Meet our Team

Satish Krishnamurthy, MD, MCh, FAANS
315 464-4470
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Minimally Invasive Surgery; Neurocritical Care; Pediatric Neurosurgery; Pediatric Neurosurgery; Neurological Surgery; Brain Injury; more
Education: Mysore Medical College, Mysore, India

Research Interests:

Pediatric Neurosurgery; Vascular Neurosurgery

Clinical Interests: Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery, Pediatric Neurosurgery; Vascular Neurosurgery

Associations/Memberships: Congress of Neurological Surgeons; American Association of Neurological Surgeons; American Medical Association, Fellow

Providers

Harish Babu, MD/PhD
315 492-3172
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Epilepsy and Epilepsy Surgery; Neuro Oncology; Spinal Cord Injury and Disorders; Neurological Surgery; Brain Abscess; Brain Aneurysm; more
Education: Calicut Medical College, Kerala, India

Research Interests:

Human Neurophysiology research lab

Our goal is to understand how the human brain functions at a single neuron level and how this translates to higher cognitive behaviors. We are studying this by recording the activity of single neurons in awake human subjects engaged in various behavioral tasks. We use a combination of intracranial EEG, in vivo single-neuron electrophysiology, behavioral studies and computational neuroscience approaches to gain insight into the mechanisms that give rise to complex human behaviors such as learning and memory, attention, and decision making. Using this information, we hope to develop techniques for diagnosing some of the most devastating neurological diseases and treat them by designing future Brain-Machine interfaces devices.

Associations/Memberships: American Epilepsy Society (AES); Society for Neuro-Oncology; American Association of Neurological Surgeons; North American Skull Base Society; Society for Neuroscience (SFN)

Timothy M Beutler, MD
315 492-3117
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Neurological Surgery; Neurocritical Care; Bone Infection; Brain Abscess; Brain Aneurysm; Brain Cancer; more

Lawrence S Chin, MD, FAANS, FACS
315 492-3170
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Neurological Surgery; Brachial Plexus Injury; Brain Abscess; Brain Aneurysm; Brain Injury; Brain Tumor; more
Education: University of Michigan Medical School

Grahame Gould, MD, FAANS
315 464-9068
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Neurological Surgery; Endovascular Surgical Neuroradiology; Brain Abscess; Brain Aneurysm; Brain Cancer; Brain Injury; more
Education: Yale University
Associations/Memberships: AANS/CNS Cerebrovascular Section; American Heart Association (AHA)

Walter A Hall, MD, MBA
315 492-3117
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Neurological Surgery; Brachial Plexus Injury; Brachial plexopathy; Brain Abscess; Brain Aneurysm; Brain Injury; more
Education: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Research Interests:

Brain tumors, targeted toxins, and central nervous system infections

Clinical Interests: Developing new therapeutic modalities for treating brain tumors, including stereotactic radiosurgery, fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy, blood-brain barrier disruption chemotherapy and targeted toxin therapy

Ali Hazama, MD
315 492-3118
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Minimally Invasive Surgery; Spinal Cord Injury and Disorders; Neurological Surgery; Brain Injury; Brain Tumor; Brain and Spine Tumors; more

Research Interests:

Pediatric Neurosurgery; Vascular Neurosurgery

Clinical Interests: Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery, Pediatric Neurosurgery; Vascular Neurosurgery

Associations/Memberships: Congress of Neurological Surgeons; American Association of Neurological Surgeons; American Medical Association, Fellow

Zulma Tovar Spinoza, MD
315 492-3114
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Neurological Surgery; Pediatric Neurosurgery; Epilepsy and Epilepsy Surgery; Minimally Invasive Surgery; Brachial plexopathy; Brain Abscess; more
Education: Universidad de los Andes, Venezuela

Research Interests:

Pediatric brain tumors, Laser ablation surgery, Epilepsy surgery, Minimally invasive brain surgery, tethered cord, pediatric, ,hydrocephalus.

Education Interests:

Neurosurgery, pediatric neurosurgery, international policies and access to neurosurgical teaching, diversity and equity in medicine.

Clinical Interests:

Hydrocephalus, endoscopic treatment of hydrocephalus and brain tumors, minimally invasive surgery, spina bifida, surgical treatment of epilepsy, brain tumors, congenital and developmental malformations of the nervous system, Chiari malformation, pediatric brain trauma, laser ablation surgery., craniosynostosis, surgical treatment of spasticity.

Associations/Memberships: Congress of Neurological Surgeons; American Association of Neurological Surgeons; Women in Neurosurgery; International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (ISPN); Women in Medicine; American Epilepsy Society (AES); American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons; AANS/Joint Section on Neurotrauma and Critical Care

Meahgan T LeFevre, FNP-C
315 464-4470

Michael C Shende, MD
315 464-4470

Jeffrey M Smith, PA
315 464-4470

Susan K Stuck, PA-C
315 464-4470
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Neurological Surgery; Neurocritical Care; Brain Aneurysm; Brain Tumor; Brain and Spine Tumors; Spinal Cord Injury; more