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ur mission to heal humankind one patient at a time is the tie that binds our cross-collaborations with a variety of other specialties at UCLA Health. Together we deliver unrivaled, centralized, world-class care and the latest translations of basic research into
medical breakthroughs at the bedside for our patients. We continue to attract and train the next generation of neuroscientists and neurosurgical pioneers mapping new frontiers of the human brain and discovering cures for the most complex neurological diseases facing our families today, and our children’s families tomorrow.
UCLA NEUROSURGERY: OUR DEPARTMENT IN SUMMARY Advisors to the NFL, MLB, U.S. Military and White House Appointee on the Defense Health Board, for traumatic brain injury and concussion treatment.
World’s leading stroke center—NIHSPOTRIAS network designation and certified by the Joint Commission as a Comprehensive Stroke Center.
UCLA Brain Injury Research Center leads the nation and the world.
UCLA Brain Tumor Program leading the world in next-generation medicine.
Voted “Best Doctors in America” by medical professionals across the nation.
Developed the first personalized brain cancer vaccine, DCVax.
No. 2 in National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Grants at $5,943,956 for 2012.
Voted “Top Surgeons” by Consumers’ Research Council of America.
Global B.R.A.I.N. Prize top 10 finalist for discovering memory boosting.
No. 5 in the world for most published research papers in medical journals.
Voted “Super Doctors” by physicians and peers across the nation.
Pioneers in minimally-invasive, endoscopic and non-invasive brain surgery.
Authors of evidence-based guidelines for brain and spinal disorders.
Pioneers in minimally-invasive endovascular therapies for stroke.
First Neuro-ICU in the world to use robotics and telemedicine.
Top 10 Neurosurgery Department in the nation according to U.S. News and World Report for more than 20 years. No. 1 Best Hospital in Southern California, Los Angeles, and Top 5 Hospitals in America according to U.S. News and World Report for more than 20 years.
CONTACT THE UCLA DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY James I. Ausman, MD, PhD Tel: 310-825-5482 Fax: 310-206-6242
Fredric L. Edelman, MD Tel: 818-781-3350 Fax: 818-781-7237
Ulrich Batzdorf, MD UCLA Spine Center Tel: 310-825-5079 Fax: 310-825-7245
Itzhak Fried, MD, PhD Adult Epilepsy Surgery Tel: 310-825-8409 Fax: 310-794-2147
Donald P. Becker, MD Professor Emeritus Tel: 310-794-1222 Fax: 310-825-7245
Nestor Gonzalez, MD UCLA Stroke Center Tel: 310-825-5154 Fax: 310-206-6242
Marvin Bergsneider, MD Pituitary Tumor Program Tel: 310-206-4100 Fax: 310-825-9385
Langston T. Holly, MD UCLA Spine Center Tel: 310-267-5580 Fax: 310-206-1857
Linda M. Liau, MD, PhD Brain Tumor Program Tel: 310-267-2621 Fax: 310-825-9385
Gary W. Mathern, MD Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Tel: 310-825-7961 Fax: 310-825-0922
Bob Shafa, MD Brain Tumor Program Tel: 310-825-1988 Fax: 310-825-9385
Daniel Lu, MD, PhD UCLA Spine Center Tel: 310-267-2975 Fax: 310-825-7245
Duncan Q. McBride, MD Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Tel: 310-319-3475 Fax: 310-319-4575
Paul M. Vespa, MD, FAANS Neurocritical Care Tel: 310-267-9448 Fax: 310-267-3841
Neil A. Martin, MD, FAANS UCLA Stroke Center Tel: 310-825-5482 Fax: 310-206-6242
Nader Pouratian, MD, PhD Neuromodulation & Neurobionics Program Tel: 310-206-2189 Fax: 310-794-1848
Isaac Yang, MD Skull Base Tumor Program Tel: 310-267-2621 Fax: 310-825-9385
UCLA NEUROSURGERY: INTO THE BRAIN AND BEYOND