Professor
Oregon Health and Science University
PORTLAND, Oregon, United States
Kim James Burchiel was born in 1950 in Holyoke, Massachusetts. He attended University of California, Davis, majoring in Biochemistry and Genetics. He then went to medical school at the University of California, San Diego graduating in 1976. He completed his surgical internship at the UCLA/Harbor General Hospital in Torrance, California and entered neurosurgical residency at the University of Washington. There his interest in functional neurosurgery was established with a specific interest in pain, functional neurosurgery, and epilepsy surgery. In 1988, Dr. Burchiel accepted the position of Professor and Head of the Division of Neurosurgery at Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland and later in 1997 the Department of Neurological Surgery was established at OHSU. Dr. Burchiel served as the Raaf Professor and Chairman of the OHSU Department of Neurological Surgery from 1997-2015. He has now trained over 50 fellows in Functional and Stereotactic Neurosurgery. His major clinical interests are in Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) for movement disorders and other conditions, and the surgical treatment of pain, particularly trigeminal neuralgia. His research interests are concerned with the physiology of nociception and neuropathic pains, including trigeminal neuralgia, the neurosurgical treatment of movement disorders, epilepsy surgery, image-guided neurosurgery.
Lifetime Achievement Presentation
Saturday, January 24, 2026
9:15 AM - 9:30 AM PST