Ralph  G.  Dacey , M.D.

Ralph G. Dacey, Jr., M.D., is the Henry G. and Edith R. Schwartz Professor and chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. He is also neurosurgeon-in-chief at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. He received his bachelor's degree at Harvard University and his medical degree at the University of Virginia. Dr. Dacey is secretary of the American Academy of Neurological Surgery, former chairman of the American Board of Neurological Surgery, and a past president of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. His many honors include the international Grass Foundation award, which recognizes outstanding and continued contributions to research in neurosurgery.