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Joseph C. Maroon M.D. was appointed to the Board of Directors of Mylan Laboratories in 2003. He is also a member of Mylan's Compensation Committee.
Dr. Maroon has over 30 years of experience as a practicing neurosurgeon. He is regarded as a premiere specialist in the surgical treatment of injuries and diseases of the brain and spine particularly with microscopic and minimally invasive procedures. His research into brain tumors concussions and diseases of the spine have led to many innovative techniques for diagnosing and treating these disorders.
Dr. Maroon currently serves as Professor Heindl Scholar in Neuroscience and Vice Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery University of Pittsburgh Medical Center ("UPMC") where he was previously Chief of Neurosurgery from 1972 to 1984. He is on the medical staffs of UPMC Presbyterian and Sewickley Valley Hospitals and maintains a neurosurgical practice in Wheeling West Virginia.
Prior to rejoining UPMC Dr. Maroon served as Professor and Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery Allegheny General Hospital from 1984 to 1999 and Professor and Chairman of the Department of Surgery Allegheny General Hospital from 1995 to 1998. In 1986 Dr. Maroon was the President of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons the largest neurological society in North America. He also served on the Board of Directors of the Think First National Head and Neck Injury Prevention Society and the American Youth Foundation St Louis Missouri.
Additionally Dr. Maroon has been the team neurosurgeon for the Pittsburgh Steelers since 1981. He is a co-founder of the UPMC Sports Medicine Concussion Program and
a co-developer of the world's first computerized sports concussion evaluation system ImPACT© (Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment and Cognitive Testing) a tool used by team doctors and athletic trainers nationwide to help determine the severity of a concussion and when it is safe for an athlete to return to play following injury.
Dr. Maroon has earned numerous awards for his contributions to neurosurgery from various national and international neurological societies throughout his career. He is the author or co-author of 40 book chapters in addition to more than 250 published scientific papers. He has edited three additional books has given more than 140 national and international presentations often as a visiting professor and has served on the editorial boards of five neurological journals. Consistently listed in "America's Best Doctors " Dr. Maroon's patients travel from all over the world to seek his care.
Dr. Maroon received his undergraduate and medical education at the University of Indiana. Following his graduation from medical school in 1965 he served residencies in neurosurgery at Indiana University Georgetown University and the Radcliffe Infirmary at Oxford University in England. He received a Fellowship from the University of Vermont where he studied microsurgery as the Given Scholar in Microneurosurgery.
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