Medical Physics Seminar - John Adler

John Adler, MD, the Dorothy and Thye King Chan Professor in Neurosurgery & Radiation Oncology, Emeritus at Stanford School of Medicine

Dr. John Adler has held numerous high achieving positions which include but are not limited to the following: 

CEO, Zap Surgical Systems (2015 - 2017)
CEO & Chairman, Cureus, Inc (2010 - 2017)
CEO, Accuray, Inc. (1999 - 2002)
Chief of Clinical Innovation, Varian Medical Systems, Inc (2009 - 2015)
Chairman, Accuray, Inc. (1999 - 2004)
Vice President, Western Neurosurgical Society (2005 - 2006)
President, Cyberknife Society (2003 - 2008)
Founder and Member of the Board of Directors, Accuray, Inc. (1991 - 2009)

Dr. Adler graduated from Harvard College in 1976 and Harvard Medical School in 1980. From 1980 to 1987 he completed his neurosurgical residency at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital. Dr. Adler subsequently completed his radiosurgery fellowship at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, where he worked directly with Professor Lars Leksell, the original pioneer of radiosurgery (SRS) and inventor of the Gamma Knife®. In 1987 Dr. Adler joined the faculty of Stanford University School of Medicine.