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 Patel, MD
Professor of Otolaryngology — Head & Neck Surgery and, by courtesy, of Neurosurgery

Director of Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery
Director of Neurorhinology - Advanced Sinus & Skull Base Surgery Fellowship

Peter H. Hwang, MD
Professor of Otolaryngology — Head & Neck Surgery and, by courtesy, of Neurosurgery

Vice Chair of Otolaryngology — Head & Neck Surgery Department
Chief of Rhinology & Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery

Jayakar V. Nayak, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology — Head & Neck Surgery and, by courtesy, of Neurosurgery

Lateral Skull Base Surgeons

Konstantina M. Stankovic, MD, PhD, FACS
Bertarelli Foundation Professor and Professor of Otolaryngology — Head & Neck Surgery and, by courtesy, of Neurosurgery

Chief of Otology & Neurotology Division, Department of Otolaryngology — Head & Neck Surgery

Nikolas Blevins, MD
Larry and Sharon Malcolmson Professor in the School of Medicine and Professor of Otolaryngology — Head & Neck Surgery and, by courtesy, of Neurosurgery

Chief of Otology & Neurotology Division, Department of Otolaryngology — Head & Neck Surgery

Peter L. Santa Maria, MBBS, PhD
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology — Head & Neck Surgery
Jennifer Alyono, MD MS
Clinical Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology — Head & Neck Surgery

Residency Program Associate Director

Robert K. Jackler, MD
Edward C. and Amy H. Sewall Professor, Emeritus, of Otolaryngology — Head & Neck Surgery

Neurosurgeons

Juan Carlos Fernandez-Miranda
Professor of Neurosurgery and, by courtesy, of Otolaryngology — Head & Neck Surgery

Chief, Skull Base and Pituitary Division

Steven D. Chang, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery
Melanie Hayden Gephart
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Robert Dodd, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, of Radiology and, by courtesy, of Otolaryngology — Head & Neck Surgery
Gordon Li, MD
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Michael Lim, M.D.
Professor of Neurosurgery

Chief, Department of Neurosurgery

Pediatric Neurosurgeon

Kelly Mahaney
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery

Head & Neck Surgeon

Vasu Divi, MD
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology — Head & Neck Surgery

Chief of Pediatric Otolaryngology
Director of the Clinician-Scientist Training Program

Oculoplastic Surgeon

Andrea Lora Kossler, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology

Neuro-Ophthalmologists

Y. Joyce Liao, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology & Neurology
Shannon Beres, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology & Neurological Sciences & Ophthalmology
Heather E. Moss, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology & Neurology

Endocrinologists

Laurence Katznelson, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery & Medicine
Andrew R. Hoffman
Professor of Medicine

Neuroradiologist

Nancy Fischbein
Professor of Radiology

   

Juan C. Fernandez-Miranda, MD, FACS
Professor of Neurosurgery, Medicine & ORL/Head-Neck
Chief, Skull Base and Pituitary Division
Stanford Medicine

drjfm@stanford.edu

   

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

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* Based on peer-review scientific publications 2010-2021.
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