TORONTO (April 23, 2001) -- Julian T. Hoff, MD, was presented with the 2001 Cushing Medal, the highest honor granted by the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) at the AANS Annual Meeting, April 21-26, 2001, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is being honored for his many years of outstanding leadership and dedication to the field of neurological surgery. Dr. Hoff is an exemplary physician, educator and researcher. With rare grace and skill, he has brought healing to patients, knowledge to students and leadership and expertise to research. Dr. Hoff is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Michigan where he and his colleagues have developed an outstanding training program and comprehensive care for neurosurgery patients. He has lectured in dozens of universities across the country and abroad. A leader in the field of neurosurgery, Dr. Hoff has served as an officer in several professional medical associations.
Dr. Hoff is Chair of the AANS Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation as well as AANS Liaison to the National Institutes of Health. He is Past President of the AANS (1993-94), former Chairman of the American Board of Neurological Surgeons (1991-92), former President of the American Academy of Neurological Surgeons (1998-99), former Second Vice President of the American College of Surgeons (1998-99) and former President of the Society of Neurological Surgeons (1999-2000).
Dr. Hoff is a current member of the editorial boards of Acta Neurochirurgica, and the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. He is a former member and co-chairman of the Journal of Neurosurgery Editorial Board. He has authored many articles in scientific journals and book chapters and edited books. In recognition of his work Dr. Hoff has received numerous awards including the Jacob Javits Neuroscience Award from the National Institute of Health (twice honored), and membership in the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. An alumnus of Stanford University, Dr. Hoff attended medical school at Cornell University and completed his residency training at New York Hospital.
The Harvey Cushing Medal, the highest honor the American Association of Neurological Surgeons can bestow on a member, was established at the recommendation of President Lester Mount, MD, in 1976. Given annually since 1977, the Award recognizes an AANS member for distinguished service to the field of neurological surgery. The Board of Directors selects the recipient upon the recommendation of the Awards Committee.
Founded in 1931 as the Harvey Cushing Society, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons is a scientific and educational association with nearly 5,800 members worldwide. The AANS is dedicated to advancing the specialty of neurological surgery in order to provide the highest quality of neurosurgical care to the public. All active members of the AANS are Board-certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery. Neurological surgery is the medical specialty concerned with the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of disorders that affect the spinal column, spinal cord, brain, nervous system and peripheral nerves.
