Ian Dunn, MD
Neurosurgeon
Position:
Neurosurgeon
Primary Specialty:
Neurosurgery
Languages Spoken:
English
Gender:
Male
About Ian Dunn
Ian F. Dunn, M.D., FACS, FAANS, is Professor and Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine. He holds the Harry Wilkins, M.D. Chair in Neurosurgery and also serves on the OU Health Executive Leadership Team as Chief Physician Executive.
Before coming to OU Health, Dunn served as an Associate Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at Harvard Medical School for eight years and director for the Center for Pituitary and Skull Base Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
He completed his clinical fellowship in skull base neurosurgery at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences/St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center, Little Rock, after completing his postdoctoral fellowship in cancer genomics at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Broad Institute, Boston. He completed his neurosurgery residency and served as chief resident at the Children’s Hospital/Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and general surgery internship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He earned his medical degree from Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA.
Dunn is a member of numerous national professional societies and presents nationally and internationally on his central focus on complex brain tumors at the skull base, including those in the pituitary region. He has authored more than 200 peer-reviewed journal publications and 40 chapters of various scientific and/or medical publications in neurosurgery.
Affiliations
OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center – Brain Tumor Clinic,
OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center,
OU Health Physicians – Neurosurgery Clinic,
OU Health Physicians Building - Oklahoma City
Health Education
Medical School
Doctor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Fellowship
Skull Base Neurosurgery
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences/St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center
Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Cancer Genomics
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Broad Institute
Residency
Neurosurgery
Children's Hospital/Brigham and Women's Hospital
Board Certification
Certification American Board of Neurological Surgery
Medical Interests
Areas of Interest:
Complex brain tumors Skull base tumors Meningioma Acoustic neuroma (vestibular schwannoma) Pituitary tumors Craniopharyngioma Chordoma Endoscopic surgery Glioma Metastatic tumors Trigeminal Neuralgia Hydrocephalus Chiari malformation
