Neurosurgical expertise for complex and serious conditions
Mayo Clinic neurosurgical clinics and services are among the most advanced and comprehensive in the world. We offer the latest in lifesaving, technically demanding procedures that help adults and children with complex and serious conditions of the brain, spine and nervous system.
Our world-renowned neurosurgeons perform more than 9,300 surgeries each year. They are on the leading edge of advanced methods and technology. These include awake brain surgery, robotics, intraoperative MRI, computer-assisted brain surgery, stereotactic radiosurgery and deep brain stimulation. Our team is committed to improving the lives of all the people they treat.
Top ranked
Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, Mayo Clinic in Phoenix/Scottsdale, Arizona, and Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, are ranked among the Best Hospitals for neurology and neurosurgery in the U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals rankings.
Advanced neurosurgical treatment
Our neurosurgeons offer neurosurgical clinics and services in cutting-edge facilities that include intraoperative MRI suites and systems to monitor how your brain, spinal cord, cranial nerves and other nerves are doing during surgery. This technique is called intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring, also called IONM. They are experts in other advanced methods such as microsurgery, radiosurgery and awake brain surgery. Mayo Clinic is one of only a few medical centers in the country to offer awake brain surgery. This approach is used to remove complex tumors safely in a way that lowers the risk to speech and other vital functions.
A team approach
Neurosurgeons at Mayo Clinic are part of teams of experts in other specialties. Together these teams provide comprehensive services and whole-person care. They may include neurologists, orthopedic surgeons, orthopedic oncologists, radiologists, anesthesiologists, endocrinologists, otolaryngologists, rehabilitation specialists, pain medicine specialists, radiation oncologists and others as needed.
Arizona
The Neurosurgery team at Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona, specializes in treating conditions of the nervous system.
Mayo Clinic neurosurgeons in Scottsdale bring together neurological services and focused expertise in many specialty areas, such as:
- Brain Tumor Program: Personalized, comprehensive, expert care to people with brain tumors.
- Epilepsy specialty group: Diagnosis and treatment for people with epilepsy, rated by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers as a level 4 center, the highest ranking.
Top ranked
Mayo Clinic in Phoenix/Scottsdale, Arizona, has been ranked among the best neurology and neurosurgery hospitals in the nation for 2024-2025 by U.S. News & World Report.
Florida
The Neurosurgery team at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, specializes in treating conditions of the nervous system.
Mayo Clinic neurosurgeons in Jacksonville bring together neurological services and focused expertise in many specialty areas, such as:
Surgeons at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, may use a high-powered (7-tesla) MRI scanner. This scanner creates images of such detail that it can pinpoint the smallest defects — in some cases, those causing seizures. Other specialists within Neurosurgery in Florida offer focus and deep experience in complex and minimally invasive spine surgery, radiosurgery, deep brain stimulation, and brain mapping.
Top ranked
Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, has been ranked among the best neurology and neurosurgery hospitals in the nation for 2024-2025 by U.S. News & World Report.
Minnesota
The Neurosurgery team at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, specializes in treating conditions of the nervous system.
Mayo Clinic neurosurgeons in Rochester, Minnesota, bring together neurological services and focused expertise in many specialty areas, such as:
Surgeons at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, may use a high-powered (7-tesla) MRI scanner. This scanner creates images of such detail that it can pinpoint the smallest defects — in some cases, those causing seizures.
In Minnesota pediatric neurosurgeons provide high-quality neurosurgical services. They work with other specialists to provide whole-person, coordinated care to children and adolescents with serious and complex conditions, including epilepsy, cerebral palsy, spina bifida and fetal defects. Children seen in the Pediatric Brain Tumor Clinic might have a team that also includes neuropsychologists, neuroradiologists, neuropathologists and others as needed.
Children who need care in a hospital may go to Mayo Eugenio Litta Children's Hospital at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Nurses there are trained in treating children and adolescents with neurological conditions. Child life specialists help you and your child deal with natural concerns about illness, medical procedures and hospital care.
In addition, Mayo Clinic Health System clinics, hospitals and other healthcare facilities are in more than 39 communities in Minnesota and Wisconsin. These sites provide Mayo Clinic neurology and neurosurgery care to their local communities.
Top ranked
Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, has been ranked among the best neurology and neurosurgery hospitals in the nation for 2024-2025 by U.S. News & World Report.
Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, ranks among the Best Hospitals for neurology and neurosurgery and for cancer in the U.S. News & World Report rankings. Mayo Clinic Children's in Rochester is ranked the No. 1 hospital in Minnesota, and the five-state region of Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin, according to U.S. News & World Report's 2024–2025 "Best Children's Hospitals" rankings. With the emphasis on collaborative care, specialists interact very closely with their colleagues across all sites.
Our neurologists and neurosurgeons use advanced techniques and technologies to evaluate and treat neurological conditions, including many rare or complex disorders. They work with a team of doctors trained in many areas to determine the most appropriate treatment for you.
