Title: Franc D Ingraham Professor of Neurosurgery
Company: Harvard Medical School
Location: Somerville, Massachusetts, United States
Peter McLaren Black, Franc D Ingraham professor of neurosurgery emeritus at Harvard Medical School, has been recognized by Marquis Who’s Who Top Doctors for dedication, achievements, and leadership in health care.
With over three and a half decades of experience, Dr. Black has established a successful career in health care. He currently serves as the Franc D. Ingraham professor of neurosurgery emeritus at Harvard Medical School, a position he has held since 2015. Prior to this, he was the Franc D. Ingraham professor of neurosurgery at Harvard Medical School from 1987 to 2015. His leadership roles include chairman of the department of neurosurgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital from 2000 to 2007, and neurosurgeon-in-chief at both Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Boston Children’s Hospital from 1987 to 2007 and 1987 to 2004, respectively. He also served as chief neurosurgeon in oncology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute from 1987 to 2007, staff neurosurgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital from 1980 to 1987, and president of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies from 2009 to 2013. He is a fellow of both the American College of Surgeons and the Royal Society of Medicine, and an honorary member of 30 to 40 neurosurgical societies worldwide. His dedication to advancing neurosurgery has earned him international recognition, and in an independent survey of neurosurgeons, he was ranked as the top neurosurgeon in the world.
Dr. Black has made significant contributions to the field through numerous written works, including authoring the books “NoFear” (2024), “Berserker: A Dr. Duncan MacGregor Thriller” (2022), “Death by Denial: A Duncan MacGregor Thriller” (2020), and “Seizure: A Duncan MacGregor Thriller” (2020). His academic publications include “Meningioma: A Comprehensive Text” (2009), “Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery” (2005), and “Living with a Brain Tumor” (2006). Other notable works include “Brain Tumors in Adults, Neurological Clinics, Angiogenesis in Brain Tumors” (2004), “Cancer of the Nervous System,” 2nd edition (2004), and “Operative Neurosurgery” (1999). Earlier, he authored “The Surgical Art of Harvey Cushing” (1992) and contributed to over 500 articles.
Reflecting on his path, Dr. Black laid a solid educational foundation with a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University, cum laude in 1966, a Doctor of Medicine and Master of Surgery from McGill University in 1970, and a Doctor of Philosophy from Georgetown University in 1978. He was also awarded an honorary degree from Aristoteles University in Thessaloniki, Greece in 2010, and is a diplomate of the American Board of Neurological Surgery. He takes great pride in adapting 21st-century imaging techniques to neurosurgery, using them for guidance while integrating molecular understandings of tumors. A major highlight of his career has been the promotion of global neurosurgery, expanding its reach worldwide. He attributes his success to the people who helped him along the way and credits his achievements to the skills and guidance these mentors provided him throughout his journey. In the coming years, he plans to expand his writing repertoire to include not only fiction and medical literature but also works about his life and the history of neurosurgery, focusing on its rise to prominence in American political and medical spheres.
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