As the only tertiary care medical center in Vermont, the University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine’s Division of Neurosurgery provides comprehensive surgical management of disorders of the brain, spinal cord and peripheral nervous system. Since the division's establishment in 1948, we have been committed to translating leading-edge research into improved patient care.

Residents

Medical students and neurosurgery residents participate in a variety of research activities and provide care and an array of treatment options for patients who have brain and spinal disease. By facilitating critical thinking, we advance the knowledge needed to treat neurologic disorders and enhance the quality of clinical care.


 

Academic and Clinical Excellence

Surgery

As physicians and scientists, the Division of Neurosurgery faculty brings intellectual curiosity, scientific rigor, and fundamental concern to our patients, our trainees, our colleagues, and the communities we serve in northern New England. 

We advance knowledge and innovation, and enhance efficiency through clinical, translational, and biomedical research studies designed to improve the care of patients with neurologic disease. We are dedicated to patient-and family-centric treatment of individuals with neurologic disease, and to developing the next generation of neurosurgical physicians. The UVM Neurosurgery Residency Program if fully accredited by ACGME and committed to training future leaders in the field to be outstanding clinicians, active investigators and experienced educators.


Surgery News

Leavitt Selected for UMaine Alumni Achievement Award

January 11, 2019 by Jennifer Nachbur

Bruce J. Leavitt, M.D., UVM professor of surgery and chief of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, has been selected by the University of Maine Alumni Association to receive the Bernard Lown '42 Humanitarian Award

Bruce Leavitt, M.D.'81 (Photo: UVM Medical Communications)

Bruce J. Leavitt, M.D., has been selected by the University of Maine Alumni Association to receive the Bernard Lown '42 Humanitarian Award at the annual Alumni Achievement Awards dinner and recognition ceremony on April 5, 2019 at the UMaine campus in Orono.


The award recognizes dedication to outstanding service and impact at the regional, national or global level through active engagement in saving lives, relieving suffering, and promoting human dignity.


A professor of surgery and division chief of cardiothoracic surgery at the University of Vermont's Larner College of Medicine and University of Vermont Medical Center, Leavitt has traveled to Rwanda, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Panama, Russia, and China to perform heart surgeries as a member of Team Heart, Doctors Without Borders, and other humanitarian aid organizations. A Waterville, Maine, native, Leavitt graduated from UMaine in 1977 and UVM's Larner College of Medicine in 1981. He completed a general surgery residency at Maine Medical Center, followed by a residency in cardiopulmonary surgery at the SUNY Health Science Center in Syracuse, N.Y. before joining UVM  In 1988.

Founded in 1875, the UMaine Alumni Association is an independent, not-for-profit, organization dedicated to advancing the best interests of UMaine and its former, current, and future students. The Alumni Association has more than 109,000 members living in 50 states and 112 countries.