Lila Hollin Green established this lectureship to foster the memory of her late husband, Dr. Sidney A. Hollin, a well-known cerebrovascular neurosurgeon at Mount Sinai. After completing a residency in Neurosurgery at Mount Sinai, Dr. Hollin continued as a traveling fellowship in Neuropathology at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, and training in Neurology at Atkinson Morley’s Hospital in Wimbledon, England. Dr. Hollin returned to Elmhust Hospital from 1961-1979 and served as Director of the Neurosurgical Service from 1974 until 1979 and also held an appointment at Mount Sinai School of Medicine from 1966 until his retirement in 1983.
Lecture Topic
Exosomes and Glioma
Speaker
Bob S. Carter, MD, PhD, is the Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at Mass General and Professor at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Carter co-leads Massachusetts General Hospital’s brain tumor program, which brings together over 100 faculty and staff focused on brain tumor clinical care, research and education.
As a prolific researcher, Dr. Carter's scientific work has included the development of the first reported EGFRvIII directed CAR T-cell therapy, and the first characterizations of exosomes in glioblastoma. He is a principal investigator participating in the NIH-funded Extracellular RNA Communication Consortium. Dr. Carter leads a team of clinician scientists who have developed the role of “big data” in characterizing outcomes in oncologic and vascular neurosurgery.
Dr. Carter is extensively published, and he lectures internationally on neurosurgery topics. He is an editorial board member for the Journal of Neurosurgery and editorial advisory board member for Neurosurgery.
Prior to joining Mass General, Dr. Carter served as Professor and Chair of Neurosurgery at the UC San Diego School of Medicine.
Consistently elected to America's Top Doctors®, Dr. Carter is a fellow of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and a member of numerous medical organizations, including the Congress of Neurological Surgeons and the American Academy of Neurological Surgery. He serves on the program committee for the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference and has served on the executive boards of the Joint Cerebrovascular Section and the New England Neurosurgical Society.
Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at 8:00am to 8:45am
The Mount Sinai Hospital, Annenberg Building - Fifth Floor, Seminar Room
1468 Madison Ave 10029
Academic, CME, Conference/Meeting, Grand Rounds, Lecture/Seminar, Special Event
Medical Education, Continuing Medical Education (CME), Residencies, Fellowships