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Prolo Lecturer - 2024

Gerald A. Grant, MD

Gerald A. Grant, MD, is a neurosurgeon, scientist,
and chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at
Duke University.

Clinically, Grant specializes in treating brain tumors, medically refractory
epilepsy, Chiari malformation, and concussion in children and young
adults. His research focuses on innovative ways to open the blood-brain
barrier to improve the delivery of novel drugs and immunotherapy to
target brain tumors.
Grant is an investigator on several initiatives funded by the National
Institutes of Health (NIH) relating to brain tumors, focused ultrasound,
brain tumor immunotherapy and concussion. He is an author on 365
peer-reviewed journal articles, holds several leadership positions
nationally, and serves on multiple editorial boards in neurosurgery.
Grant received his undergraduate degree in neurosciences at Duke
University and his medical degree from Stanford University. He
completed his residency in neurosurgery at the University of Washington
in Seattle and fellowship in pediatric neurosurgery at Seattle Children’s
Hospital.
After residency, Grant fulfilled his commitment to the United States Air
Force. He was chief of neurosurgery at Wilford Hall Medical Center,
Lackland Air Force Base in Texas and the USAF Neurosurgical
Consultant for Aerospace Medicine from 2002-2006. He deployed to
Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany and Balad Air Base in
Iraq as Chief of Neurosurgery, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
He attained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and was awarded a
Meritorious Service Medal prior to his separation.
In 2006, Grant joined Duke’s faculty as an associate professor in the
Department of Surgery. In 2013, he was recruited to Stanford as Chief of
Pediatric Neurosurgery and held the Botha Chan Endowed Professorship.
He was program director of the Stanford residency program in
neurosurgery and fellowship director of Pediatric Neurosurgery. Dr.
Grant also served as Associate Dean of academic affairs in the School of
Medicine from 2021-2022.

In April 2022, Grant was recruited back to Duke as Professor and Chair of
the Department of Neurosurgery. He currently holds the Allan H. Friedman
Distinguished Professorship at Duke University School of Medicine.