L. Dade Lunsford, M.D.

L. Dade Lunsford, M.D is the university of Pittsburgh Lars Leksell professor and the director of the center for Image guided Neurosurgery for the University of Pittsburgh, Medical Center. His has a history of clinical excellence. He is a recognized authority on stereotactic surgery. Dr. Lunsford is personally responsible for bringing the gamma knife to the university of Pittsburgh medical center, which is a state of the art minimally invasive form of brain surgery.

Dr. Lunsford received his medical degree in 1974 from the Columbia university college of physicians and surgeons. He completed an internship in surgery at the university of Virginia hospital and his residency in neurological surgery at the University of Pittsburgh. After a one year fellowship in stereotactic and functional neurosurgery at the Karolinska institute in Stockholm, Sweden, He studied with professor Lars Leksell and Erik-Olof Backlund. Dr. Lunsford joined the department of Neurological Surgery Faculty at the University of Pittsburgh in 1980.

Dr. Lunsford has many memberships in professional organizations including the society of neurological surgeons, the American association of neurological surgeons, the congress of neurological surgeons, the American academy of neurological surgery, the American society for stereotactic and functional neurosurgery and the international stereotactic radiosurgery society. Dr. Lunsford has also served as a regional, national and international lecturer for the IRSA for the past 25 years (International Radiosurgery Association)