Dr. Franklin Epstein |
| Neurosurgeon |
| Audie L. Murphy Memorial Hospital |
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United States |
About Dr. Franklin Epstein
Dr. Franklin EpsteinFor the past six years, Dr. Franklin Epstein has been the Chief of Neurosurgery at Audie L. Murphy Memorial Hospital, a primary teaching institution at the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio. Since the completion of his residency in 1986, Dr. Franklin Epstein has pursued a prestigious career as a neurological surgeon. After teaching for a year in the Medical College of Virginia’s Department of Neurosurgery, Dr. Franklin Epstein began work with a Group Practice at South Georgia Neurological Institute. After a year in Georgia, Dr. Franklin Epstein moved to South Carolina to work at the Southern Neurologic Institute in the Aiken Medical Center. During his 15-year tenure at Aiken, Dr. Franklin Epstein was heavily involved in both the South Carolina Medical Association and the South Carolina Spine Society.
Dr. Franklin Epstein’s successful career is a direct result of his ambitious educational goals and meticulous training. Graduating with honors from both Bronx High School of Science and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dr. Franklin Epstein attended New York University School of Medicine, where his commitment to excellence placed him at the top of his graduating class. Pursuing his residency at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Franklin Epstein trained at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Internal Medicine before specializing in Neurology at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Franklin Epstein then continued his training in Neurosurgery at the Medical College of Virginia.
As a distinguished author, Dr. Franklin Epstein has been published on a number of different subjects in various publications. On an Honors Program Research Grant at New York University, Dr. Franklin Epstein co-wrote “Laser Induced Thrombosis in the Microcirculation: Differential Adherence of White Cells and Platelets to Endothelium,” an article that was later published in the anthology The Inflammatory Process. For the American Journal of Physiology, Dr. Franklin Epstein co-wrote an article on “Series Elasticity of in vitro Mammalian Cardiac Muscle.” Dr. Franklin Epstein has also been featured in a number of Neurosurgery publications on topics ranging from the human choroid plexus to the hypothalamus.
Alpha Omega Alpha
by Dr. Franklin Epstein
As a medical student at the New York University School of Medicine, I was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honor Medical Society in my junior year, and became president of the local society in my senior year. Founded in 1902, AOA dedicates itself to improving overall public health through the support of scholars and students within the medical profession. My election to AOA was a great honor, as members of the society remain so for life. Since its establishment, AOA has grown to include more than 150,000 members in 120 chapters. Although not the case in 1902, AOA is now widely recognized as one of the standard bearers for excellence in the medical community. William Webster Root and five of his academic peers at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Chicago formed the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. At the time it was founded, the society did not perceive medical students as being driven or dedicated to improving society. At the turn of the century, there were approximately 25,000 medical students in the United States, with only 15 percent of those doctoral candidates being college graduates. Most medical schools formerly required only a high school diploma and the ability to pay tuition as the terms for admission and the quality of education at most of the 150 institutions was questionable at best. There were a few exceptions, however. One of these was the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, founded in 1893. William Webster Root and his peers set out to change this, committing to the task of raising the bar of excellence in their chosen profession. Today, students entering the medical profession are expected to exhibit the notable academic and social leadership qualities that informed the establishment of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. Due to the vision of the organization’s original members, the medical discipline has significantly changed for the better and the society continues to work fastidiously to encourage the development of young physicians in the academic and general community.
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