James I. Ausman, M.D., Ph.D. has served as one of our directors since June 1994. Since July 2002, he has served as a consultant for The Tiber Group, a healthcare strategic planning and market research company, and since March 2001 has been a neurosurgeon consultant. He has been Professor of the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Illinois at Chicago since 1991 and served as its head from 1991 until September 2001. From September 1978 until July 1991, he was Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. From December 1987 until July 1991, he served as Director of the Henry Ford Neurosurgical Institute, also at Henry Ford Hospital. In addition, he was Clinical Professor of Surgery, Section of Neurosurgery at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor from 1980 until 1991. Dr. Ausman received a B.S. degree in chemistry and biology from Tufts University, a Doctorate of Medicine from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, a Masters of Arts in Physiology from the State University of New York at Buffalo, and a Ph.D. in Pharmacology from George Washington University. He has also received graduate training in neurosurgery at the University of Minnesota and has obtained board certification from the American Board of Neurological Surgery. He is now a Visiting Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of California at Los Angeles and editor of Surgical Neurology. He serves as the medical expert for KMIR 6 TV in Palm Desert, California. |