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Gabriel Zada, MD

Neurosurgeon
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA, US

Dr. Zada is a board-certified neurosurgeon and internationally recognized expert in brain, skull base and pituitary tumor surgery, as well as a variety of endoscopic and minimally invasive neurosurgical cranial techniques. Dr. Zada has treated over 3,000 patients with brain and skull base tumors using both minimally invasive and open cranial approaches. Dr. Zada is the Surgical Director of the USC Brain Tumor Center, which has the highest surgical volume of any academic medical center in Southern California. As Director of the USC Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery Program, Dr. Zada directs a comprehensive minimally invasive cranial surgery program including extensive experience performing endoscopic skull base/pituitary surgery. He also co-directs the USC Radiosurgery Center and performs both Gamma Knife and TrueBeam Radiosurgery.
Dr. Zada has a keen clinical and academic interest in brain and skull base tumor surgery and has published over 300 peer-reviewed articles on various topics, mostly relating to brain/pituitary tumors and skull base surgery. He co-authored and edited the textbook entitled “The Atlas of Sellar and Parasellar Lesions”, which has over 200,000 downloads. He is an NIH-funded principal investigator whose research laboratory at the Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute focuses on the genomics and epigenetics of brain and pituitary tumors. Dr. Zada serves on the editorial board of The Journal of Neurosurgery.

Disclosure(s): Stryker Corp: Consultant (Ongoing)

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