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Dr.
Peter W. Carmel, Chairman of the Department of Neurological
Surgery at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of
New Jersey (UMDNJ) - and a Professor of Surgery at the
New Jersey Medical School in Newark is an internationally
renowned pediatric neurosurgeon.
Dr.
Carmel has published frequently on brain tumors and congenital
malformations in both children and adults. Before coming
to the UMDNJ - New Jersey Medical School, he was Professor
of Neurological Surgery and Director of Pediatric Neurological
Surgery at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia
University in New York. He had been on the faculty of
Columbia University and an Attending Neurosurgeon at Columbia-Presbyterian
Medical Center since 1967.
Dr.
Carmel became Chief of then Division of Neurological Surgery
in October 1994. A new residency program was founded and
approved by the Residcency Review Committee in Neurological
Surgery. On July 1, 1999 the Division was changed to the
Department of Neurological Surgery. Because of new strengths
in the Departments of Neuroscience and Neurosurgery the
Board of Trustees of the University of Medicine and Dentistry
of New Jersey created the Neurological Institute of New
Jersey on November 11, 1999. Dr. Carmel is presently the
Co-Medical Director.
Dr.
Carmel has lectured extensively on neurological surgery
throughout the United States and abroad, including France,
Italy, Germany, Portugal, Scandinavia, Russia and Mexico.
His
research focuses on childhood brain tumors, congenital
anomalies of the nervous system, and the structure and
function of the hypothalamic-pituitary axis. His research
into these and other areas has resulted in nearly 80 scientific
articles and 25 books and chapters.
Active
in several professional organizations, Dr. Carmel has
held leadership positions in the Congress of Neurological
Surgeons, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons,
the National Coalition for Research in Neurological Diseases
and Stroke and the National Foundation for Brain Research.
He is the Neurosurgical representative at the American
Medical Association's House of Delegates, and is former
Chair of the AMA's Council on Long Range Planning. He
was recently elected to the Board of Trustees of the American
Medical Association.
He
received his Bachelors of Arts degree from the College
of the University of Chicago in 1956, an M.D. degree fro
New York University, Bellevue College of Medicine, New
York in 1960, and a Doctor of Medical Science degree in
neuroanatomy from Columbia University, College of Physicians
and Surgeons in 1970.
Dr.
Carmel has been listed in several physician-selected consumer
guides to outstanding physicians, including the recent
American Health Magazine survey of the "Best Doctors
in America," and the latest edition of the book "The
Best Doctors in America," published by Woodward/White.
 
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