Tindall Lecture Series | Emory School of Medicine

Our first Chairman of the Neurosurgery department at Emory, Dr. George T. Tindall, was a pioneer in the field of neurosurgery. Dr. Tindall graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1948. He received his M.D. in 1952 from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, graduating Alpha Omega Alpha. After entering the surgical training program at Duke University, he completed his training in 1961. Dr. Tindall has played a leading role in organized neurosurgery. He has published over 200 papers in peer-reviewed journals on a variety of neurosurgical subjects, including his major research interests of vascular disease, head injury and pituitary tumors, and has contributed numerous chapters to neurosurgical textbooks and co-authored several others. In 1973, he was appointed Chief of the Division of Neurosurgery and Professor of Surgery at Emory University School of Medicine. During the next 23 years, he sought to enhance the clinical, research and publications activities of Emory's Neurosurgery program. In 1989, through his leadership, the program achieved departmental status. Upon his retirement in 1997, Dr. Tindall became Professor Emeritus. Through his forward-thinking, Dr. Tindall provided an excellent foundation upon which our department now continues to build; a foundation that set standards of excellence to which we all remain committed.

2019 Tindall Distinguished Professor

Fredric B. Meyer, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery
Dean, Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine
Juanita Kious Waugh Executive Dean for Education
Uihlein Professor and Enterprise Chair of Neurological Surgery
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science

Fredric B. Meyer, MD, is a consultant and professor of neurologic surgery. He is enterprise chair of the Department of Neurologic Surgery at Mayo Clinic and is recognized with the distinction of a named professorship, the Alfred Uihlein Family Professorship in Neurologic Surgery. He is currently the Juanita Kious Waugh Executive Dean for Education of the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science and Dean of the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine. Dr. Meyer attended Deerfield Academy and earned the BA degree in biology at the University of Pennsylvania. He earned the MD degree at Boston University and then trained in general surgery, neurosurgery and cerebrovascular research at Mayo Graduate School of Medicine. Dr. Meyer has held many leadership positions in professional organizations, including President of the American Academy of Neurological Surgery and Board of Directors of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. He has been Director, Secretary and Chair of the American Board of Neurological Surgery and is currently serving as Executive Director. Dr. Meyer’s wife, Irene, is a Professor of Neurology in the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science and they have six children. He enjoys fly fishing, windsurfing, and scuba diving.

Previous Distinguished Professors

Previous Distinguished Professors
James T. Rutka, MD	University of Toronto
Hunt Batjer, MD	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Ralph G. Dacey, MD	Washington University
Andres Lozano, MD	University of Toronto
Anil Nanda, MD	Louisiana State University HSC Shreveport
Robert Solomon, MD	Columbia University
Mark N. Hadley, MD	University of Alabama
Douglas Kondziolka, MD, MSc	University of Pittsburgh
Michael L.J. Apuzzo, MD, PhD (hon)	University of Southern California
Arthur L. Day, MD	Harvard University Medical School
Albert L. Rhoton, MD	University of Florida
Robert F. Spetzler, MD	Barrow Neurological Institute
Mitchel S. Berger, MD	University of California at San Francisco
Warren R. Selman, MD	Case Western Reserve University
Roberto C. Heros, MD	University of Miami
Volker K.H. Sonntag, MD	Barrow Neurological Institute
M. Gazi Yasargil, MD	University of Arkansas
Issam A. Awad, MD	Yale University
Robert G. Ojemann, MD	Harvard University Medical School
Jules Hardy, MD	University of Montreal
Edward R. Laws, Jr., MD	University of Virginia