Charles G. Kulwin, MD

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Get to know Neurosurgeon Dr. Charles G. Kulwin, who serves patients in Carmel, Indiana.

Dr. Kulwin is a board-certified neurosurgeon with Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine in Carmel, Indiana. His practice has a special focus on complex cranial conditions and neurosurgical diseases, as well as numerous spine disorders.

As one of North America’s largest and most progressive neurosurgical practices, Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine treats all disorders and trauma, including brain aneurysms and subarachnoid hemorrhage, pituitary disorders, trigeminal neuralgia, and complex spinal disorders, such as discs, tumors, injuries, and degenerative disease. The mission of the practice is to be the leader in advancing the health of adults and children with neurosurgical disorders by providing comprehensive, compassionate, and superior care in a state-of-the-art environment of healing, teaching, and discovery.

Pertaining to his educational background, Dr. Kulwin graduated from Harvard University, magna cum laude, as a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He also earned membership with the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, where he obtained his medical degree in 2010. He then completed his neurosurgical residency with the Department of Neurosurgery at Indiana University, followed by a cerebrovascular and skull base fellowship with Troy Payner, MD, at Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine.

The doctor’s clinical research interests include surgical treatment of stroke, neurotrauma, tumors and vascular lesions of the brain and spine, minimally invasive and subcortical cranial surgery, degenerative spine conditions, and neurosurgical education. Alongside his current role, he serves as an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery at the Indiana University School of Medicine. 

A member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, he is board-certified in neurological surgery by the American Board of Neurological Surgery (ABNS). The broad aim of the ABNS is to encourage the study, improve the practice, elevate the standards and advance the science of neurological surgery and thereby serve the cause of public health.

Neurosurgery is the medical specialty concerned with the prevention, diagnosis, surgical treatment, and rehabilitation of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system including the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves, and extra-cranial cerebrovascular system. Neurosurgeons are doctors who diagnose and treat problems with the nervous system, often by performing surgery on the brain or spine. They treat strokes, tumors, cervical and lumbar disc disease, infections, and head or spinal cord injuries.

In his free time, Dr. Kulwin enjoys spending time with his family, running, as well as playing soccer and squash. 

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