Physicians trained in surgery of the nervous system

specialize in providing operative and non-operative management (i.e., prevention, diagnosis, evaluation, treatment, critical care and rehabilitation) of disorders of the central, peripheral and autonomic nervous systems, the evaluation and treatment of pathological processes which modify function or activity of the nervous system. Neurological Surgery encompasses treatment of patients with disorders of the nervous system: the brain, meninges, skull and their blood supply, including the extracranial carotid and vertebral arteries; disorders of the pituitary gland; disorders of the spinal cord, meninges and spine, including treatment by fusion or instrumentation; and disorders of the cranial and spinal nerves throughout their distribution. perform surgery on the brain and spinal cord, laminectomies, spinal cord fusion.