Claudio Tatsui

Claudio Tatsui is a Senior Professor at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, specializing in neurosurgery, spinal oncology, and orthopedic surgery. His research focuses on surgical strategies for spinal cord tumors, metastatic spine disease, and craniocervical junction pathology, with recent work on intraoperative ultrasound guidance for ependymoma resection and oncolytic adenoviral therapy for chordoma. He has published extensively on percutaneous pedicle screw stabilization outcomes and occipitocervical fusion for metastatic disease, alongside translational studies on dorsal root ganglion pain mechanisms. His contributions have advanced both surgical technique and tumor microenvironment research in spinal oncology.