Neurosurgery residents are expected to engage in scholarly pursuits, including clinical research projects. During the elective research year, you will be required to participate in dedicated study and basic laboratory investigation under the direction of a research mentor. Members of the Department of Neurologic Surgery and other established investigators within Mayo Clinic's research departments serve as mentors and will also assist you in developing your research proposals well in advance of your research year.

Financial support and call coverage are generally made available to residents whose research is accepted for presentation to national or regional neurosurgery meetings.

• Applied Computational Neurophysiology: J. Luis Lujan, Ph.D, M.S.
• Cybernetics and Motor Physiology: Kai Miller, M.D., Ph.D.
• Device Development and Experimental Therapeutics: Jamie Van Gompel, M.D.
• Experimental Drug and Therapeutics for Pediatric Brain Tumor: David Daniels, M.D., Ph.D.
• Neural Engineering: Kendall Lee, M.D., Ph.D.
• Neuro-Informatics: Mohamad Bydon, M.D.
• Neurosurgical Oncology: Ian Parney, M.D., Ph.D.
• Peripheral Nerve Regeneration: Huan Wang, M.D., Ph.D.
• Regenerative Neurosurgery and Neuro-Oncology: Terry Burns, M.D., Ph.D.
• Tissue Engineering and Stem Cell Therapeutics: Benjamin Elder, M.D., Ph.D.