Andrew Venteicher

Introduction

Andrew Venteicher, MD, Ph.D., is an associate professor of neurosurgery at the University of Minnesota Medical School and a neurosurgeon. 

Dr. Venteicher specializes in minimally invasive, endoscopic endonasal, and traditional open microsurgical approaches to cranial base tumors and cerebrovascular diseases. He is the neurosurgical director of the Center for Skull Base and Pituitary Surgery which focuses on diagnosis and comprehensive treatment for patients with tumors along the base of the brain, pituitary gland, and brainstem.

Dr. Venteicher is part of a translational research initiative between the University of Minnesota Medical School and the Masonic Cancer Center that is exploring the genomics of brain tumors. His laboratory focuses on using new molecular techniques to understand how and why brain tumors develop and resist chemotherapy and radiation treatment. Translational research efforts such as these are of particular importance to identify new treatment options for patients with these diseases.