John R. Adler

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John R. Adler, Jr., born in 1954 in Yonkers, New York, is a Professor of Neurosurgery at Stanford University who specializes in the treatment of brain and spinal tumors. As a pioneer in the field of radiosurgery, he is an author on more than 120 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters. In 1991, he founded Accuray, a company which manufactures the Cyberknife, an image-guided radiosurgical instrument that noninvasively ablates tumors almost anywhere in the body. He served as Chief Executive Officer of Accuray from 1999 to 2002, and currently is the Chief Medical Officer and a director. He graduated from Harvard College in 1976, followed by Harvard Medical School from which he graduated in 1980. From 1980 to 1987 he did his neurosurgical residency at Harvard and in Stockholm, Sweden, where he worked with Professor Lars Leksell. He currently lives in Stanford, California with his wife Marilyn, and has two children, John III (also known as Trip) and Britney.