Stephen Kent Powers, M.D., F.A.C.S.

 

DATE OF BIRTH:                                         February 24, 1953

PLACE OF BIRTH:                                       Columbus, Ohio

 

OFFICE ADDRESS:                                      Pennsylvania Neurosurgery and Neuroscience Institute

                                                                      4310 Londonderry Road, Suite 202

                                                                      Harrisburg, PA  17109  

 

PRESENT POSITION:                                  President and Chief Neurosurgeon

 

EDUCATION:                                               Ohio State University

                                                                      Columbus, Ohio

                                                                      B.S., 1974 (Biochemistry)

 

                                                                      Ohio State University

                                                                      Columbus, Ohio

                                                                      M.D., 1977

 

INTERNSHIP:                                               Surgery

                                                                      University of Minnesota Hospital

                                                                      Minneapolis, Minnesota

                                                                      1977 - 1978

 

RESIDENCY:                                                Neurosurgery

                                                                      University of California Medical Center

                                                                      San Francisco, California

                                                                      1978 - 1983


 

 MEDICAL ORGANIZATIONS:                    Phi Beta Kappa - 1974

                                                                      Alpha Omega Alpha, OSU Chapter Secretary - 1975

                                                                      Landacre Society - 1977

                                                                      American Medical Association - 1982

                                                                      Fellow, American Society for Laser Medicine

                                                                      and Surgery - 1983

                                                                      North Carolina Medical Society - 1983

                                                                      Durham-Orange County Medical Society, 1983 -1992

                                                                      Nathan A. Womack Surgical Society, 1984

                                                                      Congress of Neurological Surgeons, 1984

                                                                      Laser Association of Neurological Surgeons

                                                                      International - 1984

                                                                      Gordon Dugger Society - 1984

                                                                      International Society of Pituitary Surgeons - 1985

                                                                      Research Society of Neurological Surgeons - 1985

                                                                      New York Academy of Sciences, 1986 - 1992

                                                                      American Association of Neurological Surgeons - 1986

                                                                             Joint Section on Tumors

                                                                             Joint Section of Cerebrovascular Surgery

                                                                      American Association for the Advancement of Science - 1986

                                                                      Southern Neurosurgical Society, 1987-1992

                                                                      American Chemists Society, 1987 - 1994

                                                                      International Photodynamic Therapy and

                                                                      Medical Laser Association - 1988

                                                                      American College of Surgeons - 1988

                                                                      American Society for Photobiology - 1989

                                                                      North American Skull Base Society - 1990

                                                                      Dauphin County Medical Society - 1992

                                                                      Pennsylvania Neurosurgical Society - 1992

                                                                      Pennsylvania Medical Society - 1993

                                                                      Society of Neurological Surgeons - 1994

                                                                      North American Society for Neuro-Oncology - 1995

 

ACADEMIC AND HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS:

 

                                                                      Research Assistant

                                                                      Ohio State University

                                                                      Columbus, Ohio

                                                                      February, 1973 - September, 1973

 

                                                                      Research Assistant

                                                                      Department of Biochemistry

                                                                      Ohio State University

                                                                      Columbus, Ohio

                                                                      March, 1974 - June, 1974

 

                                                                      Orthopaedic Extern

                                                                      Riverside Methodist Hospital

                                                                      Columbus, Ohio

                                                                      July, 1976 - June, 1977

  

                                                                      Emergency Room Physician

                                                                      Kaiser Hospital

                                                                      Redwood City, California

                                                                      July, 1979 - December, 1979

                                                                      January, 1981 - December, 1981

 

                                                                      Neurosurgeon On-Call

                                                                      Ralph K. Davies Medical Center

                                                                      San Francisco, California

                                                                      July, 1979 - June, 1983

 

                                                                      Instructor, Laser Neurosurgery Course

                                                                      University of California Medical Center

                                                                      San Francisco, California

                                                                      November, 1981 - June, 1983

 

                                                                      Courtesy Staff

                                                                      Durham County General Hospital

                                                                      Durham, North Carolina

                                                                      July, 1986 - May, 1992

 

                                                                      Assistant Professor

                                                                      Division of Neurological Surgery

                                                                      University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

                                                                      Chapel Hill, North Carolina

                                                                      July, 1983 - June, 1987

 

                                                                      Acting Chief, Program Director

                                                                      Division of Neurological Surgery

                                                                      University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

                                                                      Chapel Hill, North Carolina

                                                                      October, 1986 - June, 1987

 

                                                                      Associate Professor

                                                                      Division of Neurological Surgery

                                                                      University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

                                                                      Chapel Hill, North Carolina

                                                                      July, 1987 - May, 1992

 

                                                                      Acting Chief, Program Director

                                                                      Division of Neurological Surgery

                                                                      Professor of Neuroscience and Anatomy

                                                                      University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

                                                                      Chapel Hill, North Carolina

                                                                      May, 1990 - May, 1991

                                                                       

                                                                      Professor and Chief, Division of Neurosurgery

                                                                      Department of Surgery

                                                                      The Pennsylvania State University

                                                                      College of Medicine

                                                                      The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

                                                                      Hershey, Pennsylvania

                                                                      June, 1992 – August 2002

 

                                                                      President and Chief Neurosurgeon

                                                                      Pennsylvania Neurosurgery and Neuroscience Institute, Inc.

