Neurological Surgery

& Neuroscience Services

 

Committed to providing superior care at Memorial Hermann & UT Health since 2015.

Spiros Blackburn, MD, is a board-certified neurosurgeon who specializes in cerebrovascular and skull base surgery. He has special expertise in both endoscopic and endovascular neurosurgery.

Practice

  • Cerebral aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations

  • Meningiomas and other tumors involving the skull base

  • Pituitary tumors

  • Moya Moya disease

  • Carotid artery - stenosis and endarterectomy

  • Cavernous malformations

Special Expertise

  • Endovascular neurosurgery (also called interventional neuroradiology) – coil embolization of aneurysms

  • Endoscopic approaches to pituitary tumors, meningiomas, and other mass lesions

  • Complex skull base tumor surgery and bypass procedures

Credentials

 

Medical Education

UT Southwestern (AHP, Med & Grad Schools)-Registrar 2004

Internship & Residency

Neurological Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine

Fellowship

Vascular and Skull Base Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine
Endovascular Neurological Surgery, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology/Washington University

 

Board Certification

American Board of Neurological Surgeons

Affiliated Centers

  • Memorial Hermann Memorial City Hospital

  • Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital

  • Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center

  • Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Hospital

Languages

English
Greek

Clinical Interests

 

Aneurysms

Endoscopic Neurosurgery

Meningioma

Pituitary Tumors

Cerebral Bypass

Brain Arteriovenous Malformation

Chordoma

Skull Base Surgery