Stanford University School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive
Boswell Building, A301
Stanford, CA 94305-5327
Telephone: 650-723-7093
Fax: 650-725-0390
Statement about the Center
At Stanford Acoustic Neuroma microsurgeries involve a collaboration of a neurotologist and neurosurgeon.
Radiation treatments involve a radiotherapist in collaboration with an Acoustic Neuroma clinician. The Stanford
team sees several hundred new Acoustic Neuroma patients each year and performs approximately 70 microsurgeries and
70 CyberKnife treatments. Stanford uses all available management strategies including observation, stereotactic
radiation (CyberKnife), and microsurgery depending upon the unique circumstances of each patient. To maximize functional
preservation in microsurgery, a flexible mixture of the three approaches are utilized (translabyrinthine, middle fossa, and retrosigmoid).
Robert K. Jackler, M.D.
Professor and Chair
Medical College: Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 1979
Internship: University of California, San Francisco, CA, 1980
Residency: University of California, San Francisco, CA, 1984
Fellowship: Neurotology, House Ear Institute, 1985
Board Certification: Otolaryngology and Neurotology
Nikolas H. Blevins, M.D.
Associate Professor
Medical College: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 1988
Internship and Residency: University of California, San Francisco, CA, 1984
Fellowship: Neurotology, University of California, 1995
Board Certification: Otolaryngology
Griffith Harsh, IV, M.D.
Professor of Neurosurgery
Medical College: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 1980
Internship: University of California, San Francisco, CA, 1981
Residency: University of California, San Francisco, CA, 1986
Fellowship: University of California, San Francisco, CA, 1985
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 1990
Board Certification: Neurosurgery
John Adler, M.D.
Professor of Neurosurgery
Medical College: Harvard University, Boston, MA, 1980
Internship: Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, MA, 1981
Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 1987
Fellowship: Koralinska Institute, Sweden, 1986
Board Certification: Neurosurgery
Steven Chang, M.D.
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Medical College: Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 1993
Internship and Residency: Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 1999
Fellowship: Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 2000
Board Certification: Neurosurgery
Iris Gibbs, M.D.
Professor of Radiation Oncology
Medical College: Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 1995
Internship and Residency: Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 2000
Board Certification: Radiation Oncology
