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Department Faculty

Specialized Areas of Interest by Physician

Adnan Abla, MD
microdiscectomy
laminectomy
anterior cervical discectomy
spinal instrumentation and fusion
spinal tumors

Pedro Aguilar, MD
complex and degenerative spine surgery
degenerative oncology
pain management
international medicine

Eric M. Altschuler, MD
spine surgery
neurosurgical trauma

John R. Baker, MD, PhD
cerebrovascular disease

Jagdish Bhatnagar, ScD, FACR
Gamma Knife radiosurgery

J. William Bookwalter III, MD
minimally invasive surgery for the neck and back
artificial disc replacement
trigeminal neuralgia, ulnar, and median nerve problems
peripheral and sacral tumors

Daniel M. Bursick, MD
spine surgery
neurosurgical trauma

Matt El-Kadi, MD, PhD
complex spine disorders
spinal stabilization
spinal tumors
minimally invasive spine surgery

David J. Engle, MD
spine surgery
neurosurgical trauma

Peter Gerszten, MD, MPH
outcomes research applied to spinal surgery
failed back syndrome
epidural fibrosis
stereotactic radiosurgery of spinal lesions
minimally invasive spine surgical techniques
CyberKnife

Miguel E. Habeych, MD, MPH
ineurophysiological monitoring

Michael Horowitz, MD
endovascular surgery
vascular surgery
microvascular decompression
tumors

Adam S. Kanter, MD
minimally invasive spine surgery
endosurgical spine surgery
spinal tumors
experimental therapies for spinal cord regeneration

Amin Kassam, MD
minimally invasive endoscopic surgery
vascular surgery
skull base surgery
pituitary surgery
tumors
trigeminal neuralgia
hemifacial spasm

David L. Kaufmann, MD
spinal surgery
vascular neurosurgery

Douglas Kondziolka, MD, MSc
adult and pediatric brain tumors
movement disorder surgery
Gamma Knife radiosurgery
trigeminal neuralgia
neurotransplantation
vascular malformations
acoustic neuromas
radiobiology

L. Dade Lunsford, MD
brain tumor management
Gamma Knife radiosurgery
movement disorders
trigeminal neuralgia
vascular malformations
sports medicine

Joseph C. Maroon, MD
microdiscectomy
lumbar laminectomy
anterior cervical discectomy
Arnold-Chiari Malformation
pituitary tumors
orbital tumors
acoustic tumors
brain tumors
concussion
sports medicine

Arlan Mintz, MD
minimally invasive endoscopic surgery
vascular surgery
skull base surgery
pituitary surgery
neuro-oncology
clinical epidemiology

John J. Moossy, MD
surgical treatment of intractable pain problems

Ajay Niranjan, MBBS, MS, MCh
herpes simplex virus based gene therapy
malignant gliomas
neural stem cell mediated therapy
brain tumors
stereotactic radiosurgery for movement disorders
tumors
vascular malformations
Gamma Knife

Hideho Okada, MD, PhD
brain tumors
immunological therapy
gene therapy
neural stem cell mediated therapy

David O. Okonkwo, MD, PhD
brain and spine trauma
scoliosis
spinal deformity
minimally invasive spine surgery
experimental therapies for brain and spinal cord injuries

Ian Pollack, MD
pediatric neurosurgery
pediatric neuro-oncology
craniofacial surgery
congenital spinal abnormalities
brain tumor clinical trials

Daniel Monte-Serrat Prevedello, MD
minimally invasive neurosurgery
pituitary surgery
neuroendocrinology
brain tumors
epilepsy surgery
neuroanatomy
skull base anatomy.

Michael Rutigliano, MD
spinal disorders
peripheral nerve disorders
brain tumors

Peter Sheptak, MD
acoustic tumors
sports medicine
spine surgery
lumbar stenosis

Theodore J. Spinks, MD
minimally invasive pediatric neurosurgery
neuroendoscopy
pediatric spine surgery
general pediatric neurosurgery

Richard M. Spiro, MD
spinal surgery
spinal reconstruction
minimally invasive treatment of spinal disorders
hyperhydrosis
spinal tumors
spinal fusion

Elizabeth Tyler-Kabara, MD, PhD
cerebral palsy
spasticity
dystonia
movement disorders
pediatric spinal disorders

Daniel Wecht, MD
vascular neurosurgery (aneurysms; vascular malformations)
carotid endarterectomy
brain tumors
spinal and peripheral nerve microsurgery

Matthew Wetzel, MD
spinal surgery
spinal reconstruction
spinal fusion and instrumentation
spinal tumors
lumbar microdiscectomy
lumbar laminectomy
anterior cervical discectomy
peripheral nerve surgery
carpal tunnel release
ulnar nerve decompression
primary and metastatic brain tumor surgery

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