Comprehensive Approach
 Research support through the MUSC Department of Neurosciences--the nation's fifth largest in terms of NIH funding

 Teams researchers with clinicians to quickly apply discoveries to patient care

 Multidisciplinary team that delivers evidence-based and outcomes-driven care through multi-modality treatments

Areas of Expertise
 Endoscopic resection of tumors

 Spinal cord and spinal column surgery

 Craniofacial surgery

 All spine reconstructive procedures for congenital anomalies

 Cerebral vascular conditions

• EC-IC bypass for diseases such as Moyamoya

 Craniosynostosis

• One of few centers worldwide performing spring mediated cranial vault reshaping--available on outpatient basis

 Hydrocephalus

• Fluid management options include endoscopic third ventriculostomy and endoscopic cyst fenestration
• Minimally invasive procedures may obviate the need for surgical placement of shunt systems and are options for infant patients

 Epilepsy

• One of the few centers offering full range of treatment for children:
• • Functional hemispherectomy
  • Temporal lobectomy
  • Corpus callosotomy
  • Operative and extraoperative brain mapping
  • Neuro-modulation including vagal nerve stimulation
  • Focal and extensive resections
  • Multiple subpial transsections

 Aneurysm clipping craniotomy