WALTER JEAN
Estados Unidos
Dr. Walter C. Jean is the Chief of Neurological Surgery at Lehigh Valley Health Network and Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine. He also holds the appointment of Clinical Professor of Neurological Surgery at the George Washington University. A native of Hong Kong, Dr. Jean graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University with a degree in molecular biology and obtained his medical degree from Cornell University Medical College, where he earned the John Metcalf Polk Prize, the highest academic award, and joined Alpha Omega Alpha, the medical honor society. For his neurosurgical training, Dr. Jean spent seven years at the University of Minnesota, during which he was awarded the Preuss Research Prize by the Joint Section on Tumors of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons and American Association of Neurological Surgeons for his work on immunotherapy. After residency, he spent one year in fellowship for Skull Base Surgery at the University of Cincinnati under Dr. Harry van Loveren, who became a life-long mentor.
Dr. Jean joined the faculty of Georgetown University in 2001 and rose to the rank of Professor of Neurosurgery, Otolaryngology and Radiation Medicine at Georgetown University School of Medicine. One of his proudest achievements to date is doubling the size of the neurosurgery residency at Georgetown while he was program director. Always gravitating towards innovative technology, Dr. Jean was an early adopter of the Cyberknife. His other clinical and research interests range from complex skull base tumors, cerebrovascular surgery, as well as endoscopic and minimally-invasive approaches for complex intracranial disease. In 2016, Dr. Jean was recruited to be Professor of Neurosurgery and Director of Skull Base Surgery at George Washington University in Washington D.C., and during his tenure there, he created “Skull Base Surgery: Strategies,” the acclaimed textbook which was published by Thieme Co. in 2019. Along with several of his former trainees, he co-founded Global BrainSurgery Initiative, an organization that promotes neurosurgical education throughout Low-to-Middle-Income countries around the world, with successful missions to Vietnam and Panama prior to the pandemic. As a dedicated educator, tireless in his efforts to teach neurosurgical trainees worldwide, Dr. Jean is also the creator and course director of the internationally-renowned webinar “Surgeons’ Log,” which is produced by the North American Skull Base Society.
With a global reputation as an energetic lecturer and passionate teacher of neurosurgery, Dr. Jean is a much sought-after speaker at international conferences from Beijing to Bogotá. He is a pioneer in applying mixed-reality technology in neurosurgery, and Virtual / Augmented Reality are frequent topics of his lectures. Dr. Jean also serves as reviewer for many high-impact journals such as Neurosurgical Focus, Acta Neurochirurgica, the Journal of Neuro-Oncology, World Neurosurgery, and Operative Neurosurgery. He is an active member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, North American Skull Base Society, the Society of Neuro-Oncology and Hong Kong Neurosurgical Society. He also serves on the Executive Board of the Asian Congress of Neurological Surgeons.
Dr. Jean lives in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania USA with his wife Maria , and their two indefatigable boys, Sebastian 5 and Adrian 2. While fatherhood has forced him to retire from being a soccer player and semi-professional singer, but it has enhanced his love for Italian wines. He lives in Arlington, Virginia with his wife Maria, and their two indefatigable boys, Sebastian 8 and Adrian 5.
Estados Unidos
Dr. Walter C. Jean is the Chief of Neurological Surgery at Lehigh Valley Health Network and Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine. He also holds the appointment of Clinical Professor of Neurological Surgery at the George Washington University. A native of Hong Kong, Dr. Jean graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University with a degree in molecular biology and obtained his medical degree from Cornell University Medical College, where he earned the John Metcalf Polk Prize, the highest academic award, and joined Alpha Omega Alpha, the medical honor society. For his neurosurgical training, Dr. Jean spent seven years at the University of Minnesota, during which he was awarded the Preuss Research Prize by the Joint Section on Tumors of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons and American Association of Neurological Surgeons for his work on immunotherapy. After residency, he spent one year in fellowship for Skull Base Surgery at the University of Cincinnati under Dr. Harry van Loveren, who became a life-long mentor.
Dr. Jean joined the faculty of Georgetown University in 2001 and rose to the rank of Professor of Neurosurgery, Otolaryngology and Radiation Medicine at Georgetown University School of Medicine. One of his proudest achievements to date is doubling the size of the neurosurgery residency at Georgetown while he was program director. Always gravitating towards innovative technology, Dr. Jean was an early adopter of the Cyberknife. His other clinical and research interests range from complex skull base tumors, cerebrovascular surgery, as well as endoscopic and minimally-invasive approaches for complex intracranial disease. In 2016, Dr. Jean was recruited to be Professor of Neurosurgery and Director of Skull Base Surgery at George Washington University in Washington D.C., and during his tenure there, he created “Skull Base Surgery: Strategies,” the acclaimed textbook which was published by Thieme Co. in 2019. Along with several of his former trainees, he co-founded Global BrainSurgery Initiative, an organization that promotes neurosurgical education throughout Low-to-Middle-Income countries around the world, with successful missions to Vietnam and Panama prior to the pandemic. As a dedicated educator, tireless in his efforts to teach neurosurgical trainees worldwide, Dr. Jean is also the creator and course director of the internationally-renowned webinar “Surgeons’ Log,” which is produced by the North American Skull Base Society.
With a global reputation as an energetic lecturer and passionate teacher of neurosurgery, Dr. Jean is a much sought-after speaker at international conferences from Beijing to Bogotá. He is a pioneer in applying mixed-reality technology in neurosurgery, and Virtual / Augmented Reality are frequent topics of his lectures. Dr. Jean also serves as reviewer for many high-impact journals such as Neurosurgical Focus, Acta Neurochirurgica, the Journal of Neuro-Oncology, World Neurosurgery, and Operative Neurosurgery. He is an active member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, North American Skull Base Society, the Society of Neuro-Oncology and Hong Kong Neurosurgical Society. He also serves on the Executive Board of the Asian Congress of Neurological Surgeons.
Dr. Jean lives in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania USA with his wife Maria , and their two indefatigable boys, Sebastian 5 and Adrian 2. While fatherhood has forced him to retire from being a soccer player and semi-professional singer, but it has enhanced his love for Italian wines. He lives in Arlington, Virginia with his wife Maria, and their two indefatigable boys, Sebastian 8 and Adrian 5.