Mayo Clinic offers many neurological and neurosurgical services and procedures, including but not limited to those listed below. Not all services may be available at all locations. Please confirm when you request an appointment.
Our neurologists and neurosurgeons have experience treating all types of brain, spine and nervous system conditions. They work with a team of doctors trained in many areas to determine the most appropriate treatment for you.
Mayo Clinic provides evaluation and treatment for many conditions, including but not limited to those listed below. Availability of the services may vary among Mayo locations. Please confirm when you request an appointment.
Mayo Clinic has one of the largest and most experienced practices in the United States, with campuses in Arizona, Florida and Minnesota. Staff skilled in dozens of specialties work together to ensure quality care and successful recovery.
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Mayo Clinic has one of the largest and most experienced practices in the United States, with campuses in Arizona, Florida and Minnesota. Staff skilled in dozens of specialties work together to ensure quality care and successful recovery.
Mayo Clinic neurosurgeons perform more than 9,300 surgeries each year. This high volume of surgeries means that our doctors help many people with very rare and complex conditions. It also means they are expert at removing diseased tissue that otherwise might be considered inoperable.
Mayo Clinic's Department of Neurosurgery is consistently recognized for providing outstanding neurosurgical services. These endorsements show our commitment to providing expert, whole-person care.
Top ranked
Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, Mayo Clinic in Phoenix/Scottsdale, Arizona, and Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, are ranked among the Best Hospitals for neurology and neurosurgery in the U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals rankings.
Mayo Clinic also is recognized for high-quality neurosurgery services, research and education by these organizations:
- A highly ranked comprehensive cancer center. Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center meets strict standards as a National Cancer Institute comprehensive cancer center, recognizing scientific excellence and a multispecialty approach focused on cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment. Mayo Clinic also is part of the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology, a group of scientists throughout the U.S. and Canada who work together to conduct clinical trials and reduce the impact of cancer.
- Top-tier epilepsy centers. The National Association of Epilepsy Centers rates Mayo Clinic in Phoenix/Scottsdale, Arizona; Jacksonville, Florida; and Rochester, Minnesota; as Level 4 epilepsy centers. This designation means these centers provide the highest level of diagnosis and treatment options for people with epilepsy.
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Top-tier stroke centers. Mayo Clinic in Phoenix/Scottsdale, Arizona; Jacksonville, Florida; and Rochester, Minnesota; are each certified as a Comprehensive Stroke Center — Arizona and Florida per Det Norske Veritas and Minnesota per The Joint Commission. Both are organizations that evaluate and accredit hospitals and staff. The Mayo Clinic Health System sites in Eau Claire and La Crosse, Wisconsin, and Mankato, Minnesota, are certified as Primary Stroke Centers by The Joint Commission.
Mayo Clinic in Arizona, Florida and Minnesota have achievement awards from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's Get With The Guidelines Stroke program.
- Top-ranked education program. Mayo Clinic Department of Neurosurgery residency training programs are ranked among the top-performing programs by Doximity and U.S. News & World Report.
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Mayo Clinic fosters an environment where scientific expertise is combined with clinical insights to create solutions for unmet patient needs. The unrelenting focus of our neurosurgery researchers results in improvements in the diagnosis and treatment of neurological conditions.
Our neuroscientists constantly seek new knowledge to improve diagnosis, therapies and outcomes for people with brain, spine and nervous system disorders. Talk with your doctors about whether one of the clinic's many neurology-related clinical trials might be an option for you.
Our physician-scientists work with researchers worldwide, contributing to advances in medicine that improve neurologic care for people everywhere.
Examples of successes that improve people's lives include:
- Using neurostimulation to identify novel brain regions controlling motor function, which will affect how surgery is done for epilepsy and brain tumors. This also will lead to advances in neuromodulation and brain-machine interfaces.
- Studying which approaches to glioblastoma have the best outcomes over time.
- Developing approaches to viral and immunotherapy for a brain tumor called glioblastoma.
- Advancing our understanding of the complex condition arteriovenous malformation.
- Developing an epilepsy treatment model that focuses on whole-person care.
- Drawing on advances in artificial intelligence to improve neurosurgical expertise.
- Using data to improve surgical outcomes.
- Using liquid biopsy, that is blood and cerebrospinal fluid, for brain tumors.
Mayo Clinic's research programs are productive and widely respected, with labs at its campuses in Arizona, Florida and Minnesota. Our surgeon-researchers and other scientists work with colleagues worldwide. Together they advance neurological care for people everywhere.
Our leaders in neurologic surgery are part of the NeuroPoint Alliance, which collects data on hundreds of thousands of people across 300 national hospitals in neurosurgery. The data has been used to develop machine learning and artificial intelligence to improve neurological care, surgical outcomes and safety.
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