Why choose Mayo Clinic

By Mayo Clinic Staff



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  • Experience. Mayo Clinic surgeons have experience performing awake brain surgery to remove brain tumors or epileptic foci that doctors previously considered inoperable. Mayo Clinic surgeons perform about 690 awake brain surgeries each year.
  • Team approach. At Mayo Clinic, brain surgeons (neurosurgeons) work with an integrated team of doctors trained in brain conditions (neurologists), anesthesia (anesthesiologists), speech and language (speech-language pathologists), and other areas to provide your care before, during and after awake brain surgery. Doctors also work with computer engineers, language interpreters and other specialists to care for people who may need awake brain surgery.
  • Technology. Mayo Clinic doctors use computer-assisted brain surgery and intraoperative MRI during awake brain surgery. Doctors may also conduct deep brain stimulation during awake brain surgery.
  • Research. Mayo Clinic doctors conduct research in several types of neurosurgery to treat neurological conditions, including awake brain surgery and other procedures.


March 19, 2014