Faculty Information

Joseph Russell Madsen, M.D.

Department of Neurosurgery
Children's Hospital
300 Longwood Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
Phone: 617.355.6005
Fax: 617.730.0906
E-mail: joseph.madsen@tch.harvard.edu

Date of birth: December 12, 1954
Place of birth: Salt Lake City, Utah

Education:

• 1976 B.A., magna cum laude, University of Utah (Chemistry)
• 1981 M.D., magna cum laude, Harvard Medical School
  (Harvard-MIT Program in Health, Science, and Technology)

Postdoctoral Clinical Training:

• 1981-1982 Intern in Surgery, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston
• 1983-1988 Resident in Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
• 1988-1989 Chief Resident in Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

Research Training:

• 1979-1980 Predoctoral Research Fellowship, Neuropharmacology, McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School (Dr. RJ Baldessarini, preceptor)
• 1982-1983 Research Fellow in Neurosurgery: CSF Dynamics (Drs. PMcL Black, RM Bergland, and AC Barger, preceptors)
• 1985-1987 Research Fellow in Neurosurgery: Developmental Neurobiology and Neuroimmunology (Dr. WD Matthew, preceptor)
• 1990-1991 Elsberg Fellowship in Neurological Surgery
• 1990- Clinical Investigator Development Award (CIDA) fellowship

Licensure and Certification:

• 1981- Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine
• 1994 Diplomate, American Board of Neurological Surgery

Academic Appointments:

• 1989-2002 Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
• 2002- Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Hospital Appointments:

• 1989 Assistant in Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
• 1989- Associate in Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital, Boston
• 1989- Associate in Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston
• 1989- Consulting Neurosurgeon, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston
• 1989- Medical Director, Neurosurgical Clinic, Children's Hospital

Honors and Awards:

• 1974 American Chemical Society Award in Analytical Chemistry
• 1974 Walter D. and Grace G. Bonner Memorial Award in Organic Chemistry
• 1975 Phi Beta Kappa
• 1987 Academy Award, American Academy of Neurologic Surgery
• 1990-1991 Elsberg Fellowship in Neurosurgery (New York Academy of Medicine)
• 1992 Congress of Neurological Surgeons Poster Award

Committee Assignments:

• 1985-1987 Scientific Program Committee, Review and Update in Neurobiology for Neurosurgeons
• 1990-1994 Committee on Clinical Investigations, Children's Hospital
• 1991- Tissue Committee, Children's Hospital
• 1991- Trauma Steering Committee, Children's Hospital
• 1992- Organizing Chairman, Neuroscience in Neurosurgery Meeting
• 1993- ISD Physician Steering Committee, Children's Hospital
• 1994- Comprehensive Cancer Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
• 1994- Library Committee, Children's Hospital
• 1995 Open Scientific Section Program Committee, Congress of Neurological Surgeons
• 1995 Host Committee, Congress of Neurological Surgeons
• 1995 Graduate Medical Education Committee, Children's Hospital

Recent Press Releases highlighting Dr. Madsen's Research Endeavors

Scientists at Children's Hospital and Brandeis use video games to unlock secrets of the brain's memory function

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