MUSC Health Neurosurgery at West Ashley Medical Pavilion

Dr. Jaime L. Martínez Santos completed his neurosurgery residency at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). Before returning to MUSC, Dr. Martínez completed accredited fellowship training in complex cranial neurosurgery including neuro-oncology, skull base, and cerebrovascular neurosurgery at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Dr. Martínez's expertise and clinical interests include surgery of primary and metastatic brain tumors (including complex brain tumors involving deep and highly functional regions), skull base tumors (meningiomas, vestibular schwannomas, chordomas, chondrosarcomas, pituitary tumors, etc.), vascular pathologies such as cerebral aneurysms, brain arteriovenous malformations (AVMs), cavernous malformations, arteriovenous fistulae, carotid stenosis (i.e., microsurgical endarterectomies), moyamoya disease, and cerebrovascular microsurgical bypass.





Dr. Martínez is a passionate anatomist and neuroanatomist with numerous years of teaching experience and scientific publications. His main research interests include microsurgical anatomy, and surgical simulation and education. In Dr. Martínez's anatomy and microsurgical skills laboratory, medical students, neurosurgery residents, and fellows can learn comprehensive anatomy and neuroanatomy and hone their microsurgical skills. This opportunity will be available for international neurosurgeons and trainees in the form of courses, post-doctoral fellowships, and observerships. Dr. Martínez is involved in numerous professional organizations including the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS).

Dr. Roberta K. Sefcik is a neurosurgeon specializing in disorders of the brain and spine. She received her undergraduate degree at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where she graduated with University Honors. With a commitment to clinical research, she obtained a Master of Science in Clinical Research at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. She also obtained her medical degree at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and she graduated with Distinction in Research. She completed residency training in neurological surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.





Following her year as a Chief Resident, she completed a CAST-accredited enfolded fellowship in spine surgery. She furthered her fellowship training by completing the AO Spine North America Global Spine Diploma Program, a global orthopedic and neurosurgical training program, certifying her knowledge base in degenerative disorders of the spine, spinal trauma, spinal oncology, spinal deformity, and infections of the spine.

Dr Wilson is a Fellowship-trained Complex Spine Neurosurgeon and Clinician Scientist with an interest in Aging and Frailty as it relates to Degenerative Spine Disease. His clinical interests focus on the surgical treatment for all aspects of degenerative spine disease including cervical myelopathy, cervical radiculopathy, lumbar and thoracic disc disease, adult spinal deformity and revision spine surgery. Dr Wilson incorporates the newest and most effective technology, such as Robotic Spine Surgery and AI-driven custom spine implants, to maximize the outcomes of his patients.





Dr. Wilson graduated medicine from the University of Oxford, UK before completing his residency at Leeds Teaching Hospitals in the North of England. During his 2 year Complex Spine Fellowship at the University of Toronto Dr Wilson earned a reputation for research in the effects of old age on the outcomes after spine surgery. He has won multiple research awards and grants, written book chapters on spine surgery and presents regularly at national meetings for the North American Spine Society, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, American Association of Neurological Surgeons (Spine Section) and Cervical Spine Research Society.





Prior to joining MUSC, Dr Wilson served as Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska.

Dr. Ben Allen Strickland's major area of clinical interest is brain, skull base, and pituitary surgery. His practice incorporates a variety of endoscopic and minimally invasive open neurosurgical techniques as well as stereotactic radiosurgery. He is a South Carolina native from Columbia. He graduated summa cum laude from Clemson University with a double major in Economics and Biology. He received his medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine. He completed his neurosurgical training at the University of Southern California. He received advanced fellowship training in minimally invasive brain tumor and skull base oncology under Dr. Gabriel Zada. After residency, he completed an additional fellowship in skull base and cerebrovascular neurosurgery under Dr. Dan Barrow at Emory University. He is passionate about applying cutting-edge technology toward the comprehensive management of brain tumors to his patients.





Dr. Strickland also has a strong academic interest in brain tumor and skull base surgery. During his training, he completed an NIH research year investigating differential epigenetic expression patterns in meningioma. He has published over 130 peer-reviewed articles and dozens of book chapters and has received several grants, mostly focusing on brain and skull base tumors. He runs a laboratory to translate basic cancer immunology into novel therapies against aggressive meningioma and glioblastoma. He aims to develop targeted immunotherapies against tumors not amendable to surgical interventions.