Neurovascular Surgery & Endovascular Neurosurgery

Leadership

Angela & Richard T. Clark Distinguished Professor; and Division Chief for Neurovascular Surgery & Endovascular Surgery

This division represents a comprehensive approach to cerebrovascular disease that includes microsurgery, endovascular embolization techniques for aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations, and stereotactic radiosurgery for brain AVMs using the Gamma Knife and X Knife (LINAC based).

In addition, clinical experience is available in microsurgery for stroke prevention, as well as carotid endarterectomy and balloon angioplasty of the carotid artery if patients are not candidates for open surgical procedures.

Within the past year, over four hundred aneurysms and one hundred forty one brain AVMs were treated, and twelve carotid endarterectomies and forty-nine angioplasty procedures were performed. This represents a larger volume of vascular neurosurgery than all other programs in the Philadelphia region combined.

Our Team

Pascal Jabbour, MD

Angela & Richard T. Clark Distinguished Professor; and Division Chief for Neurovascular Surgery & Endovascular Surgery Email Pascal Jabbour 215-955-7000
Robert Rosenwasser, MD, MBA

Emeritus Chair, Department of Neurological Surgery
Jewell L. Osterholm, MD Professor of Neurological Surgery
and Professor of Radiology Email Robert Rosenwasser 215-955-7000
Stavropoula Tjoumakaris, MD, MBA

Interim Chair, Department of Neurological Surgery
Professor, Neurological Surgery
Director, Endovascular Surgery & Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery Fellowship Program
Director, Neurosurgery Clerkship Program Email Stavropoula Tjoumakaris 215-955-7000
M. Reid Gooch, MD

Associate Professor, Neurological Surgery
Vascular Neurological Surgery Division Email M. Reid Gooch 215-955-7000
Richard F. Schmidt, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery Email Richard F. Schmidt
Thana N. Theofanis, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor Email Thana N. Theofanis
Hekmat Zarzour, MD

Division Chief of Neurosurgery Jefferson New Jersey
Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery
Vickie and Jack Farber Institute for Neuroscience Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Email Hekmat Zarzour 856-256-7591