Millennium Magazine_8th Ed

209 Millennium - A Marquis Who’s Who Magazine HEALTH AND WELLNESS I nterested in the sciences and humanities while conducting his studies, Dr. Mark H. Werner desired to become a physician in order to integrate the two disciplines. Eventually turning his focus to neurology, he enjoyed tapping into a patient’s reflexes and discerning what was happening within their brain. He received a BA from the University of North Carolina in 1975 and an MD from Wake Forest University in 1981, subsequently becoming board certified in neurology by the American Academy of Neurology. At the inception of his career in 1981, Dr. Werner served as a resident in medicine at New Hanover Hospital in Wilmington, North Carolina, for one year before becoming a resident in neurology at the Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville for the following three years. From 1985 to 1987, he served as a neuro-oncology fellow at Duke Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina, and went on to become a research associate for the medical center between 1987 and 1991. Retiring in 2013, he spent the final 19 years of his career in a general neurology private practice in Gainesville, Florida. Among his notable achievements, Dr. Werner is recognized for being the first topublish thepresenceof EGF receptors inneurons in thehumannervous system, as he noted that diacylglycerol could overcome aspirin inhibition of platelet aggregation. Notably, he also conducted research in immune-reactive EGF receptors in human gliomas, diacylglycerol accumulation in platelets, multiphasic diacylglycerol generation in platelets and the differentiation of glioma cells. Furthermore, he conducted an epidemiology study in increasing incidents of brain tumors in elderly patients. To attest to his success, Dr. Werner was a fellow of several prominent societies, including the National Cancer Center from 1986 to 1987 and the American Heart Association from 1989 to 1991. Additionally, he was a fellow of the Association for Brain Tumor Research from 1986 to 1988 and again from 1989 to 1991. Having a career filled with highlights, a crowning moment for Dr. Werner was discovering when cells transition from an immature form to a mature form, and thus, allowing cancer cells to turn into healthy cells. MARK H. WERNER, MD NEUROLOGIST, RESEARCHER (RETIRED) Gainesville, FL