Faculty Interests and Expertise
J. Paul Muizelaar, M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Chairperson
Clinical Interests
Cerebrovascular disease, severe trauma, intensive care, cerebral blood flow and metabolism facial pain, specific pain syndromes
Surgical Expertise
Complex aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations, carotid and vertebral constructive surgery, skull base tumors, hearing preservation in acoustic tumors, medulla oblongata and spinal DREZ lesions, peripheral nerve surgery including brachial plexus surgery, spinal interbody fusion techniques.
Research Interests and/or Investigations
Design, implementation and conduct of clinical trials in severe head injury and subarachnoid hemorrhage. Monitoring of cerebral blood flow, cerebral blood volume and metabolism with various techniques in patients Metabolism and basic mechanisms and pharmacotherapy in experimental brain injury.
James E. Boggan, M.D., Professor and Vice Chair
Clinical Interests
Pituitary region tumors, pediatric neurosurgery, malignant brain tumors, tumors of the skull base, use of lasers in the treatment of neurosurgical disorders, chronic pain.
Surgical Expertise
Neuro-oncology, especially pituitary and skull base tumors
Pediatric neurosurgery
Chronic pain
Laser surgery
Research Interests and/or Investigations
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) of brain tumors
Investigates PDT of brain tumors, and use of laser light activation of photosensitizing localize drugs that in tumors.
Boron-Neutron capture therapy and imaging
Laser-based spectroscopy
Jon Hartmann, M.D., Assistant Professor, Radiology and Neurological Surgery
Clinical Expertise
Neuroradiology
Interventional neuroradiology
Research Interests and/or Investigations
Hemodynamics
Cerebral vascular abnormalities
Endovascular therapy
Clinical neuroscience
Kee D. Kim, M.D., Associate Professor
Clinical Interests
Complex spinal disease
Surgical Expertise
Complex, computer-assisted, minimally-invasive spinal surgery including instrumentation, movement disorder surgery, radiosurgery
Research Interests and/or Investigations
Computer-assisted spinal surgery, cadaveric study of the spine; spinal biomechanics, movement disorders
Rudolph J. Schrot, M.D., Assistant Professor
Clinical Interests
Dr. Schrot is experienced in general neurosurgery, with a focus on intrinsic brain tumors and degenerative spinal disorders. He is also skilled in computer-assisted stereotaxy and neuroendoscopy.
Research Interests and/or Investigations
His research interests focus on brain tumors and stem cells.
Julian R. Youmans, M.D., Ph.D., Professor Emeritus
Clinical and Surgical Expertise
Anatomic physiology
Abnormalities of cerebral circulation
Central nervous system trauma
Research
Writing and editing 4th Edition of six-volume textbook
Neurological Surgery used world-wide

