John A. Jane, Sr. (September 21, 1931 – September 18, 2015) was an American

neurosurgeon Neurosurgery or neurological surgery, known in common parlance as brain surgery, is the medical specialty concerned with the surgical treatment of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system including the brain, spinal cord and peri ...

, and Professor of Neurosurgery at the

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. He was Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Virginia from 1969 to 2006.

Early life and education

John Jane was born in 1931 in Chicago. He graduated from the

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with a B.A. cum laude in 1951, and then attended the

University of Chicago School of Medicine The Pritzker School of Medicine is the Doctor of Medicine, M.D.-granting unit of the Biological Sciences Division of the University of Chicago. It is located on the university's main campus in the historic Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighbo ...

, receiving his Doctor of Medicine in 1956. He did his internship at the Royal Victoria Hospital at

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and returned to begin his neurosurgical residency at the University of Chicago clinics in 1957.

Career

Jane was the program director for the

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hospital's residency training program in Neurosurgery. He is the former

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of the ''

Journal of Neurosurgery The ''Journal of Neurosurgery'' is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering all aspects of neurosurgery. It is published by the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the editor-in-chief is James Rutka. It was established in 1944 ...

'', a position he had held from 1992 to 2013. During his tenure as the ''Journal of Neurosurgery'''s editor, he also founded the ''Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine,'' the ''Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics'', and ''Neurosurgical Focus'', the first peer-reviewed, online neurosurgery journal. Jane treated actor

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after the horse riding accident that left Reeve a

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Awards

In 2004, Jane was named a Cushing Medalist, the highest award given by the

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Books

*''Cytology of tumors affecting the nervous system'' (with David Yashon) (1969) *''Scientific foundations and surgical treatment of craniosynostosis'' (with John A. Persing and Milton T. Edgerton) (1989) *''Craniofacial surgery : science and surgical technique'' (2002).

References

External links

Profile at the University of Virginia
1931 births 2015 deaths American neurosurgeons University of Virginia School of Medicine faculty {{US-physician-stub