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The Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA) is dedicated to providing compassionate, skilled and state of the art medical care. As a nationally recognized medical center, we continue to experience unprecedented growth and expansion in both the clinical and academic arenas. Our primary mission is to provide helpful and considerate patient care. We also aim to educate and produce highly qualified, ethical and caring future neurosurgeons. Additionally, we strive to advance the field of neurosciences by performing outstanding research.

Mission Statement

• To educate and train highly qualified compassionate and knowledgeable neurosurgeons.
• To provide patients with state of the art neurosurgical care in a setting respectful of their needs.
• To engage in quality research endeavors that lead to innovative therapies and treatments, which may ultimately translate to improved patient care in the field of neurological surgery.

Featured Stories

Presentation on Wilder Penfield and the Origin of Epilespsy Surgery

The presentation given by Dr. Charles Branch, Sr. is available for streaming now.

Title: Wilder Penfield and the Origin of Epilespsy Surgery at the Montreal Neurological Institute
Date: 3/23/2012
Time: 8:30 AM
Duration: 1:23

Click here to watch.

Our director of Research, Dr. Murat Digicaylioglu, has been published in the Springer Series in Translational Stroke Research. The book, titled Translational Stroke Research From Target Selection to Clinical Trials is available in digital and hardcover format.

The book discusses select future targets and methods for stroke management, methods to regulate brain temperature, and the use of preconditioning in stroke. It also presents new areas of research emphasizing restoration of function with growth factors and stem cells.

Dr. Digicaylioglu's chapter, "Hematopoietic growth factor family for stroke drug development," discusses the current role of various factors in stroke, the pitfalls in experimental designs and the necessary drug development steps required to bring particular cytokines into clinical use.

Dr. Andrey Belayev won the First Place Resident Paper Award at this year’s Texas Association of Neurological Surgeons (TANS) Annual Meeting held in Houston, Texas on March 1-4, 2012. The title of Dr. Belayev's presentation was "Cerebral Blood Flow Dysregulation Post Traumatic Brain Injury".

Every year the 6 Texas based residency programs give presentations at TANS. The participants of the meeting evaluate and score each of these presentations and then rank them accordingly. Two prizes are awarded at the end of each annual session and the UTHSCSA Neurosurgery Residency program has earned the 1st place award for the third consecutive year.

Congratulations to Dr. Belayev for this outstanding accomplishment!