Keith L. Black, M.D.
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Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery
Director Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
127 S San Vicente Blvd. #A6600
Los Angeles
CA
90048
United States
Med School
University of Michigan
Internship
University of Michigan Medical Center
Residency
University of Michigan Medical Center
Board Certification
Neurological Surgery 1990
Specialties
Neurosurgeons
Interests

Research on designing ways to open the blood-brain barrier, enabling chemotherapeutic drugs to be delivered directly into the tumor Research on developing a vaccine to enhance the body's immune response to brain tumors Use of gene arrays to develop molecular profiles of tumors Use of optical technology for brain mapping Use of focused microwave energy to noninvasively destroy brain tumors Performed more than 5,000 operations for resection of brain tumors

Associations
Received the Jacob Javits award from the National Advisory Neurological Disorders and Stroke Council of the National Institutes of Health in June 2000 Appointed to the National Advisory Neurological Disorders and Stroke Council of the National Institutes of Health from 2000 to 2004 Committee member of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine Independent Citizens Oversight Committee from 2004-2006 Member of the American Association of Neurological SurgeonsNeurosurgical Society of America Academy of Neurological Surgery