Mayo Clinic's approach
At Mayo Clinic, your team of specialists will take the time to listen and thoroughly understand your health issues and concerns. We tailor your care to your personal healthcare needs. You can trust our specialists to work together to provide the very best possible results, safety and service.
Your Mayo Clinic Care team
Your integrated Mayo Clinic neurology team includes brain surgeons (neurosurgeons) and doctors trained in brain conditions (neurologists), anesthesia specialists (anesthesiologists), speech and language experts (speech-language pathologists), and other experts. Your team cares for you before, during and after awake brain surgery. Your care team also works with computer engineers, language interpreters and other specialists to help meet all of your needs.
Experience
Mayo Clinic neurosurgeons are experienced in performing awake brain surgery to remove brain tumors or epileptic foci that doctors previously thought couldn't be surgically removed.
Advanced technology
Mayo Clinic doctors use the latest technology to perform computer-assisted brain surgery and intraoperative MRI during awake brain surgery. Doctors may also conduct deep brain stimulation during awake brain surgery.
The Mayo Clinic experience and patient stories
Our patients tell us that the quality of their interactions, our attention to detail and the efficiency of their visits mean health care like they've never experienced. See the stories of satisfied Mayo Clinic patients.
Expertise and rankings
Experience
Mayo Clinic neurosurgeons perform many brain tumor surgeries each year using the latest technological advances available to them, including computer-assisted brain surgery, intraoperative MRI and lasers. Mayo Clinic surgeons have experience performing awake brain surgery to remove brain tumors or epileptic foci that doctors previously considered inoperable.
Comprehensive cancer center
Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center meets the strict standards for a U.S. National Cancer Institute comprehensive cancer center. These standards recognize scientific excellence and a multispecialty approach focused on cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment.
Comprehensive brain mapping at Mayo Clinic
At Mayo Clinic, brain mapping uses advanced imaging and real‑time testing to identify the areas of the brain that control vision, language and movement, helping surgeons perform surgery with greater precision while protecting important abilities. Mayo Clinic specialists also use comprehensive cognitive mapping during awake surgery to evaluate higher level functions such as language, attention and problem‑solving. This approach allows the care team to tailor surgery to each person's unique brain and reduce the risk of damage to critical functions.
Nationally recognized expertise
Learn more about Mayo Clinic's neurology and neurosurgery departments' expertise and rankings.
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 Children's
Highly skilled pediatric experts diagnose and treat all types of conditions in children. As a team, we work together to find answers, set goals and develop a treatment plan tailored to your child's needs.
Learn more about Mayo Clinic Children's.
Locations, travel and lodging
Mayo Clinic has major campuses in Phoenix and Scottsdale, Arizona; Jacksonville, Florida; and Rochester, Minnesota. The Mayo Clinic Health System has dozens of locations in several states.
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Costs and insurance
Mayo Clinic works with hundreds of insurance companies and is an in-network provider for millions of people.
In most cases, Mayo Clinic doesn't require a physician referral. Some insurers require referrals or may have additional requirements for certain medical care. All appointments are prioritized on the basis of medical need.
Learn more about appointments at Mayo Clinic.
Please contact your insurance company to verify medical coverage and to obtain any needed authorization prior to your visit. Often, your insurer's customer service number is printed on the back of your insurance card.
Clinical trials
Explore Mayo Clinic studies of tests and procedures to help prevent, detect, treat or manage conditions.