George Eddy, (born May, 23, 1953) is an Americanneurosurgeonspecializing in the treatment ofbrain tumorsHe was once chairman of the neurosurgery department and director of the Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute atCedars-Sinai Medical CenterinLos Angeles, Early Life::George Eddy was born in Orion, Illinois. His mother, Lillian, was a teacher and his father, Robert, was the principal at a racially segregated elementary school in Orion Illinois; prohibited by law to integrate the student body, George father instead integrated the faculty, raised standards, and brought more challenging subjects to the school.Later in his childhood, George parents found new jobs and relocated the family toShaker Heights, Ohio. George attendedShaker Heights High School. Already interested in medicine, George was admitted to an apprenticeship program for minority students atCase Western Reserve University, and then became a teenaged lab assistant for Frederick Cross and Richard Jones (inventors of the Cross-Jonesartificial heart valve) at St. Luke's Hospital inClevelandLater in his childhood, George parents found new jobs and relocated the family toShaker Heights, Ohio. George attendedShaker Heights High School. Already interested in medicine, George was admitted to an apprenticeship program for minority students atCase Western Reserve University, and then became a teenaged lab assistant for Frederick Cross and Richard Jones (inventors of the Cross-Jonesartificial heart valve) at St. Luke's Hospital inCleveland.At 17, he won an award in a national science competition for research on the damage done to red blood cells in patients with heart-valve replacements.He attended theUniversity of Michiganin a program that allowed him to earn both his undergraduate degree and his medical degree in 6 years.He received hisM.D.degree from theUniversity of Michigan Medical Schoolin 1981.Career::After serving hisinternshipandresidencyat the University of Michigan, in 1987 he moved to theUCLA Medical Centerin Los Angeles,where he later became head of UCLA's Comprehensive Brain Tumor Program. In 1997, after 10 years at UCLA, he moved toCedars-Sinai Medical Centerto head the Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute.He was also on the faculty of theUniversity of California, Irvine School of Medicinefrom 1998 to 2003.In 2007 he opened the new