Dr. Marcelo Budke Neukamp

Preferential dedication to epilepsy surgery.

The Dr. Marcelo Budke studied medicine at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil. He specialized in neurosurgery at the University Hospital La Paz.

From 2010 to 2018 he has been trained in epilepsy and brain tumor surgery at the prestigious Cleveland Clinic in the United States, combining this training with his work as a neurosurgeon at the Hospital Niño Jesús in Madrid.

He is currently a reference in epilepsy surgery and is the neurosurgeon in charge of the Epilepsy Surgery Unit of the Neurology Department of the Ruber Internacional Hospital in Madrid.

• 1990 – 1996 Degree in Medicine and Surgery: School of Medicine. Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. Brazil
• 2000 – 2005 Neurosurgery Residency: Neurosurgery Service. University Hospital La Paz. Madrid
• 2006 – present. Assistant to the Department of Neurosurgery Hospital Niño Jesús. Madrid
• 2010 – 2018 Trained in epilepsy surgery and brain tumor surgery at the Cleveland Clinic. United States
• 2017 – Doctor of Surgery. Autonomous University of Madrid. Doctoral thesis: Surgical outcomes in patients with refractory epilepsy secondary to focal cortical dysplasia in pediatric age using intracranial electrodes.
• 2018 – present. Neurosurgeon in charge of the Epilepsy Surgery Unit. Neurology Service. Ruber International Hospital. Madrid

• XI Dr. Pedro Mata Award (2016), granted by the Board of Directors of the Neurosurgery Society of the Community of Madrid, to the work entitled:
  “INNOVATION IN THE TECHNIQUE OF DEEP ELECTRODE IMPLANTATION IN REFRACTORY EPILEPSY”. Author: Marcelo Budke.