Richard W. Byrne, MD

Biography

Richard W. Byrne, MD, completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Illinois in 1987 and received his medical doctorate at Northwestern University Medical School in 1991. Byrne graduated from the neurosurgical residency training program at Rush University Medical Center in 1997 and joined the faculty after additional training in epilepsy and brain tumor surgery.

Byrne is a board-certified neurosurgeon who specializes in surgical treatment for epilepsy, skull base and brain tumor surgery, pituitary surgery, trigeminal neuralgia and radiosurgery. He has been actively involved in many epilepsy and brain tumor surgery trials, and has authored more than 150 manuscripts, book chapters and two textbooks on these subjects. He is co-PI on an FDA approved and NIH-funded, intracortical visual prosthesis phase 1 clinical trial for the treatment of blindness.

Byrne is an active member of many professional societies and has served as:

President, Neurosurgical Society of America
Board of Directors, Congress of Neurological Surgeons
Director, American Board of Neurological Surgeons
Treasurer, Society of Neurological Surgeons

Honors and Activities

Gary Lichtenstein Humanitarian Award, Voices Against Brain Cancer, 2014
The Roger C. Bone, MD, Presidential Endowed Chair, 2013
Career achievement award, brain tumor surgery, Chicago Neurological Society, 2011

Grants

Function and proteomic mapping of epileptic hippocampal neurons, with Travis Staub, Dept of Neurology, 2015
Gamma frequency analysis mapping of human cortex in with subdural electrodes, Institutional PI with V. Leo Towle, PhD, University of Chicago, 2013-present
In vitro imaging of gliomas with dual tracer fluorophores and in vivo imaging of gliomas with fluorescein, Co-investigator with Ken Tischauer, Grant funding: Schweppe Foundation, 2013-present $50,000
Synthesis of a technetium labeled semiconducting single walled carbon nanotube linked to interleukin-13 for SPECT imaging of high grade astrocytoma cells in a xenograft rat model: a precursor to therapeutic delivery of targeted ultra-high charge ablative therapy, Collaboration with Marvin Rossi, MD, PhD, (PI) Dept. of Neurology, Rush Medical College, Philanthropic funding $50,000, 2010-present
Cellular Substrates of Hyperexcitability in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Collaboration with Travis Stoub, PhD, and Dan Nicholson, PhD, 2009-present
Cranial dural sealant study, Hyperbranch, Institutional investigator, Multicenter trial 2009-2012 Radiation therapy after resection of high grade gliomas of the temporal lobe, Collaboration with James Marsh, MD, Rad. Onc, 2009-13
Investigation of the role of PAX 5 and 6 genes in glioma, Philanthropic funding $150,000, Mary Newman, PhD, Co-investigator.
Closed loop intraparenchymal delivery of anticonvulsants in a rat model, Principal investigator: Marvin Rossi, MD, PhD, Johnson & Johnson $101,920, 2008-11
AHRQ Ventriculostomy simulation study, Institutional principal investigator, Multicenter trial, 2008-10
Cortical stimulation for control of epilepsy, Neuropace responsive neurostimulator: Pivotal prospective, multicenter trial, Surgical PI, 2006-11
Cortical stimulation for control of epilepsy, Neuropace responsive neuro-stimulator: prospective, multicenter trial, ORA# 03100601 Grant funding Neuropace, $203,792, 2003-05

Education

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