The Annual Alvord Lecture in Neuropathology
The Alvord Lecture honors the scientific and clinical legacy of Professor Emeritus Ellsworth "Buster" Alvord, M.D., as an important pioneer in the field of neuropathology. Dr. Alvord served as Chief of Neoropathology at the University of Washington from 1960 to 2002. For information about Dr. Buster Alvord's life and work click here.
10TH ANNUAL ALVORD LECTURE IN NEURUOPATHOLOGY
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
4:30pm, UW location tbd
HANNAH KINNEY, MD
Children's Hospital Boston
Harvard School of Medicine
Boston, MA
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Past Speakers
2011:Robert Burke, MD, Columbia University, New York, NY. "Axon degeneration: A neglected therapeutic target in Parkinson's Disease"
2010:Alexander R.A. Anderson, PhD, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL "The ecology and evolution of cancer progression"
2009:Bernardino Ghetti, MD, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN. "Deciphering the hereditary prion protein amyloidoses"
2008:Arie Perry, MD, Washington University, St. Louis, MO. "Molecular Diagnostics of Gliomas"
2007:Jean Paul Vonsattel, MD, Columbia University, New York, NY. "Chorea vs. Parkinsonism: The Search for Primary Centers of Degeneration"
2006:Harry Vinters, MD, University of California Los Angeles, CA. "Neurovascular dementia: How abnormalities of cerebral blood vessels and brain parenchyma complete"
2004:John Rubenstein, MD, PhD, University of California San Francisco, CA. "Patterning of Cortical Regions and Connections"
2004:Samuel Ludwin, MD, Queen's University Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. "Studies in the Pathology and Pathogenesis of Multiple Sclerosis"
2003:Peter Burger, MD, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. “Oligodendrogliomas and Mixed Gliomas: An Epidemic”