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Samuel L. Biggers, M.D
Diplomate, American Board of Neurological Surgeons

Professor I, Clinical Series - Department of Neuroscience
Vice Chairman of Department, Chief of Neurological Surgery.
   
  Dr. Biggers received his B.A. degree from Dillard University in 1956 with high honors. He matriculated to the University of Texas - Galveston where his preparation for the M.D. degree was expanded into a 5 year curriculum to include post-graduate studies in neuroanatomy and electron microscopy of the Central Nervous System. Elected to Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society for scholarship accomplishments and Sigma XI for research interests, Dr. Biggers was amongst those medical students who founded and organized the national forum for medical student research. Graduating with honors in 1961, he completed internship at Orange County General Hospital. As an Air Force Medical Officer over the ensuing 2 years, Captain Biggers was assigned to the General Surgical Service of Dyess A.F.B., Texas. On completion of this duty, he entered neurosurgical training at Los Angeles County - University of Southern California. Subsequently entering private practice, he continued his service on the clinical faculty of LAC-USC and became board certified in 1970. He remains a Clinical Professor on the USC faculty.
   
 

Neurosurgical Associates, Inc., a group founded by Dr. Biggers inaugurated the neurosurgical division at King/Drew in 1972 where he has assisted the development into its current departmental status as a Neuroscience matrix comprised of neurologists and neurosurgeons.

   
 

Dr. Biggers is a Diplomat of the American Board of Neurological Surgery where he has served as an invited guest examiner. He holds professional membership in the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, LACMA, Drew Medical and Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Societies. He is founder of the Neurosurgical Section of the National Medical Association. He has mentored and counseled students and residents aspiring to become neurological surgeons over the decades of his career.