Johns Hopkins Medical School State University of New York at Buffalo
James I. Ausman went to which school in Jun 1967?
James I . Ausman James Ivan Ausman ( born December 10 , 1937 ) is an American neurosurgeon , science editor , television broadcaster , medical entrepreneur , and public advocate on health-care reform . He currently is professor of neurosurgery at the University of California , Los Angeles and editor-in-chief of Surgical Neurology International . Biography . Ausman was born in Milwaukee on December 10 , 1937 , is married , and has two daughters . He attended Milwaukee County Day School , obtained a B.Sc . degree from Tufts University ( Boston ) in 1959 , and graduated as an M.D . from Johns Hopkins Medical School three years later . In 1964 he received a Masters Degree in physiology at the State University of New York at Buffalo , after which he pursued surgery and neurosurgery training in Chicago and Minnesota . He then moved to work at the National Institutes of Health , receiving a Ph.D . in pharmacology from George Washington University School of Medicine in 1969 . He became a staff member at the University of Minnesota in 1972 , eventually becoming an assistant professor of neurosurgery and pharmacology . In 1978 he was named Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit . At this time Ausman also became Secretary of The Society of Neurological Surgeons . In 1991 , Ausman became professor and head of the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Illinois at Chicago . There he expanded his work in microsurgery , cerebrovascular surgery , particularly aneurysms , arteriovenous malformations and by-passing cerebral ischemia . He has written and developed procedures for neuro-vascular surgery , novel approaches to the pineal region and midline tumors . He has over 200 publications and over 80 chapters in neurosurgical books to his credit . He is now a clinical professor of neurosurgery at the University of California at Los Angeles . Ausman has been called a multitasker due to his multiple endeavors . Research . Ausman is the author of research articles published in medical journals . Frequent topics of these articles have been : - surgical aneurysm management - brain circulation microanatomy , anastomosis and revascularization - non-invasive monitoring of cerebral hemodynamics , blood gases and pH in surgical patients - cerebral arteriovenous malformations Ausman is a pioneer in the field of revascularization techniques to improve cerebral blood flow , relieve cerebral ischemia , and treat cerebral infarction , and has contributed articles and chapter books on the subject . Other research reports have referred to drug therapy of brain tumors , surgical anatomy of the optic nerve region , surgical approaches to the pineal region , management of midline tumors , nerve tissue ultrastructure , blood-brain barrier and pericyte-endothelial gap-junctions . Editorships and Humanitarian ethics . Ausman was editor-in-chief of Surgical Neurology from 1994 until 2009 , when it ceased publication . In 2010 , he became founding editor-in-chief of Surgical Neurology International . He travels frequently to Developed and Third World countries to advise , lecture on neurosurgical trends and techniques , and humanitarian missions teaching ethics . Ramsis F . Ghaly , M.D. , a Christian author and fellow surgeon has written that Dr . Ausman taught him humanitarian principles central to medical ethics : Patients come first.. . treat the patient as yourself...do not let yourself fall asleep until you are certain you have done everything for your patient . Ausman is an Honorary Member of the Brazilian , Argentinean , Chilean , and Peruvian Societies of Neurosurgery and a Corresponding Member of the German Society of Neurosurgery . Through his James I and Carolyn R . Ausman Educational Foundation , and his vehicle , Surgical Neurology International , Rancho Mirage , California , Ausman has recently expanded his humanitarian and educational mission , in particular highlighting the Venezuelan crisis .