skull base – Mayfield Brain & Spinal Column

Mayfield neurosurgeons lead nationally with new appointments

June 17, 2022 Cliff Peale Brain Aneurysm, Community, Complex Spinal Deformity, Gamma Knife, skull base

Continuing Mayfield’s tradition of leadership in national organizations to enhance the future of neurosurgery, five of our neurosurgeons have secured new or renewed appointments.

When to get a second opinion: a Q&A with Dr. Chris McPherson

February 10, 2020 Cliff Peale Brain Aneurysm, Brain Tumors, Chiari, Chronic Pain, Complex Spinal Deformity, PM&R, skull base, Spine Care, Stroke, Trigeminal Neuralgia

You are hardly alone if a significant medical diagnosis has stopped you in your tracks and caused you to wonder whether you should get a second opinion. Christopher McPherson, MD, a neurosurgeon

Working in a danger zone: Treating cavernous sinus meningiomas effectively & safely

June 3, 2019 Cliff Peale Brain Tumors, skull base

By Yair Gozal, MD, PhD Cavernous sinus meningiomas – benign yet threatening tumors – are lodged in a most inconvenient location. They sit above the skull at the base of the brain,

Mayfield lifts brain tumor programs in 3 health systems

May 15, 2019 Cliff Peale Brain Tumors, skull base

Brain Tumor Awareness Month is a perfect time to reflect on the role of Mayfield Brain & Spine as a catalyst for excellence in three major health systems in the Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky

Tumor Board: When a dozen heads are better than one

June 12, 2018 Cliff Peale Brain Tumors, skull base

Being diagnosed with a brain tumor is a frightful experience. A patient learns that something foreign and unwanted has begun to grow inside his or her head. Fortunately, many tumors that originate

What causes brain tumors?

May 7, 2018 Cliff Peale Brain Tumors, skull base

By Christopher McPherson, MD After a brain tumor has been diagnosed and the shock has been absorbed, one of the first questions my patients ask is, Why did this happen? What caused

In neurosurgery, the eye can be a window to the brain

July 21, 2017 Cliff Peale Brain Aneurysm, Brain Tumors, skull base

Norberto Andaluz, MD, a Mayfield neurosurgeon and skull base specialist, has been using the eye as a surgical corridor to the brain for nearly 15 years. Dr. Andaluz is an expert

Mayfield Lecturer Dr. William Couldwell: Finding the balance

June 5, 2017 Cliff Peale Lectures, skull base

William T. Couldwell, MD, PhD, Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Utah, drew on the lessons of history and contemporary medicine as he spoke of finding balance in

A master of the skull base works with skill, knowledge and humility

April 6, 2017 Cliff Peale Brain Tumors, Lectures, Research, skull base

The bottom part of the brain – the area from your ears and nose to the base of your skull – is a labyrinth of passageways, cranial nerves, and arteries. Few understand

Keller Lecturer Dr. Paolo Cappabianca charts a careful endoscopic route through the skull base

March 18, 2015 Cliff Peale Lectures, skull base

On a day that celebrated the collaboration between neurosurgeons and ear, nose and throat (ENT) surgeons in the challenging arena of endoscopic skull base surgery, the Mayfield Education & Research Foundation and

Dr. Takeshi Kawase illuminates his historic approach to the skull base

March 28, 2013 Cliff Peale Lectures, skull base, UC Neurosurgery

The Mayfield Education & Research Foundation and the University of Cincinnati Department of Neurosurgery were privileged to host Takeshi Kawase, MD, PhD, Professor in the Department of Surgery at Keio University in

As new member of ‘Senior Society,’ Dr. Theodosopoulos augments his chance to re-shape neurosurgical training

July 30, 2012 Cliff Peale Community, Research, skull base

The esteemed Society of Neurological Surgeons is “a little bit of a skull and bones society,” according to Philip Theodosopoulos, MD, who as a Mayfield Clinic neurosurgeon clearly knows his skulls and