1970s - Apuzzo

Michael L.J. Apuzzo, M.D., HS ’73, received the William Beecher Scoville Prize from the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies at the opening ceremonies of the September 2001 World Congress in Sydney, Australia. The prize is awarded to a neurosurgeon who has made a principal contribution to the art and science of neurosurgery on an international scale. William Scoville was a Yale neurosurgeon who made numerous contributions and innovations in the field while being active in globally organized medicine. Apuzzo was a pupil of Scoville’s and is now the Edwin M. Todd/ Trent H. Wells, Jr., Professor of Neurological Surgery and Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. He was honored for his work in introducing modern aspects of cellular and molecular biology to the operative armamentarium, as well as for his advocacy of the international exchange of ideas and unified global education.