Aaron Cohen-Gadol

Aaron A. Cohen-Gadol is a professor of clinical neurological surgery at the Keck School of Medicine of USC.

In 2007, Cohen founded the Neurosurgical Atlas, a nonprofit organization, aimed at advancing the care of patients with neurosurgical disorders via introduction of novel and efficient surgical techniques into practice.

Education
Cohen completed his B.A. in bioengineering and M.D. degrees from the University of California, San Diego and Keck School of Medicine of USC, respectively. Cohen completed his residency training in neurosurgery at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He also completed advanced fellowship training in two subspecialties: epilepsy surgery (at Yale University) and skull base/cerebrovascular surgery (at University of Arkansas Medical Sciences) He also attained a master's degree in Clinical Research from Mayo Clinic Graduate School and an MBA from the Kelley School of Business.

Academic career
In 2006, Cohen joined the Department of Neurosurgery at Indiana University School of Medicine, where he was a professor of neurological surgery. He was the Director of Neurosurgical Oncology/Brain Tumor Surgery at the Indiana University Department of Neurosurgery. Cohen was the co-founder and co-director of the Center for the Cure of Glioblastoma, part of the Indiana University School of Medicine, which facilitates new treatment options for brain tumor patients by mentoring neuroscientists and researchers.

He later moved to the Keck School of Medicine of USC.

Cohen serves as the associate editor-in-chief of Neurosurgical Focus, a journal in the field of neurosurgery. He has served on the board of directors of the American Association of Neurosurgeons (AANS) and the "Senior" Society of Neurological Surgeons (SNS). He is also a member of the American Academy of Neurological Surgery. Cohen has written and contributed to approximately 538 peer-reviewed publications.

Research and contributions
Cohen performs brain surgery for a variety of brain tumors (gliomas and meningiomas,) complex brain tumors (skull base, acoustic neuroma, and pituitary tumors,) cerebral aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations, trigeminal neuralgia and hemifacial spasm. Cohen has also contributed to refining fluorescent technologies that cause a brain tumor to "glow," making it easier for the surgeon to see precisely where its margins are and be able to remove it effectively.

The Neurosurgical Atlas
Cohen is the founder and current chief editor of the Neurosurgical Atlas (Atlas), a collection of text, intraoperative images, illustrations, and videos that document the most difficult aspects in surgery.

Awards and honors
Cohen was voted the Health Care Hero of the Year in the State of Indiana in 2009 for advancements in health care. He was granted the Hemispherectomy Foundation's Humanitarian award and is co-chair of the foundation's Medical Advisory Board.

Personal life
He volunteers to perform therapeutic surgery on dogs with brain tumors.