Co-Director Endoscopic Pituitary and Skull Base Surgery Program
Zachary N. Litvack, MD, MCR, is a neurosurgeon and the co-director of The Endoscopic Pituitary and Anterior Skull Base Surgery Program at The GW Medical Faculty Associates. He is also an assistant professor of neurosurgery and otolaryngology in the Department of Neurosurgery at The George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences.
Dr. Litvack earned his medical degree from Brown University. He completed his internship in General Surgery and residency in Neurological Surgery at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, OR. During residency, Dr. Litvack completed his graduate studies, receiving a Masters in Clinical Research from Oregon Health & Science University. Following his residency, he completed fellowship training in endoscopic pituitary and anterior skull base surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School under the mentorship of Dr. Edward Laws.
Dr. Litvack is an active member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, the Council of State Neurosurgical Societies, and the American Medical Association. He is an assistant editor of the Self-Assesment in Neurological Surgery (SANS), has served on the Executive Committee of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, and currently sits on the Washington Committee of the AANS/CNS.
Dr. Litvack has received the Mahaley Award for Clinical Research in Neuro-Oncology from the National Brain Tumor Foundation for his pioneering work in fluorescence endoscopy guided resection of pituitary tumors, and the Robert Florin Award for Socioeconomic Research from the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Council of State Neurosurgical Societies.
He has clinical and research interests in skull base surgery and is developing novel endoscopic approaches to the anterior skull base.
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