Patrick Kelly M.D.

Joseph Ransohoff Professor of Neurosurgery

Primary Responsibilities

Dr. Kelly is the Chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery and Director of the neurosurgical residency program. He pioneered Computer-Assisted Stereotactic Neurosurgery and minimally invasive surgical techniques for the removal of brain tumors. He introduced these techniques into the neurosurgical armamentarium at the NYU Medical Center. Dr. Kelly is internationally known not only as a brain tumor surgeon but is also considered an expert in the surgical treatment of movement disorders. He was the Schneider lecturer for the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)in 1996 and will be the only neurosurgeon in history to deliver another Schneider lecture a second time in 2002. He was awarded the Obrador medal by the Spanish Neurosurgical Society in 1996 and received the Scoville Achievement Award from the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies in 1997 ( the second time in the history of this organisation that this award has been given). He received the Sir Peter Freyer Medal from the Irish Surgical Society in September 2001 and the Olivacrona Medal from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm in December of 2001.

Education and General Information

Medical Education

SUNY @ Buffalo

Internships

Philadelphia Naval Hospital (Rotating) 1966-1967

Residency Training

Northwestern University (Neurosurgery) 1970-1972

Clinical Fellowships

University of Texas, Galveston (Neurosurgery) 1972-1974; Hospital Foch, Paris - Hospital St. Anne, Paris - General Hospital, Edinburgh (Stereotactic Neurosurgery) 1977

Board Certifications

Neurosurgery

Medical Specialty

Functional Neurosurgery; Brain Tumor

Medical Interests

Neurosurgery

Additional Responsibilities

Other Responsibilities

Dr. Kelly is President of the Brain Tumor Foundation and President of Rewired-for-Life a non-profit foundation for patients undergoing neuroaugmentative procedures. He is past president of the American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery and Vice-President of the World Society for Stereoencephalotomy.