The Stanford Skull Base Surgery Team
Our Skull Base team is made of Stanford Medicine's best surgeons across all disciplines related to skull base treatment, surgery, and recovery.
Anterior/Endoscopic Skull Base Surgeons
Zara M. Patel, MD
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology — Head & Neck Surgery (OHNS) and, by courtesy, of Neurosurgery
Director of Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery
Co-Director of Clinical Instructorship in Rhinology & Advanced Sinus Surgery
Peter H. Hwang, MD
Professor of Otolaryngology — Head & Neck Surgery (OHNS) and, by courtesy, of Neurosurgery
Vice Chair
Chief of Rhinology and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery
Jayakar V. Nayak, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology — Head & Neck Surgery (OHNS) and, by courtesy, of Neurosurgery
Co-Director of Clinical Instructorship in Rhinology & Advanced Sinus Surgery
Lateral Skull Base Surgeons
Nikolas H. Blevins, MD
Larry and Sharon Malcolmson Professor of Otolaryngology — Head & Neck Surgery (OHNS) and, by courtesy, of Neurosurgery and Psychiatry
Chief of Otology & Neurotology
Robert K. Jackler, MD
Edward C. and Amy H. Sewall Professor of Otolaryngology — Head & Neck Surgery (OHNS) and, by courtesy, of Neurosurgery and Surgery
Peter Luke Santa Maria, MBBS, PhD
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology — Head & Neck Surgery (OHNS)
Jennifer Christy Alyono, MD, MS
Clinical Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology — Head & Neck Surgery (OHNS)
Residency Program Associate Director
Neurosurgeons
Juan Fernandez-Miranda, MD, FACS
Professor & Division Chief of Skull Base Surgery, Neurosurgery
Steven D. Chang, MD
Professor, Neurosurgery
Gordon Li, MD
Associate Professor, Neurosurgery
Michael Lim, MD
Professor, Neurosurgery
Chair, Department of Neurosurgery
Melanie Hayden-Gephart, MD
Associate Professor, Neurosurgery
Robert Dodd, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Neurosurgery and Radiology
Pediatric Neurosurgeons
Gerald Grant, MD, FACS
Professor, Pediatric Neurosurgery
David S. Hong, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery
Kelly Mahaney, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Neurosurgery
Head and Neck Surgeons
Vasu Divi, MD
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology — Head & Neck Surgery (OHNS)
Director of the Head & Neck Microvascular Reconstructive Surgery Program
Associate Medical Director of Cancer Quality
(Stanford Cancer Center)
Fellowship Director of Head & Neck Surgery
Michael J. Kaplan, MD
Professor of Otolaryngology — Head & Neck Surgery (OHNS), and, by courtesy, Neurological Surgery, Emeritus
Oculoplastic Surgeons
Andrea Kossler, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology
Benjamin Erickson, MD, MHS
Clinical Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology
Neuro-ophthalmologists
Y. Joyce Liao, MD, PhD
Associatie Professor, Ophthalmology and Neurology
Shannon Beres, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences and Ophthalmology
Heather E. Moss, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology and Neurology
Endocrinologists
Laurence Katznelson, MD
Professor, Neurosurgery and Medicine
Andrew R. Hoffman, MD
Professor, Medicine
Neuroradiologists
Nancy Fischbein
Professor, Radiology
Juan C. Fernandez-Miranda, MD, FACS
Professor of Neurosurgery, Medicine & ORL/Head-Neck
Chief, Skull Base and Pituitary Division
Stanford Medicine
Juan C. Fernandez-Miranda, MD, FACS
Surgical Director of Stanford Skull Base and Pituitary Centers
#1 Neurosurgeon Expert in Skull Base Surgery — US Pacific Zone*
Top 5 Neurosurgeon Expert in Skull Base Worldwide
#1 Neurosurgeon Expert on Skull Base Tumors — US Pacific Zone*
Top 3 Neurosurgeon Expert on Skull Base Tumors Worldwide
* Expertscape objectively ranks physicians by their expertise.
* Based on peer-review scientific publications 2010-2021.
* Rankings are 100% objective, with no elements of a popularity contest, nor any way for an institution to spin marketing dollars into a higher ranking.