Evan Douglas Bander, MD

Evan D. Bander, M.D., is a neurosurgeon, director of endoscopic skull base surgery and co-director of the pituitary tumor program at Baptist Health Miami Neuroscience Institute. He specializes in cranial neurosurgery with a subspecialty focus on brain tumors. He treats both benign and malignant tumors, including skull base tumors, meningiomas, pituitary tumors, craniopharyngiomas, primary brain tumors (gliomas and glioblastoma) and secondary brain tumors (metastases). He is fellowship trained in minimally invasive, keyhole and endoscopic approaches as well as in neurosurgical oncology at two of the leading cancer centers in the country.

Dr. Bander earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Neurobiology and Behavior, magna cum laude, from Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. He completed his medical degree at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, N.Y., while also receiving a prestigious Howard Hughes Medical Institute Medical Research Fellowship. During his seven years of training at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, he completed a neurological surgery residency, served as chief resident, completed a Leon Levy Neuroscience Research Fellowship as well as a Minimally Invasive Skull Base Surgery Fellowship under the mentorship of internationally renowned neurosurgeon, Dr. Theodore Schwartz. Dr. Bander’s training also includes a neurosurgical oncology fellowship at MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Neurological Surgery/Brain & Spine Center in Houston, Texas.

To advance the fields of neurosurgery and neurosurgical oncology, Dr. Bander conducts extensive clinical and translational research. He has received numerous awards for his research accomplishments and his work has been widely published in peer-reviewed medical journals, including Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Cancer, Neurosurgery, Journal of Neurosurgery and Journal of Neuro-Oncology. He is a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Congress of Neurological Surgeons.

Recognizing that his patients are facing one of the most difficult times in their lives, Dr. Bander offers an empathetic and patient-centered care approach. He partners with his patients and his multidisciplinary cancer and pituitary care teams to restore his patients’ health, honor their priorities and attain the best outcomes possible.

When he is not treating patients, Dr. Bander enjoys spending time with his wife and son and their mini Goldendoodle as well as traveling, playing golf and swimming.