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

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

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Our pioneering research fuels advances that improve and save lives.

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A Legacy of Care and Compassion

A Legacy of Care and Compassion

A Heartfelt Family Letter Highlights Medical Advancements Patients and their families always remember the physicians who care for them with both expertise and compassion. Watch as Dr. Kim reads a heartfelt letter from a family, emphasizing the need for continued advancements in treating these tumors. Special thanks to our generous donors for making extraordinary care […]
Dr. Yang Li Receives the New Investigator Grant

Dr. Yang Li Receives the New Investigator Grant

Three-Year Funding from the ChadTough Foundation to Accelerate DIPG and DMG Research and Potential Treatments Congratulations to Yang Li, PhD, who was recently awarded the New Investigator Grant from the ChadTough Foundation! This grant provides three years of funding to support early-career researchers focusing on Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG) and Diffuse Midline Glioma (DMG). […]
AI-based brain-mapping software receives FDA market authorization

AI-based brain-mapping software receives FDA market authorization

Technology developed at WashU Medicine locates sensitive areas to enhance precision neurosurgery By: Mark Reynolds A new AI-based technology that rapidly maps the brain to locate sensitive areas that control speech, vision, movement and other critical functions has received authorization from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), enabling it to be marketed to hospitals with […]