Prof. Russell J Andrews

Russell J Andrews’ training: doctorate, Human Development (Harvard); medical school (Dartmouth); neurosurgery residency (Stanford); 6 months National Hospital, London.  He spent two years as US Army Flight Surgeon, 15 years neurosurgery university faculty and private practice (Silicon Valley, CA, USA).  He has been medical advisor > 25 years, NASA Ames Research Center (Nanotechnology and Smart Systems) and lectures for Stanford’s Graduate Course Robotics, AI, and Design of Future Education.

Appointments: Past Chair, International Outreach Committee, AANS; Newsletter Editor, WFNS; Section and Feature Editor, World Neurosurgery; board member several medical societies; President, International Conference on Neuroprotective Agents; member WFNS Neurotrauma and Neurorehabilitation Committees.

Author/co-author: > 100 articles, 60 chapters, 300 presentations at major conferences worldwide (often invited speaker), two books: Editor: Intraoperative Neuroprotection. Williams & Wilkins, 1996; Author: Too Big to Succeed: Profiteering in American Medicine. iUniverse, 2013.  Together with NASA colleagues he holds medical device patents.