John F. Alksne was born in San Jose, California in 1933. He graduated from Palo Alto High School in 1951.[1]
CareerEdit
Alksne obtained his medical degree at the University of Washington in Seattle.[1]
After spending one year at the Anatomical Institute in Oslo, Norway, Alksne served as the Chief of Neurosurgery at Harbor General Hospital at UCLA from 1964 to 1967. He then served as the Professor and Chair of Neurological Surgery at the Medical College of Virginia from 1967 to 1971.[1]
Alksne moved to San Diego in 1971.[1] At the University of California, San Diego, Alksne would serve as:
Professor of Surgery, Division of Neurological Surgery, UCSD School of Medicine
Founding Chief, Division of Neurological Surgery, UCSD School of Medicine
Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences, UCSD School of Medicine
Dean, UCSD School of Medicine
As the Dean of the School of Medicine and the Vice Chancellor of Health Sciences, Alksne oversaw both the School of Medicine and the university's two hospitals. Alksne also founded the Epilepsy Surgery Program at UCSD and would later receive an award from the Epilepsy Society of San Diego.[1]
He was appointed Dean of the UCSD School of Medicine in 1992, was appointed Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences in 1994, and served as Chief of Neurological Surgery at UCSD until 1995.[2]
Professional organizationsEdit
American Association of Neurological Surgeons
The Latin American Federal of Neurosurgeons
The World Society of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
The Association of American Medical Colleges
The Association of Academic Health Centers
Alksne was the Program Chairman for The Society of Neurological Surgeons meeting in Rochester, Minnesota and hosted the society's 1993 meeting in San Diego.[2]
Personal lifeEdit
Alksne is active in the San Diego cultural and philanthropic community, and was a key figure in the creation of the John M. and Sally B. Thornton Hospital and Perlman Ambulatory Care Center.
ReferencesEdit
^ abcde"John F. Alksne, MD, FAANS(L)". The Society of Neurological Surgeons. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
^ ab"John Alksne, M.D. - UC San Diego Neurosurgery". neurosurgery.ucsd.edu. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
August 28, 2023
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