Editing Neurosurgery (section)

==Notable neurosurgeons==
* [[Saleem Abdulrauf]] – developed "awake" craniotomy for complex aneurysms and vascular malformations.
* [[John R. Adler]]{{spaced ndash}}[[Stanford University]] neurosurgeon who invented the [[Cyberknife (device)|Cyberknife]].
* [[Alim-Louis Benabid]]{{spaced ndash}}known as one of the developers of [[deep brain stimulation]] surgery for movement disorder.
* [[Ben Carson]]{{spaced ndash}}retired pediatric neurosurgeon from [[Johns Hopkins Hospital]], pioneer in [[hemispherectomy]], and pioneer in the separation of [[craniopagus twins]] (joined at the head); former [[2016 Republican Party presidential candidates|2016 Republican Party presidential candidate]], and former [[United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development]] under the [[First presidency of Donald Trump|Presidency of Donald Trump]].  
* [[Harvey Cushing]]{{spaced ndash}}known as one of the fathers of modern Neurosurgery.
* [[Walter Dandy]]{{spaced ndash}}known as one of the founding fathers of modern Neurosurgery.
* [[Christopher Duntsch]] – Former neurosurgeon who killed or maimed nearly every patient he operated on before being incarcerated.
* [[Victor Horsley]]{{spaced ndash}}known as the first neurosurgeon.
* [[Lars Leksell]]{{spaced ndash}}Swedish neurosurgeon who developed the [[Gamma Knife]].  
* [[Wirginia Maixner]]{{spaced ndash}}pediatric neurosurgeon at Melbourne's [[Royal Children's Hospital]]. Primarily known for separating conjoined [[Bangladesh]]i twins, Trishna and Krishna.
* [[Henry Marsh (neurosurgeon)|Henry Marsh]] – leading English neurosurgeon and pioneer of neurosurgical advancements in Ukraine
* [[Frank Henderson Mayfield]]{{spaced ndash}}invented the Mayfield skull clamp.
* [[B. K. Misra]] –  First neurosurgeon in the world to perform [[image-guided surgery]] for [[Intracranial aneurysm|aneurysm]]s, first in South Asia to perform [[stereotactic radiosurgery]], first in India to perform [[awake craniotomy]] and [[laparoscopic]] spine surgery.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Past Presidents.pmd |url=http://www.neurosocietyindia.org/site/Past-president/Basant%20Kumar%20Misra,%20President%20NSI%202008.pdf |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718013300/https://www.neurosocietyindia.org/site/Past-president/Basant%20Kumar%20Misra,%20President%20NSI%202008.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2023 |website=[[Neurological Society of India]]}}</ref>
* [[Karin Muraszko]]{{spaced ndash}}first woman to occupy a chair of neurosurgery at an American medical school ([[University of Michigan]]).
* [[Hirotaro Narabayashi]]{{spaced ndash}}a pioneer of stereotactic Neurosurgery.
* [[Ayub K. Ommaya]]{{spaced ndash}}invented the Ommaya reservoir.
* [[Wilder Penfield]]{{spaced ndash}}known as one of the founding fathers of modern neurosurgery, and pioneer of [[epilepsy]] Neurosurgery.
* [[Ludvig Puusepp]]{{spaced ndash}}known as one of the founding fathers of modern neurosurgery, world's first professor of neurosurgery.
* [[Joseph Ransohoff]]{{spaced ndash}}known for his pioneering use of [[medical imaging]] and [[catheterization]] in neurosurgery, and for founding the first neurosurgery intensive care unit.
* [[Majid Samii]]{{spaced ndash}}pioneer of cerebello-pontine angle tumor surgery. World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies coined a medal of honor bearing Samii's name which would be given to outstanding neurosurgeons every two years.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Madjid Samii Medal of Honor |url=https://www.bbraun.co.za/en/products-and-therapies/neurosurgery1/madjid-samii-medal-of-honor.html |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=www.bbraun.co.za |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Juliet Sekabunga Nalwanga]] – Uganda's first female neurosurgeon.
* [[Hermann Schloffer]] invented [[transsphenoidal surgery]] in 1907.
* [[Robert Wheeler Rand]]{{spaced ndash}} along with [[Theodore Kurze]], MD was among the first to introduce the surgical microscope into neurosurgical procedures in 1957 and published first textbook on Microneurosurgery in 1969.
* [[Robert J. White]] – Established the Vatican's Commission on Biomedical Ethics in 1981 after his appointment to the [[Pontifical Academy of Sciences]] and was famous for his head transplants on living monkeys.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Segall|first1=Grant|last2=Dealer|first2=The Plain|date=2010-09-16|title=Dr. Robert J. White, famous {{sic|nolink=y|reason=error in source|neurosurgeron}} and ethicist, dies at 84|url=https://www.cleveland.com/obituaries/2010/09/dr_robert_j_white_was_a_world-.html|access-date=2021-05-24|website=cleveland|language=en|archive-date=2021-02-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228133518/https://www.cleveland.com/obituaries/2010/09/dr_robert_j_white_was_a_world-.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Mims|first=Christopher|title=First-ever human head transplant is now possible, says neuroscientist|url=https://qz.com/99413/first-ever-human-head-transplant-is-now-possible-says-neuroscientist/|access-date=2021-05-24|website=Quartz|date=July 2013|language=en|archive-date=2013-07-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130701165530/https://qz.com/99413/first-ever-human-head-transplant-is-now-possible-says-neuroscientist/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Gazi Yaşargil]]{{spaced ndash}}known as the father of microneurosurgery.