The Department of Neurological Surgery currently has 11 full-time faculty and a large number of volunteer faculty. The teaching faculty are dedicated to the concept of subspecialty expertise. Each of the faculty has one or more areas of special clinical interest that serve as a resource for secondary and tertiary neurological care as well as role models for the future careers of our neurosurgical trainees. The efforts of the faculty are centered at four USC teaching hospitals: USC University Hospital, USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles and LAC+USC Medical Center.

CASE OF THE MONTH:

Choroid Plexus Tumor

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION

“Best Doctors in America”
   Michael L. J. Apuzzo, M.D.
   Steve L. Giannotta, M.D.
   J. Gordon McComb, M.D.
   Martin H. Weiss, M.D.

Editorships
Michael L. J. Apuzzo, M.D.: Editor, Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery-Online, Operative Neurosurgery

Martin H. Weiss, M.D., Associate Editor, Journal of Neurosurgery

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Glioma Research Group

Dr. Thomas Chen oversees the Glioma Research Group, an alliance of USC Laboratories dedicated to developing treatments for primary Central Nervous System tumors. By combining and sharing the expertise of specialists in cellular and molecular biology, radioation and surgical treatments of gliomas, the Glioma Research Group is a multidisciplinary unit uniquely suited to pursuing all avenues for treating this devastating disease.