Dr. Tommaso Tufo

Dr. Tommaso Tufo has over 17 years of expertise in General &and Functional Neurosurgery and has also successfully operated over 3500 cases of the spine and brain.

He has held positions at Policlinico Agostino Gemelli Foundation IRCSS University Hospital, the largest public-private hospital in Europe, as Senior Neurosurgeon and Lead Neurosurgeon. He has a particular interest in treating conditions of the brain. He previously served as Director of the Functional and Movement Disorder Group for the Rome and Lazio region.

He teaches neurosurgery as an adjunct professor at the Catholic University of Rome in Italy.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

• Head and spinal trauma surgery
• Skull base and endoscopic surgery
• Microsurgery and minimal invasive surgery of brain tumours and awake craniotomy
• Brain and spinal cord surgery with intra operative monitoring (IOM), 5-ALA and fluorescence guided resection, intraoperative imaging guided procedures and intra-op CT, brain biopsy
• Vascular neurosurgery for brain and spine (aneurysms, AVM, Fistula, cavernoma)
• Minimal invasive technique, spinal navigation and intraoperative CT surgery for spinal decompression and fusion
• Microsurgery and minimally invasive surgery for cervical and lumbar disc herniation
• Endoscopic surgery for disc herniation and stenosis
• Thalamotomy (RF and Thermal therapy system)
• Trigeminal neuralgia and hemifacial spasm microsurgery, Radiofrequency ablation and balloon compression for trigeminal neuralgia
• Deep brain stimulation frameless and robotics for movement disorders, epilepsy and psychiatric disorders – OCD, Depression, Complex pain surgery, deep brain, pump implant, cordotomy and Spinal cord stimulation (SCS)
• Neurosurgical treatment for spasticity, Pump Implant, SCS, rhizotomy and DREZ lesion
• Shunt and endoscopic procedures for hydrocephalus
• Epilepsy Surgery – lesionectomy, lobectomy, DBS and Vagal nerve stimulation
• Pain management and procedures for spinal pain origin (spinal injection, radiofrequency)