Welcome to Penn State Hershey Neurosurgery
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Department of Neurosurgery is actively involved in the treatment of conditions involving the brain, skull, spine, and nervous system.
Nationally and Internationally Recognized Staff
Our staff has received national and international recognition with expert physicians and researchers in every subspecialty of neurosurgery. Our staff cares for patients of all ages and from all walks of life, and is equipped with the knowledge and experience to treat many different kinds of conditions.
Leading the Medical Community
Penn State Hershey Neurosurgery is among the first to offer the latest procedures and the most modern multidisciplinary approach to treatments. Neuro-oncology offers protocols for the treatment of patients with benign and malignant brain and spinal cord tumors.
Penn State Hershey Neurosurgery is among the first to offer the latest procedures and the most modern multidisciplinary approach to treatments. Neuro-oncology offers protocols for the treatment of patients with benign and malignant brain and spinal cord tumors.
- Medical Center receives national recognition for Advanced Stroke Care
- Penn State Hershey Neurosurgeons listed in Castle Connolly Top Doctors
- Penn State Hershey Neurosurgeons named Best Doctors in America
- Joint Commission Primary Stroke Center Certification
- Congratulations to graduate students Ahmed Alkhateeb (Ph.D. Program, Cell & Molecular Biology), Fatima Ali-Rahmani (Ph.D. Program, Molecular Medicine), and Cody Weston (M.D./Ph.D. Program, Neuroscience) on being awarded the Graduate Alumni Endowed Scholarship. Ali-Rahmani also received an alumni scholarship from the class of 1971. Earlier in 2012, Alkhateeb also received the Outstanding Dissertation award in Life Sciences - a Penn State wide competition. These awards, coupled with the CTSA scholarship that Xiaowei (Bill) Su won earlier in the year, represent the outstanding achievements of our neuroscience graduate students.
- Kevin M. Cockroft, M.D. - Consumers' Research Council of America: Guide to America's Top Surgeons 2007 Edition
- James R. Connor, Ph.D. - University Distinguished Professor, Penn State University 2007
- Mark Dias, M.D. - Children's Hospital Research Award April 2008, Advocacy Award from Family and Children's Services of central Pennsylvania, April 2008
- Robert Harbaugh, M.D., F.A.A.N.S., F.A.C.S., F.A.H.A. - University Distinguished Professor, Penn State University, 2008
Experts and patients discuss brain tumor diagnosis, treatment and recovery
Brainstorm 3
Brainstorm 2
Brainstorm 1
Stroke Survivor stories
Cody Dietz
Lewis Webster
Frank Byrne
John Tobin
Stroke recognition and treatment
Gamma Knife
Robert Harbaugh, M.D. explains the uses of Gamma Knife
Patients and Physicians discuss the latest treatments of back pain and spinal injuries
We've Got Your Back 2011
We've Got Your Back 2
We've Got Your Back
Stimulating Minds
Discovering Treatment Options for Essential Tremors
Xuemei Huang, M.D. and James McInerney, M.D. discussion
Experts and patients discuss the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of carotid artery disease
Restless Leg Syndrome
Concussions
In the sports world
What we know and not just in pro football
NFL Committee
- Bariatric surgery restores nerve cell properties altered by diet Understanding how gastric bypass surgery changes the properties of nerve cells that help regulate the digestive system could lead to new treatments that produce the same results without surgery, according to Penn State College of Medicine scientists, who have shown how surgery restores some properties of nerve cells that tell people their stomachs are full.More...
- Penn State College of Medicine awarded $1 million AMA grant Penn State College of Medicine has been awarded a prestigious $1 million grant by the American Medical Association as part of a program aimed at transforming the way the physicians of tomorrow are trained.More...
- Penn State Hershey entrepreneurs win first 'startup boot camp' awards Dr. Joseph Sassani, ophthalmologist at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and professor of ophthalmology and pathology at Penn State College of Medicine, is the winner of The TechCelerator@Hershey’s inaugural Eight Week Boot Camp program for promising entrepreneurs.More...
- Collaborative Hershey and University Park medical service trip This spring brought the first collaborative spring break service trip for University Park undergraduates and Hershey medical students and physicians.More...