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
| Year | Lecturer | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Nicholas K. Gonatas | MG-60, a Novel Sialoglycoprotein of Medial Cisternae of the Neuronal Golgi Apparatus; Implications and Applications |
| 1990 | Henry M. Wisniewski | Amyloidosis in Alzheimer's Disease and the Spongiform Encephalopathies |
| 1991 | Robert D. Terry | Alzheimer's Disease as Seen by a Lucky Morphologist |
| 1992 | Henry deF Webster | Formation and Regeneration of Myelin |
| 1993 | Kunihiko Suzuki | Molecular Genetics of Tay-Sachs and Related Disorders: The Legacy of Saul Korey |
| 1994 | No Lecture | XIIth International Congress (Toronto) |
| 1995 | Blas Frangione | Amyloid Genes and Chaperones in Alzheimer Disease |
| 1996 | Floyd Gilles | The 3 R's of Neuro-oncology - Recording, Reliability and Reporting |
| 1997 | Donald L. Price | The Role of Neuropathologists in the Analyses of Models of Neurodegenerative Disease |
| 1998 | Sandra H. Bigner | Molecular Genetics of Medulloblastoma |
| 1999 | William F. Hickey | Key Participants in the Initiation of Inflammation in the Central Nervous System |
| 2000 | Mary E. Case | Neuropathology and Forensic Pathology: A Natural Synergism |
| 2001 | Paul H. Kleihues | Molecular Biology of Brain Tumors |
| 2002 | James E. Goldman | Astrocytes, Intermediate Filaments, Cellular Stress and Neuropathology |
| 2003 | Samuel K. Ludwin | Pathology and Pathogenesis in Multiple Sclerosis |
| 2004 | James M. Powers | The Road Not Taken |
| 2005 | Bernardino Ghetti | Deciphering Hereditary Presenile Dementias: Neuropathology at the Crossroads of Neuropsychiatry and Molecular Genetics |
| 2006 | Donna M. Ferriero | Molecular Mechanisms of Hypoxic-Ischemic Injury in the Developing Nervous System |