In addition to overseeing the Department of Neuroscience at FIU Medicine, Dr. Michael McDermott serves as the chief medical executive and Irma & Kalman Bass Endowed Chair in Clinical Neuroscience at Baptist Health Miami Neuroscience Institute.
McDermott, a board-certified neurosurgeon, is widely known for advancing neurosurgical techniques and is an expert in the treatment of a wide variety of neurological disorders. He is one of the world’s leading experts in meningioma—the most common primary brain tumor in adults.
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Areas of Expertise
- Meningiomas
- Skull base tumors
- Radiosurgery
- Alzheimer’s
Honors & Awards
- Irma and Kalmam Bass Distinguished Clinical Professor & Endowed Chair in Clinical Neuroscience
- Expertscape top rated meningioma expert in the world 2010-2021
Education
- Fellow, Research, University of California San Francisco, 1990
- Clinical Instructor, Neuro-Oncology, University of California San Francisco, 1989
- Residency, Neurosurgery, University of British Columbia, Canada, 1988
- Mixed Internship, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Canada, 1983
- M.D., University of Toronto, Canada, 1982
- B.S., Chemistry, University of Toronto, Canada, 1978