The Department of Neurological Surgery at the Indiana University School of Medicine welcomed two new faculty physicians in 2023 to expand their growth in both downtown Indianapolis and the surrounding suburbs.
Kenneth A. Moore, MD, joined the department as an assistant professor in August 2023. Dr. Moore’s primary focus is the comprehensive management of neurovascular disorders using both open surgical and endovascular methods. He also practices general neurosurgery with a focus on cranial disorders and minimally invasive techniques. He will see patients at the IU Health Neuroscience Center and IU Health North.
Dr. Moore completed a fellowship in cerebrovascular and endovascular neurosurgery at the Semmes-Murphey Clinic in Memphis, Tennessee. He earned his medical degree at the IU School of Medicine in 2015 and completed his neurosurgery residency at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in 2022. During residency, he also completed a skull base and endoscopic neurosurgery fellowship at North Bristol NHS Trust in Bristol, United Kingdom.
His clinical interests include brain aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations, dural arteriovenous fistulas, carotid stenosis, brain and skull base tumors, microvascular compression syndromes, Chiari malformation, degenerative spinal disease, and neurotrauma. Procedures he conducts include surgical and endovascular treatment of brain or spinal vascular lesions, carotid endarterectomy or stenting, microvascular decompression, and minimally invasive surgery for brain tumors or degenerative spine conditions.
Outside the hospital, Dr. Moore is an avid musician and fitness enthusiast. He is married to Dr. Angela Kuo, an Internal Medicine and Pediatrics physician with IU Health. The couple met in medical school at IU, and they enjoy reading, cooking and traveling together.
Matthew Pease, MD, joined the department as an assistant professor in November 2023. He is a neurosurgeon who specializes in care for patients with cancer and trauma. Dr. Pease graduated with high distinction in economics from Duke University where he developed models to better understand how the brain is structured to make economic decisions. After graduating, he completed medical school at the University of Southern California and trained in clinical neurosurgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. There, Dr. Pease developed an interest in better understanding how to predict outcomes for trauma patients, communicate expected outcomes to families, and better prevent complications during recovery.
After residency, Dr. Pease completed a fellowship in neurosurgical oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, the first institution in the U.S. devoted solely to treating cancer. “For families, cancer is a scary diagnosis to hear. We are constantly developing new treatments, changing the face of cancer, and bringing hope.” Dr. Pease specializes in using functional mapping and minimally invasive tools to minimize the impact of surgery on the brain, allowing for faster recovery. As a fellowship-trained data scientist, he is pushing cancer care forward through developing new artificial intelligence-based tools to help diagnose and treat cancer more effectively. Dr. Pease’s work has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals including the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Neurology, Annals of Neurology, Radiology, Neuro-oncology, Epilepsia and Neurosurgery.
