Dr. Peleg Horowitz

Biography

Peleg Horowitz is a neurosurgeon with expertise in brain skull base tumors, utilizing both endoscopic and open surgical approaches. His work incorporates advanced stereotactic 3-D surgical planning and the operative treatment of benign and malignant brain skull base tumors including gliomas, meningiomas, schwannomas, and pituitary tumors. He is part of the neurosurgical efforts at the University of Chicago's Pituitary and Neuroendocrine Disorders program, and has an additional focus on neurosurgical oncology and general neurosurgery. His patient care addresses a wide range of diseases, including head trauma in both adults and children. Previously, he served as the Interim Director of Neurosurgical Trauma at the University of Chicago's Level One Trauma Center. Dr. Horowitz's past scholarly work has concentrated on the pathogenesis and management of nervous system tumors, where his research has identified novel genes driving the formation of meningiomas and pediatric gliomas. His research has been published in journals such as Nature Genetics and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, and he has received funding from the Brain Science Foundation and the Department of Defense Neurofibromatosis Research Program.

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