Neurosurgeon. Innovator. Author. Teacher. President & CEO @BarrowNeuro. Spetzler Chair of Neurosurgery. Co-Founder @MissionBrainOrg.
Joined November 2011
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Jun 12
It’s frustrating when patients w/operable AVMs are told that theirs is too dangerous for surgery. On the other hand, it’s gratifying when those same pts come to Barrow, get the cure they wanted, have a great experience. Thanks to pts like this one who search & find their way here…
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Jun 12
Watch this #SevenSeries video showing this bifrontal craniotomy, anterior interhemispheric approach, and resection of medial frontal Spetzler-Martin Grade 3/Lawton-Young Grade 3 AVM, on our website @BarrowNeuro by clicking on this link… Bar.rw/7series.
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Jun 12
Here's an article to go with today's #SevenSeries video....
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3508…
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Jun 11
Another special class of @BarrowNeuro Chief Residents that has blossomed into technically superb neurosurgeons, caring doctors, unique human beings, and after performances last night at our annual roast, brilliant actors. Here, after our final Chief Round Table…#GraduationWeek
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Jun 10
Exceptional work from our special @BarrowNeuro and @NeurosurgUCSF pipeline…
Excited to share our multi-center study in @NatureNeuro describing the cellular landscape of human brain aneurysms to help understand why they form, progress, and rupture. Wonderful collaboration with @mtlawton, @NeurosurgUCSF, @BarrowNeuro, and @BAFOUND
nature.com/articles/s41593-0…
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Jun 10
Learning curves are climbed 1 step at a time over 7 long yrs. Seeing a resident at the end of chief residency march thru a delicate aneurysm dissection is the mentor's reward. Surgery is delicate, technical demands are high, & w/the right coaching, they get there. #GraduationWeek
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Jun 10
Watch this #SevenSeries video showing this mini bifrontal craniotomy, anterior interhemispheric approach, and clipping of distal pericallosal artery aneurysm, on our website @BarrowNeuro by clicking on this link… Bar.rw/7series.
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Jun 10
Here's an article to go with today's #SevenSeries video....
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3236…
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“Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is.” –Lombardi
I like returning the Lawrence Pool Trophy to PHX but I love seeing this team want to perpetuate Sonntag’s winning tradition. They put in the hard work to prepare & each individual finds a way to contribute. That makes greatness, on the softball diamond & in the OR. Congrats to 56 teams & the Neurocharity Tourney organizers for another special day in NYC.
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Confidence in aneurysm dissection comes when you establish proximal control: after that point, intraop rupture can be managed. Confidence in acoustic neuroma surgery comes when you identify facial nerve at the brainstem exit zone distally in internal auditory canal. Knowing the nerve's course steels you for rapid removal of tumor…
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Watch this #SevenSeries video showing this translabyrinthine craniotomy, resection of a large (Koos Grade 4) vestibular schwannoma, and dissection of the facial nerve, on our website @BarrowNeuro by clicking on this link… Bar.rw/7series.
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Here's an article to go with today's #SevenSeries video....
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4187…
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A decade ago, at the invitation of Juha Hernesniemi, I participated in HelsinkiLive Microneurosurgery alongside living legends: Dolenc, de Oliviero, Tanikawa, Krisht, etc. It was more Olympics than Live Surgery, w/high stakes & intense pressure from the judgment of peers. It took 20 minutes to settle my hands during my 1st case, but I learned to perform publicly under pressure & turned my idols into friends. Missing #HelsinkiLive…
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Neuroanatomy teaser: This patient presents w/atypical face pain unresponsive to microvascular decompression & C1 spinal cord stimulator. Weird!? Turns out a cuneate medullary cavernoma was triggering spinal trigeminal nucleus on its descent to C3 & its resection cured her…
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Watch this #SevenSeries video showing this suboccipital craniotomy with C1 laminectomy, resection of low-lying cuneate medullary cavernous malformation, in a patient w/ refractory face pain, on our website @BarrowNeuro by clicking…Bar.rw/7series. "Right-angle method..."
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Here's an article on the "right-angle method" to go with today's #SevenSeries video....
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3325…
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Proud of Sarah and all our amazing residents @BarrowNeuro …
Congratulations to #neurosurgeryresident Sarah Sternbach, MD, and her collaborators in the Neurocritical Care Program at #BarrowNeurologicalInstitute on receiving the Natus Resident/Fellow Award for Neurocritical Care at the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) Annual Meeting (#AANS2026)!
@AANSNeuro presents this award to the best #neurocriticalcare abstract submitted by a resident or fellow. Dr. Sternbach performed this research with pharmacy specialist Tyler Haller, PharmD, BCCCP, and acute care nurse practitioner Diane McLaughlin, DNP, AGACNP-BC, CCRN, FCCM, FNCS, MBA. She credits them with conceiving the project and welcoming her participation.
The team performed a retrospective cohort study of patients with acute #braininjuries. These patients had dangerously high blood pressure despite receiving maximal doses of nicardipine and thus were switched from the first-line medication to another agent, known as clevidipine.
Drs. Sternbach, Haller, and McLaughlin found that nearly 85% of these patients achieved blood pressure control within one hour of starting clevidipine and that side effects were rare. Their study suggests that clevidipine is a safe and an effective rescue option for one of the most challenging problems in neurocritically ill patients.
ALT Dr. Sarah Sternbach poses with her plaque in front of signage for the AANS 2026 Annual Meeting in San Antonio
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First ever disposable, high-quality, always sharp microscissors designed by and made for neurosurgeons. You must try these - life-changing….
🎬✨ Hear about the LawtonElite Microscissors directly from Dr. Lawton 🔬
Watch the video 👉 hubs.li/Q04fHbMm0
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Graduation speeches by Chiefs at the ceremony’s end are too short, rushed. In Farewell Talks before, they can reflect on their training years, pass wisdom on to peers, share their life stories. Amazing talks from Mark Pacult about self-belief & Rob Rudy about stepping up…#Proud
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