Neuroscience
From The Philadelphia Inquirer:
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Anthony H. Risser | neuroscience | neuropsychology | brain
- Isaac Chen, Md, Joins Penn Neurosurgery
H. Isaac Chen, MD, has joined Penn Neurosurgery as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Chen received his undergraduate degree in biochemical sciences from Harvard University; subsequently, he received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He...
- Five Surgeons From Penn Neurosurgery Earn 'top Doc' Honors
Each year, Philadelphia magazine recognizes the area’s outstanding doctors in their Top Doctors issue. The list is viewed as a “gold standard for those seeking the finest medical care in the Philadelphia area.” We are pleased to announce that five...
- Congratulations To 2013 Penn Neurosurgery Chief Residents
This past weekend, Dr. Sean Grady hosted Penn Neurosurgery’s annual Hail and Farewell event to celebrate the achievements of its chief residents. Penn Neurosurgery is proud to announce that Bradley C. Lega, MD, Matthew Sanborn, MD and Robert G. Whitmore,...
- Five Surgeons From Penn Neurosurgery Earn 'top Doc' Honors
Each year, Philadelphia magazine recognizes the area’s outstanding doctors in their Top Doctors issue. The list is viewed as a “gold standard for those seeking the finest medical care in the Philadelphia area.” We are pleased to announce that five...
- Five Penn Neurosurgeons Make Top Doctors List
Each year, Philadelphia magazine recognizes the area’s outstanding doctors in their annual Top Doctors list. The list is viewed as a “gold standard for those seeking the finest medical care in the Philadelphia area.” We are pleased to announce...
Neuroscience
Obit: Thomas W. Langfitt, M.D.
From The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Thomas Langfitt; led Pew Charitable Trusts[ ... Read the full article ... ]
By Gayle Ronan Sims
Philadelphia Inquirer Staff Writer
Posted on Tue, Aug. 09, 2005
Thomas W. Langfitt, 78, who during his tenure as president of the Pew Charitable Trusts transformed a little-known Philadelphia-based philanthropy into one of the nation's largest foundations, died of miliary tuberculosis Sunday at home in Wynnewood.
Dr. Langfitt - as a board member from 1979 and as chief executive officer from 1987 to 1994 - oversaw Pew's conversion from a family-run enterprise to the nation's fifth-largest foundation, one that championed such causes as childhood development, health care and the environment. Today, Pew has an endowment of $4.2 billion and ranks third in grant-making behind the Ford and W.K. Kellogg Foundations, with annual grants of more than $200 million.
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Born in Clarksburg, W.Va., Dr. Langfitt developed an interest in medicine while accompanying his father, a general surgeon, on house calls.
He earned a bachelor's degree in biology in 1949 from Princeton University and a doctorate in 1953 from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore. Dr. Langfitt, who was drafted in 1946 and discharged the following year, was again called to active duty in 1955, the year he completed his residency in neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins. He served two years as an Army doctor.
When his hitch was up, Dr. Langfitt and his wife, Carolyn, stayed in Baltimore until 1961, when they moved to Merion after he was named head of neurosurgery at Pennsylvania Hospital. He later moved to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, where he served as chairman of the neurosurgery department from 1968 to 1987.
"He was a leader in America in neurosurgery," Sean Grady, head of neurosurgery at HUP, said yesterday. "He is the modern-day father in the treatment of traumatic brain injury."
Dr. Langfitt, who moved to Wynnewood in the mid-1980s, was vice president of Penn's health affairs from 1974 to 1987, overseeing the hospital as well as the medical, dental, nursing and veterinary schools. As a researcher, Dr. Langfitt wrote more than 200 publications.
After retiring from Glenmede and Pew in 1994, the tall, courtly doctor returned to his medical roots. He became president of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. There, he led the development of a Web-based medical information system ( www.phillyhealthinfo.org ) designed to improve access to medical data among the poor.
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Anthony H. Risser | neuroscience | neuropsychology | brain
- Isaac Chen, Md, Joins Penn Neurosurgery
H. Isaac Chen, MD, has joined Penn Neurosurgery as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Chen received his undergraduate degree in biochemical sciences from Harvard University; subsequently, he received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He...
- Five Surgeons From Penn Neurosurgery Earn 'top Doc' Honors
Each year, Philadelphia magazine recognizes the area’s outstanding doctors in their Top Doctors issue. The list is viewed as a “gold standard for those seeking the finest medical care in the Philadelphia area.” We are pleased to announce that five...
- Congratulations To 2013 Penn Neurosurgery Chief Residents
This past weekend, Dr. Sean Grady hosted Penn Neurosurgery’s annual Hail and Farewell event to celebrate the achievements of its chief residents. Penn Neurosurgery is proud to announce that Bradley C. Lega, MD, Matthew Sanborn, MD and Robert G. Whitmore,...
- Five Surgeons From Penn Neurosurgery Earn 'top Doc' Honors
Each year, Philadelphia magazine recognizes the area’s outstanding doctors in their Top Doctors issue. The list is viewed as a “gold standard for those seeking the finest medical care in the Philadelphia area.” We are pleased to announce that five...
- Five Penn Neurosurgeons Make Top Doctors List
Each year, Philadelphia magazine recognizes the area’s outstanding doctors in their annual Top Doctors list. The list is viewed as a “gold standard for those seeking the finest medical care in the Philadelphia area.” We are pleased to announce...