John R. Adler, Jr.
Academic Appointments
- Emeritus Faculty-Med Ctr Line, Neurosurgery
Key Documents
Contact Information
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Clinical Offices
Neurosurgery 300 Pasteur Dr R205 MC 5327 Stanford, CA 94305 Tel Work (650) 723-5574 Fax (650) 725-8279
- Academic Offices
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Professional Overview
Clinical Focus
- Neurological Surgery
- Neurosurgery
- Brain/Central Nervous System Cancer
- Stereotactic Radiosurgery
Administrative Appointments
- Founder and Member of the Board of Directors, Accuray, Inc. (1991 - 2009)
- President, Cyberknife Society (2003 - 2008)
- Vice President, Western Neurosurgical Society (2005 - 2006)
- Chairman, Accuray, Inc. (1999 - 2004)
- CEO, Accuray, Inc. (1999 - 2002)
Honors and Awards
- The Inaugural Ideals of Entepreneurship Award, Emerging Entepreneurs in Biomedical Technology, Biodesign Group, Stanford University (2005)
- Outstanding Achievement in Medicine, Santa Clara Valley Medical Association (2007)
Professional Education
| Fellowship: | Harvard Medical School MA (1982) |
| Residency: | Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, MA USA (1985) |
| Residency: | Massachusetts General Hospital MA (1984) |
| Board Certification: | Neurological Surgery, American Board of Neurological Surgery (1990) |
| Fellowship: | Karolinska Institute, Sweden (1986) |
| Internship: | Peter Bent Brigham Hospital MA (1981) |
Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations
Industry Relationships
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Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
The development and implementation of computerized, image-guided surgical tools to be utilized during minimally invasive brain operations. The clinical outcome of new technologies, and in particular the application of radiosurgery, for the treatment of brain tumors. The creation of new radiosurgical techniques for a wide array of brain and spine disorders which includes 1) trigeminal neuralgia 2) spinal cord AVM 3) pituitary tumors 4) skull base meningioma 5) benign peri-optic tumors 6) brain metastases 7) acoustic neuroma 8) glomus jugulare tumors 9) brain and spine schwannoma 10) painful facet syndrome 11) radiomodulation for functional disease of the brain
Publications
- Cavity volume dynamics after resection of brain metastases and timing of postresection cavity stereotactic radiosurgery. Neurosurgery. 2013; (2): 180-5; discussion 185
- The future of robotics in radiosurgery. Neurosurgery. 2013: 8-11
- Stereotactic radiosurgery as the primary treatment for new and recurrent paragangliomas: is open surgical resection still the treatment of choice? World Neurosurg. 2012 May-Jun; (5-6): 745-61
- A new age of peer reviewed scientific journals. Surg Neurol Int. 2012: 145
- Cochlea Radiation Dose Correlates with Hearing Loss After Stereotactic Radiosurgery of Vestibular Schwannoma. World Neurosurg. 2012
- CyberKnife stereotactic radiosurgery for the treatment of intramedullary spinal cord metastases. J Clin Neurosci. 2012; (9): 1273-7
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