Charles Hodge Neurosurgeon: High Quality Experience

Charles Hodge, Neurosurgeon spent many years as head of the Department of Neurosurgery at Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York. Looking back at those years, he says that what made the medical training there unique was its emphasis on research and problem solving.

"I offer extensive high quality experience in medical education and research focused on neurosurgery," says Charles Hodge, Neurosurgeon. "I view my greatest achievements to have been in education in training young neurosurgeons who provide excellent, knowledgeable and compassionate neurosurgical care to the community in which they practice."

One of the mainstays of the Syracuse program, says Charles Hodge, Neurosurgeon, was its emphasis on a fundamental understanding of basic research techniques. "We provided excellence in teaching, patient care, and contributions to new knowledge," he says today.

"In my retired career, I have carried these ideas forward with an educational startup company, vCases." vCases is an Ann Arbor, Michigan company that delivers simulated patient situations to medical students and professionals via the Internet, which Charles Hodge, Neurosurgeon describes as a new and more immersed type of online educational experience. The objective of the training is to decrease the number of misdiagnosed cases, which are a significant contributor to the number of penalty payouts made by insurance companies, which amounted to some thirty-eight billion dollars over a twenty five period that ended in 2010, according to Johns Hopkins researchers.

Charles Hodge, Neurosurgeon, is also spending his retirement years sailing a forty-four foot sloop with his wife. The couple also enjoys sampling fine wines and staying close with their children and their grandchildren.