Dr. Egon Doppenberg graduated Cum Laude from the School of Medicine at the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands. He completed a fellowship in stroke and neurotrauma followed by a residency in Neurological Surgery at the Medical College of Virginia.  Subsequently, he completed a Neurosurgical Oncology fellowship in brain and spine tumors at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas in Houston.

Dr. Doppenberg has participated in various surgical missions to Central and South America for the treatment of tumors and congenital abnormalities in children.

Dr. Egon Doppenberg’s special interests include complex degenerative, oncological and traumatic spinal disorders, brain tumors and minimally invasive spinal procedures.

 He is Section Head of Brain and Spine Tumor Surgery and Stereotactic Radiosurgery.  He currently is Clinical Assistant Professor in Neurological Surgery at the University of Chicago.

Medical Education:  University Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands, 1994

Residency:  Academic Hospital Dijkzigt, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 1996; Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, 2004

Fellowships:  Medical College of Virginia -- Neurotrauma and Stroke, Richmond, Virginia, 1998; MD Anderson Cancer Center -- Neurosurgical Oncology, University of Texas, Houston, Texas, 2005

Board Certification:  American Board of Neurological Surgery 2008

Academic Appointments:   Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine

Publications:  35 peer-reviewed papers, authored chapters in several leading neurosurgical textbooks;  74 oral presentations and abstracts; lectured at international conferences, participated in several surgical missions to Central and South America - Publications & Presentations