The Division of Neurosurgery maintains an active clinical service with ten staff neurosurgeons and a floor in Duke Hospital shared with the Division of Neurology. This space includes a sixteen-bed intensive care area, a 10-bed stepdown unit and the Electroencephalography, Sleep Disorders, and Evoked Potential Laboratories. The division has three dedicated operating rooms, including one for pediatric cases, and up to 5 rooms available on any given day. There is also a dedicated neuroendovascular suite for interventional cases and a radiosurgery facility with a LINAC unit and plans to purchase a second unit in the works.

 

Special clinical programs include the Center for Skull Base Surgery, Brain Tumor Center, Multidisciplinary Center for Cerebrovascular Surgery, Functional Neurosurgery including Movement Disorders, Epilepsy Program, Center for Treatment of Cranial Neurosurgery, and the Center for Reconstruction for Peripheral Nerve Injuries. Multidisciplinary programs include a vascular disease program, the Center for Treatment of Pain, and a Pediatric Neurological Disorders Center.

 

Duke is consistently ranked as one of the top medical schools by U.S. News & World Report.   The Duke Neurosurgery program has a long and successful tradition in the training of neurosurgeons throughout the history of American neurosurgery, including those just starting to investigate the process during medical school.  Visiting medical students are always welcome and encouraged to rotate through the Duke University Neurosurgery program as a subintern.  For more information visit the Visiting Medical Student  section.