Contact Information
West Virginia University
Department of Neurosurgery
PO Box 9183
Morgantown, WV 26506-9183
304-293-5041
Medical Access & Referral System (MARS):
800-WVA-MARS
800-982-6277
Clinic Appointments:
304-598-4890
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State-of-the-art technology makes cranial base surgery possible. Our team approach is vital to providing the very best care and achieving the best possible outcomes for our patients.
Computerized image guidance allows surgeons to visualize the operative area precisely. New minimally invasive instrumentation, some developed by our own faculty, facilitates treatment of lesions in the most difficult-to-reach areas of the brain.
Sophisticated neuromonitoring enables surgeons to carefully follow the brain's functioning even while a patient is asleep. These include:
Leaders in Research and Practice
The WVU Cranial Base Surgery Center includes leaders in the field who not only are experts in the latest treatments, but also teach courses in cranial base surgical techniques at the international level, and leaders in research aimed at the continuing development oftechniques, technology, and instrumentation for cranial base surgery.
The ten-station Cranial Base Laboratory at WVU provides excellent facilities for the study ofcranial base anatomy and surgical techniques. Surgeons from around the world have traveled to Morgantown to study with the cranial base faculty at WVU.
Gamma Knife Radiosurgery
Leksell Gamma Knife® radiosurgery delivers high-precision, high-intensity beams to destroy tumors without surgical incision or a long hospital stay.
Gamma Knife treatment has been proven clinically effective and safe for treating tumors that were once considered inoperable because of their location. Gamma Knife treatment minimizes the side effects of radiation therapy and is the most precise system available for the delivery of radiation therapy to the brain.