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Department of Neurological Surgery Distinguished Alumni Award

The OHSU Department of Neurological Surgery appreciates that there are many distinguished former departmental residents who have made significant achievements in, and contributions to, academic and clinical neurosurgical practice. In recognition of their contribution to the field the department has created an annual Distinguished Alumni Award. The award will be presented usually each year at the Paxton Alumni Reunion and the honored awardee will be called upon to give a short presentation on a subject of their choosing.

Calvin TanabeThe 2009 recipient is Calvin Tsugio Tanabe, MD. Board certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery (ABNS) in 1973, Dr Tanabe, now retired, had practiced neurological surgery in Portland, Ore. with Microneurosurgical Consultants, which he founded in 1980. Originally from Portland he spent much of his youth in Ontario, Ore. (a result of Japanese war-encampment). Dr. Tanabe is a graduate of the University of Oregon, a medical doctorate graduate and neurosurgery resident program graduate of the University of Oregon Medical School (now OHSU), 1964 and 1970, respectively. Dr. Tanabe was Dr. Harold Paxton’s first resident. After two years in Vietnam and a position at Letterman Army Medical Center, Army General Hospital, Presidio of San Francisco he was appointed assistant professor at the University of Oregon Medical School in August 1972. He remains interested in the spine, neuro-oncology, and skull base lesions.

 

Distinguished Alumni Award

  • 2009 — Calvin Tsugio Tanabe, M.D., Portland, Ore.
  • 2008 — Perry Camp, M.D. and Guy Gehling, M.D., Walla Walla, Wash.
  • 2007 — Larry Tice, M.D., Grand Junction, Colo.



Alumni 2009 - The Chiefs Move On

Justin Cetas, M.D., Ph.D.
Dr. Cetas is completing a fellowship in skull base surgery at OHSU with Dr. Johnny B. Delashaw, Jr., MD.
 

Kiarash Golshani, M.D.
Dr. Golshani has accepted a vascular/interventional fellowship position at Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.

 

Alumni 2008

  • Dr. Jonathan Carlson is with Sacred Heart Medical Center & Children's Hospital, Inland Neurosurgery and Spine Associates, Spokane. WA.
  • Dr. Kenneth Liu is completing a 2-year fellowship in interventional neuroradiology at OHSU with Dr. Stanley Barnwell.

Alumni 2007

  • Dr. Warren Roberts accepted a position with Avista Adventist Hospital, a member of Centura Health, Colorado's largest healthcare system.
  • Dr. Matthew Hunt spent a year as a specialist registrar at the Victor Horsley Department of Neurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (NHNN), Queen Square, London. and accepted a neurosurgical faculty position at the University of Minnesota, beginning July 2009.

Events

  • Raaf Lecturer 2009: William F. Chandler, M.D, Saturday, October 3, 2009 .
    Doernbecher Children's Hospital Vey Conference Center — 11th Floor

For more information regarding any of the above please contact Joanie Mastrandrea at 503-494-6207.