President,
Richard B. North, MD
In 2013, Richard North, MD, retired from clinical practice after a distinguished career serving as Professor of Neurosurgery and of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine until 2007, during which time he directed the Neurosurgery Spine Service for 16 years and co-directed the Division of Functional Neurosurgery for 10 years. He received his medical degree and post-doctoral biomedical engineering and neurosurgery training at Johns Hopkins. In 1998, he founded Stimsoft, Inc., which developed patient-interactive implanted stimulator technology, and served as its CEO through 2003. Dr. North holds many patents in the field of implanted electrical stimulation devices. The American Academy of Pain Medicine recognized his research achievements and clinical expertise with its Founders’ Award in 2007, and he received Lifetime Achievement Awards from the North American Neuromodulation Society in 2009 and from the American Society of Intervention Pain Physicians in 2017. In 2019, the International Neuromodulation Society honored him as a “Giant of Neuromodulation.” Dr. North is Editor-in-Chief of WIKISTIM.org