Bullock, Ross M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Clinical Director of the Neurotrauma Program

Jagid, Jonathan R. M.D.
Assistant Professor

Neurotrauma Service

The Neurotrauma Service, which is directed by Doctors Ross Bullock and Jonathan Jagid, provides operative and non-operative care for head-injured patients within a catchment area of approximately 2.2 million people. It is based in the Ryder Trauma Center, part of the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital Center.

The service is an active one, performing over 120 trauma craniotomies annually, as well as reconstructive and rehabilitative surgeries for the non-acute neurotrauma patient.

The resident’s experience usually takes place during the PGY-1 or PGY-2 years. In addition to the operative management of neuro-injury, there is a strong emphasis upon the non-operative as well, and this is focused within the Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit.

Current areas of research include:

• Identification of serum and CSF markers in traumatic brain injury.
• Surface vs. intravenous cooling in neurological injury.
• Brain tissue oxygen monitoring and cerebral blood flow monitoring in traumatic brain injury.
• The role of radical decompressive craniectomy in traumatic brain injury.
• Cranial reconstruction following traumatic craniocerebral injury.