Discover Exceptional Neurosurgery Care at Mayo Clinic
At Mayo Clinic in Florida our team of specialists are dedicated to providing advanced, expert treatment for conditions of the brain, spine, and nervous system. We evaluate your condition from every angle to develop a personalized treatment plan that aligns with your goals. Our approach is built on collaboration, ensuring that you benefit from the expertise of multiple specialists working together seamlessly.
Our practices are designed to facilitate quick and seamless collaboration, so you receive comprehensive care from a team of specialists rather than just one. More than 200 Mayo Clinic neurology experts provide diagnosis and care for over 500 conditions, including the serious, rare or complex, and help more than 100,000 adults and children each year. Mayo Clinic’s world-renowned neurosurgeons perform more than 9,300 surgeries each year. Our team of doctors have deep expertise in a variety of conditions, including epilepsy, aneurysms, movement disorders, stroke, brain and spinal cord tumors.
Why choose Mayo Clinic for...
Brain Tumor Care
Neurology & Neurosurgery
Coordinated, comprehensive care.
We know time is crucial when facing a neurological diagnosis, and that many of our patients are traveling to seek care away from their homes. What might take months to complete elsewhere can often be done in days at Mayo Clinic. Your team of experts will plan and coordinate comprehensive care for an efficient visit that maximizes your time on campus. Test results are available quickly and your appointment schedules are coordinated for you.
We’re with you every step of the way.
At Mayo Clinic, we understand that your journey to health doesn't end when you leave our campus. That's why we provide a comprehensive care plan that ensures you receive the best possible treatment both at Mayo Clinic and when you return home. Our team of specialists will collaborate closely with your home physicians to create a seamless transition of care, so you can continue to receive expert medical attention and support from home. This approach ensures that your health and well-being are consistently monitored and managed, providing you with peace of mind and continuity in your care
Advanced technologies, innovative treatments and targeted approaches.
We use targeted and minimally invasive approaches when planning your care that allows for higher precision, lower complication rates, shorter recovery time, and improved quality of life.
We can perform neurophysiological monitoring of the brain, spinal cord, cranial nerves and other functions during surgery. This creates accurate brain images that guide the neurosurgeon in removing only tumor tissue, while protecting healthy brain tissue to help preserve hearing, language, and other brain functions.
This includes Gamma Knife®, which delivers a high dose of radiation to a very small area of the brain. This is used to treat many brain metastases, including widely spaced tumors, often in a single treatment session.
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.
To visualize a brain tumor’s location more precisely and guide the neurosurgeon in removing only tumor tissue.
To enable faster recovery with fewer side effects. Approaches include key-hole surgery, radiosurgery, and laser thermal ablation.
Allows doctors to perform many types of complex procedures – often using tiny incisions – with more precision, flexibility and control than is possible with traditional procedures.
We can create a 3D model of the brain using specialized fusion software that allows the use of multiple types of imaging such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), intraoperative MRI, computerized tomography (CT) and positron emission tomography (PET) scans. This model can be used for planning surgeries and for precisely guiding surgeons during procedures.
Electrodes are implanted within areas of the brain to produce electrical impulses that affect brain activity to treat certain conditions. The amount of stimulation is controlled by a pacemaker-like device placed under the skin in the upper chest. A wire that travels under the skin connects this device to the electrodes.
This imaging system uses a stronger magnetic field to produce more detailed images of the body's interiors and is key to ensuring an accurate diagnosis to guide treatment.
Seeing the unseeable with new imaging technology
This image displays the radiology scanned imaging from a 3 Tesla MRI. The 3 Tesla MRI, while using a less powerful magnetic field compared to the 7 Tesla MRI, still provides clear and detailed images of the body's interior. It is commonly used in clinical settings to diagnose and monitor various medical conditions, offering valuable insights for patient care and treatment planning. However, the clarity of the images produced by the 3 Tesla MRI is not as high as that of the 7 Tesla MRI, which can impact the level of detail visible in the scans.
This image showcases the radiology scanned imaging from a 7 Tesla MRI. The 7 Tesla MRI uses a stronger magnetic field to produce highly detailed images of the body's interior. The detailed brain scans generated by this advanced imaging system assist Mayo Clinic care teams in diagnosing and treating patients with brain tumors. This cutting-edge technology is crucial for ensuring patients receive accurate diagnoses, which guide effective treatment plans.
Appointments available within 24 hours.
At Mayo Clinic, we continue to innovate so you can focus on life beyond brain cancer. Our commitment to advanced, patient-centered care is reflected in the exceptional outcomes our patients experience. From reduced hospital stays and lower complication rates to shorter recovery times and improved quality of life, our innovative approaches and expert team ensure that you receive the best possible care. Additionally, with guaranteed access to an appointment within 24 hours, you can be seen quickly and start your journey to recovery without delay.
World-Class Care for Brain Cancer Begins Here
We operate on tumors that other centers may not.
With our expertise and technology, we often treat people with Stage 3 or 4, or metastatic brain cancer. More than 7,000 adults and children with brain and other central nervous system cancers come to Mayo Clinic each year.
Getting a second or third opinion at Mayo Clinic for an advanced or “inoperable” tumor is about finding options and the best possible outcome for you.
Highly ranked expertise.
Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, rank among the Best Hospitals for Neurology and Neurosurgery in the U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals rankings.
In recognition of our scientific leadership in cancer care and research, Mayo Clinic was one of the first National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated comprehensive cancer centers and is the only such center with three unique locations today. Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center meets the strict standards for scientific excellence and a multispecialty approach focused on cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.
One of the National Cancer Institute’s first designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers. Proudly recognized for our scientific leadership and resources.
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