Penn Medicine names Dr. Daniel Yoshor chair of neurosurgery department

Daniel Yoshor, MD, was appointed chair of the department of neurosurgery in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, effective July 1.

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Dr. Yoshor — who focuses on brain tumors as well as endoscopic pituitary and skull base surgery — will also serve as vice president of clinical integration and innovation for Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine.

Currently, he serves as professor and chair of the department of neurosurgery at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, which rose to No. 3 in the U.S. in National Institutes of Health funding under his watch.

Previously he served as program director for Baylor’s neurosurgery residency program and has operated as chief of neurosurgery at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center since 2010.

Dr. Yoshor is an elected member of the American Academy of Neurological Surgery and the Society of Neurological Surgeons, an examiner for the American Board of Neurological Surgeons and section editor for the journal Neurosurgery.

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