Michael L. J. Apuzzo MD

Michael L. J. Apuzzo, Edwin M. Todd/Trent H. Wells, Jr., Professor of Neurological Surgery at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine is one of the world’s best known and respected neurosurgeons. He has made and been honored for multiple unique contributions to the discipline of neurosurgery over a three decade period. These contributions have played a singular role in the redefinition of the field. As a visionary and innovator, he has been called the disciplines “primary intellectual catalyst” for the past two decades because of his developments and innovative thoughts and has been characterized as representing the epitome of academic substance and achievement.

Background A native of New Haven, Connecticut, Dr. Apuzzo received his undergraduate education at Yale College, his medical education at Boston University and general surgical training at McGill’s Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal Canada. He then entered neurosurgery residency at the Yale University School of Medicine where he completed additional fellowships in neurophysiology and neuropathology.