Neurosurgery
At Yale Medicine Neurosurgery, we care for adults and children with neurological disorders of the central and peripheral nervous system. These types of conditions affect the brain, spinal cord, and nerves which send messages from brain to the rest of your body.
Our team is comprised of highly trained surgeons, researchers, and clinicians who are all focused on delivering expert care for conditions related to the brain and spine. Each neurosurgeon on our team has extensive training in their respective areas of neurosurgery.
Our Services
Conditions we treat include:
- All types of primary brain tumors, including gliomas, glioblastomas, and meningiomas
- Brain and spine trauma
- Cerebrospinal fluid disorders (such as normal pressure hydrocephalus)
- Epilepsy
- Metastatic brain, spine, and spinal cord tumors
- Movement disorders (including Parkinson's disease and tremors)
- Neurovascular disease (aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations, ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, and carotid artery stenosis)
- Pain disorders (such as trigeminal neuralgia)
- Pediatric and congenital disorders (including hydrocephalus, craniosynostosis, spina bifida, and congenital spine deformities
- Peripheral nerve syndromes (such as carpal tunnel syndrome)
- Pituitary tumors (adenomas)
- Spasticity (including multiple sclerosis)
- Spinal disorders (such as herniated disks, stenosis, and scoliosis)