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Members of the Department of Neurosurgery have developed extensive expertise and are nationally recognized in the management of spinal trauma. The Spinal Cord Injury Center is a regional referral center for the management of spinal injury and disorders. The Center provides comprehensive surgical, nonsurgical, and rehabilitation care to individuals with spinal trauma, as well as spinal cord injury.

 

State-of-the-art intensive care and medical and surgical techniques are provided in the early phase of the program. In addition, rehabilitation specialists provide all therapies designed to enhance maximum recovery from spinal cord injury and return to the community.

Shekar Kurpad, MD, PhD, is the medical director of the Froedtert & the ӰԺ Spinal Cord Injury Center. The Center opened in 1986 and receives referred patients from Wisconsin, northern Illinois, and northern Michigan. Transport and comprehensive trauma services for the Center are provided through the Froedtert Emergency and Trauma Center, eastern Wisconsin’s only Level 1 trauma center.

Neurosurgery Spinal Cord Injury Center Faculty

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Shekar N. Kurpad, MD, PhD

Professor; Senior Associate Dean, Neuroscience; Founding Director, Wisconsin Institute of NeuroScience (WINS)

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Max C. Lee, MD

Assistant Professor

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Saman Shabani, MD

Assistant Professor; Director, Spinal Oncology Surgery; Director, Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery; Director, Spine Fellowship Program

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Aditya Vedantam, MD

Associate Professor; Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery; Director, Center for Cervical Myelopathy; Adjunct Faculty in Biomedical Engineering, Radiology, and Orthopedics

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Marjorie Wang, MD, MPH

Professor; Vice Chair, Clinical Operations; Chief, Community Division of Neurosurgery

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