Neurosurgery
Spotlight
Lexington neurosurgeon, 54, earns ‘genius grant’
The Boston Globe reports that Boston Children’s Ben Warf, MD, has been named a 2012 MacArthur Foundation Fellow, one of four Boston-area recipients of the “genius grant.” The award comes with a $500,000 stipend, and, for Warf, visibility for hydrocephalus - a global health problem that he said has been “way under the radar.” The New York Times, Boston.com’s “Culture Desk” blog and Harvard Gazette also report on the award.
Spotlight
Mark Proctor, MD appears in The Boston Globe's Health Answers
Boston Children's pediatric neurosurgeon Mark Proctor, MD answered a reader's question about plagiocephaly in The Boston Globe. The question and answer also appeared on Boston.com.