Contemporary Skull Base Surgery

A. Samy Youssef, MD, PhDProfessor of Neurosurgery and OtolaryngologyVice Chairman Director of Skull Base SurgeryUniversity of Colorado School of Medicine12631 E. 17th AveAurora, CO 80045
P: 303-724-2305F: 303-724-2300Samy.youssef@cuanschutz.edu
Dr Youssef completed his neurosurgery residency at the prestigious Ain-Shams University in Cairo, Egypt.  He completed his residency in 2001 during which time he was able to complete a PhD in the Neurosciences through a joint program with Hahnemann University in Philadelphia.  Dr Youssef also completed a two-year pediatric neurosurgery fellowship at Hahnemann University during the mid-portion of his neurosurgical training.  Following graduation, he completed two fellowships in skull base surgery, the first at the University of Cincinnati from 2001-2002 and the second at the University of South Florida from 2002-2003, which included a fellowship in cerebrovascular surgery as well.  With a desire to continue his medical career in the United States he entered into a second neurosurgical residency at the University of South Florida.  He completed this residency in 2008 and joined the department for 6 years as a faculty member at the University of South Florida, rising from the rank of Assistant to Associate Professor.  Dr Youssef joined the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Colorado as director of the skull base program in June of 2014. Currently he's a Professor of Neurosurgery and Otolaryngology and Fellowship program director. He is vice chairman for education and director of the skull base surgery program.
He holds patents covering both novel surgical techniques and instrumentation for complex skull surgery. The Youssef Cranial Nerve Dissector set is another addition to comprehensive skull base instrument sets. His research both in the laboratory and in the operating room have resulted in multiple publications and patents. He is the author of over 100 publications including peer-review, abstracts and book chapters. Dr Youssef has given over 150 presentations nationally and internationally. Dr Youssef's interest is in the combined endoscopic and microsurgery techniques to further develop lesser invasive surgery in our field.

Evolution of the Multidisciplinary Skull Base Team.- Surgical Anatomy of Cranial Nerves.- Compartmental Anatomy: Microsurgical and Endoscopic.- The Operating Room.- Surgical Positioning.- Cranial Nerve Functional Preservation: Tricks of the Trade.- Neurophysiologic Monitoring.- Microdissection Tools.- Neuroimaging Precision Tools.- Skull Base Reconstruction.- Role of Radiotherapy in Modern Skull Base Surgery.- Cerebral Revascularization.- Cranial Nerve Repair and Rehabilitation.- Open Surgical Approaches.- Endoscopic Endonasal Approaches.- Keyhole Approaches.- Meningioma.- Craniopharyngioma.- Pituitary Adenoma.- Sinonasal Cancer.- Surgical Approaches: Open and Endoscopic.- Meningioma.- Pituitary Adenoma.- Schwannoma.- Chordoma and Chondrosarcoma.- Open Surgical Approaches.- Endoscopic Endonasal Approaches.- Trigeminal Schwannoma.- Middle fossa Approach for Hearing Preservation.- Expanded Middle Fossa Approach: Anterior Petrosectomy.- Pretemporal Transcavernous Approach.- Endoscopic Endonasal Transcavernous Approach.- Open Surgical Approaches.- Endoscopic Endonasal Transpterygoid Approaches.- Keyhole Approaches.- Petroclival Meningioma.- Vestibular Schwannoma.- Cerebellopontine Angle Epidermoid Tumor.- Chordoma and Chondrosarcoma.- Pineal Tumors.- Open Surgical Approaches.- Endoscopic Endonasal Approaches.- Meningioma.- Schwannoma.- Paraganglioma.- Chondrosarcoma.- Open Approaches.- Endoscopic Endonasal Approaches.- Paraganglioma.- Juvenile nasopharyngeal Angiomas.- Schwannoma.