The Saul R. Korey Lectureship - A Brief History

The Korey Lectureship was established by Dr. Robert D. Terry in honor of Dr. Saul R. Korey, the founder and first Chair of the Department of Neurology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Korey's vision of an interdisciplinary approach to the study of neurological diseases by basic and clinical scientists has inspired generations of colleagues and trainees. Dr. Terry, a close collaborator and colleague of Dr. Korey, was the first recipient of the prestigious Potamkin Prize for Pick's and Alzheimer's Disease in 1988, in recognition of his seminal observations of the pathological changes in Alzheimer disease. Dr. Terry generously contributed a portion of the prize funds to endow the Korey Lectureship, to be administered by the American Association of Neuropathologists, with the lecturer to be chosen annually by the President.

Dr. Terry has summarized the qualities of the Korey Lecturer, as someone who has "been an active member of the Association...a working Neuropathologist...responsible for diagnostic work as well as teaching and research. The lecture should be aimed at the members of the Association, and the lecturer might well serve as a role model for younger members."

The Korey Lecturer, then, is someone who has "done it all" and "done it well".

Saul Korey Lecturers

YearLecturerTitle
1989Nicholas K. GonatasMG-60, a Novel Sialoglycoprotein of Medial Cisternae of the Neuronal Golgi Apparatus; Implications and Applications
1990Henry M. WisniewskiAmyloidosis in Alzheimer's Disease and the Spongiform Encephalopathies
1991Robert D. TerryAlzheimer's Disease as Seen by a Lucky Morphologist
1992Henry deF WebsterFormation and Regeneration of Myelin
1993Kunihiko SuzukiMolecular Genetics of Tay-Sachs and Related Disorders: The Legacy of Saul Korey
1994No LectureXIIth International Congress (Toronto)
1995Blas FrangioneAmyloid Genes and Chaperones in Alzheimer Disease
1996Floyd GillesThe 3 R's of Neuro-oncology - Recording, Reliability and Reporting
1997Donald L. PriceThe Role of Neuropathologists in the Analyses of Models of Neurodegenerative Disease
1998Sandra H. BignerMolecular Genetics of Medulloblastoma
1999William F. HickeyKey Participants in the Initiation of Inflammation in the Central Nervous System
2000Mary E. CaseNeuropathology and Forensic Pathology: A Natural Synergism
2001Paul H. KleihuesMolecular Biology of Brain Tumors
2002James E. GoldmanAstrocytes, Intermediate Filaments, Cellular Stress and Neuropathology
2003Samuel K. LudwinPathology and Pathogenesis in Multiple Sclerosis
2004James M. PowersThe Road Not Taken
2005Bernardino GhettiDeciphering Hereditary Presenile Dementias: Neuropathology at the Crossroads of Neuropsychiatry and Molecular Genetics
2006Donna M. FerrieroMolecular Mechanisms of Hypoxic-Ischemic Injury in the Developing Nervous System