Steven N Kalkanis, MD
Specialties: Neurological Surgery
Services: Back Pain and Spine Care, Brain Tumors, Neurosurgery, Neurotrauma
Board Certification and Education
Board Certifications
- American Board of Neurological Surgery - Neurological Surgery
Education
- Harvard Medical School, MA, 1997
Residencies & Internships
- Massachusetts General Hospital, Neurological Surgery, MA, 2003
- Massachusetts General Hospital, General Surgery I, MA, 1998
About Me
- Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery
- Medical Director, Henry Ford Cancer Institute
- Co-Director, Henry Ford Neuroscience Institute
As a member of the Hermelin Brain Tumor Center team, I specialize in the treatment of all brain tumors including clinical trials; intracranial neurosurgery, spinal cord tumors, adult cervical and lumbar spine disease, general neurosurgery, stereotactic neurosurgery.
Research Interests
- Brain Cancer Research
- Clinical trials and outcome studies for brain tumor patients
- Targeted cell-based therapy for the treatment of malignant gliomas
- Viral gene therapy and stem cell delivery for novel brain cancer therapies
- Survival-associated genetic studies for the development of personalized medicine protocols for brain tumor patients
Awards and Honors
- National Executive Committee member of both the Congress of Neurological Surgeons and the Joint Tumor Section Chair
- National Tumor Section Guidelines Committee
- Lead Author of the national guidelines for the treatment of brain metastases
- President, Michigan Association of Neurological Surgeons
- Editor, Neurosurgery journal
- Voted one of Michigan's Top Docs by Hour Magazine, 2008-2012
- Selected as the national first-place research award recipient by both the American College of Surgeons and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons
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