Reid Thompson, M.D., center, is congratulated by C. Wright Pinson, M.D., MBA, left, and Jeff Balser, M.D., Ph.D., at a recent reception honoring Thompson as the newest holder of the William F. Meacham Chair of Neurological Surgery. Thompson succeeded the chair’s previous holder, George Allen, M.D., Ph.D., as chair of Neurological Surgery at the beginning of the year.