On Friday, May 23, the Department of Neurology welcomed Jay P. Mohr, M.D., as its featured speaker for the 16th annual Gertrude and Dewey Ziegler M.D. Professorship Lecture. 

Mohr, a renowned stroke neurologist who served as the first Daniel Sciarra Professor of Clinical Neurology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, presented to a hybrid audience in Clendening Auditorium at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Mohr’s lecture, “The Trials Performing Clinical Trials of Unruptured Brain Arteriovenous Malformations,” traced his contributions to the research and treatment of this complex vascular disease in patients ranging in age and background. 

The annual Ziegler lectureship honors Dewey Ziegler, M.D., who led the section of neurology at KU Medical Center from 1966 until 1974, when it became the Department of Neurology. Ziegler served as chair of the department until 1985. During his tenure, he established the neurology residency program. 

Nationally and internationally recognized, Ziegler helped establish neurology as an independent field and was one of the first headache specialists in neurology. He served a term as president of the American Academy of Neurology. Ziegler received emeritus status in 1990, and he remained on the faculty until his death in 2012. 

Two of Ziegler’s daughters, Laura Ziegler and Sarah Prince, attended the event and, alongside department chair Gary Gronseth, M.D., presented Mohr with a commemorative plaque.  

“[The Ziegler Lecture] is one of the academic highlights of the year,” Gronseth said in his opening remarks. “We’re delighted to have Dr. Mohr join the ranks of our esteemed lecturers.”