Edgartown resident Charles Hodge, MD was awarded the Distinguished Service Award by The Society of Neurological Surgeons on May 22 in Atlanta, Ga.

The Society of Neurological Surgeons is constituted of neurosurgeons with leadership roles in North American neurosurgical education. The award is given to a member “ . . . whose service to the Society, or to the field of neurological surgery, has been exceptional.”

Dr. Hodge and his wife, longtime summer visitors to the Vineyard, have made the Island their full-time home for the past several years.