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top 10 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
Our pioneering research fuels advances that improve and save lives.
News
Spine fellow joins WashU Neurosurgery faculty
The Department of Neurosurgery at Washington University is excited to announce that Magalie Cadieux, MD, MMSc, FRCSC, will join the spine division in July 2024. Cadieux is currently finishing out her neurosurgery spine fellowship at WashU. A native of Montreal, Canada, Cadieux earned her medical degree at Université Laval in Quebec prior to completing her residency […]
Park reflects on building an international healthcare program
On April 26, T.S. Park, MD, the Margery Campbell Fort Professor of Neurological Surgery, sat down for a “fireside chat” to discuss how his innovations in selective dorsal rhizotomy have transformed the care of cerebral palsy across the world. Park was interviewed by David Limbrick, MD, PhD, the T.S. Park, MD, Chair in Pediatric Neurosurgery […]
WashU Neurosurgery welcomes new brain tumor surgeon
Dimitrios Mathios, MD, a brain tumor neurosurgeon from the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, has been named to the WashU Neurosurgery faculty as an assistant professor. His tenure begins July 2023. A native of Greece, Mathios obtained his medical degree from Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine. He […]