{"id":8160,"date":"2021-12-09T00:30:10","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T05:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/?post_type=directory&p=8160"},"modified":"2025-12-02T16:06:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T21:06:14","slug":"nelson-oyesiku-md-phd-facs","status":"publish","type":"directory","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/directory\/nelson-oyesiku-md-phd-facs\/","title":{"rendered":"Nelson Oyesiku, MD, PhD, FACS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Appointments:<\/h3>\n

New Patients\/Referrals: (404) 323-8191<\/strong>
\nReturns\/Follow-up Appointments: (404) 323-8191<\/strong><\/p>\n

SPECIALTIES
\n<\/b><\/strong>Pituitary Tumors
\n
\n<\/strong>\"\"
\nDr. Oyesiku is Professor and Chair, Department of Neurological Surgery and Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology) at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He was previously Professor of Neurological Surgery and Medicine (Endocrinology) at Emory University, Atlanta, GA and the Inaugural Daniel Louis Barrow Chair in Neurosurgery, Vice-Chairman, Dept of Neurological Surgery and Director of the Neurosurgical Residency Program.<\/p>\n

Dr Oyesiku\u2019s clinical expertise is pituitary medicine and surgery. Dr Oyesiku was co-\"\"director of the Emory Pituitary Center and has developed one of the largest practices entirely devoted to the care of patients with pituitary tumors in the country and has performed over 4,000 pituitary tumor operations.<\/p>\n

Dr. Oyesiku obtained his MD from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He obtained an MSc in Occupational Medicine from the University\u00a0of\u00a0London, UK and completed a PhD in Neuroscience at Emory University. He completed his Surgery Internship at the University of Connecticut-Hartford Hospital and obtained his neurosurgical training at Emory University, Atlanta.\u00a0 He is board-certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery. He received an NIH K08 Award and Faculty Development Award from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation was a recipient of an NIH R01 award and PI of the NIH\/NINDS R25 Research Education Program for Residents and Fellows in Neurosurgery. Dr Oyesiku has served on several NIH Study Sections. Dr Oyesiku\u2019s research is focused on the molecular pathogenesis of pituitary adenomas, and tumor receptor imaging and targeting for therapy.<\/p>\n

Dr Oyesiku has served on various state, regional, national and international committees for all the major neurosurgical organizations. He has served on the Board of Directors and as Chairman of the American Board of Neurological Surgery. He was on the ACGME-Residency Review Committee of Neurosurgery. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and has served on its Board of Governors.\u00a0 Dr. Oyesiku has been President of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. He has served as Secretary\/Treasurer and President of the Georgia Neurosurgical Society, President of the Society of University Neurosurgeons, and Vice-President of the American Academy of Neurological Surgeons. He is President of the International Society of Pituitary Surgeons. He is President-Elect of the World Federation of Neurological Surgeons.<\/p>\n

Dr Oyesiku served as Editor-in-Chief of NEUROSURGERY, OPERATIVE NEUROSURGERY and NEUROSURGERY OPEN, leading journals in neurosurgery, for 13 years. He is author of over 180 scientific articles and book chapters.<\/p>\n

He has been selected by his peers as one of\u00a0The Best Doctors in America<\/em>\u00a0and was selected by the Consumer Research Council of America as one of\u00a0America\u2019s Top Surgeons<\/em>. He is named in\u00a0Marquis Who\u2019s Who in America<\/em>. He is a member of the Honor Medical Society \u2013 Alpha Omega Alpha.\u00a0 He was awarded the \u201cGentle Giant Award\u201d by the Pituitary Network Association for his services to Pituitary Surgery and Medicine. He is on the Medical Advisory Board of the Cushing\u2019s Support and Research Foundation. He has been visiting professor and invited faculty at several departments of neurosurgery in the United States and abroad.<\/p>\n

\n

TITLES
\n<\/b>Chair, Department of Neurosurgery
\nVan L. Weatherspoon, Jr. Eminent Distinguished Professor<\/p>\n

EDUCATION
\n<\/b>PhD \u2013 Emory University School of Medicine, 1994
\nResidency \u2013 PGY 2-7 Neurosurgical Resident, Department of Neurological Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, 1987 \u2013 1993
\nResidency \u2013 PGY-1 Resident in Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Connecticut-Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT, 1986 \u2013 1987
\nFellowship \u2013 Neurological Surgery, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Connecticut-Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT 1985 \u2013 1986
\nFellowship \u2013 Neurological Surgery, Division of Neurological Surgery, Lankenau Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, 1984 \u2013 1985
\nMS \u2013 University of London, School of Med-ENG, 1982
\nMBBS \u2013 Medical Education, University of Ibadan College of Medicine, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria, 1979<\/p>\n

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS
\n<\/b>Neurological Surgery \u2013 Board Certified, 1998<\/p>\n

RECENT PUBLICAITONS
\n<\/b><\/strong>For a complete list of recent publications, please visit\u00a0Dr. Nelson Oyesiku\u2019s PubMed listing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

PATIENT STORIES
\n<\/b><\/strong><\/som-cell>\n

MEDIA<\/b><\/strong>
\nToday Show- Woman’s mystery symptoms lead to startling diagnosis and a tiny tumor<\/a><\/p>\n


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