Michael L. Apuzzo , MD Professor
Todd-Wells Professorship in Neurosurgery Michael L.J. Apuzzo is the Edwin Todd/Trent H. Wells, Jr. Professor of Neurological Surgery and Radiation Oncology, Biology, and Physics at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. He is director of neurosurgery at the USC Kenneth Norris, Jr. Cancer Hospital and is director of the Center for Stereotactic Neurosurgery and Associated Research there. Additionally, he is clinical director of surgical neuro-oncology, Director of the Gamma Unit Facility at USC University Hospital and Director of the Cyberknife Unit at Kenneth Norris Cancer Hospital.
Apuzzo established one of the world's first central nervous system tumor immunology laboratories and simultaneously developed programs for the study of refinements of microsurgical techniques of intra- and transcerebral surgeries for the management of intracranial neoplasms. He was also an innovator in the emergence of imaging directed stereotactic neurosurgery.
Apuzzo has been active in studying the concept of functional restoration in the central nervous system and performed North America's first human stereotactic cerebral grafting research procedure. He is currently concerned with the area of "molecular neurosurgery" with applications of genetic engineering to neoplastic and functional disorders.
He has nearly 600 scientific publications including 42 edited volumes on topics related to stereotaxy, operative techniques, epilepsy, brain neoplasia, craniocerebral trauma and the future of neurosurgery, including the important and acclaimed surgical atlas texts Surgery of the Third Ventricle and Brain Surgery: Complication and Avoidance Management. He has served in an editorial or scientific review capacity for more than 40 journals and sat on the review boards of 12 journals and other regular publications. He is Editor-in-Chief of the international journals Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery-Online and Operative Neurosurgery.
His primary clinical interests continue to be the refinement of techniques of cerebral surgery, applications of the spectrum of physical energy forms to tumor management, introduction of innovative high technology adjuvants to practical neurosurgery, molecular neurosurgery with functional restoration, cerebral protection methodologies, and the design of advanced neurosurgical operative environments.
Research Interests
CNS Neoplasm Steoreotaxy Radiation effects on CNS Novel aspects of tumor
Therapy restoration of CNS function improvement of surgical methods and
Clinical Interests
Neurological Surgery
All central nervous system tumors
Cerebral tumors
Degrees
Boston University School of Medicine, MD, 1965
Internships
Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University Montreal - Surgery, 1965 - 1966
Residencies
Yale University Health Services Center - Neurological Surgery, 1966 - 1973
Fellowships
Yale School of Medicine, Post-Doctoral Fellow - Neuropathology, 1967 -
Yale School of Medicine, Post-Doctoral Fellow - Neurophysiology, 1971 -
Board Certification
American Board of Neurological Surgery, 1975
Awards
Honored Guest Laureate:Annual Meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons generally regarded as the principle academic honor in neurosurgery. San Diego, California USA
Sixto Obrador Medal: For
Herbert Olivercrona Medal:The first of such presented for
William Beecher Scoville Prize: For
The GAGNA A. & Ch. VAN HECK Prize: For
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Memberships
American Association of Neurosurgery
Congress of Neurosurgery
Academy of Neurosurgery
Clinical Affiliation
USC Care Medical Group
USC University Hospital
USC/Norris Cancer Hospital
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