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Neil F. Kassell, M.D. is the Distinguished Professor and the Co-Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Virginia. He specializes in the treatment of patients with cerebral vascular disease, including aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations, as well as benign basal tumors. His research interests focus on intracranial aneurysms, as well as computing and information technology, and have resulted in more than 450 publications, supported by over $30 million in grants and contracts from NIH and industry. Dr. Kassell is a founder of Interax, Inc., the Virginia Neurological Institute, Multimedia Systems, Inc., the Neuroclinical Trials Center, the NeuroVenture Fund and MedSpecialists.net. He is a member of numerous national and international medical societies and has served on numerous standing and ad hoc committees of the National Institutes of Health. Before joining the University of Virginia in 1984, Dr. Kassell was on the faculty of the University of Iowa from 1977 to 1984. He received both his undergraduate and medical education at the University of Pennsylvania and was granted an M.D. in 1972. After internship and two years of neurology and neurosurgery residency in Philadelphia, Dr. Kassell completed his neurosurgical training at the University of Western Ontario from 1975 to 1977. | 