Skull Base Surgery

UBNS performs minimally invasive procedures whenever possible. In some cases, however, traditional open skull surgical procedures are still the best treatment option.  UBNS physicians are equally as practiced and skilled in both approaches and can expertly perform whichever is most suited to a patient’s particular case.  Skull base surgery is the preferred method to remove both noncancerous and cancerous growths, and abnormalities at the base, or bottom, of the skull.

Conditions that may be treated using skull base surgery include:

  • Cysts that develop from birth
  • Growths caused by infections
  • Pituitary tumors
  • Meningiomas
  • Chordomas
  • Craniopharyngiomas
  • Craniosynostosis
  • Cerebrospinal fluid fistulas

Meet Our Physicians

Elad I. Levy

MD MBA FACS FAHA, Chairman

Clinical Team

Neuroendovascular & Stroke

Kevin J. Gibbons

MD FACS FAANS

Clinical Team

Minimally Invasive Brain Endoscopy

Spine & Skull Base Disorders

Veetai Li

MD

Clinical Team

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Minimally Invasive Brain Endoscopy

Renée Reynolds

MD FAANS

Clinical Team

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Minimally Invasive Brain Endoscopy

WNY Locations

  • Dunkirk

  • John R. Oishei Children’s Hospital

  • Erie County Medical Center

  • Buffalo General Medical Center

  • Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

  • Gates Vascular Institute

  • Summit Park Office Complex

  • Oishei Children’s Outpatient Center

  • Brook Bridge Medical Complex

  • Conventus Building

  • Comprehensive Neuroscience Center

Surgical Locations: 

Buffalo General Medical Center, Gates Vascular Institute, John R. Oishei Children’s Hospital, Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital, Sisters of Charity Hospital, Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center, Mercy Hospital of Buffalo, Kenmore Mercy Hospital

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