Professor
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Ian E. McCutcheon received his MD from McGill in 1984. He trained in neurosurgery at the Montreal Neurological Institute under Gilles Bertrand and André Olivier. During his medical staff fellowship at the NIH under Edward Oldfield (1987-89) he developed an abiding interest in neurosurgical oncology. After returning to Montreal to complete his clinical training, in 1991 he joined the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, where he remains today as professor of neurosurgery, director of the neuroendocrine program, and director of the program in peripheral nerve tumors. He also the Anne C. Brooks and Anthony D. Bullock III Distinguished Chair in Neurosurgery. His laboratory research has focused on the biology of meningiomas and malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors, and he develops surgical strategies for treating patients with neurofibromatosis and with tumors of the brain and spinal cord. In addition, he has built a pituitary tumor program with an annual caseload of 100 patients. He serves as primary surgeon for the institutional programs in von Hippel-Lindau disease and in neurofibromatosis types 1 and 2, and is expert in stereotactic radiosurgery. He has published widely (190 papers, 40 book chapters) on various aspects of neurosurgical oncology from a basic research as well as clinical perspective, has edited four books, and serves on editorial boards including the Journal of Neuro-Oncology, Neuro-Oncology, and World Neurosurgery. Dr. McCutcheon is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada and of the American College of Surgeons. He has been president of the Pituitary Network Association, the Houston Neurological Society, the Texas Association of Neurological Surgeons, and the Society of University Neurosurgeons. He is an elected member of the American Academy of Neurological Surgery, and has served as visiting professor in over 30 universities worldwide.
