Michael MD, PhD

Dr. Vogelbaum has been a member of the professional Staff in the Cleveland Clinic’s Department of Neurological Surgery since 1999. A graduate of the University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Va., he received his specialty training in neurosurgery at the Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Mo. He is board-certified in neurological surgery.

Specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of benign and malignant tumors of the brain and spinal cord, Dr. Vogelbaum also is interested in stereotactic (image-guided) surgery, Gamma Knife therapy and the molecular biology of brain tumors. He has joint appointments with the Cleveland Clinic Gamma Knife Center and the Lerner Research Institute’s Department of Cancer Biology. He is Associate Director of the Brain Tumor and NeuroOncology Center and Director of the Center for Translational Therapeutics at Cleveland Clinic.

In addition to his clinical duties, Dr. Vogelbaum is an active and enthusiastic Research Scientist. He was the recipient of the prestigious American Association of Neurological Surgeons Young Clinician Investigator Award, and receives support and funding from the American Cancer Society, the National Institutes of Health and the Wolf Family Foundation. He and the members of his research laboratory are presently investigating new approaches for the treatment of primary and metastatic brain tumors.