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.

Primary 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 Medical School, Dallas Texas

Internship & Residency

Neurological Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine

Fellowships

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

  • Recognition of Focused Practice, Endovascular Neurosurgery

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


Endoscopic Neurosurgery

Meningioma


Cerebral Bypass


Brain Arteriovenous Malformation

Chordoma


Skull Base Surgery