Warren R. Selman, MD, received his bachelor's degree from the University of Toledo in 1973 and earned his degree in medicine from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in 1977. He completed his neurosurgical residency training at University Hospitals of Cleveland and served as a fellow in neurological surgery at the Mayo Clinic in 1984. He is the director of the Center for Stroke and vice chairman of the department of neurosurgery at University Hospitals of Cleveland. He holds the title of professor of neurological surgery at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.
Selman holds society memberships with the American Academy of Neurological Surgery, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), the Stroke Council of the American Heart Association, the American Medical Association, the American Society of Neurologic Investigation, the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), the AANS/CNS Section on Cerebrovascular Surgery, the AANS/CNS Section on Neurotrauma and Critical Care, the Ohio State Medical Association, the Neurological Research Society, the Neurosurgical Society of America, and the Society of Neurological Surgeons.
Selman served as vice president of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons from 1997 to 1998. He has served as a member of the executive council of the AANS/CNS Section on Cerebrovascular Surgery since 1994, and currently serves as the secretary of this professional joint section. He co-chaired the SMART Program for Cerebrovascular Disease, a national stroke education program jointly sponsored through the AANS and CNS. He is a member of the National Metro Stroke Task Force of the American Heart Association, and also serves as an at-large member of the Executive Committee of the Stroke Council of the American Heart Association.
Selman served as editor of Clinical Neurosurgery from 1990-1993 and currently holds editorial responsibilities with Neurosurgery, Perspective in Neurological Surgery, and Techniques in Neurosurgery.