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accompaNyiNg editorial See pp 297–298. DOI: 10.3171/2015.5.JNS151114. iNclude wheN citiNg Published online June 19, 2015; DOI: 10.3171/2015.5.JNS151041. disclosure The author reports no conflict of interest. Andrew Thomas Parsa, MD, PhD, a talented neurosurgeon renowned as a gifted clinician, innovative researcher, and effective mentor, died suddenly on April 13, 2015 (Fig. 1). He was one of the most productive neurosurgeons of his generation and in his brief time built an illustrious career with contributions in the clinical, research, and educational realms of neurosurgery. Andy was born on August 24, 1966, in Brooklyn, New York, to Micheline and Ismail Parsa, MD. His mother was a nurse, and his father was a renal organ transplant and cancer immunology researcher and professor of pathology at SUNY Downstate Medical Center. Andy grew up in New Canaan, Connecticut, where he excelled as a student and athlete. He entered Yale University in 1984 and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in molecular biophysics and biochemistry. He had been recruited as a soccer player and helped win the Ivy League Championship in his senior year. Following a lifelong calling to be a physician, Andy enrolled in Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, in 1988. He earned his Doctor of Medicine degree as well as a Doctor of Philosophy degree in immunology and cell biology, finishing the program in 1996. His medical school years provided an opportunity to work with Dr. John Miller and other Downstate neurosurgery faculty. In what was to become the exciting start of a dynamic research career in glioma immunology and vaccine therapy, Andy initiated a clinical trial evaluating an adjuvantlinked vaccine for recurrent gliomas. While at Downstate, Andy was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society and also received an award for outstanding achievement in clinical neurology, as well as first prize in the Alpha Omega Alpha Student Research Symposium. Following graduation, he was accepted into the neurosurgery residency training program at Columbia University’s Neurological Institute under the soon-to-be-retired chairman, Dr. Bennett Stein. Andy completed an internship in general surgery at Columbia before proceeding to his neurosurgical residency in 1997 under the mentorship of chairman Dr. Robert Solomon. His neurosurgical research career began in earnest in the laboratory of Dr. Jeffrey Bruce where he developed interests in antiglioma immunity at a laboratory and translational level. During his Columbia residency, Andy was known as an indefatigable worker destined for a celebrated career in academic neurosurgery. His infectious sense of humor, kindness, and empathy resulted in lifelong friendships along a spectrum of attending physicians, residents, hospital staff, and support personnel. In 2002, chairman Mitchel S. Berger, MD, recruited Andy as an assistant professor of neurological surgery at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). He rapidly rose through the faculty ranks, becoming a tenured professor in 2011 as well as vice chair of the Department of Neurological Surgery. He was the first recipient of the Reza and Georgianna Khatib Endowed Chair in skull base tumor surgery. His prolific clinical practice was focused on brain tumors, skull base tumors, and spinal cord tumors. Andy established a successful laboratory in glioma immunology and immunotherapy where he maintained continuous National Institutes of Health (NIH) support, initially as part of a Career Development Award and K08 Award, then as project leader in the UCSF Brain SPORE (Specialized Programs of Research Excellence) grant, and most recently via an R01 grant. As a resident, he was obituary Andrew T. Parsa, MD, PhD, 1966–2015: living the dream

Obituary: Andrew T. Parsa, MD, PhD, 1966–2015: living the dream