A Message from the Chairman
Bharat Guthikonda,
MD, MBA, FAANS, FACS
Professor and Chairman
It is an exciting time for the department, with a flourishing practice, a great complement of faculty and residents, and a great clinic team. As recognized leaders in neurosurgery, we are well positioned to grow our practice and provide excellent comprehensive neurosurgical care to Shreveport-Bossier, northwest Louisiana and beyond for the foreseeable future.
Educating and training our next generation of neurosurgeons, our residents, has always been and will continue to be at the forefront of our departmental mission.
We strive to develop and support pioneering scientific programs through basic research opportunities and projects focusing on the development of new, cutting-edge surgical approaches and refinement of existing approaches supported by clinical and technique-based projects.
We are continuously expanding our neurosurgical faculty to ensure our residents receive an excellent combination of clinical and research opportunities led by some of the most knowledgeable and renowned neurosurgeons in the field. We are very fortunate to have several senior faculty members who are excellent mentors and continue our tradition of excellence in delivering world-class, compassionate patient care and producing the future leaders in the field of neurosurgery.
Our program offers residents a wealth of clinical exposure with more than 3,000 surgical procedures performed annually.
Residents gain experience in trauma, spinal instrumentation, skull base, peripheral nerve, vascular, oncology, pediatric, stereotactic, endoscopic, aneurysm, arteriovenous malformations, and pain specialties. These cases include over 600 craniotomies, 70 skull base procedures, 1000 spinal cases, and 60 aneurysms. Our curriculum fosters an environment in which residents build upon skills that enable them to care for patients from evaluation to post-operative care.
It is with a great deal of humility and gratitude that I serve as the Department of Neurosurgery’s Chairman and invite you to visit us and explore, whether you are a patient, a scientist, or a student. Welcome to the LSU Health Shreveport Department of Neurosurgery.
THE LSU HEALTH SHREVEPORT DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY BY THE NUMBERS
3,000+
Operations per
Year
1,000+
Gamma
Knife Procedures
51,000+
Total Operations since 1996
10,000+
Spine Operations Performed
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Featured News
Dr. Krystle Trosclair, Director of Neurosurgical Research, was recently appointed onto the LSU Health Shreveport Center for Cardiovascular Diseases and Sciences (CCDS) faculty.
Dr. Jennifer Kosty, Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery, was recently appointed as the Director of Skull Base Research for the LSU Health Shreveport Department of Neurosurgery.
Congratulations to Dr. Hugo Cuellar, Professor of Neurosurgery and Director of Neurointerventional Surgery, for recently being appointed as the Chairman of the LSU Health Shreveport Department of Radiology.
Dr. Anthony Sin, Professor and Vice-Chair of Neurosurgery and Director of Complex Spinal Disorders, recently received a joint appointment in the LSU Health Shreveport Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.
Congratulations to Dr. Christina Notarianni, Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery and Residency Program Director, for her recent promotion to Professor in the LSU Health Shreveport Department of Neurosurgery.
Krystle Trosclair, MS, PhD recently joined the LSU Health Shreveport Department of Neurosurgery as an Assistant Professor and was appointed Director of Neurosurgical Research in the Department of Neurosurgery at LSU Health Shreveport.
Dr. Hugo Cuellar talks to the Arklatex Homepage host of "Loving Living Local", Fernanda Hernandez, about recognizing a stroke and seeking immediate treatment.
The symposium presented a multidisciplinary approach for the care and treatment of patients with neurological spinal deformities, educating healthcare providers about best current practices and future treatment directions
Red River Radio's Health Matters episode featured Dr. Jennifer Kosty and Dr. James Patterson discussing head trauma.
Department of Neurosurgery PGY-3 resident, Dr. Nimer Adeeb, and department chairman, Dr. Bharat Guthikonda, have been awarded a $19,000 grant from Medtronic to upgrade equipment in the department's Skull Base Research Lab!