University of Cincinnati Neuroscience Institute

234 Goodman Street
Cincinnati, OH 45219
Telephone: 1-866-941-UCNI
Fax: 513-584-6846
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Website: www.UCNeuroscience.com
Website: www.CincinnatiBrainTumorCenter.com/tumors_acoustic
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About the Center
The University of Cincinnati Neuroscience Institute (UCNI) is an international center of excellence based at University Hospital. It is supported by the specialists of the Mayfield Clinic (neurosurgery), UC Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, UC Department of Radiology and six other specialties. UCNI features leading technology including intraoperative MRI and LEXAR stereotactic radiosurgery and treatment options in seven focus areas: neuro-oncology, cerebrovascular disease, epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, Multiple Sclerosis, functional neuroscience and trauma. The
acoustic neuroma program is multidisciplinary-based and is a primary program of our neuro-oncology program.

John M. Tew, Jr., M.D.
Professor of Neurosurgery and Radiology
Clinical Director, UC Neuroscience Institute
Medical School: Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, 1961
Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 1969
Fellowship: University of Zurich, Switzerland, 1970
Board Certification: Neurosurgery

Philip V. Theodosopoulos, M.D.
Director, Division of Skull Base Surgery and Assistant Professor
Director, Department of Neurosurgery Training Program
Medical School: Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 1996
Residency: University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 2002
Fellowship: Brigham and Women's Hospital; Harvard Medical Center, Boston, MA, 2003
Board Certification: Neurosurgery

Myles L. Pensak, M.D., F.A.C.S.
H.B. Broidy Professor and Chairman, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Professor of Neurosurgery
Medical School: New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, 1978
Residency: Surgery, State University of New York Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse, NY, 1980
Residency: Otolaryngology, Yale University School of Medicine, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, 1983
Fellowship: Otology/Neurotology, The Otology Group, P.C. / The E.A.R. Foundation, Nashville, TN, 1984
Board Certification: Otolaryngology/Neurotology

Ravi N. Samy, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Assistant Professor
Pediatric & Adult Otology/Neurotology/Skull Base Surgery
Director, Adult Cochlear Implant Program
Program Director, Neurotology Fellowship
Medical School: Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, 1995
Residency: General Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, 1996
Otolaryngology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, 2000
Fellowship: Otology/Neurotolofy/Skull Base Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, 2002
Board Certification: Otolaryngology/Neurotology

John C. Breneman, M.D.
Charles M. Barrett Professor of Radiation Oncology
Medical School: University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, 1981
Residency: University Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, 1985
Board Certification: Radiation Oncology
Acoustic Neuroma Introduction
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