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Nelson M. Oyesiku

Nelson M. Oyesiku MD, PhD, FACS

Neurosurgery
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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Dr. Oyesiku’s clinical and research focus is the surgical treatment and molecular biology of pituitary tumors. Dr. Oyesiku has performed more than 1.500 surgeries for pituitary tumors and is one of a few surgeons in the U.S. and worldwide (and the first in Georgia) utilizing advanced 3-D endoscopic surgery for resection of pituitary tumors. This technology provides the surgeon with improved spatial resolution making surgery safer.

Dr. Oyesiku partners with Adriana Ioachimescu, MD, Ph.D., and a team of clinicians who collaborate in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with pituitary tumors at Emory’s Pituitary /Neuroendocrine Center. The Emory Pituitary/NeuroendocrineCenter has a nationwide and worldwide referral base and provides patients with comprehensive and personalized medical and surgical management of pituitary disorders. Specialists in Endocrinology, Neurosurgery, Neuroradiology, Neurophthalmology, Radiation Oncology, and ENT collaborate to provide state-of-the-art as well as novel advances in care and translational research.

Dr. Oyesiku is also Director of the Laboratory of Molecular Neurosurgery and Biotechnology, which is dedicated to unraveling pituitary tumorigenesis The Laboratory’s Pituitary Tumor Bank and Database allows clinicians and researchers to provide patients with advanced molecular biological analysis of their tumors. The laboratory was the first to identify unique aspects of pituitary adenoma gene expression and was the first to discover a key molecular marker for nonfunctional pituitary tumors that have enhanced the understanding of these tumors.
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