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Brian M. Snelling, MD, is a board-certified, fellowship-trained neurosurgeon specializing in the surgical and endovascular treatment of disorders of the brain and spine. He currently serves as the Director of Cerebrovascular & Endovascular Neurosurgery and the Medical Director of the Marilyn & Stanley Barry Center for Cerebrovascular Disease and Stroke at the Marcus Neuroscience Institute at Boca Raton Regional Hospital in Boca Raton, Florida.
Dr. Snelling is a graduate of Vanderbilt University, where he received a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Biomedical Engineering. He received his medical degree from the West Virginia University School of Medicine, where he was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha. He completed both his neurological surgery residency and fellowship in endovascular neurosurgery at Jackson Memorial Hospital and the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in Miami, Florida.
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