Neurological Surgery
Top: doctor with spine model, Middle: doctors reviewing images, Bottom: doctor looking at scan UW Medicine Neurological Surgery is an international leader in the care and treatment of patients with diseases and disorders of the brain, spine and peripheral nerves.

Our healthcare professionals specialize in the management of acute brain or spinal trauma, vascular disease, disorders of the brain, peripheral nerves and spine. Our specialty Neuro-Oncology Clinic at UWMC provides comprehensive treatment for many brain and spinal cord cancers.
 
UW physicians, who practice at Harborview Medical Center, UW Medical Center, Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, use state-of-the art technology to ensure patients receive uncompromised care and access to the most advanced facilities and modern resources.

In addition, our well established National Institutes of Health and privately funded research programs allow us to bring leading-edge advances in neurosurgery from the laboratory to the clinic and operating room.

For information about our clinical trials, conferences, residencies and fellowships, visit the Department of Neurological Surgery's website.
Featured Article
Movement Disorders
Providers Adam Olding Hebb, M.D.

Movement disorders refer to abnormal movements of the arms and legs that cause difficulty with walking, daily activities and tremor.

The UW Medicine Gamma Knife Center at Harborview Medical Center offers four surgical procedures for patients who suffer from movement disorders:

Featured Provider
Allen D Hillel, M.D.
Allen D Hillel, M.D. Dr. Hillel, UW professor of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery and adjunct professor of rehabilitation medicine, specializes in treatment of ...
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Featured Video
Brain Aneurysms
Brain aneurysms are challenging to treat, especially since a patient may have no symptoms until the aneurysm ruptures and becomes a life-threatening condition. This edition of Inside Access follows three doctors and their patients, Roxie and Cora, at the UW Medicine Brain Aneurysm Center at Harborview.