Position:
Advisory Committee, Center for the Book at Maryland Humanities Council, Special Lecturer at Osher Institute at Towson University, Board Member at CityLit Project, Neurosurgeon at Cohen & Pushkin
Work:
Maryland Humanities Council
since 2008
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Advisory Committee, Center for the Book
Osher Institute at Towson University
since 2007
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Special Lecturer
CityLit Project
since 2007
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Board Member
Cohen & Pushkin
since Jan 1999
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Neurosurgeon
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Jul 1976 - Jun 1991
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Professor and Chairman, Dept. of Neurosurgery
Education:
Boston University School of Medicine 1963 - 1969
M.D.
Interests:
history of contemporary art, art theory, art and science, art and the brain, brain theory and neuroscience, poetry and medicine, ekphrastic poetry, poetry readings, book publication
Honor & Awards:
Distinguished Alumnus Award, Neurological Insitute of New York at Columbia University, 1985, President, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, 1990-1991, Distinguished Alumnus Award, Boston University School of Medicine, 2001, President, Contemporary Museum of Baltimore, Six Pushcart Nominations for Poetry and one for art criticism. Nominated as Poet Laureate of Maryland, 2009, Nominated for The Poets' Prize, 2009, Finalist for The Towson Prize in Literature.