Who Knew WashU?
Question: How many chairs of the WashU Medicine Taylor Family Department of Neurosurgery have served as president of The Society of Neurological Surgeons since its founding?
Answer: C) Six. Earnest Sachs, MD, a WashU Medicine faculty member and the first neurosurgeon in the U.S., was a founding member of the SNS in 1920 who later became its president. Each of his successors continued that tradition of leadership, including current chair Gregory J. Zipfel, MD.
Congrats to this week’s winner, Amanda Braun, who works in the WashU Medicine Department of Orthopedic Surgery and will receive an “I Knew WashU” prize!
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