Neurosurgery

Hello, and welcome to the Neurosurgery service line.

We are located in the third floor Main Operating Room at Vanderbilt University Adult Hospital. The environment on our unit is fast-paced, focused on teamwork, and flexible to accommodate all our patients' needs.

We care for adult patients of all ages who are being treated for anything from disease or injury involving the brain, the neurovascular system, the spine, and the peripheral nervous system. We care for all types of patients requiring neurosurgical care, with a high focus on our Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson’s Disease.

One of the perks of working on my unit is our vast diversity of our patients. The Neurosurgery Team functions at the highest levels of performance and efficiency.  Our focus is safety and advocacy for the patients and family members trusting us with their care. The members of the Neuro POD are very team-oriented, able to multitask, and function in a highly technical environment. We aim to provide safe, high-quality patient care for our patients. 

Our nurses are successful because they prioritize patient safety and believe in multi-disciplinary, collaborative teamwork. We orient new nurses to our unit by providing an extensive specialized multi-specialty orientation period dependent upon the their learning style. 

We encourage professional growth. 
If your career goal is to expand your nursing career outside of the traditional bedside care model, the Main Operating Room Neurosurgery team can help with this by providing you with numerous ways to expand your skillset whether it be leadership, scrubbing, or first assisting in cases.

If you have any questions about the Neurosurgery service line, please visit Work at Vanderbilt University Medical Center to explore open nursing positions.

Neurosurgery Procedures

Tumor Neurosurgery:
• Benign Brain Tumors
• Benign Spine, Spinal Cord
  Tumors
• Malignant Brain Tumors
• Malignant Spine, Spinal Cord       
  Tumors
• Metastatic Brain Tumors
• Pituitary Surgery
• Skull Base Surgery

Spine Neurosurgery:
• Tumors of the Spine, Spinal Cord
• Spine, Comprehensive
• Spinal Cord Injury

Functional Neurosurgery:
• Deep brain stimulation (DBS)
• Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS)
• Responsive neurostimulation (RNS)
• Surgical resection
• MRI guided laser ablation
• Microvascular decompression
• Radiofrequency or balloon
  compression rhizotomy
• Spinal cord stimulation
• Cingulotomy
• Intrathecal baclofen pump

Vascular Neurosurgery:
• Stroke 
• Amyloid angiopathy
• CADASIL (Cerebral Autosomal
  Dominant Arteriopathy with
  Subcortical Infarcts and
  Leukoencephalopathy)
• Carotid artery stenosis
• Central nervous system (CNS) vasculitis
• Central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) 
• Cerebral Venous Sinus
  Thrombosis (CVST) 
• Chronic carotid artery occlusion
• Intracerebral hemorrhages
• Intracranial stenosis/
  Intracranial atherosclerotic disease
• Transient ischemic attack (TIA)