Ehud Mendel, MD, MBA
Nixdorff-German Professor of NeurosurgeryCards
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Ehud Mendel, MD, MBA, is a neurosurgeon and director of the Spine Oncology Program at Smilow Cancer Hospital’s Disease Center. A renowned leader in spinal surgery procedures, Dr. Mendel removes spinal tumors and has spearheaded research in reconstructive surgery following tumor removal.
With areas of specialty including spinal cancer, spine sarcoma, and spinal cord tumors, he has built specific protocols for removal of spinal cord tumors. The entire tumor must be removed, or cancer cells invade other parts of a patient’s body.
Dr. Mendel’s research includes examination of the characteristics of osteoblastomas(a rare, noncancerous bone tumor), the physics of lower back disorders, and the use of radiosurgery, MRIs, and other surgical tools.
Additionally, Dr. Mendel is division chief of the Spine Surgery Program and the executive vice chair in the Yale School of Medicine Department of Neurosurgery.
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- March 11, 2024
A Complex Approach to a Rare Cancer
- February 14, 2024Source: YaleNews
Ehud Mendel Named the Nixdorff-German Professor of Neurosurgery
- May 01, 2023
Connecticut Magazine’s 2023 “Top Doctors” issue recognizes 81 Smilow Cancer Hospital and Yale Cancer Center physicians
- August 29, 2022Source: Hartford Courant
How A CT Surgeon Replaced Cancerous Vertebra By Going Through The Throat Of A Patient Who Didn’t Think She Was Going To Survive