At Georgia Brain & Spine Center
Surgical neuro-oncology refers to surgery that treats tumors in your brain and spine. While most neurosurgeons have some level of experience treating tumors, our neurosurgeons at Georgia Brain & Spine stand above the rest.
Our founder Dr. Elias Dagnew has a rare amount of expertise in brain and spine tumor surgery. He completed a specialized fellowship at the top-ranked and world-renowned cancer facility: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. He has vast experience in diagnosing and treating tumors in the brain, spine, and pituitary gland. At Georgia Brain & Spine Center, Dr. Dagnew uses his unique background to help patients with challenging cases while also passing along his knowledge to our other talented neurosurgeon Dr. Michael Hartman.
Our neuro-oncology team utilizes the latest technology to perform a biopsy or remove tumors from even the more critical parts of the brain with excellent outcomes. This includes stereotactic image guidance, awake surgery with brain mapping, and other advanced techniques. In addition to brain tumors, we treat spine tumors in the bones of the spine, the spinal cord, and the nerves.
When conventional surgery is not the best option, our neurosurgeons perform an advanced knife-less surgery called Cyberknife radiosurgery. This type of surgery delivers targeted radiation to the tumor. Through a personalized diagnostic and treatment path, we provide our patients with timely, compassionate, world-class oncologic care, allowing them to return to their normal lives as soon as possible.
We treat the following particular oncologic conditions:
- Benign primary brain tumors (such as astrocytoma and meningioma)
- Malignant primary brain tumors (such as anaplastic astrocytoma and glioblastoma)
- Tumors that have spread to the brain or spine
- Primary spine bone tumors
- Pituitary tumors
To treat these conditions, the oncologic procedures we perform include the following:
- Craniotomy
- Stereotactic brain biopsy
- Transphenoidal pituitary tumor resection
- Awake craniotomy with brain mapping
- Stereotactic image-guided surgery
- Spine and spinal cord surgery
- Cyberknife radiosurgery