Biographical Sketch
Gene H. Barnett, MD, is Director of Cleveland Clinic’s Brain Tumor and Neuro-Oncology Center; Director of the Cleveland Clinic Health System Gamma Knife Center; and Vice-Chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery. He has served on the Board of Governors of Cleveland Clinic for a five-year term and was President of the Staff.
He has authored more than 180 articles published in leading medical journals and has a particular interest in the areas of neuro-oncology, computer-assisted surgery and stereotactic radiosurgery. In the late 1980s, Dr. Barnett created the Center for Computer-Assisted Neurosurgery at Cleveland Clinic, which established Cleveland Clinic's neurosurgery program as an innovator in following:
- Advanced stereotaxis, or the identification of discreet areas of the brain that control specific functions
- Computer applications resulting in the creation of a powerful surgical navigation system called frameless stereotaxy.
He holds several patents in these areas and continues work on the development of robotics in neurosurgery, laser lesioning systems for brain tumors and next-generation surgical navigation systems.
Dr. Barnett is the past-president of the Ohio State Neurosurgical Society, and the Northeast Ohio Neurosurgical Society. He is a state representative for the Joint Council of State Neurosurgical Societies, and he has served as Chairman of its Northwest Quadrant. He also serves on the Executive Committee of the Section on Tumors and has been on the Board of Directors of the Joint Section of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery and Board of Directors of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. In addition, he is on the editorial boards of Neurosurgery, Journal of Image Guided Surgery and Select Reviews in Neuro-Oncology. He also is a reviewer for several neurosurgery journals.
He received his degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, completed his residency at the Cleveland Clinic Department of Neurosurgery and his fellowship in Neurosurgery at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, where he was a clinical and research fellow at the Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital.
Specialty Interests
benign and malignant tumors of the brain and spinal cord, benign brain tumors (meningiomas, schwannomas), Brain Metastases, brain tumors, CNS metastatic disease, gamma knife, gamma knife and radiosurgery, Gamma Knife Radiosurgery, Meningiomas, molecular biology of brain tumors clinical and translational trials, stereotactic surgery, Trigeminal Neuralgia, tumors of the brain and spine
Industry Relationships
Cleveland Clinic physicians and scientists may collaborate
with the pharmaceutical or medical device industries
to help develop medical breakthroughs or provide
medical education about recent trends. The
collaborations are reviewed as part of the Cleveland
Clinic’s procedures. The Cleveland Clinic publicly
discloses payments to its physicians and scientists
for speaking and consulting of
$5,000 or more per year, and any equity, royalties,
and fiduciary relationships in companies with which
they collaborate. In publicly disclosing this
information, the Cleveland Clinic tries to provide
information as accurately as possible about its
doctors’ connections with industry and those of their
immediate family members. As of 7/31/2008, Dr.
Barnett has reported the financial relationships
with the companies listed below. Patients should feel
free to contact their doctor about any of the
relationships and how the relationships are overseen
by the Cleveland Clinic. To learn more about the
Cleveland Clinic’s policies on collaborations with
industry and innovation management, go to
our Integrity in Innovation page.
Consulting. Dr. Barnett receives fees of $5,000 or more per year as a paid consultant or speaker for the following companies:
Elektra Instrument, AB
Monteris Medical Inc.
Inventor Share. Dr. Barnett may receive future financial benefits from the Cleveland Clinic for inventions or discoveries related to the companies shown below:
IntElect Medical, Inc.
Royalty Payments. Dr. Barnett has the right to receive royalty payments for inventions or discoveries related to the companies shown below:
Mako Surgical
