As a neurosurgeon and spine oncologist, I specialize in the resection of primary and metastatic tumors of the vertebral column, spinal cord and peripheral nervous system. I obtained my medical degree from the University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Medicine and completed my neurosurgery residency at the Cleveland Clinic, where I also completed a combined orthopedic-neurosurgery fellowship in complex spine and deformity. I then completed a second fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in neurosurgical (spine) oncology. My areas of focus and expertise include primary and metastatic malignant spine tumors, benign spine tumors (schwannoma, meningioma, neurofibroma), intramedullary spinal cord tumors (ependymoma, astrocytoma), benign and malignant primary bone tumors, chordomas and chondrosarcomas of the spine and sacrum, paraspinal tumors, and peripheral nerve tumors.