Henry Brem
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Harvard University
Harvard Medical School
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Neurological Institute of New York
Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons
Professor of Neurosurgery, Ophthalmology, Oncology and Biomedical Engineering
Neurosurgeon-in-Chief
Director, Hunterian Neurosurgical Research Center
Henry Brem, M.D. | |
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| Education | New York University Harvard University Harvard Medical School Peter Bent Brigham Hospital Neurological Institute of New York Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons |
| Occupations | Harvey Cushing Professor, Director of the Department of Neurosurgery Professor of Neurosurgery, Ophthalmology, Oncology and Biomedical Engineering Neurosurgeon-in-Chief Director, Hunterian Neurosurgical Research Center |
| Known for | Image guidance computer system to deliver targeted chemotherapy to intraoperative brain tumors, viral mapping, vaccine development |
| Medical career | |
| Field | neurosurgeon, researcher, educator, inventor |
| Institutions | Johns Hopkins |
Henry Brem, M.D. is an American neurosurgeon, researcher, educator and inventor known for introducing an image guidance computer system to deliver targeted chemotherapy to intraoperative brain tumors.[1] As of 2023, he is the Harvey Cushing Professor, Director of the Department of Neurosurgery, Professor of Neurosurgery, Ophthalmology, Oncology and Biomedical Engineering Neurosurgeon-in-Chief, and Director, Hunterian Neurosurgical Research Center and Director at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, Maryland.[2] Brem has written more than 490 peer-reviewed articles,[3] 50 books and book chapters and holds 11 patents.
Brem received his AB at New York University (1973) and Harvard University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Department of Biological Chemistry (1974), MD at Harvard Medical School, residencies at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital (Harvard) and the Neurological Institute of New York, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons.[4][5][6]
In 1998, he became a member of the National Academy of Medicine.[7]
