Paxton Professorship
Harold D. Paxton International Professor 2009: Neil Kitchen, M.D.
Mr. Kitchen, consultant neurosurgeon and associate clinical director, Victor Horsley Department of Neurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (NHNN), University College London Hospital Trust, London, England will visit OHSU June 25 to July 2, 2009.
Mr. Kitchen has been a consultant neurosurgeon for more than 10 years. His neurosurgical interests are neuro-oncology, skull base surgery and cerebrovascular disease. He is actively involved in a translational neurovascular diseases research program and his research has extensive links with neurology, neurochemistry, neuroradiology and neurointensive care within NHNN, as well as in other neurosciences centers. Mr. Kitchen has published more than 130 peer reviewed articles and more than 25 book chapters, he was the neurosurgeon shadowed by Ian McEwan for his book Saturday.
OHSU Campus Lectures
Saturday, June 27th, 2009
Vey Conference Center (Doernbecher Children’s Hospital - 11th floor)
8:30 am - Refreshments
9:30 am - Clinical trials in cerebrovascular neurosurgery - the British Contribution
10:30 am - break
10:45 am - British neurosurgery training from Victor Horsley to 2009
Past Harold D. Paxton International Professors
- 2009 — Neil Kitchen, M.D. (England)
- 2008 — No Professor
- 2007 — Neville Knuckey, M.D. (Australia)
- 2006 — Yücel Kanpolat, M.D (Turkey)
The Harold D. Paxton International Professorship in Neurological Surgery Education was created by the OHSU Department of Neurological Surgery to honor Dr. Paxton’s dedication to international neurosurgical education.
In keeping with Dr. Paxton’s philosophy and approach to neurological surgery education, this endowed professorship supports the implementation, development and advancement of the academic training program of the OHSU Department of Neurological Surgery.
On a yearly basis, an academic neurological surgeon with an international reputation for education, innovation and use of state-of-the art approaches to neurosurgical teaching techniques will be invited to fill this unique professorship.
Harold D. Paxton, M.D.
Harold D. Paxton’s distinguished medical career has spanned more than 50 years. Dr. Paxton joined the faculty of the School of Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University in 1956 as a clinical assistant professor in the Division of Neurosurgery. In 1967, he was appointed professor and head of the division, retiring in 1991 as professor emeritus.
Dr. Paxton’s academic accomplishments have been widely praised by his colleagues and peers. He pioneered major advancements in neurological surgery research and surgical techniques; published numerous books, monographs and articles; and provided strong leadership to the OHSU neurological surgery teaching faculty in their training of graduate residents preparing for neurosurgical careers. As a professor of neurosurgery, teacher and mentor, Dr. Paxton has profoundly influenced many neurosurgeons throughout his career and at OHSU. It is among his former students that “Pax” is held with the highest regard and deepest respect for his professionalism, expertise, compassion and humanism. In addition to his highly respected career as a physician and educator, Dr. Paxton has a deep interest in international neurosurgical education. During his career, he served as a visiting professor at the University of Nairobi in Kenya, where he established one of the first neurosurgical programs in Africa and also served as an advisor to the University of Nigeria, Benin City where he helped establish that country’s first medical school. A graduate of Princeton University and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Dr. Paxton served as a neurosurgeon in the U.S. Army Medical Corps, retiring with the reserve grade of colonel.
For more information please contact Joanie Mastrandrea at 503-494-6207.
