Dr. Frank Culicchia, medical director of Culicchia Neurological Clinic, specializes in neurological surgery. He is board certified and a graduate of Tulane University School of Medicine.In January, 2006 he was appointed Clinical Professor and Chairman of neurosurgery at LSU Health Sciences Center.

Dr. Culicchia completed a general internship at Charity Hospital in New Orleans and was named outstanding intern. He completed a neurosurgery residency at Tulane University Hospital and is today a clinical associate professor of Neurological Surgery at Tulane Medical School. Dr. Culicchia completed a fellowship at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Neurovascular Surgery in Phoenix, Arizona.

Dr. Culicchia is an active member of the Congress of Neurological Surgery and served on the board of the Tulane Medical Alumni Association for six years. He is currently chairman of the department of surgery at West Jefferson Medical Center, 2001- 2003 and is treasurer and a member of the board of directors of the Foundation for International Education in Neurological Surgery.

Additionally, Dr. Culicchia is chairman of the membership committee, AANS/CNS Section of Cerebrovascular Surgery. He will serve as the scientific meeting chair at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the AANS/CNS section of Cerebrovascular Surgery. He previously served in that role for the organization’s 2002 meeting. He is also a member of the AANS Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation Development Committee.