Led by:

Christina Jackson, MD

Department of Neurosurgery

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Attending Physician

Dr. Christina Jackson is an Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at Penn Medicine. She specializes in open skull base surgery, minimally invasive surgery, endoscopic skull base and pituitary surgery, and complex brain tumor surgery. Dr. Jackson is uniquely fellowship-trained in both open and endoscopic endonasal skull base approaches and aims to select the most effective and less invasive approach to each individual patient.

Dr. Jackson’s active research includes developing novel immune based therapies for brain tumors and skull base tumors as well as optimizing outcomes for patients with skull base tumors.

Nithin D. Adappa, MD

Department of Otorhinolaryngology

Professor of Otorhinolaryngology and Attending Physician

Dr. Adappa is fellowship director in the Division of Rhinology and Skull Base Surgery and surgical director of the AERD Center, treating Aspirin Exacerbated Respiratory Disease (Samter’s triad). He specializes in revision sinus surgery, focusing on challenging frontal and sphenoid sinuses, and manages surgical care for benign and malignant sinonasal tumors and cerebrospinal fluid leaks. Collaborating with neurosurgeons, he removes brain tumors via nasal and sinus approaches. Dr. Adappa has authored over 250 peer-reviewed papers and edited the “Atlas of Endoscopic Sinus and Skull Base Surgery.” His research centers on topical therapies for chronic rhinosinusitis and outcomes in sinonasal and skull base tumors. He is an active member of the American Rhinology Society and frequently presents his work nationally and internationally.