Allan J. Hamilton, MD, FACS
Executive Director, Arizona Simulation Technology and Education Center (ASTEC)
Clinical Professor, Radiation Oncology
Professor, Surgery
Professor, Psychology
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dr. Hamilton is a Regents Professor of Surgery and a board-certified neurosurgeon who specializes in the issues of glioma resection and the genomics of malignant brain tumors. He has had a life-long interest in the application of computer technologies to enhance surgical care and reduce avoidable medical adverse events (MAEs).
Degree(s)
- MD: Harvard Medical School (with Honors), 1982
Internship
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Surgery
Residency
Massachusetts General Hospital, Neurosurgery, 1990
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Neurology & Neurosurgery, 1983-1984
Fellowship
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, Neurological Surgery
Board Certifications
American Board of Neurological Surgery
Honors and Awards
Bestowed state of Arizona's highest academic honor of title of Regents- Professorship upon the recommendation of University of Arizona and by unanimous vote of the Arizona Board of Regents, 2019
Silver Medal, -IPPY,- Independent Publishers Book Award for Lead with Your Heart (2016, North Adams, MA: Storey Publishing, Inc.), 2017
Nautilus Gold Award in Non-Fiction for "Lead with Your Heart" (2016, N. Adams, MA: Storey Publishing, Inc.), 2017
Silver Medal, 29th Annual Benjamin Franklin Award for works of non-fiction published in the last year, Lead with Your Heart (2106, North Adams, MA: Storey PublishingInc., 2016), 2017
Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award, awarded by Marquis Who's Who in American Science & Technology, 2017
Selected by the International Assoc. of Healthcare Professionals as one of the Leading Physicians of the World, 2015
College of Medicine – Tucson AMES Grants for Medical Education Research, 2014
Best Film Documentary, Prescott, AZ & Aspen Film Festival, Playing with Magic, Ewing Productions, Carbondale CO, (Director Wayne Ewing; Producers Wayne Ewing and Allan Hamilton), 2014
Voted by peers -One of Best Doctors in America,- 1999-present
Silver Nautilus Book Award, 2009
NIH K-12 Science Teacher Program, John Hess, Pueblo High School, 1993
NIH K-12 Science Teacher Program, John Lopez, Roskruge Middle School, 1994