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Biography: Edward F. Aulisi, MD, FAANS, FACS, is the chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at MedStar Washington Hospital Center and serves as medical director of the MedStar Neuroscience Intermediate Care Unit. He is also the medical director of the MedStar Pituitary Center with decades of experience in pituitary surgery using both open and endoscopic surgical approaches. Dr. Aulisi is a nationally known expert in spine surgery. In addition to spine treatments, his patients also have onsite access to specialists in rehabilitation medicine with the renowned MedStar National Rehabilitation Network. Dr. Aulisi is deeply committed to providing expert and compassionate care to patients. He takes the time to ensure each patient understands their diagnosis and the best treatment options to meet their individual needs. His approach to care has led to excellent patient outcomes. Dr. Aulisi highlights:Board certified neurosurgeon with advanced training in tumors of the skull base, neurovascular microsurgery, complicated spinal surgery, neurotrauma and computer-assisted neurosurgery.Advanced training in complex spinal surgery, minimally invasive spine surgery and surgery for tumors at the base of the skull, including pituitary tumors.One of only two neurosurgeons in the national capital region to perform Gamma Knife radiosurgery.Named one of Washingtonian Magazine's Top Doctors.Princeton University graduate.Licensed in the District of Columbia, Virginia and Maryland.Neurosurgery professor at Georgetown University.Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons.

Care Philosophy: My goal in care is to ensure that each patient is fully educated about the nature of their condition and all available treatment options that may be appropriate for them. Being specialty trained both in open microsurgical cerebrovascular approaches and minimally invasive endovascular techniques affords me a unique perspective. I am able to provide my patients a balanced opinion regarding the relative advantages and disadvantages of each modality, enabling me to individualize treatment for each of them.

Biography: Rocco A. Armonda, MD, is director of Neuroendovascular Surgery for MedStar Washington Hospital Center and MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, surgical co-director for the Neuro Intensive Care Unit at MedStar Washington, and associate professor and director of Neurosurgery at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS). Dr. Armonda graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1986 and from USUHS in 1990, with academic honors. His surgical internship and neurosurgery residency were completed at Walter Reed Army MEDCEN. He was selected for a fellowship in Cerebrovascular Surgery and Interventional Neuroradiology at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadephia from 1997-99. He recently joined MedStar Health after a 31-year military career in which he was awarded the Bronze Star for service, the Army Medical Proficiency 'A' Designator for excellence in both clinical and academic medicine in 2009, and the Young Neurosurgeon's Award in 2005 from the AANS. He focuses on the areas of cerebrovascular disease, neurotrauma, and neurocritical care. He has advanced the use of multi-modal monitoring in the military and treatment techniques to patients with neurotrauma and stroke with both invasive and non-invasive monitoring. His seminal work includes the detection and treatment of traumatic cerebral vasospasm, traumatic pseudoaneurysms, decompressive craniotomy for wartime trauma, cranial-facial post-traumatic reconstruction, multimodal AVM treatments, and the design and deployment of the advanced neurointerventional operating room. His research efforts include clinical studies on the long-term outcomes of wartime post-hemicraniectomy patients, nanotechnology designed biologically active stents for neurovascular disease, non-invasive monitoring of cerebral blood flow, the neurovascular effects of blast injuries, and neurosurgical surgical simulators for hemicraniectomy training modules.