Welcome to the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Working in partnership with the Mayfield Clinic & Spine Institute, we are one of the largest and most respected groups of neurosurgeons and related specialists in the United States.

Through our affiliation with three outstanding hospitals – University, Christ and Good Samaritan -- we are committed to providing our patients with state-of-the-art clinical care in an ethical and caring environment. And because of the large number of doctors on our faculty (20 neurosurgeons and three neurointensivists) we are able to offer our patients specialized expertise in virtually every aspect of neurosurgery.

As teachers, we rank among the best. Year in and year out, the clinical and teaching excellence of our faculty has made our residency in neurosurgery one of the most highly sought-after training programs in the nation. It is also one of the largest. In 2006 the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education’s Residency Review Committee, the national accrediting body for training programs, reviewed and authorized the Department to increase its enrollment from two to three residents annually.

Also highly coveted are our eight one-year neurosurgical fellowships in cerebrovascular, endovascular, functional, neurocritical care, neuro-oncology, skull base, spine, and research.

We proudly note that our residency and fellowship graduates are working in 16 countries and are on the faculty of many other prestigious institutions, including Johns Hopkins University, the Mayo Clinic, Baylor College of Medicine, and MD Anderson Cancer Center. Fifty percent of our resident graduates have accepted faculty positions at academic institutions during the last several years.

Of course, our medical students, along with students from other U.S. medical schools, gain immeasurably from exposure to a premier neurosurgical department during their fourth-year rotations.

Never content with the status quo, we maintain active and growing research programs in various neurological disciplines while striving to develop newer and better treatments for our patients. In 2008 the Department ranked 33rd nationally among all medical schools in NIH research funding. That same year, our faculty presented in more than 40 different cities and in six countries around the world.

Please explore our Web site to discover more about the various programs and services we offer.

Mario Zuccarello, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery
Vice Chair, Clinical Affairs
Co-Director, Division of Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery