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#5
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.
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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
Our pioneering research fuels advances that improve and save lives.
News
Li awarded St. Baldrick’s Foundation research grant
Yang Li, PhD, assistant professor of neurosurgery and of genetics, has been awarded a grant from St. Baldrick’s Foundation to study pediatric cancers. The foundation’s mission is to improve research on cancer treatments and quality of life for children after treatment ends. Li was awarded the St. Baldrick’s Foundation Scholar Grant, which provides $234,000 for […]
Huguenard named recipient of “Best Science Abstract” award
Huguenard is an alumna of the WashU neurosurgery residency program and recently completed her joint WashU neurosurgery and radiology Endovascular Surgical Neuroradiology Fellowship. Anna Huguenard, MD, was recently chosen as the Best Science Abstract Award recipient by the Neurocritical Care Society (NCS). Huguenard will present her abstract entitled, Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation Mitigates Inflammation and […]
Cutting-edge technology now offered at BJWCH
WashU Medicine continually strives for better ways to treat patients, and our surgeons adopt the best technologies and approaches from around the world. In June the first robotic-assisted integrated spine surgery was performed at Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital by WashU neurosurgeon Wilson “Zack” Ray, MD, MBA, and WashU orthopedic surgeon John Clohisy, Jr., MD. The new technology provides […]