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Michael T. Lawton

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Michael T. Lawton
Alma materJohns Hopkins School of Medicine
OccupationNeurological surgeon
EmployerBarrow Neurological Institute
Websitewww.barrowneuro.org/person/michael-lawton-md/

Michael T. Lawton is an American neurological surgeon. He serves as the President and CEO of Barrow Neurological Institute and the Robert F. Spetzler Chair in Neuroscience in the Department of Neurosurgery.

Biography

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Lawton received a degree in biomedical engineering from Brown University.[1] He is a graduate of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and completed a residency at Barrow in 1997 which included a fellowship with Robert F. Spetzler.[2] He served as the vice chairman and chief of vascular neurosurgery at the UCSF for 20 years. He became the President and CEO of Barrow in 2017 when Speltzer retired.[3]

Lawton has treated more than 1,000 cavernous malformations, 5,200 brain aneurysms, and 1,000 brain arteriovenous malformations.[4] Throughout his career he has published more than 770 peer-reviewed articles as well as six single-author textbooks and more than 100 textbook chapters.[1][5]

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References

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  1. ^ a b Frank, Marian (13 June 2018). "Barrow CEO Michael Lawton, MD, Appointed Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at Barrow Neurological Institute". College of Medicine Phoenix.
  2. ^ Roper, Marissa R; Janetsky, Megan. "Renowned brain surgeon to retire as CEO of Barrow Neurological Institute". Azcentral.
  3. ^ Gonzales, Angela (13 July 2017). "EXCLUSIVE: New CEO begins efforts to make Barrow Neurological Institute a household name". Phoenix Business Journal.
  4. ^ "Dr. Michael Lawton will lead Barrow Neurological Institute". AZ Big Media. 25 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Michael T Lawton". Barrow Neurological Institute.
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