Charles Hodge Neurosurgeon: An Effective Neurosurgeon

Charles Hodge, Neurosurgeon, spent many years at the State University of New York in the Department of Neurosurgery. "I was best known locally in Syracuse as an effective neurosurgeon, and was listed in America's Top Doctors for many years," he says. "Nationally my thrust has been the development of research and educational efforts in the national and international neurosurgical community."

Charles Hodge, Neurosurgeon, has belonged to many professional organizations during his long and productive career. "My work on the American Board of Neurological Surgeons for six years, and for The Society of Neurological Surgeons for many years, culminating in its president, were most important and satisfying," he says today. "I received a number of awards including the Distinguished Service Award from The Society of Neurological Surgeons."

For thirty four years, Charles Hodge, Neurosurgeon, was a member of the neurosurgery department in Syracuse at the State University of New York Upstate Medical University. "I served for nineteen years as Chairman of the large neurosurgery training program," he says. "While there, my research efforts revolved around pain mechanisms, cortical function, plasticity and recovery from brain injury, and the use of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for difficult brain tumors and some pain syndromes. I was instrumental in developing cerebral bypass surgery in Upstate New York as well as developing the neurologic navigational systems used to make cranial surgery safer and more effective."

Charles Hodge, Neurosurgeon, also started the MRI group that used that technology for localizing areas of brain function using function MRI (fMRI) techniques. He was responsible for training several dozen young neurosurgeons who are now working in areas throughout the United States.