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James I. Ausman

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James I. Ausman
Born (1937-12-10) December 10, 1937 (age 86)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
EducationTufts University, Johns Hopkins Medical School, State University of New York, George Washington University
Medical career
ProfessionNeurosurgeon
ResearchNeurosurgery, cerebrovascular disease, microsurgery

James Ivan Ausman (born December 10, 1937) is an American neurosurgeon,[1] science editor, television broadcaster,[2][better source needed] medical entrepreneur,[3][4][5][better source needed] and public advocate on health-care reform.[6][7][8] He currently is professor of neurosurgery at the University of California, Los Angeles and editor-in-chief of Surgical Neurology International.

Biography

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Ausman was born in Milwaukee on December 10, 1937. He is married, and has two daughters.[1][9][10] He attended Milwaukee County Day School, obtained a BSc degree from Tufts University in 1959, and graduated as an M.D. from Johns Hopkins Medical School three years later. In 1964, he received a Master's Degree in physiology at the State University of New York at Buffalo, after which he pursued surgery and neurosurgery training in Chicago and Minnesota. He then moved to the National Institutes of Health, receiving a PhD in pharmacology from the George Washington University School of Medicine in 1969. He became a staff member at the University of Minnesota in 1972, eventually becoming an assistant professor of neurosurgery and pharmacology.[1]

In 1978, he was named Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. At this time, Ausman became secretary of The Society of Neurological Surgeons. In 1991, Ausman became professor and head of the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Illinois at Chicago.[11] There he expanded his work in microsurgery, cerebrovascular surgery, particularly aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations, and bypassing cerebral ischemia.[1][12] He has written and developed procedures for neuro-vascular surgery and novel approaches to the pineal region and midline tumors.[13] He has over 200 publications and over 80 chapters in neurosurgical books to his credit.[1][14] He is now a clinical professor of neurosurgery at the University of California at Los Angeles. Ausman has been called a "multitasker" due to his multiple endeavors.[15][16]

Research

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Ausman is the author of research articles published in medical journals.[17] Frequent topics of these articles have been:

Ausman is a pioneer[18][19] in the field of revascularization techniques to improve cerebral blood flow, relieve cerebral ischemia, and treat cerebral infarction and has contributed articles and chapter books on the subject.[20][21][22]

Other research reports have referred to drug therapy of brain tumors, surgical anatomy of the optic nerve region, surgical approaches to the pineal region, management of midline tumors, nerve tissue ultrastructure, the blood–brain barrier and pericyte-endothelial gap-junctions.[12][14][18][22]

Editorships and Humanitarian ethics

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Ausman was editor-in-chief of Surgical Neurology from 1994 until 2009, when it ceased publication. In 2010, he became founding editor-in-chief of Surgical Neurology International. He travels frequently to developed and Third World countries to advise, lecture on neurosurgical trends and techniques, and teach ethics in humanitarian missions. Dr. Ausman taught him humanitarian principles central to medical ethics, according to Ramsis F. Ghaly, M.D., a Christian author and fellow surgeon: "Patients come first... treat the patient as yourself... do not let yourself fall asleep until you are certain you have done everything for your patient."[23] Ausman is an honorary member of the Brazilian, Argentinean, Chilean, and Peruvian Societies of Neurosurgery and a corresponding member of the German Society of Neurosurgery.[1] Through his James I and Carolyn R. Ausman Educational Foundation and his vehicle, Surgical Neurology International, Rancho Mirage, California, Ausman has recently expanded his humanitarian and educational mission, in particular highlighting the Venezuelan crisis.[24]

Ausman organized, at his expense, a Surgical Neurology International webinar: SNI Neurosurgery World Education Summit that took place June 5 & 6, 2021.[25] And on July 28 he participated in another webinar organized by the Asian Congress of Neurological Surgeons in which he gave the first lecture, "The Most Important Lesson I Learned in Medicine." In this lecture, Ausman orated on the history of civilization, as it relates to medical practice. He expounded on the patient-doctor relationship based on the Hippocratic Oath that establishes doctors should "first do not harm," premium non-nocere and its corollary related to the individual-based ethics of Hippocrates, that the patient always come first —omni pro agroto ("all for the patient"). Ausman further asserted that truth is essential for peace and civilization and that All Lives Matter and that Truth Matters! These seminars have been provided online, worldwide, for free to physicians and patients via his publication, Surgical Neurology International.[26]

Other publications

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Ausman has recently co-authored the book The China Virus – What is the Truth? with Russell L. Blaylock (ISBN 979-8522503246 self-published).

