Leaders in Neurosurgery featuring Christopher S. Graffeo, MD

Host Paul J. Camarata, MD, FAANS, and JNS Social Media Committee Member, Lior Elkaim, MD welcomes neurosurgery leader Christopher Graffeo, MD.
Dr. Graffeo is a neurosurgeon with OU Health in Oklahoma City, primarily focusing on brain tumors, as part of OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center.

Originally from Brooklyn, New York, Dr. Graffeo was an undergraduate at the University of Virginia, where he studied literature, art history, and philosophy. After returning to New York City and working for several years as an editor and a musician, he enrolled in the post-baccalaureate premedical program at Columbia University and went on to medical school at NYU.
As a resident and fellow at Mayo Clinic Rochester, Dr. Graffeo's academic and clinical activities focused on complex cranial surgery, with a special interest in open cerebrovascular techniques, skull base tumors, radiosurgery, and neuroanatomy. After residency graduation in 2021, Dr. Graffeo completed an open cerebrovascular and skull base fellow with Dr. Michael Lawton at the Barrow Neurological Institute.
He has joined the faculty of the University of Oklahoma Department of Neurosurgery as an Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, where his practice will focus on skull base and cerebrovascular diseases. He has published 190 peer-reviewed publications and 6 book chapters and serves on multiple editorial boards, including the Journal of Neurosurgery. He has received dozens of state, national, and international awards, including the Balfour Award and Mayo Brothers Foundation Award, which are the highest honors given to Mayo Clinic trainees for research and clinical achievements, respectively.