July 2021

NEUROSCIENCES

MINIMALLY INVASIVE CRANIAL AND ENDOSCOPIC SKULL BASE SURGERY

Featuring: Stephen T. Magill, MD, PhD

Episode Summary

Stephen T. Magill, MD, PhD, assistant professor of Neurological Surgery at Northwestern Medicine, discusses the evolving field of minimally invasive cranial and endoscopic skull base surgery. Outlining advances in the diagnosis and treatment of skull base tumors, he describes how minimally invasive approaches are helping patients with otherwise inoperable tumors. He talks about the importance of the multidisciplinary care model at Northwestern Medicine, as well as exciting developments currently underway.
 
“We’re beginning to develop some improved diagnostics based off molecular characteristics [especially for meningioma]. And that’s been an important part of my research and research going forward,” says Dr. Magill. “The same is true for craniopharyngioma and other tumors, where depending on the mutation in the tumor, we can be much less aggressive because medical therapies are starting to come on board.
​Stephen T. Magill, MD, PhD, is an assistant professor of Neurological Surgery at Northwestern Medicine.

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