Fukushima Skull Base Surgery

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Tetsuro Sameshima, M.D., Associate Editor

Tetsuro Sameshima, M.D., Ph.D. received his postgraduate training in neurosurgery at University of Miyazaki Hospital (formerly known as Miyazaki Medical College) in Miyazaki, Japan. He is certified by Japanese Board of Neurological Surgery.

Presently, Dr. Sameshima is working as a Research Fellow, under the direction of Drs. Allan Friedman and Takanori Fukushima, at Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.

Following his Fellowship at Duke University, Dr. Sameshima will resume his duties in Japan where he specializes in skull base surgery, cranio-vascular surgery, and spinal surgery. His areas of interest include study of microsurgical anatomy of the skull base and work in treatment of skull base tumors, aneurysms, pituitary disorders, hemifacial spasm, and trigeminal neuralgia.

For more information about this manual, contact Dr. Sameshima at:
tetsuro@fc.miyazaki-u.ac.jp


Stan Coffman, Medical Illustrator

Stan Coffman received his graduate training at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Dallas, Texas. He was Senior Medical Illustrator at the University of Cincinnati and presently is the Medical Illustrator for Duke University Medical Center, in Durham, North Carolina.

Mr. Coffman specializes in Medical Illustration and Web Site Development. Areas of specialization include Neurosurgery, Otolaryngology and Cardiothoracic Surgery. His illustrations have appeared in numerous textbooks, journals and he illustrated the Atlas of Cardiothoracic Surgery, published by W.B. Saunders.

For more information contact Mr. Coffman at: medartist@carolinaneuroscience.com



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