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    Aviva Abosch, MD, PhD

    Professor, Nancy A. Keegan and Donald R. Voelte, Jr. Chair and Inaugural Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery
    University of Nebraska Medical Center

    Aviva Abosch, MD, PhD, is Professor, Nancy A. Keegan and Donald R. Voelte, Jr. Chair and the inaugural Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and the Co-Director of the Neurosciences Services (Neurology, Neurosurgery, Mental Health, Pain Management). Dr. Abosch received a BA from Bryn Mawr College and an MD and PhD at the University of Pittsburgh. She completed her internship and residency at the University of California, San Francisco followed by fellowship training in Epilepsy Surgery at the Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University and additional fellowship training in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery at the University of Toronto.

    Dr. Abosch is Board Certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgeons. She serves on many national and international committees and organizations and is currently the Secretary of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), the Past-President of the American Society of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (ASSFN), and of Women in Neurosurgery (WINS). Her research interests include electrophysiological correlates of movement and neuropsychiatric disorders. Dr. Abosch has been and is an editorial board member of many national journals.

    Credentials:

    Bachelor of Arts, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
    Medical and PhD Degrees, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    Internship, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
    Residency, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
    Epilepsy Surgery Fellowship, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
    Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery Fellowship, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    Disclosure(s): Medtronic: Consultant (Ongoing), Grant/Research Support (Ongoing)

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