Background
Zervas, Nicholas Themistocles was born on March 9, 1929 in Lynn, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Themistocles and Demetra P. (Stasinopoulos) Zervas.
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Nicholas Themistocles Zervas
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Bachelor of Arts, Harvard University, 1950; Doctor of Medicine University of Chicago, 1954.
Career
Intern, New York Hospital, 1955; resident in neurology, Montreal Neurological Institute, 1956; resident in neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1958-1962; fellow in stereotaxic cerebral surgery, U. Paris, 1960-1961; assistant attending surgeon, associate neurosurgery, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, 1962-1967; associate professor surgery, Harvard University, 1971-1977; also chief neurosurgery service, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, 1967-1977; professor surgery, Harvard University, since 1977; also chief neurosurgery service, Massachusetts General Hospital, since 1977; Higgins professor neurosurgery, Harvard University, since 1987.
Achievements
Membership
Chairman Massachusetts Council Arts and Humanities, 1983-1991. Trustee Boston Symphony Orchestra, since 1990, vice chairman, since 1993, president, 1994. Captain Medical Corps Army of the United States, 1956-1958.
Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member American Academy Neurological Surgery (president 1990-1991), American Association Neurological Surgeons, Society Neurological Surgeons, American Neurological Association, American Board Neurological Surgery (chairman 1990-1991), Institute Medicine National Academy Sciences, Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Thalia Poleway, February 15, 1959. Children— T. Nicholas, Christopher Louis, Rhea.
