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#5
in NIH Funding
Top Ranked
consistently ranked a top tier residency program
30+
active clinical trials
Comprehensive patient care
National leaders in every subspecialty offer personalized, team-based care for the full range of adult and pediatric neurosurgical conditions.
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Commitment to innovation
Our rare focus on innovation and technology allows us to offer patients the very latest advances and optimal treatments — many developed by our own highly skilled surgeons.
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Excellence in education
Our seven-year residency and one-year fellowship prepare trainees for successful careers in academic neurosurgery.
- Mentorship from pioneers in the field
- Extraordinary research opportunities
- High-volume, comprehensive clinical practice
- Collaborative, inclusive culture
Our pioneering research fuels advances that improve and save lives.
News
WashU neurosurgery fellow to join Memorial Hospital Belleville
Bradley Budde, MD, a neurosurgeon specializing in spinal procedures, will join Memorial Hospital Belleville in July 2024. Budde is currently finishing up his one-year intensive fellowship in the surgical and medical management of peripheral nerve and spinal disorders at Washington University School of Medicine. “Dr. Brad Budde is an outstanding and compassionate surgeon,” said Wilson Zachary Ray, […]
Catching up with our resident interns
As our PGY-1 interns inch closer to their year anniversary, we wanted to check in and see how they have adjusted to life as WashU neurosurgery residents in St. Louis. Andrew Coxon, MD, MSCI What drew you to neurosurgery?I feel that neurosurgeons can quickly establish a very special bond and trust with their patients. I […]
Stegh inducted as AIMBE fellow
Alexander H. Stegh, PhD, professor of neurosurgery, vice chair of research in the Department of Neurosurgery and research director of the Brain Tumor Center, was recently inducted into the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows. Election to AIMBE’s College of Fellows is limited to the top 2% of medical and biological engineers in […]