Patrick J. Kelly (surgeon)
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'''Patrick J. Kelly''', [[Fellow of the American College of Surgeons|FACS]], is a neurosurgeon in [[New York City]].
He is Professor and Chairman of the Department of [[Neurosurgery]] at [[New York University School of Medicine]]. He has operated on almost 7,000 brain tumors and is considered an authority in the fields of [[brain tumor surgery]], [[stereotactic neurosurgery]] and computer application in neurosurgery.
He has received [[Karolinska Institute]]'s [[Olivecrona Prize]], the [[World Federation of Neurological Societies]]' Scoville Achievement Award and the Irish [[Sir Peter Freyer Medal]].
He has authored more than 230 scientific and clinical papers and book chapters and serves on the editorial boards of several scientific journals: Neurosurgery, Surgical Neurology, Journal of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery and Neurological Research.
==Memberships==
He is founder and president of the [[Brain Tumor Foundation]]. He is president of [[Re-Wired for Life Foundation]], a non-profit foundation for patients undergoing [[deep brain stimulation]] and [[neuroaugmentative]] procedures.[http://www.rewiredforlife.org/] He is past president of the [[American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery]] and Vice-President of the [[World Society for Stereoencephalotomy]]. He was formerly a member of the medical advisory council of the [[Association for Brain Tumor Research]], now known as the [[American Brain Tumor Association]].
==References==
*[http://www.braintumorfoundation.org/about_leadership.asp Leadership page at Brain Tumor Foundation]
*[http://www.med.nyu.edu/people/kellyp01.html New York University - Neurosurgery Faculty: Patrick J. Kelly]
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