Key Documents
John R. Adler, Jr.
Academic Appointments
- Professor - Med Center Line, Neurosurgery
Contact Information
-
Clinical Offices
Neurosurgery 300 Pasteur Dr S076 MC 5101 Stanford, CA 94305 Tel Work (650) 723-5573 Fax (650) 725-1784Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
-
Academic Offices
Administrative Contact Barbara Pedrick Administrative Associate Email Tel Work (650) 723-5573Not for medical emergencies or patient use
Professional Snapshot
Clinical Focus
- Neurological Surgery
- Neurosurgery
- Brain/Central Nervous System Cancer
- Stereotactic Radiosurgery
Administrative Appointments
- Founder and Member of the Board of Directors, Accuray, Inc. (1991 - present)
- President, Cyberknife Society (2003 - 2007)
- Vice President, Western Neurosurgical Society (2005 - 2006)
- Chief Medical Officer, Stanford (2002 - 2006)
- Chairman, Accuray, Inc. (1999 - 2004) View All 6administrative appointments of John Adler
Honors and Awards
- The Inaugural Ideals of Entepreneurship Award, Emerging Entepreneurs in Biomedical Technology, Biodesign Group, Stanford University (2005)
- Outstanding Achievement in Medicine, Santa Clara Valley Medical Association (2007)
Professional Education
| Residency: | Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, MA (1985) |
| Residency: | Massachusetts General Hospital/Joslin Diabetes Center, MA (1984) |
| Board Certification: | Neurological Surgery, American Board of Neurological Surgery (1990) |
| Fellowship: | Karolinska Institute, Sweden (1986) |
| Fellowship: | Harvard Medical School, MA (1982) |
Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations
Industry Relationships
Stanford is committed to ethical and transparent interactions with our industry partners. It is our policy to disclose payments of $5,000 or more, equity valued at $5,000 or more in a publicly traded company, or any equity in a privately held company, to physicians and scientists employed by Stanford University from companies or other commercial entities with which they interact as part of their professional activities. View Full Information
| Consulting: | Accuray |
| Equity: | Accuray |
| Service on Board of Directors: | Accuray |
Scientific Focus
Research Interests
The development and implementation of computerized, image-guided surgical tools to be utilized during minimally invasive brain operations. The clinical outcome of new technologies, and in particular the application of radiosurgery, for the treatment of brain tumors. The creation of new radiosurgical techniques for a wide array of brain and spine disorders which includes 1) trigeminal neuralgia 2) spinal cord AVM 3) pituitary tumors 4) skull base meningioma 5) benign peri-optic tumors 6) brain metastases 7) acoustic neuroma 8) glomus jugulare tumors 9) brain and spine schwannoma 10) painful facet syndrome 11) radiomodulation for functional disease of the brain
Clinical Trials
Publications
- Multisession cyberknife stereotactic radiosurgery of large, benign cranial base tumors: preliminary study. Neurosurgery. 2009; (5): 898-907; discussion 907
- Cyberknife radiosurgery for trigeminal schwannomas. Neurosurgery. 2009; (2 Suppl): A14-8
- Pathogenesis and radiobiology of brain arteriovenous malformations: implications for risk stratification in natural history and posttreatment course. Neurosurg Focus. 2009; (5): E9
- Cyberknife for brain metastases of malignant melanoma and renal cell carcinoma. Neurosurgery. 2009; (2 Suppl): A26-32
- Stereotactic radiosurgical treatment of cranial and spinal hemangioblastomas. Neurosurgery. 2009; (1): 79-85; discussion 85
Help