Professor of Neurological Surgery, Anesthesiology, Neurobiology & Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
The Neurotrauma Chair in Neurosurgery
Vice Chairman, Research
Director, Brain Trauma Research Center
Phone: (412) 383-2188
e-mail: dixonec@upmc.edu

Also see Media Appearances below.

Specialized Areas of Interest

Mechanisms of induction and recovery of functional deficits following traumatic brain injury; neurotransmitter agonist therapies for recovery of post traumatic functional deficits; models of traumatic brain injury; clinical studies of pharmacotherapy in TBI patients.

Biography

C. Edward Dixon, PhD, received his PhD degree in physiological psychology from the Virginia Commonwealth University in 1985. That year, he was awarded a National Research Service Award for Postdoctoral Fellows by the National Institutes of Health and joined the Division of Neurological Surgery at the Medical College of Virginia.

In 1986, he became a postdoctoral fellow in the Biomedical Science Department of the General Motors Technical Center in Warren, MI. Dr. Dixon was named assistant professor in the Division of Neurosurgery at the Medical College of Virginia in 1987 and became an assistant professor in the Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston in 1991.

In 1995, he joined the Brain Trauma Research Center in the Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh as associate professor. He became the director of the center in October 2002.

Dr. Dixon received his adjunct faculty positions with the Department of Anesthesiology in 1995; the Department of Neurobiology in 2000 and the Department of Physical Medicine/Rehabilitation in 2003.

In 2001, he became a co-director of the Safar Center for Resuscitative Research. In May of 2004, Dr. Dixon was named full professor of neurological surgery at the University of Pittsburgh and was later appointed vice chairman of research in the Department of Neurological Surgery in 2008.

In 2011, Dr. Dixon was honored with one of the highest honors the university can present a faculty member when he was awarded The Neurotrauma Chair in Neurosurgery at the University of Pittsburgh.

Dr. Dixon served as president of the National Neurotrauma Society for the 2002-2003 term and continued as councilor of the society for terms 2004-2007 and 2009-2012. He also has continued as a study section participant of several public and private grant review panels. His research has dealt primarily with mechanisms of post-traumatic memory deficits, rodent models of traumatic brain injury, and functional outcomes.

Dr. Dixon has published 154 papers in refereed journals, one book (co-editor), 24 book chapters, and two editorials.

Dr. Dixon's publications can be reviewed through the National Library of Medicine's publication database.

Professional Organization Membership

American Association for the Advancement of Science
Congress of Neurological Surgeons
International Neurotrauma Society
National Neurotrauma Society (Charter Member)
Pittsburgh Chapter of Society for Neuroscience
Society for Neuroscience
WINTR (Women in Neurotrauma Research)

Editorial Service

• Editorial Boards:

Journal of Neurotrauma
Neurosurgery
Eye and Brain
Metabolic Brain Disease

• Ad Hoc Reviewer:

Brain Research
Journal of Neurochemistry
Journal of Neuroscience
Journal of Neurotrauma
Learning Memory
Stroke

Media Appearances

What hit her? The repercussions of traumatic brain injury are becoming clearer
Spring 2011
University of Pittsburgh PittMed