Gene Barnett MD, MBA

Gene H. Barnett, MD, is Director of the Cleveland Clinic’s Brain Tumor and Neuro-Oncology Center; Director of the Cleveland Clinic Gamma Knife Center; and Vice-Chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery. He has served on the Board of Governors of the Cleveland Clinic for a five-year term and was President of the Staff. He holds several patents in these areas and continues work on the development of technology in neurosurgery, including laser lesioning systems for brain tumors.

Dr. Barnett is a past-president of the Ohio State Neurosurgical Society and the Northeast Ohio Neurosurgical Society. He was a state representative for the Joint Council of State Neurosurgical Societies, and he has served as Chairman of its Northwest Quadrant. He also has served on the Executive Committee of the Section on Tumors and has been on the Board of Directors of the Joint Section of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery and the Board of Directors of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. In addition, he has served on a number of editorial boards and is a reviewer for several neurosurgery journals.

Barnett received his degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, completed his residency at the Cleveland Clinic Department of Neurosurgery, and his fellowship in Neurosurgery at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, where he was a clinical and research fellow at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. He completed his Master's of Business degree at the Weatherhead School of Management of Case Western Reserve University.