Neurosurgical expertise for complex and serious conditions
Mayo Clinic neurosurgical clinics and services are among the most advanced and comprehensive in the world. We offer the latest in lifesaving, technically demanding procedures that help adults and children with complex and serious conditions of the brain, spine and nervous system.
Our world-renowned neurosurgeons perform more than 9,300 surgeries each year. They are on the leading edge of advanced methods and technology. These include awake brain surgery, robotics, intraoperative MRI, computer-assisted brain surgery, stereotactic radiosurgery and deep brain stimulation. Our team is committed to improving the lives of all the people they treat.
Top ranked
Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, Mayo Clinic in Phoenix/Scottsdale, Arizona, and Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, are ranked among the Best Hospitals for neurology and neurosurgery in the U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals rankings.
Advanced neurosurgical treatment
Our neurosurgeons offer neurosurgical clinics and services in cutting-edge facilities that include intraoperative MRI suites and systems to monitor how your brain, spinal cord, cranial nerves and other nerves are doing during surgery. This technique is called intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring, also called IONM. They are experts in other advanced methods such as microsurgery, radiosurgery and awake brain surgery. Mayo Clinic is one of only a few medical centers in the country to offer awake brain surgery. This approach is used to remove complex tumors safely in a way that lowers the risk to speech and other vital functions.
A team approach
Neurosurgeons at Mayo Clinic are part of teams of experts in other specialties. Together these teams provide comprehensive services and whole-person care. They may include neurologists, orthopedic surgeons, orthopedic oncologists, radiologists, anesthesiologists, endocrinologists, otolaryngologists, rehabilitation specialists, pain medicine specialists, radiation oncologists and others as needed.
Arizona
The Neurosurgery team at Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona, specializes in treating conditions of the nervous system.
Mayo Clinic neurosurgeons in Scottsdale bring together neurological services and focused expertise in many specialty areas, such as:
- Brain Tumor Program: Personalized, comprehensive, expert care to people with brain tumors.
- Epilepsy specialty group: Diagnosis and treatment for people with epilepsy, rated by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers as a level 4 center, the highest ranking.
Top ranked
Mayo Clinic in Phoenix/Scottsdale, Arizona, has been ranked among the best neurology and neurosurgery hospitals in the nation for 2024-2025 by U.S. News & World Report.
Florida
The Neurosurgery team at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, specializes in treating conditions of the nervous system.
Mayo Clinic neurosurgeons in Jacksonville bring together neurological services and focused expertise in many specialty areas, such as:
Surgeons at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, may use a high-powered (7-tesla) MRI scanner. This scanner creates images of such detail that it can pinpoint the smallest defects — in some cases, those causing seizures. Other specialists within Neurosurgery in Florida offer focus and deep experience in complex and minimally invasive spine surgery, radiosurgery, deep brain stimulation, and brain mapping.
Top ranked
Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, has been ranked among the best neurology and neurosurgery hospitals in the nation for 2024-2025 by U.S. News & World Report.
Minnesota
The Neurosurgery team at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, specializes in treating conditions of the nervous system.
Mayo Clinic neurosurgeons in Rochester, Minnesota, bring together neurological services and focused expertise in many specialty areas, such as:
Surgeons at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, may use a high-powered (7-tesla) MRI scanner. This scanner creates images of such detail that it can pinpoint the smallest defects — in some cases, those causing seizures.
In Minnesota pediatric neurosurgeons provide high-quality neurosurgical services. They work with other specialists to provide whole-person, coordinated care to children and adolescents with serious and complex conditions, including epilepsy, cerebral palsy, spina bifida and fetal defects. Children seen in the Pediatric Brain Tumor Clinic might have a team that also includes neuropsychologists, neuroradiologists, neuropathologists and others as needed.
Children who need care in a hospital may go to Mayo Eugenio Litta Children's Hospital at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Nurses there are trained in treating children and adolescents with neurological conditions. Child life specialists help you and your child deal with natural concerns about illness, medical procedures and hospital care.
In addition, Mayo Clinic Health System clinics, hospitals and other healthcare facilities are in more than 39 communities in Minnesota and Wisconsin. These sites provide Mayo Clinic neurology and neurosurgery care to their local communities.
Top ranked
Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, has been ranked among the best neurology and neurosurgery hospitals in the nation for 2024-2025 by U.S. News & World Report.
Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, ranks among the Best Hospitals for neurology and neurosurgery and for cancer in the U.S. News & World Report rankings. Mayo Clinic Children's Center in Rochester is ranked the No. 1 hospital in Minnesota, and the five-state region of Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin, according to U.S. News & World Report's 2023–2024 "Best Children's Hospitals" rankings. With the emphasis on collaborative care, specialists interact very closely with their colleagues across all sites.