John A. Jane

John A. Jane, Sr. (September 21, 1931 – September 18, 2015) was an American neurosurgeon, and Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Virginia.

Early life and education John Jane was born in 1931 in Chicago. He graduated from the University of Chicago with a B.A. cum laude in 1951, and then attended the University of Chicago School of Medicine, receiving his Doctor of Medicine in 1956. He did his internship at the Royal Victoria Hospital at McGill University and returned to begin his neurosurgical residency at the University of Chicago clinics in 1957.

Career He studied aneurysms at the National Hospital in London, England, and also taught neurosurgery at Case Western Reserve University. During his tenure as the Journal of Neurosurgery 's editor, he also founded the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, the Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics, and Neurosurgical Focus, the first peer-reviewed, online neurosurgery journal. in 1995.

Books Cytology of tumors affecting the nervous system (with David Yashon) (1969) Scientific foundations and surgical treatment of craniosynostosis (with John A. Persing and Milton T. Edgerton) (1989) Craniofacial surgery : science and surgical technique (2002)