Neurosurgeon in Chicago, Illinois (IL)

Roy A.E. Bakay, MD, works with functional and stereotactic neurosurgery. An authority on surgery for movement disorders, he was funded by the National Institutes of Health to study deep brain stimulation and pallidotomy. He also conducts neuroanatomical research and focuses current studies on gene therapy techniques and neural tissue transplantation.

Other services Provided at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois:

Brain and spinal cord tumors
Minimally invasive spine surgery
Epilepsy and seizures
Head and spinal cord injuries
Hydrocephalus and normal pressure hydrocephalus Neurovascular problems: including brain aneurysm, aortic aneurysm and abdominal aortic aneurysm, carotid artery disease and arteriovenous malformations
Parkinson’s disease, essential tremor and other movement disorders
Pain syndromes and peripheral nerve disease
Degenerative scoliosis, lumbar and cervical stenosis

Clinical Team at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois:

Roy A.E. Bakay, MD: Functional and Stereotactic Surgery
Richard W. Byrne, MD: Acting Chairman, Medical Director, Epilepsy and Tumor Surgery
Harel Deutsch, MD: Spine Surgery
Lorenzo F. Muñoz, MD: Vascular and Tumor surgery;
John O’Toole, MD: Spine Surgery
Shaun O’Leary, MD, PhD: Functional, Tumor, and Spine Surgery.