John M. Tew, Jr., MD

Neurosurgeon

Areas of expertise - brain tumors, spinal cord tumors, acoustic neuromas, pituitary tumors, shingles, trigeminal neuralgia, glossopharyngeal neuralgia, percutaneous stereotactic rhizotomy (PSR), microvascular decompression (MVD), hemifacial spasm, and Chiari malformations

Education

Undergraduate: Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Medical School: Bowman Gray School of Medicine - Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1961

Internship: Cornell University, New York City, 1961-1962

Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1962-1969; Boston Children's Hospital, 1966-1967

Fellowship: University of Zurich, Switzerland, 1969-1970

Certification

American Board of Neurological Surgery

Experience

Mayfield Clinic, Cincinnati: Neurosurgeon, 1969-present; Vice Chairman, Board of Directors, 2000-2002

UC Neuroscience Institute: Clinical Director, 2006-present; Medical Director, 1998-2006; Neurosurgeon, Brain Tumor Center, Cerebrovascular Disease and Stroke Center, and Functional Neuroscience Center

UC College of Medicine: Professor of Neurosurgery, 2002-present; Frank H. Mayfield Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery, 1982-2002; Director, Division of Cerebrovascular Surgery, 1982-2001; Professor of Radiology, 1995-present

Children's Hospital Medical Center: Chief of Neurosurgery, 1982-1999

U.S. Army Reserve: Colonel, MC Consultant to Surgeon General, 1984-1997

Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati: Chairman, Section of Neurosurgery, 1977-1991; Director, Residency Program, 1976-1982

Primary hospital affiliations*

University Hospital, The Christ Hospital Spine Surgery Center

Professional memberships

American Academy of Neurological Surgery, President, 1996

American Association of Neurological Surgeons

American College of Surgeons, Fellow

Congress of Neurological Surgeons, President, 1982

Acoustic Neuroma Association, Co-chairman, Medical Advisory Board

Hemifacial Spasm Association

Pituitary Tumor Network Association, Member, Scientific Advisory Board

Trigeminal Neuralgia Association