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Professional Profile of Aaron G. Filler, MD PhD FRCS JD

Education

Career Highlights

Diplomate, American Board of Neurological Surgery

Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Fellow of the Intercollegiate Board in Surgical Neurology of England, Ireland, Edinburgh & Glasgow

Director, Institute for Nerve Medicine, Santa Monica, CA

Director, Center for Advanced Spinal Neurosurgery, Santa Monica, CA

Medical Director, The Neurography Institute, Santa Monica, CA

Attorney, State Bar of California Member No. 302956

President, Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics

Section Editor for Peripheral Nerve, Youmans Textbook of Neurological Surgery

Lieutenant Colonel, US Army Reserve, Medical Corps, Retired

Commander, 1466th Med Team, Neurosurgery, United States Army Reserve, Retired

Joint Guidelines Committee, American Association of Neurological Surgery & Congress of Neurological Surgery – Washington Committee

Guidelines Committee, Disorders of Spine & Peripheral Nerve Section – AANS & CNS

Spinal Fusion Guidelines Reviewer – American Association of Neurological Surgery & Congress of Neurological Surgery – Washington Committee (2013)

Course Director – Billing and Coding: Medicine and Law – American Society for Peripheral Nerve 2013-2014

Inventor – Numerous patents including MR Neurography and Diffusion Tensor Imaging

Editor – Peripheral Nerve Section – Youmans Textbook of Neurological Surgery

Medical Directorships –

Director – Peripheral Nerve Surgery – Cedars Sinai Medical Center 2005-2008

Director – Peripheral Nerve Surgery – Century City Hospital, 2001-2004

Faculty – UCLA 1996 – 2001;

University of London 1994-1995

Fellowships & Training –

Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (Surgical Neurology) 1994

Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, 2008

Professional School – University of Chicago – MD 1986

Grad School –

Harvard University/Museum of Comparative Zoology – PhD – Anthropology 1986

University of Chicago – MA – Anthropology 1979

Teaching Fellow – Harvard University 1979-1984

Author –

Do You Really Need Back Surgery – Oxford University Press. 2004, 2007, 2013

The Upright Ape: A New Origin of Species – New Page Books  2007

Axial Character Seriation in Mammals -BrownWalker 2007

Apple Thesaurus – Datamost 1984

Smart Guide to Patents – Smart Guides 2012

Neurosurgery Training –

Residency – University of Washington, Seattle, 1986-1994

Senior Registrar – Atkinson Morley’s Hospital Wimbledon 1992, 1994

Wellcome Trust Fellow – NeuroImaging 1994

Spine Fellow – UCLA – 1995

Peripheral Nerve Fellow – LSU – 1996

Companies Founded: SynGenix; Sirus Pharma; Molecular Synthetics, NeuroGrafix, Neurography Institute, Institute for Nerve Medicine, Image Based Surgicenter

College – University of Chicago – Biology; Human Behavior and Institutions – BA 1977 – Founded Major Activities Board, Chairman – Festival of the Arts

High School – Walt Whitman, Bethesda Maryland

Chairman Conference on American Civilization – National Association of Student Councils -1974,

