Nicholas M. Barbaro

Betsey Barton Professor of Neurological Surgery

Indiana University, Indianapolis

Nicholas M. Barbaro, M.D. is the chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery at the Indiana University School of Medicine. He obtained his medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh School Of Medicine and completed his residency at the University of California at San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, CA.

Prior to joining the faculty of Indiana University School of Medicine Department of Neurological Surgery and the practice of Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine in November 2011, Dr. Barbaro practiced at the University of California, San Francisco where he was a neurosurgeon and Professor of Neurological Surgery at UCSF. He was the co-director of the Functional Neurosurgery Program, and treated patients with epilepsy, trigeminal neuralgia, chronic pain, nerve injury and nerve tumors. He also was Residency Program Director at UCSF.

He currently serves as the Chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery at IU and is the Betsey Barton Professor of Neurological Surgery. He is vice president of Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine and the medical director of the Indiana University Health Neuroscience Center. He is the principal investigator of a National Institutes of Health study that is evaluating radiosurgical treatment of epilepsy.

Dr. Barbaro is board certified by the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons with a specialty in Neurosurgery and is licensed to practice in California and Indiana. His numerous memberships include the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, American Epilepsy Society, the American Academy of Neurological Surgeons, the Society of Neurological Surgeons and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. He specializes in nerve injury, nerve tumors, epilepsy surgery and trigeminal neuralgia.

Office: (317) 396-1300; nbarbaro@iupui.edu