Medical Staff

Curriculum Vitae
Thomas M. Wascher, MD, FACS
"I feel like I am the luckiest person alive...to work at what I love to do. I find great satisfaction in providing state-of-the-art treatment for my patients in a personalized fashion based on compassion, dignity and honesty. My focus is to provide each patient and their families with the highest quality care, comfort, and service available - anywhere."
 
Dr. Wascher is a fellowship-trained neurosurgeon with expertise in the neurosurgical management of brain tumors, skull base abnormalities and vascular disorders of the brain. He also has extensive experience in:
  • Stereotactic radiosurgical treatment of brain tumors
  • Microsurgical management of cervical and lumbar disc herniations
  • Surgical management of complex cervical spinal disorders
  • Fusion procedures
Dr. Wascher is one of the most experienced neurosurgeons in the country. He has:
  • Performed over 800 anterior cervical fusions
  • Performed over 300 anterior cervical corpectomies
  • Achieved survivals three times national averages for patients with malignant primary brain tumors
  • Been an investigator in numerous clinical trials for trauma, brain tumors and spinal surgery
  • Been the leading contributor to an ongoing trial of bovine versus recombinant human thrombin for spinal epidural hemostasis
 
 
 
 
5320 West Michaels Drive   |   Appleton, WI 54913-8400   |   Phone: (920) 882-8200 or (888) 231-5236   |   Fax: (920) 882-8210