Gamma Knife at UVA

Gamma Knife radiosurgery at the University of Virginia offers patients a tremendous chance for successful results. Since 1989, the Lars Leksell Center for Gamma Surgery at UVA has treated more than 6600 patients from 54 countries and every state in the United States. Using the latest Gamma Knife Perfexion technology, our experienced neurosurgeons Dr. Ladislau Steiner, Dr. Neal Kassell, and Dr. Jason Sheehan -- together with a multidisciplinary team of top medical physicists, biomedical engineers, and radiation oncologists -- offer outstanding treatment alternatives for patients with brain tumors, vascular malformations, and functional diseases.

   FOR PATIENTS
Gamma Knife
- Make an Appointment
- Why Gamma Knife at UVA
- What to Expect
Videos
- Gamma for Children
- Ask the Doctor
- International Patients

   FOR PHYSICIANS
Gamma Knife
- Make a Referral
- Technical Overview
- Indications
- Compare Technologies
- UVA Gamma Course Sept '09

DISORDERS TREATED
Acoustic Neuroma
Arteriovenous Malformation(AVM)
Astrocytomas
Chordoma
Craniopharyngioma
Dural Malformations
Epilepsy
Hemangioblastoma
Meningioma
Metastatic Tumors
Movement Disorders
Obsessive-Compulsive Neurosis
Pain and Trigeminal Neuralgia
Pituitary Adenoma
Uveal Melanoma

UVA GAMMA KNIFE IN THE NEWS
- UVA Gamma Knife Treats 6000th Patient
- UVa Health System seeks adults with cancer that has spread to the brain for research study

UVA Partners with Riverside in Eastern Virginia
Riverside & UVA Radiosurgery Center