Stephen Haines, MD

Professor Emeritus Stephen Haines received his MD from the University of Vermont and completed his residency in neurosurgery at the University of Pittsburgh. He was the 1981 Van Wagenen Fellow of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. From 1982 to 1997, he rose from Assistant to Full Professor at the University of Minnesota. He spent 1997-2003 as Department of Neurological Surgery Chairman and a founding Co-Director of the Neuroscience Institute at the Medical University of South Carolina. He was board certified in Neurological Surgery in 1984.

From 2003 to 2017, Dr. Haines served as the Lyle A. French Chair in Neurosurgery and Head of the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Minnesota.

Education

• Fellowship in Clinical Trials, Oxford University, Oxford, England
• Residency in Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania
• MD, University of Vermont, College of Medicine, Burlington
• AB, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

Professional Associations

• American Academy of Neurological Surgery
• American Association of Neurological Surgeons
• Congress of Neurological Surgeons
• Neurosurgical Society of America     
• Society of Neurological Surgeons

Honors and Awards

• Alpha Omega Alpha
• Neurosurgical Society of America Medalist, 2019
• Best Doctors in America, 2000-2019
• Distinguished Academic Achievement Award, Medical Alumni Association, The University of Vermont College of Medicine, 2010        
• Elected honorary member, American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons, 2008