Educational Excellence | Cutting-Edge Research
Our research programs focus on a better understanding of complex and difficult neurological diseases, which can lead to more effective future treatments.
Our residents have gone on to lead neurosurgical departments throughout the country and we teach medical students the fundamentals of neurosurgery.
Our research explores a wide spectrum of neurosurgical problems from the latest techniques in fighting brain tumors to using stem cells to treat spinal injuries and stroke to the use of cancer-fighting vaccines.
Whether your condition is common or complex, we understand every patient is unique and we treat each as a priority.
Department Head Clark Chen, MD, PhD
Our department offers outstanding neurosurgical patient care, excellent neurosurgical education and groundbreaking research in some of the most difficult problems facing neurosurgical patients today.
