To treat a traumatic brain injury, surgeons may perform a decompressive craniectomy, where a piece of the skull is removed to give the brain room to temporarily swell and heal. In some cases, our neuroplastic team can place the original bone back into position. Other times, the bone needs to be discarded due to a risk of infection or the bone being broken down by the body (resorption). Our multidisciplinary team can help reconstruct the missing skull with a customized cranial implant — similar to a hip or knee replacement.
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Our Neuroplastic Neurotrauma Surgery Team
Justin Michael Caplan, M.D.
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Acoustic Neuromas, Acute Stroke Care, Aneurysm Repair, Aneurysms, Arteriovenous Fistulas (AVF), Arteriovenous Malformations (AVM), Carotid Artery Stenosis, Cerebral Aneurysms, Cerebrovascular Diseases, Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas, Endovascular Surgery, Head & Neck Aneurysms, Intracerebral Hemorrhage, Intracranial Aneurysm, Minimally Invasive Endovascular Aneurysm Repair, Moyamoya Disease, Neurological Surgery, Neurosurgery, Open and Endovascular Surgical Techniques, Skull Base Tumors, Stroke, Stroke Imaging, Stroke Prevention, Stroke Recovery, Transient Ischemic Attack
Chad Ronald Gordon, D.O.
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Complex Skull Reconstruction, Craniofacial Injuries, Craniofacial Reconstruction, Craniofacial Surgery, Cranioplasty, Facial Implants, Facial Plastic Surgery, Facial Reconstruction, Facial Surgery, Facial Trauma, Facial Trauma Reconstructive Surgery, Post-Traumatic Reconstruction, Skull Base Surgery, Skull Lesions
Judy Huang, M.D.
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Acute Stroke Care, Aneurysm Repair, Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (ASH), Arteriovenous Malformations (AVM), Brain Cancer, Brain Hemorrhage, Brain Metastases, Brain Tumors, Carotid Artery Disease, Carotid Artery Stenosis, Carotid Endarterectomy, Cavernous Angioma, Cavernous Malformations, Cerebral Aneurysms, Cerebral Revascularization, Cerebral Vascular Malformations, Cerebrovascular Diseases, Cervical Degenerative Disc Disease, Cervical Disc Herniation, Cervical Spine Disease, Chiari Malformations, Complex Skull Reconstruction, Cranioplasty, CyberKnife and Stereotactic Radiosurgery, Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas, Intracerebral Hemorrhage, Intracranial Aneurysm, Ischemic Heart Disease, Meningiomas, Metastatic Brain Tumors, Microsurgery, Microvascular Surgery, Moyamoya Disease, Neurological Surgery, Neurosurgery, Neurovascular Disease, Primary Brain Tumors, Skull Implants, Skull Lesions, Spinal Dural Fistula, Spinal Vascular Malformations, Spine Surgery, Stereotactic Radiosurgery, Stroke, Stroke Imaging, Stroke Prevention, Stroke Recovery, Stroke Rehabilitation, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Syringomyelia, Transient Ischemic Attack, Trigeminal Neuralgia
Debraj Mukherjee, M.D., M.P.H.
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Acoustic Neuromas, Brain Cancer, Brain Metastases, Brain Stem Tumors, Brain Tumors, Cavernous Malformations, Cholesterol Granuloma, Chordomas, Clival Tumors, Cranionasal Tumor, Craniopharyngiomas, CyberKnife and Stereotactic Radiosurgery, Endoscopic Repair of Nasal Cerebrospinal Fluid Leaks, Endoscopic Resection of Nasal Tumors, Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery, Esthesioneuroblastoma, Glioblastoma, Gliomas, Head and Neck Cancers, Hemangioblastoma, Medulloblastoma, Meningiomas, Metastatic Brain Tumors, Neuro-Oncology, Neurosurgery, Neurosurgical Oncology, Parasellar Tumors, Pituitary Adenoma, Pituitary Tumors, Primary Brain Tumors, Radiosurgery, Sellar Tumors, Skull Base Surgery, Skull Base Tumors, Stereotactic Biopsy, Stereotactic Radiosurgery, Suprasellar Tumors, Vestibular Schwannoma, Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL)
