Neurosurgery

If something goes wrong with a part of the brain, spinal cord or nerves, surgery could be the most appropriate and life-saving treatment — and it’s essential to select a team of neurosurgeons with a demonstrated track record of utilizing latest technology and surgical techniques to obtain highest quality of care for patients. Neurosurgeons across our health system perform more than 1,500 adult and pediatric surgeries every year. Our team specializes in treating patients of all ages, including fetuses before birth.

They are able to treat conditions including:

• Brain and spinal tumors
• Neurologic or degenerative conditions
• Parkinson’s disease
• Movement disorders
• Injuries to the spinal cord or brain
• Strokes, which affect the vessels that supply blood to the brain
• Spina bifida (in utero)
• Surgical treatment of pain syndromes
• Degenerative & Conjunctile Spine Diseases

Ochsner’s neurosurgery program leads the region in new surgical and nonsurgical procedures, including:

• The only neurosurgery program in Louisiana and one of only five centers in the US that offers in-utero surgery to repair spinal bifida in babies during pregnancy before they’re born.
• Visualase, a minimally invasive procedure that uses tiny fiber optic probes to help treat epilepsy.
• Deep brain stimulation (DBS), to help treat Parkinson’s, essential tremor and dystonia. Ochsner has the busiest DBS system in the state.
• Offers the most comprehensive spine care in the region by offering both cutting edge surgical (including minimally invasive surgeries) and non-surgical technologies.
• A wellness program, the Ochsner Therapy & Wellness Back Care Program, focused on comprehensive treatment approaches for individuals with sub-acute, chronic neck or back pain. 

Why Ochsner Neurosurgery?

Nationally ranked quality

• U.S. News & World Report 2017-2018 Best Hospitals listing ranks Ochsner as #24 in the entire United States for neurology and neurosurgery, and Ochsner is the only hospital ranked in Louisiana. 
• Recipient of the Healthgrades 2018 Cranial Neurosurgery Excellence Award (TM) and named among the Top 5% in the nation for Cranial Neurosurgery in 2018

Industry-leading technology

The Ochsner Neuroscience Institute’s diagnostic and therapeutic technologies are top-of-the-line. Ochsner is among the Gulf South’s most experienced programs in stereotactic radiosurgery, a noninvasive, outpatient procedure that uses high-powered X-ray techniques to treat brain tumors.

Fast-track appointments

The Brain and Spinal Tumors Program at Ochsner provides patients with the surgical and nonsurgical treatments they need with the convenience of effective, efficient, patient-centered and multi-disciplinary approach to care.