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All neurological surgery faculty members are fully trained in general neurosurgical care as well as subspecialty expertise.

Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Full-time Faculty

Chair
H. Hunt Batjer, MD
Cerebrovascular disorders including arteriovenous malformations, stroke, brain hemorrhage, aneurysms, vascular malformations, brain cysts or tumors

Bernard R. Bendok, MD
Neurological surgery; cerebrovascular surgery; radiology; endovascular and microsurgical techniques to treat aneurysm, AVM, dural and spinal fistulae, carotid disease, brain tumor, stroke, and cavernoma; carotid stenting and endarterectomy; intracranial and vertebral artery angioplasty and stenting; vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty; acute stroke treatment

James P. Chandler, MD
Neuro-oncology, skull base surgery, brain and spinal cord tumors, spinal surgery, stereotactic radiosurgery

George R. Cybulski, MD
Surgical treatment of diseases of the spine, surgical treatment of spinal cord injury, surgical treatment of tumors of the brain and spinal cord

Aruna Ganju, MD
Spinal surgery and instrumentation with emphasis on cervical spine

Christopher C. Getch, MD
Stereotactic radiosurgery, cerebrovascular surgery, microneurosurgery, cerebrovascular disorders

Tyler Koski, MD
Spine surgery; adult deformity; brain, spine, and spinal cord tumors; trauma; sagittal alignment; and spinal biomechanics

Robert M. Levy, MD, PhD
Pain management, stereotactic radiosurgery, functional neurosurgery, HIV-related malignancies, skull base surgery

John C. Liu, MD
Spinal surgery and instrumentation, oncology involving the spine and brain, minimally invasive spine and intracranial surgery, osteoporosis

Kenji Muro, MD
Surgical and stereotactic radiosurgical management of primary and metastatic tumors of the brain, spinal cord, and spine

Stephen L. Ondra, MD
Spinal surgery
and instrumentation, reconstructive spine surgery, rheumatoid disease, minimally invasive spine surgery

Joshua M. Rosenow, MD
Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery, deep brain stimulation, surgery of epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, tremor, dystonia, neurostimulation for chronic pain, trigeminal neuralgia and chronic facial pain, lumbar and cervical discectomy, general neurosurgery

John K. Song, MD
Treatment of spinal disorders, including degenerative and traumatic instability, deformity, and neoplasm; minimally invasive techniques; spinal biomechanics; analysis and development of novel medical devices


Clinical Faculty

J. Thomas Brown, MD
Spinal surgery, traumatic spinal cord injuries, degenerative disease of the spine

Francisco A. Gutierrez, MD
Spinal surgery, pediatric neurosurgery

Wesley Y. Yapor, MD
Spinal surgery, cerebrovascular surgery


Children's Memorial Hospital

Chief
Tadanori Tomita, MD
Pediatric neurosurgery
, pediatric brain tumors

Tord D. Alden, MD
Surgical epilepsy, spina bifida, tethered spinal cord, hydrocephalus, chiari malformations, brain tumors, head trauma, brachial plexus injuries, spasticity, cranial deformities, neuro-endoscopy, minimally invasive techniques

Robin M. Bowman, MD
Pediatric neurosurgery

Arthur J. DiPatri, Jr., MD
General pediatric neurosurgery, epilepsy surgery, pediatric spinal disorders, pediatric cerebrovascular surgery, brain and spinal cord injury, hydrocephalus, congenital disorders

David G. McLone, MD, PhD
Pediatric neurosurgery, pediatric spinal disorders, neural tube defects, lipomas, hydrocephalus


Evanston Hospital

Issam A. Awad, MD
Neurovascular surgery
, microsurgery, neuro-critical care, stroke, stereotactic radiosurgery

Ivan S. Ciric, MD
Skull base tumors, pituitary tumors, acoustic neuromes, neuro-oncology

Jeffrey W. Cozzens, MD
Epilepsy, neuro-oncology, skull base surgery, spine

Egon M.R. Doppenberg, MD
Brain tumors, spine tumors, degenerative and traumatic spinal disorders

Yevgeniy A. Khavkin, MD
Complex spine surgery, minimally invasive spine surgery
, intracranial surgery

James K. Liu, MD
Skull base tumors, pituitary tumors, acoustic neuromas, aneurysms, vascular malformations, craniovertebral
junction lesions,
brain tumors, trigeminal neuralgia, complex spine surgery


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