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

Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery
Director, Spine and Spine Oncology Program

Clinical interests: Spine tumors, spine deformity, minimally invasive approaches, and stereotactic radiosurgery
Medical School: Harvard Medical School
Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital, Duke University Medical Center
Fellowship: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, National Institutes of Health

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 of Neurological Surgery
Director, Pituitary Surgery Program; Director, Neurological Surgery at Health Alliance

Clinical Interests: Glioma, cranial metastases, pituitary tumors, degenerative spine
Medical School: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Residency: Rutgers University
Fellowship: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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, Department of Neurological Surgery
Cerebrovascular and Skull Base Neurosurgeon/Neurointerventionist
Director, Open Vascular and Endovascular Neurosurgery Program
Director, Skull Base Surgery Program

Clinical Interests:
Vascular- Subarachnoid and Intracerebral hemorrhage, stroke, cerebral aneurysms, vascular malformations, moya moya disease, carotid and vertebral artery disease, spinal vascular lesions and cerebral revascularization
Skull base Pathology- Craniocervical junction disease, Meningiomas, Acoustic neuroma, Schwannoma, Pituitary disorders, Craniopharyngioma, Chordoma, Chondrosarcoma, Craniofacial tumors, Carotid or vertebral sacrifice or management 
Spinal disease- Spinal instrumentation and decompression for trauma, tumors and deformity
Medical School: Madurai Medical College, Madurai, India 
Residency: State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo NY
Fellowship: State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, and Cerebrovascular and Skull Base Surgery, University of Washington

Assistant Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery
Director, Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery

Clinical Interests: Degenerative spine disorders, minimally invasive spine surgery, spinal reconstruction
Medical School: University of Maryland School of Medicine
Residency: Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Maryland Medical Center
Fellowship: Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School

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