Biography

Area of Expertise: Brain and Spinal Tumors, Stereotactic Surgery and Gamma Knife Therapy

Michael A.Vogelbaum, M.D., is a graduate of the University of Virginia School of Medicine in Charlottesville, VA. He received his specialty training in neurosurgery at the Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, MO.

Dr. Vogelbaum specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of benign and malignant tumors of the brain and spinal cord. He also has a background in stereotactic surgery, Gamma Knife therapy and the molecular biology of brain tumors. Dr. Vogelbaum has held joint appointments with the Cleveland Clinic Gamma Knife Center and the Lerner Research Institute’s Department of Cancer Biology. He also served as Associate Director of the Brain Tumor and Neuro-Oncology Center and Director of the Center for Translational Therapeutics at Cleveland Clinic’s Department of Neurological Surgery.

In addition to his clinical duties, Dr. Vogelbaum is an active and enthusiastic Research Scientist. He was the recipient of the prestigious American Association of Neurological Surgeons Young Clinician Investigator Award.