When my husband was diagnosed with a brain tumor in March of 2010, our family doctors recommended Barrow to do the surgery to have it removed. We initially had an appointment with a different doctor, but because of scheduling conflicts we ended up going with doctor Alan Mitha, who is the fellow for Dr. Robert Spetzler. \n\nDr. Mitha was very knowledgeable about the procedure and kindly answered any questions or concerns we had about the surgery. He explained what the surgery would be like, complications that might arise from the surgery, and recovery time. We had my husbands operation set for May of 2010. The entire surgery took about 8 hours but we were kept updated through the entire process. Doctors would come out periodically and explain what was going on and how my husband was doing. When the surgery was completed both doctors came out to explain the entire thing to us. \n\nWe were very lucky to have been able to be in the state of one of the best neurosurgeons in the country. All of the doctors were very kind and understanding about how scared we both were and took their time making us feel comfortable. I highly recommend any of the doctors at this facility.