James Mitchell, MD, FACS

Clinical focus

• Complex and recurrent brain tumor surgery, including awake craniotomy with brain mapping.
• Skull base surgery and endoscopic endonasal approaches to pituitary and cranial base lesions.
• Minimally invasive spinal fusion and tubular decompression.
• Neuronavigation and intraoperative imaging guided resection.

Credentials & education

• Board certification: American Board of Neurological Surgery
• Fellowship: Skull Base and Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery
• Residency: Neurological Surgery, top-tier academic medical center
• MD: Medical degree with honors
• FACS: Fellow, American College of Surgeons

Experience

20+ years of independent clinical practice. Over 3,200 surgical procedures performed, including more than 1,400 brain tumor resections. Active participant in multidisciplinary tumor boards and peer review. Patients can verify his active medical license and board status directly with the respective state and national registries.

Selected publications & research

• Peer-reviewed articles on surgical outcomes for eloquent-area gliomas (PubMed-indexed journals).
• Co-investigator in multicenter studies on minimally invasive spine techniques.
• Invited speaker on neuronavigation and safe tumor resection at national neurosurgery meetings.

Conditions he treats

MeningiomaGliomaPituitary AdenomaAcoustic NeuromaMetastatic Brain TumorsHerniated DiscSpinal StenosisSkull Base Tumors

Philosophy of care

"Every patient deserves a surgeon who tells the truth — about what can be achieved, what the risks are, and what the recovery will really involve. My job is to give you that truth and then do everything in my power to achieve the best possible outcome."