Richard Byrne, MD

The neurosurgical faculty at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois, together with colleagues in neurology and spine orthopedics, has been named among the nation's best by U.S.News & World Report magazine. The program ranked 15th in the nation in 2011. Neurosurgeons at Rush are committed to providing the most advanced neurosurgical care available. For more information on neurosurgeons at Rush, read their profiles:

NEUROSURGERY FACULTY

Roy A.E. Bakay, MD
Practice emphasis: Movement disorders; Parkinson's disease; essential tremor; epilepsy; dystonia; brain tumors

Richard W. Byrne, MD
Practice emphasis: Brain tumors; epilepsy surgery; radiosurgery; stereotactic neurosurgery; Chiari malformation; trigeminal neuralgia; skull base surgery; pituitary surgery

Harel Deutsch, MD
Practice emphasis: Failed back surgery; minimally invasive spine surgery; spinal tumors; spinal arthroplasty (motion preservation)

Demetrius Lopes, MD
Practice emphasis: Aneurysms; arteriovenous malformations; acute stroke; intracranial stenosis; cerebral ischemia

Roham Moftakhar, MD
Practice emphasis: Aneurysms; arteriovenous malformations; acute stroke; intracranial stenosis; cerebral ischemia, brain tumors, trigeminal neuralgia, skull base surgery

Lorenzo F. Muñoz, MD
Practice emphasis: Brain tumors; aneurysms; spinal cord tumors; vascular malformations; hydrocephalus; Chiari malformation; spine surgery; pediatric neurosurgery

John O'Toole, MD
Practice emphasis: Spinal oncology; spinal tumors; spinal cord tumors; minimally invasive spine surgery; spinal reconstruction; spinal radiosurgery

Vincent C. Traynelis, MD
Practice emphasis: Spine surgery; spinal deformity; spinal arthroplasty; spinal reconstruction; spinal tumors; spinal cord tumors; minimally invasive spine surgery

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