Amy B. Heimberger | |
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 Heimberger in 2007
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| Member of the Advisory Board of the National Cancer Institute | |
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Assumed office September 15, 2021 Serving with Nilofer S. Azad, Luis Alberto Diaz, Jr., Christopher R. Friese, Ashani Weeraratna and Karen Winkfield
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| President | Joe Biden |
| Director | Norman Sharpless |
| Alma mater |
University of Missouri Washington University School of Medicine |
| Awards | PECASE (2007) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Neurosurgery |
| Institutions |
University of Texas Northwestern University |
Amy B. Heimberger is an American neurosurgeon and physician-scientist. She is the Jean Malnati Miller Professor of Neurological Surgery, vice-chair for research in the department of neurological Surgery at Feinberg School of Medicine and scientific director of The Malnati Brain Tumor Institute at the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Heimberger completed a B.A. at University of Missouri in 1989. She earned a M.D. from Washington University School of Medicine in 1995. She finished her internship in surgery (1996) and residency in neurosurgery (1970) at Duke University Hospital. She won a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers for her research on central nervous system immune biology while working at the University of Texas.
In September 2021, Heimberger was appointed by U.S. president Joe Biden to the National Cancer Institute's National Cancer Advisory.
External links
- Amy B. Heimberger's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)