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June 2, 2008

Sen. Kennedy's surgeon: A 'thought leader' in his field

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- The 59-year-old Chicago native picked to operate Monday on Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy's cancerous brain tumor is a respected leader in the giant field of neuro-oncology, experts said.

When the top doctor at the American Cancer Society, Dr. Otis Brawley, was asked by his daughter's high school math teacher for advice when diagnosed with a brain tumor, he recommended Duke University's Dr. Allan Friedman.

He "is one of the thought leaders" in the field, Brawley said.

Friedman is Duke's neurosurgeon-in-chief and the program director of the university Division of Neurosurgery at Duke. He also serves as the deputy director of the university's Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center.

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