-Orange Counties Medical Society
1983-2005 Massachusetts Medical Society
1983-2001 Suffolk County Medical Society
1988 Congress of Neurological Surgeons:
1987 General Scientific Session Committee
1988 Joint Committee on Education Self-assessment and Sponsorship SANS IV Committee
1989 Luncheon Seminars Committee Poster Sessions Co-chairman Sergeant-At-Arms Committee
1989-present American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (ASSFN )
1993-1995 ASSFN Board of Directors
1989-present World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
1989-present Joint Section on Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons
1991-1992 Chairman, Resources Committee, Joint Section on Tumors, American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Congress of Neurological Surgeons
1991-1993 Self-Assessment for Neurological Surgery SANS V Committee
1991-1995 Stereotactic Radiosurgery Task Force Member, American Association of Neurological Surgeons
1991-1992 Chairman, Registration Committee, Congress of Neurological Surgeons
1992-1993 Chairman, Registration Committee, American Association of Neurological Surgeons
1992-1994 Joint Committee on Self-Assessment, AANS/CNS
1983-1987 Joint Committee on Continuing Medical Education, AANS/CNS
1992-1997 Chairman, Subcommittee on Education, Joint Section on Tumors, American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Congress of Neurological Surgeons
1992-1997 Executive Council, Joint Section on Tumors, American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Congress of Neurological Surgeons
1992-1995 Editor, World Directory of Neurological Surgeons (North American Edition), Congress of Neurological Surgeons
1993-2001 Affiliate Member, American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
1994-1996 Executive Council, Joint Section on Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Congress of Neurological Surgeons
1994-1995 Program Chairman, International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Society Meeting, Boston 1995
1994-1996 Chairman, Membership Committee, International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Society
1994-1998 Member, Board of Directors, American Association of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
1994 Scientific Program Committee, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Francisco, CA 1995
1997-1999 Chairman, Scientific Program Committee, International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Society Meeting, Sydney 1999
1997-1998 President, XKnife Radiosurgery Society

Editorial Boards:

1987-1993 Congress of Neurological Surgeons: Clinical Neurosurgery
1994-2003 Journal of Image Guided Surgery
1994-1999 Journal of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
1994-2003 Ad Hoc Reviewer, Neurosurgery
1999-2000 Methods in Biomedical Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy

Major Research Interests:

1) Advances in 3-dimensional imaging capabilities for enhancement of intraoperative management of intracranial tumors and vascular lesions, including image fusion between CT, MRI and SPECT, magnetic stimulation preoperative cortical mapping, and the Intraoperative MRI (MR/T) Project with the General Electric Corporation
2) Development of technical advances in the use of stereotactic radiosurgery using a modified linear accelerator and the proton beam in the treatment of neoplastic, vascular and functional lesions in the central nervous system
3) MR-guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery for the treatment of tumors (benign and malignant), clot dissolution in stroke and intracerebral hemorrhage, neuromodulation, creation of focal brain lesions, and precise targeted delivery of drugs and genes within the brain.

Principal Clinical and Hospital Service Responsibilities:

1988-2003 Attending neurosurgeon
2006-2007 Attending neurosurgeon

Teaching Experience:

1988-89 Neurobiology Course, Tutorial Leader, New Pathway, Harvard Medical School.
1988-93 Clinical Instructor, Physical Diagnosis Course, Second Year Medical Students, Harvard Medical School.
1988-93 Surgery Elective, Neurosurgery Didactic Sessions, Harvard Medical School.
1990 Invited Lecturer, Postgraduate Medical Series Neurosurgery Session, Brigham & Women's Hospital
1993 Thesis Review, Graduation with Honors Program, Harvard Medical School
1993 Invited Lecturer, Human Nervous System and Behavior, Harvard Medical School