Neurosurgery at the Massachusetts General Hospital - 1909 to 1983 - A Short History and Alumni Record.
Edited by Dr Nicholas T. Zervas, M.D. and the Neurosurgical Staff
[Copyright 1984 Massachusetts General Hospital - First Edition] [extract dated 1983]

• Preface
• Biographical Sketches of Chiefs of the Service

William Jason Mixter James C. White William H. Sweet

Nicholas T. Zervas, M.D. (1962) Robert L. Martuza, M.D., F.A.C.S.

• The Development of Neurosurgery at MGH
• Contributions of Residents, Fellows and Attending Staff to Clinical Neurosurgery and Basic Neuroscience
• Neuroscience and Neurosurgery in the 1980s
• Neurosurgical Residency Program
• Residents of the MGH Neurosurgical Service
• Alumni: Residents
• Basic Research Staff
• Former Research Staff and Fellows of the MGH Neurosurgical Service
• Alumni: Fellows and Staff
• Appendices
  • The Impact of the MGH Neurosurgical Residency Program on Neurosurgical Education in the United States
  • Alumni Staff and Fellows Heading Departments of Neurosurgery or Neuroscience
  • Staff Appointments

PREFACE [extract dated 1983]

Neurosurgery at the Massachusetts General Hospital is now entering its eighth decade. Many members of the Service, past residents, and fellows expressed interest in a directory of those who have worked here in the past. At first it was thought that a catalogue of names, addresses, and the status of alumni would suffice. However, as a director was being compiled, some suggested that a volume encompassing a history of the Service, a description of the contributions to science and medicine made h our graduates, and a view of neurosurgery at MGH today would be more appropriate. Some four years later with man additions and some evolution the interim goal has been reached. What follows is the end result.

A number of individuals have helped immensely. Particular thanks go to Drs. William H. Sweet, Adelbert Ames III, H. Thomas Ballantine Jr., Jost J. Michelsen, and Alfred Luessenhop, who helped gather the material. It was as an interesting effort. To older graduates it may rekindle past associations and provide a new perspective of an association that still continues. The position of MGH in neurosurgery is traced through these many years.

Some of the minutes from past meetings of the Executive Committee of the Hospital, particularly those from the earl I 900s relating to neurosurgery, were revealing. The discourses describing the relationship between physician and surgeon in that era were somewhat amusing, and some of those remarks are reprinted in the pages that follow.

I am especially grateful to Ann Delanev, Merri Morong, Jean Sheridan, Rachel Spilka, and Jody Roberts for their invaluable assistance.

Nicholas T. Zervas, M.D. 1983