Neurosurgeon

Neurosurgeon — New England Neurological Institute

Boston, MA | July 2023 – Present

• Performed over 380 complex cranial and spinal procedures annually, achieving a 98.4% surgical success rate and reducing average postoperative recovery times by 15% through the design of standardized clinical pathways.
• Directed a multidisciplinary neuro-trauma team of 12 specialists, reducing time-to-treatment for acute subdural hematoma cases by 24 minutes and improving clinical survival outcomes by 18% over a 12-month period.
• Implemented Brainlab navigation and stereotactic radiosurgery workflows, increasing accuracy in deep-seated tumor resections by 14% and decreasing post-operative hospital stays by 2 days.
• Managed the integration of the hospital's Epic EHR database system for the neurosurgery department, boosting clinical documentation compliance scores from 76% to 94% across 8 clinics.

Neurosurgeon — Cascade Medical Center

Portland, OR | July 2020 – June 2023

• Executed 290 micro-neurosurgical procedures annually including aneurysm clippings and tumor resections, achieving a low perioperative complication rate of under 1.6% and outperforming regional averages by 12%.
• Coordinated residency training rotations and surgical simulation labs for 6 neurosurgery residents, improving objective clinical competency scores by 28% across 2 consecutive training cohorts.
• Established a standardized deep brain stimulation (DBS) protocol for Parkinson's patients using Medtronic StealthStation, shortening overall setup times by 20% and improving target precision by 15%.
• Collaborated on a quality improvement initiative to minimize surgical site infections, implementing sterile protocol changes that successfully reduced post-surgical infection rates by 35% in 2 years.

Cranial surgery, Spinal reconstruction, Microsurgery, Image-guided navigation, Stereotactic radiosurgery, Deep brain stimulation (DBS), Subdural hematoma evacuation, Patient safety protocols, Clinical workflow optimization, Epic EHR, Medtronic StealthStation, Brainlab navigation, Zeiss surgical microscopes, Interdisciplinary leadership

Stereotactic Radiosurgery Workflow Redesign

Role: Lead Neurosurgical Consultant

Tools: Brainlab, Zeiss surgical microscopes, Epic EHR

Redesigned target planning workflows for stereotactic treatments, resulting in a 22% reduction in treatment planning times and increasing departmental throughput by 14% over 6 months.

Intraoperative Image-Guided Navigation Expansion

Role: Project Director

Tools: Medtronic StealthStation, Brainlab, O-arm

Led the acquisition and integration of 2 intraoperative O-arm imaging systems, increasing image-guided spine surgery volume by 30% and lowering instrumentation revision rates by 42%.

• Board Certification in Neurological Surgery (American Board of Neurological Surgery) (2021)
• Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) Certification (2020)
• Active State Medical License (Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine) (2020)

• Languages: English (Native), French (Conversational)
• Professional Memberships: Fellow, American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)
• Availability: 3 months notice (standard for attending physicians)