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Joseph M. Piepmeier, M.D.

Professor of Neurosurgery, Acting Chairman of Neurosurgery

Yale University School of Medicine
P.O. Box 208082
New Haven, CT 06520-8082

Joseph.Piepmeier@yale.edu

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Susan Warnstedt 203-785-2791
Betsy D'Andrea 203-737-1671
Fax #: 203-785-2042

Biosketch

Dr. Joseph M. Piepmeier received his undergraduate degree from Duke University and his M.D. from the University of Tennessee School of Medicine. He completed his internship and residency training in neurosurgery at Yale University School of Medicine and joined the neurosurgery faculty in 1982. He is certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery. Dr. Piepmeier is the acting chairman and holds the rank of Professor of Neurosurgery as well as the Nixdorff-German Chair in Neurosurgery.

Dr. Piepmeier serves as the Chairman for the Joint Section Tumors for the AANS/CNS. In addition, he is a member of the Editorial Board of Neurosurgery and the Editor -in-Chief for the Journal of Neuro-oncology. Dr. Piepmeier is a recipient of the Allied Services Award and the Wakeman Award for work in clinical neurosurgery. The primary focus of Dr. Piepmeier's clinical and laboratory work is neuro-oncology. He serves as the Director of the Yale Brain Tumor Center.

Education

1972

B.A.

Duke University

1975

Doctor of Medicine

University of Tennessee

1976- 1977

Intern Surgery

Yale-New Haven Hospital

1977- 1978

Jr. Assist. Resident, Neurosurgery

Yale-New Haven Hospital

1978 - 1979

Assist. Resident, Neurosurgery

Yale-New Haven Hospital

1979 - 1980

Resident Assoc., Neurosurgery

Yale University

1980 - 1981

Sr. Resident, Neurosurgery

Yale-New Haven Hospital

1981 - 1982

Chief Resident, Neurosurgery

Yale-New Haven Hospital

Selected Peer-reviewed Publications

Lee S, Vives K, Piepmeier J: Less common gliomas: brain stem glioma, juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma, anglioglioma, pleomorphic zanthoastrocytoma, giant cell astrocytoma, desmoplastic astrocytoma, hamartoma. Youmans Neurological Surgery, in press.

Piepmeier J: The neuro-oncological operating room of the future. The Operating Room Of The 21st Century In Apuzzo ed, AANS Publications, in press.

Piepmeier J: Cerebral gliomas. How tumor biology affects management. Clinical Neurosurgery, in press.

Piepmeier J: Primary Brain Tumors: The case for resective surgery. Neurosurgery, 48:1-9, 2001

Carpentier A, Constable T, Schlosser M, Piepmeier J, Spencer D, Awad I: Patterns of functional magnetic resonance imaging activation in association with structural lesions in the rolandic region. A classification system. Journal of Neurosurgery, 94:946-954, 2001

Piepmeier J: A neurosurgeon’s perspective on the neuropathology of low-grade gliomas. Brain Tumor Pathology 17:85-88, 2000

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