Tarun Arora, MD

Dr. Tarun Arora is a neurosurgeon who focuses on complex tumors of the brain and spine, including skull base tumors such as acoustic neuromas, pituitary adenomas, meningiomas, and schwannomas.  He has extensive experience in disorders of the cranio-cervical junction such as basilar invagination, chiari malformation, craniocervical instability, and fractures of the upper cervical spine.   In addition to his subspecialty practice, he serves as chief of neurosurgery at Marin Health Medical Center where he treats patients with a wide variety of neurosurgical disorders, including brain and spinal trauma, brain and spinal tumors, degenerative spine disorders, radiculopathy, back and neck pain.  He has extensive training and experience in minimally invasive spine surgery techniques.

Dr. Arora’s research focuses on skull base CSF leak closure techniques, fluorescent nerve labeling to facilitate safer surgery, and odontoid fractures in the elderly.

Dr. Arora earned a master’s degree in physical therapy and practiced as a therapist prior to medical school. He earned his medical degree at Baylor College of Medicine.  He then completed residency training in neurosurgery at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, during which he also did a neuro-critical care fellowship.  He later went on to complete a skull base and brain tumor fellowship at UCSF where he currently practices.