Division of Neurosurgery
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Director:
James M. Markert, M.D
Administration:
510 Twentieth Street South
1060 Faculty Office Tower
Birmingham, AL 35294-3410
Telephone:
(205) 934-7170
Welcome to the Web page for the Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery at University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham.
More than 2,500 neurosurgical procedures are performed by Neurosurgery Division. An active pediatric neurosurgical service performs over 800 major procedures per year and specializes in the treatment of children with brain tumors, spina bifida, spasticity, and epilepsy.
Treatment specialties include:
brain tumors
pituitary disorders
intracranial vascular abnormalities
surgical treatment of epilepsy
surgical treatment of complex spinal disorders, including tumor deformity and instability
The Division actively particiates in the Regional Spinal Cord Injury Care System and in injury prevention programs, and it offers head and spine injury treatment and research programs.
Services offered include:
stereotactic and computer-assisted surgery
gamma knife radiosurgery
comprehensive management of episepsy and movement disorders
pituitary tumors
gene-based therapies for brain tumors
treatment of complex intracranial aneurysms
arteriovenous malformations
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