Education

Degree	Institution	Major
A.B.	Stanford University	Biology
Other	University of Colorado	Biochemistry
M.D.	St. Louis University	Medicine
M.A.	Central Connecticut State University	Mathematics
Other	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Computational Molecular Biology & Bioinformatics

Post-Graduate Training

Training	Institution	Specialty
Internship	Denver General Hospital	Straight Surgery
Residency	University of Colorado Medical Center	Surgery
Residency	University of Colorado Medical Center	Neurosurgery
Residency	Denver Veteran’s Administration Hospital	Neurosurgery
Residency	University of Colorado Medical Center	Residency Research Fellow
Residency	University of Colorado Medical Center	Neurosurgery
Military	Fitzsimons Army Medical Center	Major, Medical Corps, U.S. Army Reserve

Awards

Name of Award/Honor	Awarding Organization
Dr. Richard Simon Excellence in Clinical Neurosciences Award Fund	UConn Foundation

Name & Description	Category	Role	Type	Scope	Start Year	End Year
Clinical Conflict of Interest Committee		Chair	UConn Health	University	2018	2018
John Dempsey Hospital, Quality and Resource Management Committee	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	Local	2000
Mead Fund - Hartford Hospital	Professional/Scientific Organization			University	1988	1999
Medical Education Committee	Education Committee			University	1988	1999
Connecticut Chapter of the American College of Surgeons	Professional/Scientific Organization	Representative	External	State	1986	1988
Faculty Review Board	Advisory Committee			University	1986	1989
Operating Room Committee	Advisory Committee			University	1984	1988
Connecticut State Committee on Trauma, Advanced Trauma Life Support	Professional/Scientific Organization	Instructor	External	State	1983	1987
Institutional Review Board	Advisory Committee			University	1983	1986
American Association of Neurological Surgeons	Professional/Scientific Organization	Lifetime Member	External	National
American College of Surgeons	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National
Connecticut Chapter, American College of Surgeons	Professional/Scientific Organization	Reviewer	External	State
Connecticut State Medical Society	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	State
Connecticut State Neurosurgical Society	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	State
Congress of Neurological Surgeons	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National
Hartford County Medical Association	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	Regional
New England Neurosurgical Society	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	Regional
Society of Neurological Surgeons	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National
Society of Neurological Surgeons	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National
Joint Committee on Continuing Medical Education of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National
Medical Board Committee		Member	UConn Health	University
Clinical Affairs Committee				University
QAPI Committee		Member	UConn Health	University
Grievance Committee				University
Merit Plan Executive Committee				University
Clinical Operational Standards Committee				University
Physical Health Committee				University
HSPP Advisory Committee	Advisory Committee			University

