Haines Stephen J, Rockswold Gaylan L, Maxwell Robert E
*Department of Neurosurgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota; ‡Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota; §University of Minnesota, Emeritus, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Neurosurgery. 2014 May;74(5):553-9; discussion 559-60. doi: 10.1227/NEU.0000000000000311.
Neurosurgery began as a distinct discipline at the University of Minnesota in 1937 with the appointment of William Peyton as head of the division. Under the leadership of Peyton, Lyle French, and Shelley Chou, the Department rose to national prominence. Substantial contributions included the introduction of dexamethasone to the practice of neurosurgery by Galicich and French, early procedures for the transthoracic correction of spinal deformity, important contributions to the understanding of brain death, the early laboratory work that led to the development of nimodopine, one of the first intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging facilities in the United States (1996), and the training of many academic neurosurgeons and department chairmen. The challenges of managed care and more recent changes in the health care system have been met, and the Department is a thriving clinical, educational, and research center for 21st-century neurosurgery.
神经外科作为一门独立学科始于1937年明尼苏达大学，当时威廉·佩顿被任命为该部门负责人。在佩顿、莱尔·弗伦奇和谢利·周的领导下，该系在全国声名鹊起。重大贡献包括加利奇奇和弗伦奇将地塞米松引入神经外科实践、早期经胸矫正脊柱畸形的手术、对脑死亡理解的重要贡献、导致尼莫地平研发的早期实验室工作、美国首批术中磁共振成像设备之一（1996年），以及培养了许多学术神经外科医生和系主任。该系应对了管理式医疗的挑战以及医疗保健系统最近的变化，是21世纪神经外科蓬勃发展的临床、教育和研究中心。
