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A. John Popp
John Popp is a native of Perry, New York. His undergraduate work was completed at the University of Rochester. He received his M.D. from Albany Medical College. During medical school, he was awarded a fellowship that allowed him to spend three months in the Philippines studying parasitic illnesses and the delivery of medical care to the indigent. Interest in tropical diseases and the Orient led to an internship at the Queen's Hospital in Honolulu. Dr. Popp subsequently completed one year of general surgery residency training under Dr. Charles Eckert at the Albany Medical Center Hospital. Thereafter, he was commissioned captain in the U.S. Air Force and served as a surgeon at the Tachikawa Air Force Hospital, Japan. Upon completion of his military service, Dr. Popp returned to Albany Medical Center to undertake his neurosurgical residency training under the direction of Drs. Richard Lende and Robert Bourke.
After completing residency training, Dr. Popp was named assistant professor of surgery at Albany Medical College. At this time, he was also named head of neurosurgery at the Albany Veterans Administration Hospital. Dr. Popp was appointed to his current position as the first Henry and Sally Schaffer Chairman of the Department of Surgery in 1986. In addition to his position as department chairman, Dr. Popp is the director of the Neurosciences Institute at Albany Medical Center, the Program Director for Albany Medical Center's Neurosurgery Residency Training Program and he also serves as Surgeon-in-Chief of the Albany Medical Center Hospital.
Prior to assuming the presidency of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) this year, Dr. Popp served the AANS as vice president, chair of the organization's Washington Committee and editor-in-chief of the AANS Bulletin. He is currently treasurer of the Society for Neurological Surgeons, president of the Hudson/Mohawk Clinical Neurosciences Society and serves on the certifying board for neurosurgery - the American Board of Neurological Surgery. He is a member of the Steering Committee for a grant evaluating outcomes following carotid endarterectomy funded by the AHRQ.
Previously, he served as president of the New York State Neurological Society and as Chairman of the New York State Delegation to the Council of State Neurological Societies. He was an advisor for a National Science Foundation study on ethics and experimental design and the recipient of grants from the NIH for the study of neurogenic lung failure and traumatic injury to the central nervous system. He was the editor-in-chief of "A Guide to the Primary Care of Neurological Disorders" - a textbook designed to assist primary care physicians in managing patients with neurological disorders.
An active clinician, Dr. Popp specializes in microsurgery for the treatment of aneurysms, vascular malformations, and brain tumors. The A. John Popp Chair in Neurosurgery was recently established, in Dr. Popp's honor by an endowment from the Henry and Sally Schaffer Foundation. 1:00 - 2:00 PM
Ken Burns has been making documentary films for more than twenty years. Most notable among his work is the PBS series Baseball. Four and a half years in the making and eighteen and a half hours in length, this film covered the history of baseball from the 1840s to the present. It became the most watched series in PBS history, attracting more than 45 million viewers. Among critical acclaim, Baseball earned Mr. Burns an Emmy, the Clarion Award, and The Television Critics Awards for Outstading Achievement in Sports and Special Programming.
Mr. Burns also is the director, producer, co-writer, chief cinematographer, music director and executive producer of the landmark television series The Civil War. This film attracted an audience of 40 million during its premiere in September 1990. The film attracted praise from audiences and critics; The Washington Post said, "This is not just good television, nor even just great television. This is heroic television." The series has been honored with more than forty major film and television awards, including two Emmy Awards, two Grammy Awards, Producer of the Year Award from the Producer's Guild, People's Choice Award, Peabody Award, and others.
In January of 1998, Ken Burns' film Frank Lloyd Wright premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and aired on PBS in the fall of 1998. His recent works also include: Lewis and Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery; Thomas Jefferson; The West; Brooklyn Bridge; The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God; The Statue of Liberty; and others.
His recently completed works include a series of biographies on the lives of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Mark Twain. His major series, on the history of Jazz, is currently airing on PBS.
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