STANFORD NEUROSURGERY NEWSLETTER 1999 Education, Research and Academic News Department of Neurosurgery at Stanford University
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Letter from 2 the Chairman Faculty Profiles 4 New Faculty 5 12 Faculty Achievements Neurosurgery 13 Training Focus on Nurses15 Academic and 16 Clinical Conferences Events17 Recent 18 Publications 1
NEW FACULTY PROFILES Griff Harsh, Harsh, M.D. M.D. Professor of Neurosurgery Director, Surgical Neuro-Oncology Dr. Griff Harsh recently moved to the Bay Area from Harvard Medical School, where he was Executive Director of the Brain Tumor Center at Massachusetts General Hospital. He graduated summa cum laude from Harvard College, obtained a Master s in Neurological Sciences from Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, and received his M.D. from Harvard Medical School. Following his residency in neurologic surgery at the University of California, San Francisco, he completed fellowships in clinical neuro-oncology at UCSF and skull base surgery and radiosurgery at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Harsh is a world leader in the field of neurooncology and brain tumors. His main clinical interests are the surgery and radiation treatment of glial tumors, pituitary adenomas and acoustic neuromas, and skull base surgery of meningiomas, chordomas, and chondrosarcomas. His research focuses on the molecular mechanisms of brain tumor development and gene therapy. He is currently editing two textbooks: Chordomas and Chondrosarcomas of the Skull Base and Spine and The Surgical Treatment of Brain Tumors. Dr. Harsh s selected recent publications, see pages 18-21. Stephen Huhn, Huhn, M.D. M.D. Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery Chief, Pediatric Neurosurgery Dr. Stephen Huhn is Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Lucile Salter Packard Children s Hospital at Stanford. Following graduation from the University of Arizona College of Medicine, Dr. Huhn attended the University of Maryland for neurosurgical residency. Dr. Huhn completed a neuro-oncology fellowship at UCSF and a pediatric neurosurgery fellowship at Children s Memorial Hospital in Chicago. His clinical and research interests include pediatric neuro-oncology, epilepsy, spinal dysraphism, hydrocephalus, and child abuse. Among Dr. Huhn s recent publications are articles on the chromosomal abnormalities of glioblastoma multiforme, use of MR spectroscopy in brain tumors, and the critical care of pediatric intracerebral hemorrhage. Dr. Huhn s selected recent publication, see pages 18-21. 6
NEW FACULTY PROFILES Kim, M.D. Daniel Kim, M.D. Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery Director, Spinal Neurosurgery and Reconstructive Peripheral Nerve Surgery Dr. Daniel Kim directs Stanford s Spine Neurosurgery Program and has special interests in complex surgical spine cases, instrumentation for spine surgery, and reconstructive peripheral nerve surgery. Dr. Kim received his medical degree from Tulane University and completed his neurosurgical residency at Louisiana State University with Dr. David Kline, specializing in complex peripheral nerve surgical repair and nerve sheath tumors. He also completed a combined neurosurgery and orthopedic fellowship in spinal surgery at the University of Florida under Dr. Richard Fessler. Dr. Kim has a special interest in minimally invasive endoscopic spinal surgery, tumor resection, reconstruction with instrumentation, endoscopic sympathectomies for hyperhidrosis, and reconstruction of complex brachial plexus injuries and nerve sheath tumor resection. Dr. Kim is currently developing a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary spine center including a pain anesthesiologist, rehabilitation physiatrist, and neuropsychiatrist for managing nonsurgical and surgical disorders. Dr. Kim s selected recent publications, see pages 18-21. 7