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in NIH Funding

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consistently ranked a top tier residency program

30+

active clinical trials

Comprehensive patient care

National leaders in every subspecialty offer personalized, team-based care for the full range of adult and pediatric neurosurgical conditions. 

Commitment to innovation

Our rare focus on innovation and technology allows us to offer patients the very latest advances and optimal treatments — many developed by our own highly skilled surgeons.

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Excellence in education

Our seven-year residency and one-year fellowship prepare trainees for successful careers in academic neurosurgery. 

  • Mentorship from pioneers in the field
  • Extraordinary research opportunities
  • High-volume, comprehensive clinical practice
  • Collaborative, inclusive culture
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Our pioneering research fuels advances that improve and save lives.

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News

This is(n’t) Cancer: Advances Against Brain Tumors, Benign or Not

This is(n’t) Cancer: Advances Against Brain Tumors, Benign or Not

After minor blurred vision prompted Ellen to get an eye exam, she was surprised to learn she had a mass in the middle of her brain near the nerve connected to her left eye. A referral to Siteman quickly led to the diagnosis of a brain tumor. Fortunately, it was noncancerous and had a surgical […]
Study increases understanding of why recurrent meningiomas are aggressive

Study increases understanding of why recurrent meningiomas are aggressive

By: Graciela GutierrezArticle originally appeared in Baylor College of Medicine News Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified clinical and genetic predictors of multiply recurrent meningiomas (MRMs), a most aggressive form of this common brain tumor. Published in Science Advances, the study opens new opportunities for […]
Washington gives keynote at 2024 Grubb Lecture

Washington gives keynote at 2024 Grubb Lecture

The second annual Robert L. and Julia D. Grubb Lecture took place on October 30, 2024, with Chad Washington, MS, MD, MPHS, giving the keynote address. Washington is a 2014 WashU Medicine neurosurgery alumnus, and currently serves as the Chair and Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Speaking to a […]