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
| 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 |