Department of Neurosurgery
Division of Surgical Sciences
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Neurosurgeons/Referrals | Residency | Education
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Disease Links: |
Each of the clinical unit homepages includes extensive links to explanatory and background information. |
| Brain Tumor Center Surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy for malignant or invasive tumors of the brain, spine, and peripheral nerves. Including astrocytoma, glioblastoma, oligodendroglioma, metastatic tumors. | |
| Brain Metastasis Homepage Links to information about exciting advances in the treatment of brain metastases from tumors such as melanoma, lung cancer, kidney cancer, and breast cancer. | |
| Meningioma Homepage Benign brain tumors including meningioma, epidermoid, dermoid, hemangioblastoma, colloid cyst, subependymal giant cell astrocytoma, pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma, and craniopharyngioma. | |
| Gamma Knife Radiosurgery Center Non-invasive, single-treatment, stereotactic radiosurgery using both Leksell Gamma Knife and linear accelerator (LINAC) radiosurgery for brain tumors and arteriovenous malformations. | |
| Cranial Base Center Lesions affecting the base of the skull including acoustic neuromas and other tumors of the cranial nerves. | |
| Pituitary Tumor / Neuroendocrine Center Acromegaly, Cushing's disease or syndrome, prolactinoma, chromophobe or nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma, and thyrotroph adenomas. | |
| Trigeminal Neuralgia and Hemifacial Spasm Center Information about the treatment of microvascular compression syndromes including trigeminal neuralgia, glossopharyngeal neuralgia, and hemifacial spasm. | |
| Essential Tremor Surgical treatment of essential tremor, dystonia, and dyskinesia. | |
| Parkinson's Disease Surgical treatment of Parkinson's Disease and links to other Parkinson's resources. | |
| Spine and Peripheral Nerve Surgery Peripheral nerve (including nerve compression such as carpal tunnel syndrome) and spine surgery. | |
| Stroke Homepage Carotid endarterectomy to prevent stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA), treatment of intracranial hemorrhages and hemorrhagic stroke. | |
| Brain Aneurysm Subarachnoid hemorrhage and the treatment of aneurysms by surgery and minimally invasive techniques such as endovascular embolization. | |
| Vascular Malformation Center Arteriovenous malformations, cavernous malformations, and other vascular malformations of the brain and spine. | |
| Epilepsy Surgical treatment of medically refractory seizures and links to other epilepsy resources. | |
| Pediatric Neurosurgery Surgery of developmental anomalies presenting in childhood or adulthood: includes tethered spinal cord, spina bifida, myelomeningocele, syringomyelia, Chiari malformation, hydrocephalus, and cranial synostosis (craniosynostosis). | |
| Neurofibromatosis and von Hippel-Lindau Disease Surgical and non-surgical management of inherited neurologic syndromes including neurofibromatosis type I (Von Recklinghausen's disease) and II, tuberous sclerosis, and hemagioblastomas caused by Von Hippel-Lindau disease . | |
| Trauma, Emergency, and Intensive Care Information on head trauma, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, and neurosurgical intensive care. | |
| Pain Surgical treatment for pain and links to other pain resources. | |
| Neurological Rehabilitation Links to resources related to recovery from neurologic (brain and spinal cord) injuries. |

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