Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Department of Neurosurgery
The Department of Neurosurgery at the Baylor Scott & White Medical Center is at the forefront of clinical care, education, and scientific research in Neurosurgery. Our neurosurgeons are renowned for their expertise in all subspecialty areas of neurosurgery, including cerebrovascular disease, neurosurgical oncology, neurotrauma, skull-based tumors, pain and functional neurosurgery, complex spinal reconstruction, and peripheral nerve surgery. We have an ACGME-accredited Neurosurgery Residency Program affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine in Temple, the only neurosurgical residency in Central Texas.
Our vision is to provide patients with life-changing and innovative treatment and care. We achieve this by training and educating the country's top neurosurgeons, conducting cutting-edge clinical and translational research, and offering a comprehensive, consistent, and rigorous continuing education curriculum to students, residents, staff, and physicians.
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center is a 636-bed multi-specialty teaching hospital founded in 1897 when Dr. Arthur C. Scott and Dr. Raleigh R. White, Jr opened the Temple Sanitarium in Temple, Texas. BSWMC is an ACS-certified level-I Trauma Center and JACHO-certified Comprehensive Stroke Center. It was recently ranked #5 in the country among major teaching hospitals by Fortune/IBM Watson Health 100 TOP Hospitals in the US. Its parent organization, Baylor Scott & White Health, is the largest not-for-profit Health system in Texas, serving more than 300,000 people every year, with over $10B in annual revenue and has been ranked #5 on the 100 TOP list of Large Health Systems in the United States by PINC AI 15 Top Health Systems in 2023. U.S. News and World Report has rated Baylor Scott & White Health as one of the Best Hospitals for Neurology/Neurosurgery in 2023-2024.
Academic Channel:
The academic channel aims to promote and advance current knowledge, improve clinical practice, and implement novel solutions to neurosurgical challenges, thereby enhancing patient safety, reducing surgical risks, promoting post-operative recovery, and mitigating the development of potential surgical complications.
We welcome submissions from a diverse community of scholars and professionals. The following individuals are eligible to submit their work: Students, Residents, Clinical Fellows, Faculty Members, Affiliated Researchers, Research Fellows and External Clinical and Medical Collaborators.
The academic channel accepts submissions of original basic and clinical research, review and systematic review articles, meta-analyses, clinical case studies, short communications, perspective articles, and technical reports on technological advancements in neurosurgical and interdisciplinary practices, as listed below.
Key areas of neurosurgical subspecialties:
-Neuro-Oncology (advances in brain tumor treatment);
-Vascular Neurosurgery (new aneurysm treatment strategies);
-Functional Neurosurgery (deep brain stimulation innovations);
-Spinal Neurosurgery (minimally invasive techniques);
-Pediatric Neurosurgery (management of congenital malformations).
We encourage submissions from interconnect disciplines such as radiology, biotechnology, artificial intelligence, neuroengineering, and neurocritical care to enhance the academic value of the channel.
Key areas of interdisciplinary engagement:
-Biomedical Engineering and Technology in Neurosurgery (new surgical tools, intelligent implants, robotics-assisted surgeries);
-Artificial Intelligence in Neurosurgery (AI-driven surgical planning, diagnostics, outcome predictions);
-Neuroimaging in Neurosurgery (functional MRI, tractography, intraoperative imaging, computational modeling);
-Anesthesia and Neurocritical Care in Neurosurgery (perioperative care, neurophysiological monitoring, management of brain trauma);
-Regenerative Medicine in Molecular Neurosurgery (gene therapy, stem cell therapy, biomaterials).
All submissions must adhere to the Cureus editorial guidelines.
