Faculty Information

Peter M. Black, M.D., Ph.D. Neurosurgeon-in-Chief Brigham and Woman's Hospital Children's Hospital Chief of Neurosurgical Oncology Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Franc D. Ingraham Professor of Neurosurgery Harvard Medical School

Department of Neurosurgery The Children's Hospital 300 Longwood Avenue Boston, MA 02115 Phone: 617.732.6810 (clinical) Fax: 617.734.8342 Phone: 617.355.7795 (administrative) Fax: 617.734.2628

Department of Neurosurgery Brigham & Women's Hospital 75 Francis Street Boston, MA 02115

E-mail: pmblack@bics.bwh.harvard.edu
or: pblack@partners.org

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Place of birth: Calgary, Canada

Dr. Peter Black has been Neurosurgeon-in-Chief at both the Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Children's Hospital since 1987. He is also the Franc D. Ingraham Professor of Neurosurgery at Harvard Medical School. He has seen the service grow clinically from 600 cases in 1986 to 2200 in 1995; and the development of the vascular service with Dr. Philip Stieg, stereotactic function with Dr. Eben Alexander, pediatric neurosurgery with Drs. Madsen, Scott and Goumnerova and spine service with Dr. Eric Woodard. He has also seen the blossoming of radiosurgery in the linear accelerator at the Brigham and Women's Hospital, a brain tumor multidisciplinary effort which provides compassionate, cost-effective, and cutting edge care for brain tumor patients; and the development of extremely exciting three-dimensional techniques including the new M.R. therapy unit.

Major Clinical Interests:

• Brain tumors in adults
• Brain tumors in children
• Skull base tumors
• Pituitary tumors
• Epilepsy
• Hydrocephalus

He has written extensively in these topics, with over 250 publications; he also has an extensive operative experience which includes over 1600 brain tumor operations since coming to the Brigham and Women's and Children's Hospitals.

Specialized techniques he uses include:

• Operations in eloquent areas using local anesthesia
• Surgery for brain tumors in the MR Therapy Unit
• Microsurgical procedures in difficult areas such as the ventricles and the pineal region
• Surgery using three dimensional imaging
• Transsphenoidal surgery
• Skull base techniques in collaboration with Dr. Ivo Janecka
• Hemispherectomy and other surgical procedures for epilepsy

Major Research Interests:

• Brain and pituitary tumors
• Brain imaging, localization and structure-function correlation
• Cerebrospinal fluid physiology and hydrocephalus
• Philosophy including Medical ethics

Education:

• 1966 A.B. Harvard College, Cambridge, MA
• 1970 M.D. C.M. McGill University, Montreal, Canada
• 1978 Ph.D. Georgetown University, Washington, DC

Postdoctoral Training:

Internships and Residencies:

• 1970-1971 Surgical Intern, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
• 1971-1972 Assistant Resident in Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital
• 1975-1980 Resident in Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital

Research Fellowships:

• 1974-1975 Joseph P. Kennedy Foundation, Fellow in Medicine, Law and Ethics, Georgetown University, Washington DC
• 1975-1976 Fellow in neuro-oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital
• 1980-1981 Fellow in cerebrospinal fluid physiology, Children's Hospital

Licensure and Certification:

• 1971 Massachusetts License #37479
• 1984 American Board of Neurological Surgeons Certification

Academic Appointments:

• 1980-1984 Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
• 1984-1987 Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
• 1987-Franc D. Ingraham Professor of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School

Hospital Appointments:

• 1980-1981 Assistant in Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital
• 1981-1984 Assistant Visiting Neurosurgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital
• 1984-1987 Associate Visiting Neurosurgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital
• 1987-1992 Visiting Neurosurgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital
• 1987- Neurosurgeon-in-Chief, Brigham & Women's Hospital
• 1987- Neurosurgeon-in-Chief, Children's Hospital
• 1987- Chief of Neurosurgical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
• 1992- Consultant in Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital
• 1994- Surgeon-in-Chief for Academic Affairs, Children's Hospital
• 1994-1998 Chairman, Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital
• 1998- Senior Surgeon to the Active Staff, Brigham and Women's Hospital

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