Journal Articles

Books

Book Chapters

Abstracts

Conference Papers

Reviews

Title or Abstract	Type	Sponsor/Event	Date/Year	Location
Is a Comprehensive Adverse Event Reporting System in Human Subject Research a Realistic Possibility?	Talk	HRPP Conference	2007	Boston, Massachusetts
Incorporating Productivity and Benchmarking Data into Physician Compensation Arrangements	Talk	University Health System Consortium	2002	Orlando, Florida
The Affinity of Lipid-Coated Microbubbles to Maturing Spinal Cord Injury Sites	Talk	American Association of Neurological Surgeons Meeting	1999	Orlando, Florida
The Effects of Lipid-Coated Microbubbles as a Delivery Vehicle for 7ß Hydroxycholesterol in Compressive Spinal Cord Injury	Talk	American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting	1998	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Affinity of Lipid-Coated Microbubbles to Maturing Spinal Cord Sites	Talk	Congress of Neurological Surgeons Meeting	1998	San Diego, California
Lipid-Coated Microbubbles as a Vehicle to Deliver 7ß Hydroxycholesterol, an Inhibitor of Post Traumatic Astrogliosis in Rats	Poster	American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting	1997	Denver, Colorado
The Affinity of Lipid-Coated Microbubbles for Maturing Brain Injury Sites	Talk	American Association of Neurological Surgeons	1996	Minneapolis, Minnesota
Affinity of Lipid-Coated Microbubbles for Proliferating Astrocytes in Mature Rat Brain Injury Sites	Talk	International Association for the Study of Traumatic Brain Injury	1996	Melbourne, Australia
Use of Lipid-Coated Microbubbles as a Drug Delivery System for the Therapy of Brain Tumors	Talk	American Association of Neurological Surgeons	1995	Orlando, Florida
Use of Lipid-Coated Microbubbles as a Drug Delivery System for the Therapy of Brain Tumors	Talk	. The Fourth Liposome Research Days Conference. Albert-Ludwigs University	1995	Frieburg, Germany
Studies of the Affinity of Lipid-Coated Microbubbles for C6 Glioma Cells	Talk	American Association of Neurological Surgeons	1994	San Diego, California
The Effect of Opiate Modulators on Brain Tumor Growth In-Vitro Measured by DNA Synthesis/Proliferation	Talk	American Association of Neurological Surgeons	1994	San Diego, California
The Effect of Opiate Modulators on Brain Tumor Growth In Vitro	Poster	American Association of Neurological Surgeons	1993	Boston, Massachusetts
Applications of Lipid-Coated Microbubbles Ultrasonic Contrast to the Therapy of Brain Tumors	Talk	Research Society of Neurological Surgeons	1993	Dublin, Ireland
Applications of Lipid-Coated Microbubbles Ultrasonic Contrast to the Therapy of Brain Tumors	Talk	Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting	1993	Vancouver, British Columbia
A Quantitative Assessment of Brain Tumor Ultrasonic Enhancement: Ultrastable Lipid-Coated Microbubbles as a Contrast Agent	Poster	American Association of Neurological Surgeons	1992	San Francisco, California
Lipid-Coated Microbubbles as a Contrast Agent In Neurosonography	Talk	Research Society of Neurological Surgeons	1992	Farmington, Connecticut
EEG Complexity as an Index of Head Injury Severity	Talk	Research Society of Neurolgical Surgeons	1992	Farmington, Connecticut
A Quantitative Assessment of Brain Tumor Ultrasonic Enhancement: Ultrastable Lipid-Coated Microbubbles as a Contrast Agent	Talk	Society of British Neurological Surgeons/New England Neurosurgical Society	1991	London, England
Detection of EEG Transients by Changes in Dimensional Complexity	Talk	Northeast Bioengineering Conference	1991	Hartford, Connecticut
Lipid-Coated, Uniform Microbubbles for Earlier Ultrasonic Detection of Brain Tumors	Talk	American Chemistry Society	1990	Boston, Massachusetts
Interstitial Radiation Update	Talk	Connecticut State Medical Society	1990	Meriden, Connecticut
Chaos, Dimension, and Evoked Potentials	Talk	United States – United Kingdom Neurosurgery Research Society Meeting	1989	London, England
The Fractal Dimension of Evoked Potentials	Talk	Meeting of the World Society for Sterotaxic and Functional Neurosurgery	1989	Maebashi, Gunma, Japan
Influence of Morphine on In-Vitro Growth of Glioma	Poster	American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting	1988	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Fractal Analysis of Electrical Fields of the Brain	Talk	New England Neurosurgical Society Meeting	1988	Boston, Massachusetts
Evaluation of Nociceptive Pathways Through Very Low Frequency Sinusoidal Heart Stimulation	Talk	Research Society of Neurolgical Surgeons Annual Meeting	1987	London, Ontario, Canada
Spectral Analysis of Sinusoidal Heat Stimulation	Poster	Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting	1986	New Orleans, Louisiana
Endorphins and Metastases	Talk	Neurosurgical Grand Rounds. Massachusetts General Hospital	1986	Boston, Massachusetts
Opiates and Metastases	Lecture	Yale University	1986	New Haven, Connecticut
Recognition of State vs. Trait in Biopotentials	Talk	Research Society of Neurological Surgeons	1986	Phoenix, Arizona
Adult Tethered Cord in Acquired Syndrome?	Talk	American Association of Neurological Surgeons	1985	Grenelefe Resorts, Florida
Spectral Fingerprinting in Migraine	Talk	International Association for the Study of Pain	1985	Camberra, Australia
The Influence of Opiates on Tumor Growth: Receptor Specificity	Talk	The Neurosurgical Society of Australia	1985	Sydney, Australia
The Effects of Opiates on Metastatic Tumor Growth	Talk	American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting	1985	Atlanta, Georgia
Adult Tethered Cord in Acquired Syndrome?	Talk	New England Neurosurgical Society Annual Meeting	1985	Dedham, Massachusetts
Opiates and Metastses	Talk	Ludwig Cancer Institute, Royal Melbourne Hospital	1985	Melbourne, Australia
Monitoring the Brain Injured Patient	Talk	American College of Surgeons	1985	Atlantic City, New Jersey
Model Referenced Identification Techniques in Evoked Potential Analysis	Talk	Research Society of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting	1985	Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Natural Killer Cytotoxicity is Enhanced by Intramedullary Administration of ß-Endorphin	Talk	American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting	1984	San Francisco, California
Opiates Increase Walker 256 Metastases	Talk	New England Neurosurgical Society	1984	Dedham, Massachusetts
Pain Pathways and Neurosurgical Approaches	Talk	Veteran’s Administration Hospital	1984	Newington, Connecticut
Endorphins and Metastases	Talk	Beth Israel Hospital	1984	Boston, Massachusetts
Influence of Endogenous Opiates on Metastatic Behavior	Talk	Research Society of Neurological Surgeons	1984	Chicago, Illinois
Effect of Midbrain Stimulation on Amphetamine-Induced Stereotpy in Rats	Poster	American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting	1983	Washington, DC
Descriptive Efficiency in Evoked Potential Analysis	Poster	American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting	1983	Washington, DC
Some Investigations into Opiate-Induced Tumor Metastases	Talk	New England Neurosurgical Society Annual Meeting	1983	Dedham, Massachusetts
The Future of Pain Control	Talk	Southern Society of Clinical Surgeons	1983	Farmington, Connecticut
Pain	Talk	Connecticut Association of Nurse Anesthesia	1983	Farmington, Connecticut
The Metastatic Effect of Endogenous Opiates	Talk	Research Society of Neurological Surgeons	1983	San Diego, California
A Model Referenced Method of Evoked Potential Analysis	Poster	Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting	1982	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Some Ramifications of Midbrain Stimulation	Talk	Connecticut State Neurosurgical Society	1982	Farmington, Connecticut
Afferent Pain Pathways	Talk	New England Cancer Society	1978	Farmington, Connecticut
Bone Morphogenetic Protien-2 (BNP-2) Promotes Survival of a Cerebellar Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor Cell Line	Talk	AANS/CNS Joint Section on Pediatric Neurological Surgery	1977