Location: Stanford Center for Academic Medicine, Meeting Room: Grand Rounds, 453 Quarry Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304 and Online
Time:
4:30-6:30pm PT
Expert Speakers and Topics:
Dr. Cormac Maher, Stanford Medicine – Long Term Health with Chiari Malformation
Dr. Eric Jackson, Johns Hopkins Medicine – Answers to Common Questions about Chiari Malformation
Dr. Cormac Maher is a graduate of Georgetown University, where he obtained a Doctorate of Medicine and was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. He completed his surgical internship and neurosurgical residency at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Soon thereafter, he moved to Boston, Massachusetts for dedicated training in pediatric neurosurgery at the Boston Children’s Hospital. After completion of his training at Boston Children’s Hospital, Dr. Maher completed fellowship training in cerebrovascular neurosurgery at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
Dr. Maher is an active clinician-investigator and has published over 180 scientific articles as well as book chapters on a wide variety of neurosurgical topics. His work has appeared in many medical journals including the Journal of Neurosurgery, Stroke, Neurosurgery, and Neurology. He has served on the editorial board of the Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group.
Dr. Maher is a diplomate of both the American Board of Neurological Surgery as well as the American Board of Pediatric Neurosurgery. He is a member of the American Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery. He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, and the American Academy of Pediatrics. He is past-chair of the Accreditation Council for Pediatric Neurosurgery Fellowships.