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Robert E. Harbaugh

Robert E. Harbaugh MD, FACS, FAHA, FAANS

Neurosurgery
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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Robert E. Harbaugh obtained his M.D. from the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine and his general surgery and neurosurgery training at Dartmouth. He was appointed Assistant Professor of Surgery (Neurosurgery) at the Dartmouth Medical School in 1985 and progressed to the rank of Professor of Surgery (Neurosurgery) in 1997. During his career at Dartmouth, Dr Harbaugh served as Director of the Cerebrovascular Disease Center, Director of the Neurosurgical Laboratory and as acting Residency Program Director.

In 2003 Dr Harbaugh accepted the position of tenured Professor and Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery Residency Program Director and Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics at the Pennsylvania State University. He has since been promoted to the rank of University Distinguished Professor and appointed as the Director of Penn State University’s Institute of the Neurosciences. In 2013 he was named a Penn State Alumni Fellow, the highest award of the Penn State Alumni Association. He also holds a clinical appointment as Guiding Professor of Neurosurgery at Huanhu Hospital in Tianjin, China.
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