Charles Hodge Neurosurgeon: Research Efforts

Charles Hodge, Neurosurgeon is an accomplished and highly respected neurosurgeon who spent thirty four years in the Department of Neurosurgery at the New York Upstate Medical University in Syracuse. He was head of that department for nineteen years. For many years, Charles Hodge, Neurosurgeon was also listed in America's Top Doctors.

"Nationally, my thrust has been the development of research efforts in the national and international neurosurgical community," he says. "Of the many organizations I have belonged to professionally, my work on the American Board of Neurological Surgeons for six years, and for The Society of Neurological Surgeons for many years culminating as its president were most important and satisfying."

As Charles Hodge, Neurosurgeon knows, the Society of Neurological Surgeons is the oldest neurosurgical society in the world. Its membership is comprised of academic department chairs, residency program directors, and other key individuals within the neurological community. Membership in the Society is limited to two hundred active members, although there are many senior, inactive and honorary members.

Charles Hodge, Neurosurgeon is currently the Chief Medical Officer for vCases, an Ann Arbor, Michigan based startup. "My current position with vCases approaches to the huge problem of diagnostic errors in medicine," he says. "We are developing an online patient care experience for students, residents and practicing physicians that educates using real life patient evaluation problems based on the proven techniques used in flight simulators." He says that the program can be used for training and evaluation by medical schools, medical organizations, insurers, and organizations that are interested in reducing the number of diagnostic errors, and in medical training.