Dr. R Shane Tubbs

A native of Birmingham, Alabama, Dr. R. Shane Tubbs is now a distinguished author, editor, and Professor of Neurosurgery, Neurology, Surgery, and Structural & Cellular Biology at Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana. His research in "reverse translational anatomy" has resulted in more than 2,000 peer-reviewed publications, and he has authored/edited more than 50 books, including the 41st and 42nd editions of Gray's Anatomy , published by Elsevier. Most recently, he was...See more

A native of Birmingham, Alabama, Dr. R. Shane Tubbs is now a distinguished author, editor, and Professor of Neurosurgery, Neurology, Surgery, and Structural & Cellular Biology at Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana. His research in "reverse translational anatomy" has resulted in more than 2,000 peer-reviewed publications, and he has authored/edited more than 50 books, including the 41st and 42nd editions of Gray's Anatomy , published by Elsevier. Most recently, he was named chair of the Federative International Programme on Anatomical Terminologies and President of the American Association of Clinical Anatomists. See less