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    Linda M. Liau, MD, PhD, MBA

    Professor & Chair
    UCLA Department of Neurosurgery

    Dr. Linda M. Liau is Professor and Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. She holds the W. Eugene Stern Endowed Chair of Neurosurgery, and is Director of the UCLA Brain Tumor Center. She is the Principal Investigator and Director of the NCI-designated UCLA Brain Tumor SPORE (Specialized Program of Research Excellence). She served as a Director of the American Board of Neurological Surgery (2014 – 2020), and was the first woman Chair of the ABNS (2019-2020). She was the first woman President of the Western Neurosurgical Society (2016), and was Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Neuro-Oncology for over a decade (2007-2017). She is currently the Treasurer of the Society of Neurological Surgeons (SNS) and the American Academy of Neurological Surgery (AAcNS). She is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM).

    Disclosure(s): ClearPoint Neuro, Inc.: Board Member/Officer/Trustee (Ongoing), Stock Options (Ongoing)

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