Roles
Associate Professor of Clinical Neurological Surgery
Director of Research, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center Brain Tumor Initiative
Site Disease Leader - Clinical Surgical Neuro-Oncology
Director of Skull Base Surgery
Co-Director Skull Base Surgery Fellowship
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Biography
Dr. Michael E. Ivan is a neurosurgeon and scientist at the University of Miami Miller School Of Medicine who specializes in complex brain tumor, skull base tumor, and epilepsy surgery. He acts as the Neuro-oncology Site Disease Group Leader, Director of Research for the University of Miami Brain Tumor Initiative within Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, and is the Principal Investigator of the Ivan Brain Tumor Lab. He is also the Chief of Cranial Neurosurgery and Neuro-oncology, and Co-Director of Neurosurgery at Jackson South Medical Center. Dr. Ivan has one of the busiest clinical cranial neurosurgery practices in Florida which includes surgery and radiosurgery (gamma knife) on skull base tumors, primary brain tumors (glioblastoma, gliomas), secondary brain tumors (metastatic), meningiomas, pituitary tumors, acoustic neuromas, and epileptogenic lesions of the brain. He leads the way in the use of novel techniques in neurosurgery such as fluorescence-guided surgery, awake craniotomies, robotic surgery, advanced brain mapping techniques, augmented reality in neurosurgery, and the use of advanced neuro-imaging, allowing a safer and more complete surgery to be performed.
Dr. Ivan was recently part of the first skull base team in Florida to implant an auditory brainstem implant to restore hearing loss after acoustic neuroma resection. He also specializes in minimally invasive surgery such as Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy (LITT), minimal port access surgery, and endoscopic neurosurgery allowing patients to have little to no incision and have the ability to go home after one day. -
Education & Training
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Research Interests
The University Of Miami Miller School Of Medicine, he continues clinical research focused on improving and prolonging the quality of life of his patients, which has led to more than 150 publications and 10 book chapters. He has also given more than 200 invited lectures on brain tumors throughout the world. Dr. Ivan is one of the few neurosurgeons in the country with a research lab focused on brain tumors. His team studies patient’s tumors to develop new treatments targeting their genetic makeup, pathways of invasion, and growth mechanisms. Dr. Ivan’s Brain Tumor Lab has won multiple national and local research awards and grants for their work on novel translational Neuro-oncology therapies. Dr. Ivan also serves as Principal-investigator on several “state of the art” clinical trials focused on new therapies for brain tumor treatment. -
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