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  1. Joao Paulo Cavalcante de Almeida, M.D., Ph.D.

    Joao Paulo Cavalcante de Almeida, M.D., Ph.D.

    1. Neurosurgeon
    1. Jacksonville, FL
    Areas of focus:

    Awake brain surgery, Craniotomy, Pituitary tumor surgery, Skull base surgery, Endoscopic transnasal transsphenoidal sur...gery, Endoscopic skull base surgery, Gamma knife surgery, Brain tumor, Brain metastasis, Pituitary tumor, Glioma, Chondrosarcoma, Meningioma, Trigeminal neuralgia, Schwannoma, Craniopharyngioma, CSF leak, Brain cancer, Subdural hematoma, Chordoma, Encephalocele, Skull base tumor, Glioma-associated epilepsy, Brain tumor-associated epilepsy

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Awake brain surgery care at Mayo Clinic

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  1. Adult brain tumors treatment (PDQ). National Cancer Institute. http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/adultbrain/Patient. Accessed Aug. 8, 2016.
  2. Brain tumor surgery. American Brain Tumors Association. http://www.abta.org/brain-tumor-treatment/treatments/surgery.html. Accessed Aug. 8, 2016.
  3. Brydges G, et al. Awake craniotomy: A practice overview. American Association of Nurse Anesthetists. 2012;80:61.
  4. Brain mapping. Epilepsy Foundation. http://www.epilepsy.com/learn/treating-seizures-and-epilepsy/surgery/pre-surgery-tests/brain-mapping. Accessed Aug. 11, 2016.
  5. Barbara Woodward Lips Patient Education Center. Surgical treatment for seizures. Rochester, Minn.: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research; 2004.
  6. Surgery for adult brain and spinal cord tumors. American Cancer Society. http://www.cancer.org/cancer/braincnstumorsinadults/detailedguide/brain-and-spinal-cord-tumors-in-adults-treating-surgery. Accessed Aug. 8, 2016.
  7. Parney IF (expert opinion). Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. Aug. 22, 2016.
  8. Barbara Woodward Lips Patient Education Center. Patient education about your craniotomy. Rochester, Minn.: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research; 2005.
  9. Riggin, EA. Allscripts EPSi. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. June 26, 2016.

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