Dr. Timothy Smith (MD, Ph.D., MPH, Associate Professor) is a neurosurgeon–scientist and his interests focus on tumors of the brain. Dr. Smith is the Director of the Computational Neuroscience Outcomes Center (CNOC) in the Department of Neurosurgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He is a committee vice-chair for Medical–Legal Issues with the Council of State Neurosurgical Societies (CSNS), as well as the President of the Boston Society for Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry, the oldest academic neuroscience society in the United States. He serves on numerous committees, both in the US and worldwide, which focus on the ethics of neurosurgery, oncology, skull base surgery, and neurologic outcome assessment. He is an active member of committees at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, addressing information technology, physician wellness, and process improvement.