Neurosurgery

Peter Brunner, PhD
Neurosurgery
Research Topics
- Brain-computer interfacing
- Cortical electrophysiology
- Cognitive electrophysiology

Hong Chen, PhD
Biomedical Engineering
Research Topics
- Combines biology, engineering, and medicine to develop ultrasound techniques for noninvasive, targeted, and personalized cancer treatment

Ralph Dacey Jr., MD
Neurosurgery
Research Topics
- Intracerebral microcirculation
- Colloid cysts of the third ventricle
- Intracranial aneurysms
- Intra-operative imagine in neurosurgery

Ian Dorward, MD
Neurosurgery
Research Topics
- Outcomes and value assessment in neurosurgery
- Evaluation of the role of the vestibular system in the development of spinal deformity
- Innovations in patient safety

Joshua Dowling, MD
Neurosurgery
Research Topics
- Outcomes of surgical treatments for pain, movement disorders, and epilepsy

Gabriel Haller, PhD
Neurosurgery
Research Topics
- Human genetics of neurological disorders
- Deep mutational scanning
- Zebrafish models of human disease

Albert Kim, MD, PhD
Neurosurgery
Research Topics
- Glioblastoma
- Cancer stem cells
- Nervous system development

Eric Leuthardt, MD
Neurosurgery
Research Topics
- Neuroprosthetics
- Advanced techniques for brain mapping

Yang (Eric) Li, PhD
Neurosurgery
Research Topics
- Bioinformatics
- Deep learning models
- Single-cell technologies

Matthew MacEwan, MD, PhD
Neurosurgery
Research Topics
- Neuroprosthetics
- Spinal cord injury
- Diffusion tensor imaging
- Peripheral nerve regeneration
- Nanotechnology
- Tissue engineering

Dimitrios Mathios, MD
Neurosurgery
Research Topics
- Glioblastomas
- Gliomas
- Brain metastases
- Intrinsic brain tumors
- Liquid biopsy technologies

Camilo Molina, MD
Neurosurgery
Research Topics
- Novel robotic and augmented reality spine surgery solutions

Joshua Osbun, MD
Neurosurgery
Research Topics
- New device development and evaluation for use in interventional neuroangiography techniques

T.S. Park, MD
Neurosurgery
Research Topics
- Efficacy of selective dorsal rhizotomy for spastic cerebral palsy
- Outcome of surgical treatment of birth brachial plexus injury
- Treatment of syringomyelia associated with Chiari l malformation

Wilson Zachary Ray, MD
Neurosurgery
Research Topics
- Neuroprosthetics
- Spinal cord injury
- Diffusion tensor imaging
- Peripheral nerve regeneration
- Nanotechnology
- Tissue engineering

Jarod Roland, MD
Neurosurgery
Research Topics
- How functional networks in the brain develop and reorganize in response to injury, intervention

Alexander Stegh, PhD
Neurosurgery
Research Topics
- Understanding and therapeutically targeting the genetic program that underlies the pathogenesis of glioblastoma

Jennifer Strahle, MD
Neurosurgery
Research Topics
- Mechanisms of hydrocephalus and brain injury after neonatal intraventricular hemorrhage
- Chiari, syrinx and scoliosis in the pediatric population

Ananth Vellimana, MD
Neurosurgery
Research Topics
- Secondary brain injury after subarachnoid hemorrhage and tramatic brain injury

Jon T. Willie, MD, PhD
Neurosurgery
Research Topics
- Deep brain stimulation to enhance learning and memory
- Narcolepsy
- Hypersomnia
- Anxiety
- Brain injury
- Post-traumatic stress disorder

Hiroko Yano, PhD
Neurosurgery
Research Topics
- Huntington's disease
- Molecular pathogenesis
- Neurodegeneration

Gregory Zipfel, MD
Neurosurgery
Research Topics
- Effects of amyloid-β on cerebral arteriole function and its contribution to ischemic brain injury, cerebral amyloid angiopathy, and Alzheimer’s Disease
- Mechanisms that underlie cerebral vasospasm and cognitive deficits following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage