TY - JOUR
T1 - The history of neurosurgery at Baylor College of Medicine
AU - Srinivasan, Visish M.
AU - Hadley, Caroline C.
AU - Patel, Akash J.
AU - Ehni, Bruce L.
AU - Weiner, Howard L.
AU - Rao, Ganesh
AU - Lang, Frederick F.
AU - Sawaya, Raymond E.
AU - Yoshor, Daniel
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© AANS 2021.
PY - 2021/10
Y1 - 2021/10
N2 - The development of neurosurgery at Baylor College of Medicine began with the medical school's relocation to the new Texas Medical Center in Houston in 1943. An academic service was organized in 1949 as a section of neurosurgery within Baylor's Department of Surgery. Soon the practice, led by Dr. George Ehni, evolved to include clinical services at Methodist, Jefferson Davis (forerunner of Ben Taub), Texas Children's, the Veterans Affairs, and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center hospitals. A neurosurgery residency program was established in 1954. As the clinical practice expanded, neurosurgery was upgraded from a section to a division and then to a department. It has been led by four chiefs/chairs over the past 60 years - Dr. George Ehni (1959-1979), Dr. Robert Grossman (1980-2004), Dr. Raymond Sawaya (2005-2014), and Dr. Daniel Yoshor (2015-2020). Since the 1950s, the department has drawn strength from its robust residency program, its research base in the medical school, and its five major hospital affiliates, which have largely remained unchanged (with the exception of Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center replacing Methodist in 2004). The recent expansion of the residency program to 25 accredited positions and the growing strength of relationships with the "Baylor five"hospitals affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine portend a bright future.
AB - The development of neurosurgery at Baylor College of Medicine began with the medical school's relocation to the new Texas Medical Center in Houston in 1943. An academic service was organized in 1949 as a section of neurosurgery within Baylor's Department of Surgery. Soon the practice, led by Dr. George Ehni, evolved to include clinical services at Methodist, Jefferson Davis (forerunner of Ben Taub), Texas Children's, the Veterans Affairs, and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center hospitals. A neurosurgery residency program was established in 1954. As the clinical practice expanded, neurosurgery was upgraded from a section to a division and then to a department. It has been led by four chiefs/chairs over the past 60 years - Dr. George Ehni (1959-1979), Dr. Robert Grossman (1980-2004), Dr. Raymond Sawaya (2005-2014), and Dr. Daniel Yoshor (2015-2020). Since the 1950s, the department has drawn strength from its robust residency program, its research base in the medical school, and its five major hospital affiliates, which have largely remained unchanged (with the exception of Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center replacing Methodist in 2004). The recent expansion of the residency program to 25 accredited positions and the growing strength of relationships with the "Baylor five"hospitals affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine portend a bright future.
KW - Baylor
KW - History
KW - MD Anderson Cancer Center
KW - Neurosurgery
KW - Texas Medical Center
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U2 - 10.3171/2020.7.JNS201196
DO - 10.3171/2020.7.JNS201196
M3 - Review article
C2 - 33607618
AN - SCOPUS:85116306610
SN - 0022-3085
VL - 135
SP - 1259
EP - 1269
JO - Journal of neurosurgery
JF - Journal of neurosurgery
IS - 4
ER -