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Research Faculty—Neurosurgery

Program Director/Department Chair: Satish Krishnamurthy, MD, MCh, FAANS

  • Blair Calancie, PhD
    Professor
    Research Interests:

    CNS plasticity after trauma; intraoperative electrophysiology.

  • Thomas Coyle, MD
    Clinical Professor
    Research Interests:

    Cell biological approaches to understand the cellular mechanisms underlying the development and treatment of malignant brain tumors.

  • Daniel Tso, PhD
    Associate Professor
    Research Interests:

    Neuronal mechanisms of visual perception, studied through physiological, anatomical and functional imaging techniques. Adult cortical plasticity.

  • Mariano Viapiano, PhD
    Associate Professor
    Research Interests:

    Brain cancer therapies; tumor microenvironment; tumor invasion; extracellular matrix; nano-therapeutics; immunotherapies

  • Li-Ru Zhao, PhD
    Professor
    Research Interests:

    Brain plasticity; molecular, cellular and functional mechanisms of brain repair in traumatic brain injury, stroke, Alzheimer’s disease, and CADASIL. Pathological mechanisms underlying the development and progression of brain injury, neurodegenerative and genetic diseases.

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