Gene H. Barnett, MD, is Director of Cleveland Clinic’s Brain Tumor and Neuro-Oncology Center; Director of the Cleveland Clinic Health System Gamma Knife Center; and Vice-Chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery. He has served on the Board of Governors of Cleveland Clinic for a five-year term and was President of the Staff.
He has authored more than 210 articles published in leading medical journals and has a particular interest in the areas of neuro-oncology, computer-assisted surgery and stereotactic radiosurgery. In the late 1980s, Dr. Barnett created the Center for Computer-Assisted Neurosurgery at Cleveland Clinic, which established Cleveland Clinic's neurosurgery program as an innovator in following:
Advanced stereotaxis, or the identification of discreet areas of the brain that control specific functions
Computer applications resulting in the creation of a powerful surgical navigation system called frameless stereotaxy.
He holds several patents in these areas and continues work on the development of technology in neurosurgery including laser lesioning systems for brain tumors.