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Senior member, 2008". The Society of Neurological Surgeons. Archived from the original on February 19, 2014. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
  2. ^ "The Leading Gen — Home page". PBS Public Television. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
  3. ^ "KCPT Public television, 2013". Archived from the original on January 26, 2014. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
  4. ^ "Walker's Research — A Publisher of Business Information since 1983, James Ausman, Board of Directors, Somanetics Corp. Troy, Michigan, 2002". Retrieved April 29, 2014.
  5. ^ "Future Health Care Strategies (FHS) — Specializing in Neuroscience Center Development. Dr. James I. Ausman, President Rancho Mirage California". Archived from the original on September 19, 2017. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
  6. ^ Ausman, JamesI (2011). "We need a revolution in medicine". Surgical Neurology International. 2 (1): 185. doi:10.4103/2152-7806.91140. PMC 3262996. PMID 22276239.
  7. ^ Ausman, JamesI (2013). "The World - Socio-economically and politically: What you need to know". Surgical Neurology International. 4 (1): 139. doi:10.4103/2152-7806.119730. PMC 3815094. PMID 24231906.
  8. ^ Ausman, JamesI (2010). "The future of medicine in the 21st century". Surgical Neurology International. 1 (1): 58. doi:10.4103/2152-7806.70851. PMC 2958330. PMID 20975975.
  9. ^ "The Originators —Dr James and Carolyn Ausman". The Leadin Gen, 2014. Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
  10. ^ Waldman, Amy. "'Milwaukee values' infuse prize-winning PBS series, July 1, 2011". The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle. Archived from the original on April 30, 2014. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
  11. ^ "The Founding of the Neuropsychiatric Institute (the NPI) and James I Ausman, 2013". University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago. Archived from the original on February 1, 2014. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
  12. ^ a b Sekhar, Laligam N.; Fessler, Richard G., eds. (2006). Atlas of neurosurgical techniques - brain. New York Stuttgart: Thieme. ISBN 978-3-13-127541-7.
  13. ^ Mahmood Mafee; Minerva Becker (2012). Imaging of the Head and Neck. Thieme. p. 880. ISBN 978-1-58890-009-8.
  14. ^ a b "Author: "Ausman JI"". Google Scholar Search. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
  15. ^ Kowsky, Kim. "Multitasker". UCLA Health System Magazine Fall 2013. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
  16. ^ Faria, Miguel A. "Longevity and compression of morbidity from a neuroscience perspective: Do we have a duty to die by a certain age?". Surg Neurol Int 2015;6:49. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
  17. ^ "James I Ausman". UCLA Health Physician Directory, 2014. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
  18. ^ a b Ossama Al-Mefty; TC Origitano; H Louis Harkey (1996). Controversies in Neurosurgery. Thieme. pp. 213–226. ISBN 978-0865775381.
  19. ^ Wood, James H (1987). Cerebral Blood Flow: Physiologic and Clinical Aspects. McGraw-Hill. p. 792.
  20. ^ Ausman JI, Chater NL (1980). "New approaches in cerebral revascularization". In Peerless SJ (ed.). Fourth International Symposium on Microsurgical Anastomoses for Cerebral Ischemia. Springer-Verlag. pp. 325–327.
  21. ^ Slavin KV, Ausman JI, Charbel FT (1996). "Posterior circulation aneurysms other than basilar tip". In Tindall GT, Cooper PR, Barrow DL (eds.). The Practice of Neurosurgery. Vol. 1. Williams & Wilkins. pp. 1359–1370.
  22. ^ a b Massad MG, Charbel FT, Chaer R, Geha AS, Ausman JI (2001). "Closed chest hypothermic circulatory arrest for complex intracranial aneurysms". Ann Thorac Surg. 71 (6): 1900–4. doi:10.1016/s0003-4975(01)02630-3. PMID 11426766.
  23. ^ Ghaly, Ramsis F (2010). Christianity and the Brain — Patient Stories. iUniverse Press. pp. 27–50. ISBN 9781450240420.
  24. ^ Ausman, James I (2019). "The Devastating Venezuelan Crisis". Surgical Neurology International. 10: 145. doi:10.25259/SNI_342_2019. PMC 6744797. PMID 31528480. Retrieved July 28, 2019.
  25. ^ Ausman, James I. "SNI Neurosurgery World Education Summit". Surgical Neurology International. June 5 & 6, 2021. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
  26. ^ Ausman, James I (July 28, 2021). "ACNS Webinar". YouTube. the Asian Congress of Neurological Surgeons. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
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