USF Center for Skull Base Surgery
USF Center for Skull Base Surgery is a multi-disciplinary Partnership with USF Department of Neurological Surgery.
Providers
USF Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
- K. Paul Boyev, M.D.
Director, Division of Otology/Neurotology/Lateral Skull Base Surgery - Thomas V. McCaffrey, M.D., Ph.D.
- Tapan A. Padhya, M.D.
- Mark W. El-Deiry, M.D.
- Mark H. Tabor, M.D.
USF Neurosurgery
- Harry van Loveren, M.D., Department Chair
- Fernando L. Vale, M.D.
- Sivierio Agazzi, M.D.
- Samy Youssef, M.D., Ph.D.
What We Treat
- Lateral Skull Base
- Meningiomas
- Acoustic Neuromas
- Jugular Tumors (glomus jugulare)
- Anterior Skull Base
- sinus carcinoma
- sinus masses
- orbital tumors
- pituitary masses
- advanced allergic fungal sinusitis
Special Services Available
- Minimally-invasive pituitary surgery
- Minimally-invasive endonasal skull base surgery
- Interoperative Image guided surgery BrainLAB®
- Multidisciplinary tumor board


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