About
Mustafa Baskaya, MD, is a UW Health neurosurgeon and a tenured professor in the Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
Dr. Baskaya diagnoses and treats conditions affecting the brain, spine and nervous system. He cares for people with skull base tumors, aneurysms, AVMs, cavernous angiomas, carotid stenosis, stroke, moyamoya disease and complex brain tumors involving deep and highly functional regions of the brain.
He takes time to understand each patient's symptoms, concerns and goals. Dr. Baskaya works with patients to determine whether surgery or another treatment approach is appropriate and develops an individualized care plan based on each person's needs.
Dr. Baskaya’s research focuses on characterizing variations of human brain anatomy and identifying less invasive and safer surgical approaches of the deep and eloquent brain regions.
- English
- Turkish
Education & credentials
- Neurological Surgery
- Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
Cerebrovascular and Skull Base Surgery, Jackson Memorial Hospital, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL and Louisiana State University Medical Center, Shreveport, LA
Cerebrovascular, Nagoya University Hospital, Japan
- University of Ankara, Turkey
- Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL
Research & publications
Dr. Baskaya has published numerous papers concerning the surgical management of intracranial aneurysms, subarachnoid hemorrhage, microsurgical anatomy of the skull base and cerebral ischemia and brain injury after trauma. He serves as an editorial board member for over 15 scientific journals.