David L. Kasdon
This and all Lende meetings since 1988 are dedicated to the memory of "Deel", whose untimely passing shocked all of us who were privileged to know and love him. The void, which we feel, cannot be filled, for he was so much a part of the vitality of this unique yearly gathering. His ability to enjoy life, to make work seem like play, is truly the spirit embodied in the Lende meeting.
2024 Kasdon Lecturer
About Kevin T. Foley, MD
Kevin T. Foley, MD, is a professor of neurosurgery, orthopedic surgery, and biomedical engineering at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, Tennessee. He serves as chairman of Semmes Murphey Clinic, director of complex spine surgery at Semmes Murphey, director of the spine fellowship program for the University of Tennessee Department of Neurosurgery, and medical director for the Medical Education & Research Institute.
Dr. Foley received his doctor of medicine degree from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1979. After an internship at Letterman Army Medical Center in San Francisco, he returned to UCLA in 1980 to complete his neurosurgery residency.
Following his residency, Dr. Foley served in the United States Army Medical Corps as assistant chief of neurosurgery at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, chief of neurosurgery at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, and chief of neurosurgery as well as chairman of the neurosurgical residency program at Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, D.C. In 1992, Dr. Foley left the military and joined the Semmes Murphey Clinic and the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. In addition to a full-time surgery practice, Dr. Foley is actively involved in research in minimally invasive spine surgery, disc regeneration, image-guided spinal surgery, robotics, spinal biomechanics, and neurosurgical outcomes.
Past Kasdon Lecturers
| 1988 | Vinko V. Dolenc, MD, PhD | 1989 | Bennett M. Stein, MD |
| 1990 | John M. Jacobs, MD | 1992 | Madjid Samii, MD |
| 1993 | Rudolf Fahlbusch, MD | 1994 | Robert F. Spetzler, MD |
| 1996 | Axel Perneczky, MD | 1997 | Nicholoas de Tribolet, MD |
| 1998 | Bernard George, MD | 1999 | M. Peter Heilbrun, MD |
| 2000 | L. Nelson Hopkins, MD | 2001 | Peter W. Carmel, MD |
| 2002 | James T. Rutka, MD, PhD | 2003 | Steven L. Gionnatta, MD |
| 2004 | David G. Piepgras, MD | 2005 | Edward H. Oldfield, MD |
| 2006 | Volker K.H. Sonntag, MD | 2007 | Roy A. Patchell, MD |
| 2007 | Michael P. Powell, MD | 2008 | Warren R. Selman, MD |
| 2009 | Manfred Westphal, MD | 2010 | Ronald I. Apfelbaum, MD |
| 2011 | Ronald I. Apfelbaum, MD | 2012 | Fredric Meyer, MD |
| 2013 | Christopher Shaffrey, MD | 2014 | Roberto C. Heros, MD |
| 2015 | Takanori Fukushima, MD, DMSc | 2016 | Kim J. Burchiel, MD |
| 2017 | Robert H. Rosenwasser, MD | 2018 | James Markert, MD, MPH |
| 2019 | Michael M. Haglund, MD, PhD | 2020 | Jaimie Henderson, MD |
| 2023 | Bob Carter, MD, PhD |
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