Born in New Jersey, Dr. Burger grew up in Chicago and attended Oberlin College in Ohio. His medical training began at Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago and was completed at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC after a combined residency in anatomic pathology and fellowship in neuropathology. He remained at Duke as a faculty member for twenty years until he accepted a position of Professor of Pathology, Oncology, and Neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD. Dr. Burger has had a special interest in brain and spinal cord tumors. He maintains an active consult practice as reviewer of CNS tumors, and maintains close relationships with oncology programs and pathology departments at many hospitals. Affiliations: Professor of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD Amirsys Publications:

• Diagnostic Pathology: Neuropathology