2010 Fall Meeting - November 19-20, 2010
Atlanta Marriott Buckhead Hotel & Conference Center
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Editor for Functional Electrical Stimulation, Neuromodulation (indefinite term)
Ross Davis is a Neurophysiologist and Neurosurgeon, who was born in Sydney, Australia. He graduated from the Sydney University Medical School in 1957 and then undertook 3 years of neurophysiology research on the visual system with Professor Peter Bishop (University of Sydney) and 1 year in neuropharmacology with Professor David Curtis, Department of Physiology, Australian National University, Canberra (Chairman: Sir John Eccles).
Dr. Davis' career changed direction in 1961 when he commenced investigations on the neurophysiologic and pharmacologic characteristics of the effects of the cerebellum on the brain stem and thalamus. This work was started in the feline, then the baboon, and from 1973 he had joined in the neurosurgical project of developing cerebellar stimulation for controlling spasticity and seizures in disabled patients, mainly in children.
Dr. Davis trained in neurological surgery at the University of Michigan (1967 to 1971) and was board certified; subsequently he was Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery and Physiology at the University of Miami Medical School and Chief of Spinal Cord Injury Service at Veterans Administration Hospital, Miami, FL. (1971 to 1974); then Chairman, Department of Neurological Surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, FL. from 1974-1982.
He was an Adjunct Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL. From 1982 in Augusta, Maine, he was in active neurosurgical practice at the MaineGeneral Medical Center until 2002, and Chief of Neurosurgery at the VA Medical Center until 1991.
From 1983-2003, he initiated the development and implantation of multi-functional 22-channel stimulators for functional restoration of individuals with paraplegia.
His research efforts are now in the application of implanted micro-stimulators / sensors to restore function in neurological disabilities.