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Keith Black

CTL-E-6735 · Person · physician · 1957–present

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Keith L. Black (born 1957) is a neurosurgeon who chairs the Department of Neurosurgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, where he founded the Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute. Known for operating on brain tumors considered inoperable and for research on the blood–brain barrier and brain cancer vaccines, he was featured on the cover of TIME's 'Heroes of Medicine' issue in 1997. He has performed thousands of brain-tumor operations across his career.

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Merged 2026-11-02 from the staged health pioneers packet (website/.build-work/scratch-v114/health/) under the GOV-006 founder gate opened 2026-11-02; the staged record is carried verbatim — no claim upgraded in transit (GOV-004). · Roles as staged: Physician — neurosurgeon (Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles) · Photo slot: HELD — No portrait on Wikimedia Commons; all name matches are other people (Keith David, Keith Ellison, Keith Haring items).

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