Best Neurosurgeons and Brain Surgeons in Peoria, IL

As a neurosurgeon clinician-scientist, Dr. Bydon is Principal Investigator of the Mayo Clinic Neuro-Informatics Laboratory. The laboratory is focused on data analytics, patient safety, surgical outcomes, and novel therapeutic treatments for spine disease.

Michelle J. Clarke, M.D., is a neurosurgeon specializing in complex spine surgery and spinal oncology. Her clinical practice includes: Spine tumors, including primary and metastatic tumors, spinal cord tumors, spinal vascular lesions, andassociated complex reconstructions Degenerative spine disease, including spinal stenosis, degenerative scoliosis and other degenerative conditions Promoting each patient's understanding of his or her disease and determining the best course of action, including directing him or her to appropriate nonsurgical management

Conditions treated Astrocytoma Brain metastasis Brain tumor Ependymoma Glioblastoma Medulloblastoma Meningioma Oligodendroglioma Procedures performed Awake brain surgery Brain stereotactic radiosurgery Brain tumor surgery Gamma knife surgery Interests Surgical neuro-oncology Brain tumor clinical trials Regenerative neurosurgery Translational neuroregeneration Radiation-induced brain injury Cognitive outcomes; quality of life Neurosurgical innovation