Alvord Lecture in Neuropathology

The annual Alvord Lecture honors and recognizes Emeritus Professor Ellsworth Alvord as an important pioneer in the field of neuropathology. Dr. Alvord served as Chief of Neuropathology at University of Washington for 42 years from 1960 to 2002. Dr. Buster Alvord, 1923-2010.


Ellsworth Alvord, M.D.
Professor and Chief of Neuropathology, 1960-2002

2012 Alvord Lecture in Neuropathology

Wednesday, June 6, 2012 at 4:30 PM
University of Washington
Genome Sciences Building, Foege Auditorium

Hannah Kinney, M.D.
Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
Associate in Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston

Neuropathology of SIDS: Reflections in Honor of Dr. Ellsworth "Buster" Alvord

Past Alvord Lectures in Neuropathology

2011: Robert E. Burke, M.D.
Alfred and Minnie Bressler Professor of Neurology and Pathology
Director of Research Laboratories for Parkinson's Disease
Director of the Udall Parkinson's Disease Research Center
Columbia University

Axon Degeneration: A Neglected Therapeutic Target in Parkinson's Disease

2010: Alexander Anderson, Ph.D.
Co-Director of Integrated Mathematical Oncology
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
Tampa, Florida

The Ecology and Evolution of Cancer Progression

2009: Bernardino Ghetti, M.D.
Distinguished Professor, Indiana University
Chancellor's Professor, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis
Director, Indiana Alzheimer Disease Center
Indiana University School of Medicine

Deciphering the Hereditary Prion Protein Amyloidoses

2008: Arie Perry, M.D.
Associate Professor
Pathology, Division of Neuropathology
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Editor-in-Chief, Brain Pathology

Molecular Diagnostics of Gliomas

2007: Jean Paul Vonsattel, M.D.
Professor of Pathology, Columbia University

Chorea vs. Parkinsonism: The Search for Primary Centers of Degeneration

2006: Harry Vinters, M.D,
Professor and Chief of Neuropathology, University of California Los Angeles

Neurovascular Dementia: How Abnormalities of Cerebral Blood Vessels and Brain Parenchyma Compete

2004: John Rubenstein, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor in Child Psychiatry at University of California/San Francisco

Patterning of Cortical Regions and Connections

2004: Samuel Ludwin, M.D.
Professor of Pathologist at Queen's University Kingston General Hospital in Kingston, Ontario Canada

Studies in the Pathology and Pathogenesis of Multiple Sclerosis

2003: Peter Burger, M.D.
Professor of Pathology, Neurosurgery, and Oncology, at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Oligodendrogliomas and Mixed Gliomas: An Epidemic