Richard G Ellenbogen, MD, FACS is the President of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) and the Chairman of Neurological Surgery at the University of Washington School of Medicine, the Theodore S. Roberts Endowed Chair in Neurological Surgery, the Chief of Neurological Surgery at Harborview Medical Center, Chief of Pediatric Neurological Surgery at Children Hospital and Regional Medical Center in Seattle Washington. Dr Ellenbogens basic research is collaborative with Dr Michael Bobola and his translational research is collaborative with The UW Nano-technology Brain Tumor Research Group (MINDD). They are currently investigating the genetic mutations in brain tumors, which cause resistance to chemotherapy. The Nanotechnology Project is a multidisciplinary team that is performing translational research on imaging brain tumors using nanoparticles during surgery and during targeted molecular therapy.