CENTER OF BRAIN AND SPINE SURGERY - Key Persons

George K. Bovis, MD is a board-certified neurosurgeon who specializes in the treatment of brain tumors, trigeminal neuralgia, aneurysms and AVMs. He utilizes a comprehensive approach to treating his patients, doing absolutely everything he can to identify and eliminate the underlying cause of symptoms or the risk of future harm. Dr. Bovis is recognized as a national leader in the use of Gamma Knife radiosurgery to treat inoperable or inaccessible brain tumors or lesions, as well as patients who would be unable to tolerate open surgery because of advanced age or other complicating conditions. Because of his experience and national standing, Dr. Bovis was appointed Medical Director for the Illinois Gamma Knife Center at Alexian Brothers Medical Center in Elk Grove Village, Illinois. Dr. Bovis disclosures: Dr. Bovis is a shareholder in the Illinois Gamma Knife Center. To learn more about Dr. Bovis, please visit his website at: http://www.

Martin D. Herman, M.D., Ph.D. is a board certified neurosurgeon who completed his undergraduate degree at M.I.T. and graduated from the University of Illinois with an M.D. and M.S. in Molecular Biology, where he was a James Scholar. He completed his neurosurgery residency in neurological surgery and PhD at Northwestern University in 1995. He continued his training in spine fusion surgery on the Department of Orthopaedics at the Rush Medical Center. Dr. Herman has been an attending neurosurgeon at the Lutheran General Hospital since 1995, and has been Division Director in Neurosurgery since 2003. Dr. Herman is an Assistant Professor at Rush University Medical Center and is the Rush University Local Site Neurosurgery Residency Director since 2006. He has been invited to speak about Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery at numerous major academic programs in the United States and Internationally. He has lectured at the American Association of Neurosurgery Meetings; at the University of Chicago; Northwestern University; Mayo/Mayfield Clinic Meeting; in Panama, Peru and Argentina. He was featured on the first live spinal surgery webcast in 2002. He has been named a Top US Doctor and Top Chicago Doctor for more than a decade and has been featured in Chicago Magazine.