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Muraszko receives CNS Distinguished Service Award

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NEW ORLEANS — Karin M. Muraszko, MD, FACS, received the 2015 Distinguished Service Award during the Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, here. Muraszko is chairperson of neurosurgery at the University of Michigan.

In his introduction, William Chandler, MD, a clinical faculty member in the department of neurosurgery at the University of Michigan, described Muraszko’s career as a pediatric neurosurgeon, as well as her life, as distinguished.

“The distinguished service is not only what Karin has provided for the Congress, but it has been a theme her entire life. From the time Karin was an undergrad at Yale, a medical student at Columbia, she has distinguished herself with service to others,” Chandler said.

Karin M. Muraszko

In describing Muraszko’s accomplishments and contributions, he said she served on the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) executive committee and contributed to the organization in other ways in the midst of a demanding clinical, teaching and research career.

“Karin has been a role model for women, people with disabilities,” Chandler said.

Muraszko started her position as chairperson 10 years ago, the same year she and her husband adopted twin children from Siberia, and yet she continued to distinguish herself, he said.

Upon receiving the award, Muraszko thanked the CNS membership and CNS president Nathan R. Selden, MD, PhD.

“I have been very fortunate. I represent the fact that you have faith that someone who might not look like you, who might have different abilities and disabilities, could still be a neurosurgeon,” Muraszko said. “I am also the sum total of that faith, and that belief, that training neurosurgeons is important.”

She described the many opportunities she was given throughout her career and said the people who took a chance on her did so because they had faith in her abilities.

“I am inspired everyday by my colleagues, not only at Michigan, but also throughout the United States, for what they do. You are amazing as neurosurgeons,” Muraszko said. – by Susan M. Rapp