Department of Neurological Surgery Faculty

Maroun Semaan Professor of Neurological Surgery
Chair, Department of Neurological Surgery
Director, Neurosurgical Oncology
Co-Director, Chiari and Hydrocephalus Program
Director, Molecular Brain Tumor Research Laboratory
Stereotactic Radiosurgery Program

Clinical Interests: Adult brain tumors, hydrocephalus, Chiari malformation, stereotactic radiosurgery
Board Certified: Neurological Surgery 
Medical School: Harvard Medical School (Faculty Appt), Boston, MA
Residency: University of Washington
Fellowship: Oregon Health and Sciences University

Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery
Director, Open Vascular and Endovascular Neurosurgery Program
Director, Skull Base Surgery Program
Residency Associate Program Director

Clinical Interests:  Aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations, stroke, skull base surgery, tumor surgery

Medical School: Thomas Jefferson Medical School

Residency: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Fellowship: University of Miami (Cerebrovascular and Skull Base), Tulane Medical Center (Endovascular/ Neuro-interventional)

Professor of Neurological Surgery and Pediatrics
Director, Pediatric Neurosurgery; Director, Surgical Epilepsy Program

Clinical Interests: Chiari malformation, epilepsy surgery, hydrocephalus, neuroendoscopic and stereotactic surgery
Medical School: Hacettepe University Medical School
Residency: Hacettepe University Hospital
Fellowship: Beth Israel University Hospital (Pediatric Neurosurgery); Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Epilepsy Surgery); Massachusetts General Hospital (Epilepsy/Neurology)

Assistant Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery
Director, Stereotactic and Functional Neurological Surgery Program

Clinical Interests: Deep brain stimulation, surgical treatment of epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, essential tremor, dystonia, spinal cord stimulation, trigeminal neuralgia, spine and general neurosurgery, Chiari malformation 
Medical School: State University of New York, Health Science Center at Brooklyn
Residency: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York
Fellowship: Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery, University of Toronto. Functional and epilepsy surgery at Thomas Jefferson University, Neuro-endovascular Fellowship at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York

Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery

Clinical interests: Adult brain tumors, endoscopic skull-base surgery, minimally invasive spine surgery
Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine
Residency: Tufts Medical Center

Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery
Director, Massachusetts Center for Translational Research in Neurosurgical Oncology

Clinical Interests: Adult brain tumors, stereotactic radiosurgery, endoscopic pituitary surgery, translational research in neuro-degenerative diseases
Board Certified: Neurological Surgery
Medical School: Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University
Residency: University of Minnesota
Fellowship: Karolinska Institute (Stereotactic Radiosurgery)

Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery

Clinical interests: Adult brain tumors, endoscopic skull-base surgery, minimally invasive spine surgery
Medical School: Brown University School of Medicine
Residency: Rhode Island Hospital - Lifespan

Assistant Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery

Research Interests: Genetics and molecular biology of brain tumors;  Genetics and biology of normal pressure hydrocephalus
Medical School: China Medical University, Shenyang, China
Residency: Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, China
Graduate School: Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine at the University of Tokyo, Japan
Postdoctoral Fellowship: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery

Research Interests: Genetic abnormalities of brain tumors and patients with normal pressure hydrocephalus
Graduate School: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Postdoctoral Fellowship: Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School