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    TNA’s Medical Advisory Board

    Comprised of nationally and internationally recognized healthcare professionals in many fields, including neurosurgery, neurology, dentistry and pain management, this Board is committed to promoting better understanding and treatment of TN in the medical community and providing the expertise to address medical issues and patient concerns.

    The following links connect to medical schools, hospitals, and treatment centers where members of the TNA Medical Advisory Board are working or affiliated. TNA does not endorse or advocate any care provider organization or one method of treatment over another.

    Kenneth F. Casey, MD, National Chairman, MAB

    Chief of Neurological Surgery
    Oakwood Southshore Hospital
    5452 Fort Street, 2nd Floor
    Trenton, MI  48183-4638

    David A. Sirois, DMD, PhD, Dental Chairman, MAB
    Associate Professor, Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology,
    Radiology and Medicine
     New York University College of Dentistry
    413 E. 53rd Street
    New York, NY
     
    Jeffrey A. Brown, MD, Eastern Director, MAB
    Neurosurgery Director, Cyberknife Program
    Winthrop University Hospital
    600 Northern Boulevard, Suite 118
    Great Neck, NY 11021
    Professor, Neurological Surgery, Wayne State University
     
    John M. Tew, Jr., MD, Mid-West Director, MAB
    Clinical Director
    University of Cincinnati Neuroscience Institute
    234 GoodmanStreet
    Cincinnati, OH  45219-0724

     

    Mark E. Linskey, MD, Western Director, MAB
    Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery
    Director of Neurosurgery Cranial Nerve Clinic
    University of California, Irvine
    UCI Medical Center
    Building 56, Suite 400, ZOT 5397
    101 The City Drive South
    Orange, CA  92868-3298

     

    John F. Alksne, MD
    Professor of Surgery, Division of Neurological Surgery
    University of California, San Diego SChool of Medicine
    200 West Arbor Drive
    San Diego, CA  92103

     

    Nicholas M. Barbaro, MD
    Chairman, Department of Neurological Surgery
    University of California School of Medicine
    Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine
    1801 Senate Blvd., Suite 535
    Indianapolis, IN 46202

     

    Kim J. Burchiel, MD
    Chairman, Department of Neurological Surgery
    Oregon Health & Science University
    3303 SW Bond Ave., CH8N
    Portland, OR  97239

     

    Jeffrey Cohen, MD, PhD
    Director, Epilepsy Program & Clinical Neurophysiology
    Beth Israel Medical Center
    10 Unoin Square Ease, Suite 2Q
    New York, NY  10003

     

    Steven B. Graff-Radford, DDS
    Director ofProgram for Headache and Orofacial Pain
    The Pain Center
    Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
    444 So. San Vicente Blvd. #1101
    Los Angeles, CA  90048

     

    Donald Nixdorf, DDS,MS
    Director TMD and Orofacial Pain
    University of Minnesota
    6th Floor Moos Tower
    515 Delaware Street SE
    Minneapolis, MN  55455

     

    Bruce E. Pollock, MD
    Professor of Neurological Surgery
    Department of Neurological Surgery
    Mayo Clinic
    200 First Street SW
    Rochester, MN  55905

     

    Joanna M. Zakrzewska, MD
    Consultant, Facial Pain Unit
    Division of Diagnostic, Surgical and Medical Services
    Eastman Dental Hospital
    UCLH Foundation Trust
    256 Grays Inn Road
    LondonWC1X 8LD
    ENGLAND

     

    Richard S. Zimmerman, MD
    Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
    Mayo Clinic
    13400 East Shea Boulevard
    Scottsdale, AZ  85259

     

    Konstantin V. Slavin, MD
    Professor, Stereptatic adFunctional Neurosurgery
    University of Illinois College of Medicine
    1853 West Polk Street
    Chicago, IL  60612

     

    Raymond F. Sekula, Jr., MD
    Director of Cranial Nerve, Skull Base and Microvascular Disorders
    University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Hamot
    300 State Street
    Erie, PA  16507