Julius M. Goodman, MD
Julius M. Goodman, MD, died Jan. 27 at the age of 72.
Dr. Goodman’s main clinical interests were pituitary surgery, neuro-ophthalmology, trigeminal neuralgia, neurotrauma and critical care, and brain tumors, but his interest in medical and neurosurgical education is perhaps better known to AANS members. An Active member of the AANS since 1972, he served on both the AANS Education and Practice Management and the Maintenance of Certification committees. He organized and directed the AANS Goodman Oral Board Review Course since its inception in 1997. The course was renamed the AANS Goodman Oral Board Review Course in 2007 to honor Dr. Goodman for his decade of dedication to the course and its more than 2,000 participants. Dr. Goodman also developed and was the director of Weekend Update, the first AANS course designed to benefit those planning to take the neurosurgery recertification exam. He also participated in the AANS Resident Mentoring Program.
Dr. Goodman was a member of many professional societies, and he served on numerous advisory boards. He was a reviewer for major journals in neuroscience, including the AANS Journal of Neurosurgery, and he published more than 50 journal articles and book chapters.
A native of Washington, D.C., Dr. Goodman earned his undergraduate and medical degrees at Georgetown University. After an internship at the University of California Los Angeles, he served two years in the Air Force and then went to Vanderbilt University for his general surgery residency. He trained in neurosurgery at the Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis, where he subsequently became clinical professor of neurological surgery and established a career-long association with the residency program.
Dr. Goodman also was a founding member of the Indianapolis Neurosurgical Group, which held a memorial service on March 2 in his honor. Services for Dr. Goodman were held in Olney, Md., and memorial contributions can be made to the Julius Goodman Fund for Neurosciences, c/o Methodist Health Foundation, P.O. Box 7168, Indianapolis, IN 46207-7168.
Samuel J. Hassenbusch III, MD, PhD
Samuel J. Hassenbusch III, MD, PhD, died Feb. 25 from complications of cancer.
He was 54.
In May 2005 Dr. Hassenbusch was diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme in the right frontal lobe and had surgery to remove the tumor. Articles recounting his battle with cancer appeared in local and national media, including the Houston Chronicle, Texas Monthly Magazine, and the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric. He described himself in a Newsweek article as a “six-foot lab rat,” referring to his decision to undergo experimental glioblastoma vaccine therapy. Research on the vaccine was reported at the 2006 AANS Annual Meeting by Amy Heimberger, MD, who treated Dr. Hassenbusch. Newsweek reported that he “became the first person in the country to receive vaccine plus chemotherapy on an alternating schedule.” Earlier in their careers, Dr. Hassenbusch and Dr. Heimberger each received NREF grants for tumor research.
An Active member of the AANS since 1993, Dr. Hassenbusch participated in the AANS in several capacities over the years. He was a member of the Education and Practice Management Committee and a mentor in the Resident Mentoring Program. He served on the faculty of AANS courses in coding and reimbursement, practice management (including Neurosurgeon as CEO and Beyond Residency: the Real World), practical clinics and the oral boards preparation course, and gave numerous presentations of clinical research at AANS annual meetings. He also chaired the AANS/CNS Section on Pain as well as the AANS/CNS Coding and Reimbursement Committee.
He was a member of many other professional societies for which he taught courses and reviewed journals, and he attended and spoke at manymedical conferences around the world. His considerable involvement in research was reflected in the 31 book chapters he wrote and the 81 articles published in peer-reviewed journals.
Born in St. Joseph, Mo., he earned his medical and pharmacology degrees from Johns Hopkins University, where he also served his internship and residencies in neurosurgery and pharmacology. A professor in the Department of Neurosurgery in the Division of Surgery at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, he concurrently served there as the medical director of the Physicians Referral Service and as associate professor in Department of Neurosurgery, at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.
Donations in memory of Dr. Hassenbusch can be sent to the Dr. Marnie Rose Foundation 5090 Richmond Ave., PMB-291, Houston, TX 77056. Additional information is available at https://hassenbusch.com.
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