Click HERE to learn more about Peter Diamandis. ------------------------- The Theodore Kurze Lectureship was established in 2002. Dr. Kurze was a pioneer in neurosurgery who radically altered the practice of neurosurgery with the introduction of the microscope in 1950 to brain surgery. The Theodore Kurze Lecture is made possible by the endowment by Dr. and Mrs. John L. Guarnaschelli in honor and recognition of his mentor, Theodore Kurze, MD.