Brain Surgeon Without a Scalpel: Memoir of a Stereotactic Radiosurgery Pioneer

One of the most influential innovators in modern brain surgery, Dr. Lawrence Dade Lunsford, chronicles his career in this memoir. A distinguished professor of neurosurgery at the University of Pittsburgh, he spent 50 years pioneering image-guided and minimally invasive neurosurgical techniques. From creating the first image-guided operating room in 1981 to establishing the United States' first Gamma Knife radiosurgery theater in 1987, he transformed the treatment of brain tumors, vascular ...