Andrew Ringer, MD, Elected Chairman of Mayfield Brain & Spine

CINCINNATI – Andrew Ringer, MD, a neurosurgeon and cerebrovascular specialist, has been elected Chairman of the Board of Mayfield Brain & Spine, one of the nation's largest and most respected groups of neurosurgeons. Dr. Ringer assumed his position January 1, 2019, for a three-year term.

He replaces Arthur Arand, MD, who served as Chairman from 2013 through 2018. Dr. Arand continues his full-time work as a Mayfield spine specialist.

Also elected to the Mayfield Board of Directors were:

Vice Chairman: Christopher McPherson, MD

Treasurer: Brad Curt, MD

Secretary: Michael Kachmann, MD

At Large Members: Tann Nichols, MD, and Vincent DiNapoli, MD, PhD

Dr. Ringer serves as Chief of Neurosciences for TriHealth and Director of the Division of Neurosurgery at Good Samaritan Hospital. He is a board member of the Mayfield Education & Research Foundation.

Dr. Ringer is dedicated to treating patients with neurovascular disease and to finding new neurosurgical techniques for the treatment of aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations, carotid artery disease, and stroke. He has served on the Medical Advisory Board of The Brain Aneurysm Foundation since 2013.

Mayfield Brain & Spine is the full-service patient care provider of the Mayfield Clinic, one of the nation's leading physician organizations for neurosurgical treatment, education, and research. With more than 20 specialists in neurosurgery, interventional neuroradiology, physical medicine and rehabilitation, pain management, and physical therapy, Mayfield Brain & Spine treats 25,000 patients from more than 30 states in a typical year. Mayfield physicians specialize in the treatment of back and neck pain, sciatica, Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, NPH, epilepsy, brain and spinal tumors, stroke, moyamoya, brain aneurysms, Chiari malformation, scoliosis, kyphosis, facial pain, facial twitch, trauma, concussion, spinal cord injury, and carpal tunnel. As leading innovators in their field, Mayfield physicians have pioneered surgical procedures and instrumentation that have revolutionized the medical art of neurosurgery for spinal diseases and disorders, brain tumors, and neurovascular diseases and disorders.