1939
Born to Monroe L. Eisenberg and Regina (Fish) Eisenberg in New York, NY.
1960
Achieves a Bachelor of Arts from Syracuse University.
1964
Earns a Doctor of Medicine from SUNY Downstate Medical Center and is an intern, resident and assistant surgeon at New York Hospital until 1966.
1965
Is a fellow in surgery at Cornell University until 1966.
1966
Completes a residency in neurological surgery at the Peter Bent Brigham Children’s Hospital Medical Center by 1970.
1967
Is a fellow in neurology at the National Hospital for Nervous Disease in England until 1968.
1969
Is a clinical fellow in surgery at the Harvard Medical School until 1970.
1970
Serves as a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy Reserve and chief of the neurosurgery department at the Naval Hospital until 1972.
1972
Is an instructor at Harvard and a junior neurology associate at the Peter Bent Brigham Children’s Hospital Medical Center until 1975.
1975
Teaches surgery and pediatrics and is chief of neurological surgery at the University of Texas Medical Branch until 1992.
1990
Receives the Wakeman Award from Duke University and is an honored guest of the Japanese Society of Neurotraumatology.
1990
Serves as a representative, secretary, treasurer and chairman of the American Board of Neurological Surgeons until 1996.
1991
Receives the Lecture and Trauma Award from the American Association of Neurological Surgeons/Congress of Neurological Surgeons.
1992
Is a professor, chair and head of the neurosurgery department at the University of Maryland School of Medicine until 2000.
1993
Is director of medical services and program in trauma at the University of Maryland’s R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center until 1997.
1994
Receives the William Fields Caveness Award from the National Head Injury Foundation; Is editorial board co-chair of the Journal of Neurosurgery in 1997.
2000
Is named R.K. Thompson professor of neurosurgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine; Is president of the American Society of Neurological Surgeons until 2001.
2001
Is vice-chair of the ACGME RRC for Neurosurgery and currently sits on the appeals panel.
2008
Receives a Distinguished Service Award from the Society of Neurological Surgeons.
2009
Is a consultant at the Focused Ultrasound Surgery Foundation, NFL, InSightec in Israel and Brainlab in Germany, continuing in the roles.