MARCO MARSELLA MD, FACS
NEUROSURGEON
*Due to his upcoming retirement, Dr. Marsella
will not be accepting new patients after 4/1/2023
**Dr. Marsella's office will permanently close on
August 31, 2023

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
TUMORS: BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD (Primary or metastatic) including pituitary tumors, brainstem, skull and skull base, posterior fossa as well as face, head, and orbit
FACIAL PAIN, FACIAL TIC (Trigeminal neuralgia, hemifacial spasm, glossopharyngeal neuralgia)
VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS (Surgical treatment of aneurysms, AVMs, and cavernous malformations)
CHIARI I MALFORMATION
ADULT HYDROCEPHALUS
SURGICAL TREATMENT OF EPILEPSY (Requires close cooperation with a neurologist + access to very specific diagnostics)
ANTERIOR SKULL BASE DEFECTS (I.e. spontaneous traumatic rhinorrhea)
CRANIAL PROCEDURES COMMONLY PERFORMED INCLUDE:
CRANIOTOMY - Standard Open (multiple approaches for resection of brain tumors, surgical treatment of aneurysms, evacuation of intra-cerebral hematomas and many other conditions)
CRANIOTOMY - Minimally Invasive (Dr. Marsella is the only neurosurgeon in AZ to use the Nico Brainpath System). See the corresponding link: www.niconeuro.com
ENDOSCOPIC ENDONASAL SKULL BASE (For resection of lesions of anterior skull base, orbit, cavernous sinus, brain stem and pituitary gland)
CRANIECTOMY
(Example: Occipital Craniectomy for Chiari I malformation; requires a dural patch.
Craniectomy for acute treatment of ischemic CVA)
V-P SHUNT - Adult Hydrocephalus
STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY - In addition to all of the surgical procedures described above, Dr. Marsella can provide stereotactic radiosurgery as adjunct to the management for many of the above listed conditions (Brain tumors, AVMs, Trigeminal Neuralgia)
SPINE
DR. MARSELLA NO LONGER TREATS OR ACCEPTS PATIENTS WITH ANY SPINAL CONDITIONS.