Captain – Cross Country/Track teams

Websites

Neurography.com
NerveMed.com
NeuroGrafix.com
eSpineHealth.com
BackPain-Guide.com

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Aaron G. Filler, MD, PhD, FRCS invited to accept full appointment into the Royal College of Surgeons in London England, 2008.
Aaron G. Filler, MD, PhD, FRCS invited to accept full appointment into the Royal College of Surgeons in London England, 2008.
Aaron G. Filler, MD, PhD, FRCS (2008) with statue of John Hunter – founder of modern scientific surgery – at the Royal College of Surgeons in London, England.
Aaron G. Filler, MD, PhD, FRCS (2008) with statue of John Hunter – founder of modern scientific surgery – at the Royal College of Surgeons in London, England.
Aaron G. Filler, MD, PhD, FRCS (center) at the Leipzig iMR meeting in September 2010 discussing his work with Jonathan S. Lewin, MD (Left) Chairman of Radiology at Johns Hopkins University and Professor Jens Frahm, PhD (Right) inventor of CHESS and FLASH imaging and Director of the Biomedicine NMR Group at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry.
Aaron G. Filler, MD, PhD, FRCS (center) at the Leipzig iMR meeting in September 2010 discussing his work with Jonathan S. Lewin, MD (Left) Chairman of Radiology at Johns Hopkins University and Professor Jens Frahm, PhD (Right) inventor of CHESS and FLASH imaging and Director of the Biomedicine NMR Group at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry.
Diffusion Tensor Tractography of Human Brain, 2007. Aaron Filler was the lead inventor on the project that led to the development of DTI (diffusion tensor imaging).
Diffusion Tensor Tractography of Human Brain, 2007. Aaron Filler was the lead inventor on the project that led to the development of DTI (diffusion tensor imaging).
A standard T2-weighted Brain MRI. From the collection of Aaron Filler.
A standard T2-weighted Brain MRI. From the collection of Aaron Filler.
CBS Radio’s ‘Pain Free Hour’ recorded at KLSX 97.1 FM Los Angeles. The show featured Aaron Filler with glamorous co-hosts Shirlee Jackson and Kerri Kasem (Casey Kasem’s daughter).
CBS Radio’s ‘Pain Free Hour’ recorded at KLSX 97.1 FM Los Angeles. The show featured Aaron Filler with glamorous co-hosts Shirlee Jackson and Kerri Kasem (Casey Kasem’s daughter).
Moroto Vertebra from Morotopithecus 21.6 million years ago, showing most of the functional anatomy of the modern human lumbar spine. Basis for ‘Humanian Model’ of human evolution by Aaron Filler, as detailed in his book, The Upright Ape.
Moroto Vertebra from Morotopithecus 21.6 million years ago, showing most of the functional anatomy of the modern human lumbar spine. Basis for ‘Humanian Model’ of human evolution by Aaron Filler, as detailed in his book, The Upright Ape.
Composite of drawings by Adolph Schultz and DaVinci for Aaron Filler’s concept of the ‘four great hominiforms’ explained in The Upright Ape by Aaron G. Filler.
Composite of drawings by Adolph Schultz and DaVinci for Aaron Filler’s concept of the ‘four great hominiforms’ explained in The Upright Ape by Aaron G. Filler.
Hylobatid bipedalism (photo by Nina Leen) is explained in the framework of Aaron Filler’s book, The Upright Ape.
Hylobatid bipedalism (photo by Nina Leen) is explained in the framework of Aaron Filler’s book, The Upright Ape.
Axial Character Seriation in Mammals by Aaron Filler (2007), published by BrownWalker Press. This book is a republication of Aaron’s widely cited 1986 Harvard PhD Thesis.
Axial Character Seriation in Mammals by Aaron Filler (2007), published by BrownWalker Press. This book is a republication of Aaron’s widely cited 1986 Harvard PhD Thesis.
Axial Character Seriation in Mammals by Aaron Filler (2007), published by BrownWalker Press. This book is a republication of Aaron’s widely cited 1986 Harvard PhD Thesis.
Axial Character Seriation in Mammals by Aaron Filler (2007), published by BrownWalker Press. This book is a republication of Aaron’s widely cited 1986 Harvard PhD Thesis.
Aaron G. Filler – The Upright Ape: A new origin of the species (2007) New Page Books, with a foreword by David Pilbeam (Dean of Harvard College).
Aaron G. Filler – The Upright Ape: A new origin of the species (2007) New Page Books, with a foreword by David Pilbeam (Dean of Harvard College).
Aaron Filler in 2004.
Aaron Filler in 2004.
Aaron G. Filler, MD, PhD, FRCS (2004) Medical Director – Institute for Nerve Medicine. Director of Peripheral Nerve Surgery – Cedars Sinai Medical Center 2005-2008, Associate Director – Comprehensive Spine Program UCLA 1996-2001.
Aaron G. Filler, MD, PhD, FRCS (2004) Medical Director – Institute for Nerve Medicine. Director of Peripheral Nerve Surgery – Cedars Sinai Medical Center 2005-2008, Associate Director – Comprehensive Spine Program UCLA 1996-2001.
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