Neurosurgery – TPMG Awards

Kern Guppy, MD, PhD

2022
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“Career contribution to research can take many forms,” says Betty Suh-Burgmann, MD, chair of the Central Research Committee. “Some people spend their careers conducting original research. Others dedicate their time to mentoring up-and-coming researchers. And still others invest in the…

Vivek Rao, MD

2017
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When blood flow to the brain is obstructed during an acute stroke, a person loses an estimated 2 million neurons every minute. To save more lives and minimize brain damage, three TPMG neurologists—Drs. Jeffrey Klingman, Mai Nguyen-Huynh, and Vivek Rao—developed…

Alexander Flint, MD, PhD

2013
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”Dr. Flint’s work adds significantly to the growing body of literature underlying the importance” of stroke patients taking a statin.”

Mark Hawk, MD

2013
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“The underlying drive for me is that we deliver state-of-the-art neurosurgery to KP members in Northern California.”

Gary Heit, MD, PhD

2009
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"Everybody wins. The developing countries get equipment they lack, our physicians get to train their colleagues abroad, and most importantly, seriously ill people get the care they need."

William Sheridan, MD

2008
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"When we started, we were a department of neurosurgeons. Now, we are a fully integrated center that epitomizes the Permanente approach to patient care."