Giving to Neurosurgery
Drs. Castro and Lowenstein working together in their laboratory. Dr. Castro is reading from a book and Dr. Lowenstein is looking into a microscope.

Transforming Neurosurgical Care for Adults and Kids

Our faculty are providing groundbreaking care and doing breakthrough research. Your gift can impact patients with conditions as diverse as Parkinson’s disease, brain tumors, and scoliosis, including by supporting the education of the next generation of leaders in the field.

It is an exciting time in neurosurgery, and we are at the forefront. We are unraveling the biology of adult and pediatric brain tumors, developing immunotherapies for brain cancer, and translating discoveries into care through clinical trials. We are innovating in minimally invasive surgeries and deep brain stimulation; enabling brain-machine interfaces; and improving detection and repair for life-threatening strokes and brain aneurysms. 

Your gift can keep the momentum strong. You can support:

  • High-risk, high-reward pilot studies to build a pipeline of innovative ideas
  • Research collaborations across disciplines
  • Clinical research and clinical trials  
  • New research and educational opportunities for trainees and early-career faculty
  • Programs that combat burnout and enhance the well-being of our surgical residents

There’s much more. We have been leading the way in developing new therapies for more than 100 years. When something goes wrong in the brain or nervous system, it can rob us of the ability to speak, to feel emotion, to think, to connect with the world. Help us provide hope for millions of people who face these conditions and their loved ones. 

Giving Opportunities
Neurosurgery Gift Fund
Your gift supports innovative and programmatic Neurosurgical activities in the areas of greatest need.
Help continue innovative programs
Brain Tumor Research Fund
Your gift will support innovative brain tumor research performed within the Department of Neurosurgery.
Help continue innovative programs
Neurovascular Research Fund
Our research team is investigating why patients suffer from neurological deficits after a hemorrhage. We are working to impede the development of stroke and to improve treatments.
Help us find a cure
Spine Research Fund
Support ensures that patients receive the best surgical or medical therapy for their spine problem and moves forward clinical trials to help us better understand spinal injuries and the most effective treatments.
Advance treatments and care
Pediatric Brain Tumor Research
Donations support innovative pediatric brain tumor research performed within the Department of Neurosurgery.
Advance life-saving research

We need a lot of initial funding from philanthropy to show the NIH that something has promise. Philanthropy really plays a crucial role in allowing these trials to make it into the clinic.

R.C. Schneider Collegiate Professor of Neurosurgery, professor of cell and developmental biology, and co-director, Brain Tumor Research and Translational Neuro-Oncology Laboratories, University of Michigan Medical School
Smiling photo of Maria Castro seated at a desk in her laboratory.
Together, we are improving health and saving lives.

Learn more about how donor generosity fuels our efforts to understand the origins of brain tumors and advance new therapies that will save lives.

Partner With Us

We would be pleased to discuss your interests and goals — and the impact your gift can have. We can connect you with faculty and staff, identify where your help is most needed, and share how giving can provide personal satisfaction as well as financial and tax benefits.

Allison Clark Allison Clark
Associate Director of Development
Kirsten Petriches Kirsten Petriches
Senior Associate Director of Development