The Center for Neurosurgical Sciences invites the Health Science Center community to a special lecture at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 19, at the Children’s Cancer Research Institute. Philip Gildenberg, M.D., Ph.D., clinical professor of neurosurgery at Baylor College of Medicine and director of the Houston Stereotactic Center, will discuss “The History of Stereotactic Neurosurgery.”
Dr. Gildenberg earned his M.D. from Temple University Medical School in 1959 and his Ph.D. in neurophysiology from Temple University in 1970. He is certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery and is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
He has held offices and memberships in several professional organizations including the American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery and the World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. He was president of the American Society for Stereotactic & Functional Neurosurgery, a past member of the National Institute of Communicative Disorders and Stroke Program Project Review Committee, is a current member of the National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute’s Review Panel, and has been a visiting professor at many universities in the United States and abroad.
He sits on the boards of several well-known journals including Neurological Research, Neurosurgery and the Journal of Radiosurgery. He also has earned numerous awards and honors including the 2003 Distinguished Service Award from the American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery.
For more information, call Mary Lee Cravey: (210) 567-5625.
For more information about Dr. Gildenberg, stereotactic surgery or the Houston Stereotactic Center, visit
www.stereotactic.net/.
