Jan. 25, 2010
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KEITH BLACK NAMED RECIPIENT OF 2010 BET HONORS AWARD FOR PUBLIC SERVICE; NOMINATED FOR 41st

NAACP IMAGE AWARD

BET Honors Airdate: Feb. 1, 2010 @ 9 p.m. EST

NAACP Image Awards Airdate: Feb. 26, 2010 @ 8 p.m. EST

LOS ANGELES (Jan. 25, 2010) – Keith L. Black, M.D., has been named the recipient of the 2010 BET Honors Award in Public Service. In addition, he has been nominated for an NAACP Image Award in the Outstanding Literary Work/Non-fiction category for his book, “BRAIN SURGEON: A Doctor’s Inspiring Encounters with Mortality and Miracles.”

The BET Honors awards show will be broadcast on BET on Monday, Feb. 1, at 9 p.m. EST (taped delayed on the West Coast). NAACP Image Awards recipients will be announced at the 41st NAACP Image Awards show which will air on FOX on Friday, Feb., 26, at 8 p.m. EST (live on the East Coast).

Dr. Black is chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he also serves as the Ruth and Lawrence Harvey Chair in Neuroscience, director of the Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute, and director of the Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr., Brain Tumor Center. He published his first scientific paper at age 17, earning a Westinghouse Science Award. He completed an accelerated college program at the University of Michigan and earned both his undergraduate and medical degrees in six years.

Before joining Cedars-Sinai, Dr. Black served on the UCLA faculty for 10 years where he was a professor of neurosurgery, held the Ruth and Raymond Stotter chair in the Department of Surgery, and was head of the UCLA Comprehensive Brain Tumor Program. Through his tireless research and careful risk-taking, he has revolutionized neurosurgery as even the most practiced know it. In his book, Dr. Black extends an invitation into the world he knows best, explaining thoughtful concepts in a detailed yet approachable manner.

BRAIN SURGEON also recounts the personal journey of Dr. Black from his childhood as a young African-American boy growing up in the civil rights era South, to his early fascination with medicine and the brain, to his rise to the top ranks of the elite world of neurosurgery.

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NEWS RELEASE
April 16, 2009
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BRAIN SURGEON: A Doctor's Inspiring Encounters with Mortality and Miracles

By Keith Black, M.D., with Arnold Mann

Combining the engaging writing of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, by Oliver Sacks, MD, with the groundbreaking insights of How Doctors Think by Dr. Jerome Groopman, BRAIN SURGEON is a compelling look at one man's journey into the inner workings of the body's most intricate and fascinating organ.

Dr. Keith Black is one of the world's most sought-after neurosurgeons. Through his tireless research and careful risk-taking, he has revolutionized neurosurgery as even the most practiced know it. In BRAIN SURGEON, Dr. Black extends an invitation into the world he knows best, explaining thoughtful concepts in a detailed yet approachable manner. From initial diagnosis to entering "tiger country"- the treacherous territory one enters upon performing the actual surgery, where one false move could cause death- his book reads as if you are right there in scrubs with him. Taking us behind the scenes into his life as a master surgeon, he uses the extraordinary cases of his patients to illustrate fascinating details of the brain's inner workings as well as the techniques he uses to extend lives. BRAIN SURGEON is also an incredible human interest story - a thrilling, eye-opening look into the lives and dramatic stories Dr. Black encounters on a daily basis - from ministers and rock stars to wealthy entrepreneurs and uninsured students.

BRAIN SURGEON also recounts the personal journey of Dr. Black from his childhood as a young African-American boy growing up in the civil rights era South, to his early fascination with medicine and the brain, to his rise to the top ranks of the elite world of neurosurgery.

About the Author

Keith Black, MD serves as Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery and Director of the Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. At age 17, he published his first scientific paper, which earned a Westinghouse Science Award. He completed an accelerated college program at the University of Michigan and earned both his undergraduate and medical degrees in six years. Before joining Cedars-Sinai, Black served on the UCLA faculty for 10 years where he was a professor of neurosurgery and was named the Ruth and Raymond Stotter chair in the Department of Surgery and was head of the UCLA Comprehensive Brain Tumor Program.

More Information

BOOK RELEASE

Brain Surgeon:
A Doctor's Inspiring Encounters with Mortality and Miracles

By Keith Black, M.D. with Arnold Mann

WELLNESS CENTRAL
Publication date: March 25, 2009
ISBN-10: 0-446-58109-75
ISBN-13: 978-0-446-58109-7
Page count: 220 pages
Trim size: 6 x 9
Price/format: $25.99/hardcover

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