L. Dade Lunsford (born July 25, 1948) is an American neurosurgeon, focusing in brain tumor management, Gamma Knife® stereotactic radiosurgery, movement disorders and trigeminal neuralgia and vascular malformations, currently the

Lars Leksell Lars Leksell (1907–1986) was a Swedish physician and Professor of Neurosurgery at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. He was the inventor of radiosurgery. Life and career Lars Leksell was born in Fässberg Parish, Sweden on November ...

Distinguished Professor at

University of Pittsburgh The University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) is a public state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The university is composed of 17 undergraduate and graduate schools and colleges at its urban Pittsburgh campus, home to the universit ...

. He is the 2017 recipient of the

Herbert Olivecrona Award Axel Herbert Olivecrona (July 11, 1891 – January 1980) was a Swedish professor and brain surgeon, credited with founding the field of Swedish neurosurgery, and pioneering developments in modern neurosurgery. Family, early life and education He ...

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