Leonard J. Cerullo

Leonard J. Cerullo (born June 1944), is a board-certified neurosurgeon and founder/director of the Chicago Institute of Neurosurgery and Neuroresearch (CINN). Additionally, he is a co-medical director of the Neurologic & Orthopedic Hospital of Chicago (NOHC), founded in 2003 and formerly known as the Neurologic & Orthopedic Institute of Chicago. [http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=12254&pageNo=3] Cerullo also is a professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at Rush Medical College.

Cerullo’s specialty certification is neurological surgery, granted in 1979 by The American Board of Neurological Surgery. [http://vitals.com/doctor/profile/1528033776] He was elected to the Society of Neurological Surgeons in 2001, and is an active member as of 2008. [http://www.societyns.org/society/bio.aspx?MemberID=4339]

Cerullo was born in Hazelton, Pennsylvania, to Leornard Frank Cerullo, and Marion nee Yori, who met at Hazelton General Hospital. The middle child in a large family, his mother was a nurse, while his father was an electrical contractor.

Cerullo graduated from Georgetown University in 1966, majoring in English and minoring in philosophy. He spent the following summer studying Japanese literature in Japan. He began his medical career as a student at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, earning his M.D. in 1970. Upon completion of the M.D., Cerullo moved to Chicago to begin post-graduate neurosurgery medical training at Northwestern. Under the direction of Paul C. Bucy and Anthony J. Raimondi, he was awarded an MS in surgery. Cerullo served on the faculty at Northwestern University Medical School, under an Associate Professor of Neurosurgery appointment, later serving as Acting Chief of Neurosurgery from 1984 through 1986.

In 1987, Cerullo founded CINN and in 1998, he joined Rush Medical College. In 1999, he was named Professor and Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at Rush University Medical School in Chicago. Notable patients he has treated include Tim Weigel and Teresa Guitterez, Chicago TV personalities. He has been featured repeatedly in "Chicago Magazine's" “Top Doctors” special issues in lists prepared by Castle Connolly. [http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/January-2008/Chicagos-Top-Doctors/]

Cerullo is most noted for helping people with neck and back pain. In 1989 he pioneered use of the Gamma Knife® for minimally invasive treatment of brain tumors with focused radiation therapy. One of the first neurosurgeons to embrace Gamma Knife® surgery, he helped to promote its widespread use. [http://www.neuro-ortho.org/blog/index.php/2007/12/14/dr-cerullos-training-philosophies-and-accomplishments/]

Press Coverage

Some notable citations of Cerullo include quotations from him on the following neuroscience-related topics:

*on [http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/health&id=6188811 concussions]
*on [http://www.nwherald.com/articles/2006/02/21/main/archive-533141855646.txt cancer and MRI scans]
*on [http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/medicine_health/report-15187.html magnet-guided surgery]
*on [http://gammaknifemarketing.com/?action=library&download=y&id=260 early diagnosis of brain metastases being critical to tumor management]

See also

*Gamma Knife
*List of hospitals in Illinois

References

External Links

* [http://www.neuro-ortho.org Neurologic & Orthopedic Hospital of Chicago Official Website]
* [http://www.cinn.org CINN Official Website]
* [http://www.cancer.org/docroot/ETO/content/ETO_1_4X_Whats_new_in_radiation_therapy.asp Radiosurgery and Gamma Knife Information]
* [http://www.neustrategy.com/PDF/Top%20Trends%20in%20the%20Neurosciences.pdf White Paper: Top Trends in the Neurosciences]