                                                                      4310 Londonderry Road, Suite 202

                                                                      Harrisburg, PA 17109

 

                                                                      Consulting Staff

                                                                      The Pottsville Hospital and Warne Clinic

                                                                      Pottsville, PA 

                                                                      December 4, 1995 - Present

                                                                     

                                                                      Consulting Staff

                                                                      Healthsouth Rehabilitation of Mechanicsburg

                                                                      Mechanicsburg, PA

                                                                      December 12, 1996 - Present

 

                                                                      Active Staff

                                                                      Holy Spirit Hospital

                                                                      Camp Hill, PA 17011

                                                                      September 1, 2002 – Present

 

                                                                      Active Staff

                                                                      Pinnacle Health Systems

                                                                      Harrisburg, PA 17102

                                                                      September 1, 2002 - Present

                                                                     

CERTIFICATION:                                         American Board of Neurological Surgeons

                                                                      September, 1985

                                                                      American Board of Laser Surgery

                                                                      January, 1986

 

LICENSURE:                                                California (inactive) - August, 1978

                                                                      North Carolina (inactive) - June, 1983

                                                                      Pennsylvania - May, 1992

 

AWARDS AND HONORS:                           Simon Lazarus Memorial Scholarship - 1972

                                                                      Joseph Carl Troutman Scholarship - 1973

                                                                      William Craig Orr and Mary Black Orr Scholarship

                                                                      in Medicine - 1974

                                                                      B.S. Degree with Distinction, Summa Cum Laude - 1974

                                                                      Ohio State University Scholarship in Medicine - 1975

                                                                      Roessler Foundation Scholarship - 1976

                                                                      Outstanding Achievement in Surgery - 1977

                                                                      Watman Achievement Award – 1977

 

                                                                      Resident Award for best scientific paper.

                                                                      Presented at the Meeting of the Federation of

                                                                      Western Societies of Neurological Sciences - February, 1982.

                                                                      Life Member of National Registry of Who’s Who – January, 2000

Life Member of Kingston’s National Registry #187588 of Who’s Who - 2002

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS:                             PhotodynamicTherapy

                                                                      Chemotherapeutic treatment of brain tumors

                                                                      Immunological treatment of brain tumors.

                                                                      Surgical Lasers

                                                                      Endoscopic techniques in neurosurgery

 

EDITORIAL BOARD:                                   Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, 1997-2001

 

EXTERNAL COMMITTEES:                       

State Administrative:                                       Board of Directors

(State of North Carolina)                                 Neurosurgical Society of North Carolina

                                                                      Medical Society, 1985

 

                                                                      Joint Council of State Neurosurgical Societies, 1985

                                                                      Delegate to North Carolina State Medical  Society, 1991

 

National:                                                         Founding Member, Pan-American Congress of Neurolaser

 

                                                                      Sergeant-In-Arms Committee, Congress of

                                                                      Neurological Surgery, 1986

 

                                                                      Resident Membership Committee, Congress of

                                                                      Neurological Surgery, 1989, 1991

 

                                                                      Chairman, Neurosurgical Section of American

                                                                      Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery

 

                                                                      Publication Committee of the American Society

                                                                      for Laser Medicine and Surgery, 1991-1993,

                                                                      Chairman 1993-1994

 

                                                                      Awards Committee of the American Society for

                                                                      Laser Medicine and Surgery, 1991 - 1993,

                                                                      Chairman 1999-2002

 

                                                                      American Brain Injury Consortium, 1994

 

                                                                      Board of Directors, American Society for Laser

                                                                      Medicine and Surgery, 1995-2002

 

                                                                      Program Director, American Society for Laser

                                                                      Medicine and Surgery, 1998-1999

                                                                     

 

INTERNAL COMMITTEES:                         Committee on Graduate Medical Education

                                                                      Cancer Committee

                                                                      Residency Directors Committee

                                                                            

OTHER ACTIVITIES:                                   Grant Reviewer

                                                                      Allegheny-Singer Institute

                                                                      Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

                                                                     

                                                                      Grant Reviewer

                                                                      Medical Research Council of Canada

                                                                      Ottawa, Canada

 

                                                                      Grant Reviewer

                                                                      National Institute of Health and Human Services

                                                                      National Institutes of Health

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