Dr. John A. Messenheimer, Jr. – Graduated 1962; Inducted 1992
Dr. John Messenheimer was educated in the Alliance City School System graduating from Alliance High School in 1962. He attended Mount Union College graduating cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1966. Dr. Messenheimer received his M.D. degree in 1970 from John’s Hopkins University School of Medicine. He served his internship at North Carolina Memorial Hospital and his residency in neurology at the University of Virginia Hospital where he also served a year as a research fellow in epilepsy and EEG.
Between his graduation from John’s Hopkins and his internship, Dr. Messenheimer served three years in the U.S. Navy as a medical officer with a destroyer squadron.
Since 1978 Dr. Messenheimer has been an assistant professor, associate professor, and now a full professor of neurology and medicine at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine.
r. Messenheimer has, since 1980, been an associate examiner for the American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology; a board member of the Laboratory Accreditation Board, American EEG Society; an associate examiner, American Board of Neurological Surgery; and an associate examiner, American Board of Registration of Electroencephalographic Technologists.
He is a member of numerous professional societies including the American Academy of Neurology, the American Epilepsy Society, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Along with his teaching responsibilities and his medical practice, Dr. Messenheimer has been involved with research activities. At present, his research is investigating the effects of epileptic seizure on the autonomic nervous system and neurophysiological testing of HIV positive subjects.
Dr. Messenheimer has authored or co-authored approximately twenty-six medical publications, thirty-eight medical abstracts, two book chapters, and three book reviews. He has been a presenter at approximately forty-seven scientific meetings in the United States, Canada, and South America.
He is a member of numerous professional societies including the American Academy of Neurology, the American Epilepsy Society, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Along with his teaching responsibilities and his medical practice, Dr. Messenheimer has been involved with research activities. At present, his research is investigating the effects of epileptic seizure on the autonomic nervous system and neurophysiological testing of HIV positive subjects.
Dr. Messenheimer has authored or co-authored approximately twenty-six medical publications, thirty-eight medical abstracts, two book chapters, and three book reviews. He has been a presenter at approximately forty-seven scientific meetings in the United States, Canada, and South America.
Biographical update: Dr. Messenheimer continued at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine as Professor of Neurology and Medicine until 1996. At that time he joined the pharmaceutical company Glaxo Welcome (now GlaxoSmithKline) in order to follow an opportunity to continue clinical research in the development of new treatments for epilepsy.
He remained at GlaxoSmithKline until retiring in 2010. His academic work continued at GlaxoSmithKline with additional publications in scientific journals either as author or co-author. In retirement he continues to work part-time as a consultant to pharmaceutical entities who are seeking to develop new treatments for epilepsy.
He and his spouse Carla Ball are enjoying life on a small farm in Moncure, North Carolina just south of Chapel Hill and Raleigh where they care for two horses. They enjoy visiting John’s two sons, their wives and three grandchildren, who also live and work in North Carolina.
He remained at GlaxoSmithKline until retiring in 2010. His academic work continued at GlaxoSmithKline with additional publications in scientific journals either as author or co-author. In retirement he continues to work part-time as a consultant to pharmaceutical entities who are seeking to develop new treatments for epilepsy.
He and his spouse Carla Ball are enjoying life on a small farm in Moncure, North Carolina just south of Chapel Hill and Raleigh where they care for two horses. They enjoy visiting John’s two sons, their wives and three grandchildren, who also live and work in North Carolina.