Christopher J. Tucker, M.D., Podcast Editor

Research Overview for Christopher J. Hillar

I work on a wide range of problems that arise from other areas of mathematics and the physical sciences. Currently, I am focused on using mathematical and computational tools to solve basic problems in theoretical neuroscience, and in this regard, I have begun collaborations with scientists at the Redwood Center for Theoretical Neuroscience and mathematicians at U.C. Berkeley. I am also interes...

Insight Into the Editor: Christian Weber, MD.

Carl J. Carl J. Levinson, MD, 1927–2011

With such a mentor, we are pushed to become much more than we could have been, to strive to achieve beyond ourselves. Carl exemplified this in his character not only for SLS and me but also in other organizations and places, such as AAGL, in Milwaukee, at Baylor, in San Francisco, and ultimately at Stanford. He influenced many leaders in the field today. To name just a few: Camran Nezhat, Rober...

Tribute to Patrick J. Mulrow, MD.

The friends and colleagues of Patrick Joseph Mulrow, MD, were saddened to learn of his death on December 3, 2015, just 13 days short of his 89th birthday. Pat is well known to the hypertension research community both for his research on the regulation of aldosterone and his skill as a clinician, but especially for his exemplary gift for leadership. Dr Mulrow did his undergraduate degree (AB, cu...

J. Barry McKernan, MD, PhD—A Profile

Dr. Barry McKernan, who performed the first laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the United States, has followed a surgical trail that truly represents the spirit of the American surgeon. He completed his undergraduate studies at a time when American medicine, American surgery, and clinically related research were beginning their Golden Age. The interval was the mid 1960s. Medical students and gradu...