Geneva General Hospital adds neurosurgeon to medical staff

GENEVA — Neurosurgeon Lucas Aurich has recently joined the medical staff of Geneva General Hospital, which is part of UR Medicine Finger Lakes Health. Aurich is an assistant professor of neurosurgery at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester and serves as neurosurgery director of Geneva General Hospital, according to an April 22 announcement from UR Medicine Finger Lakes Health. His clinical interests encompass minimally invasive spine surgery for disc herniation, spinal stenosis, spondylolisthesis and spine fractures, as well as complex spine surgery, spine tumors, brain tumors, and stereotactic radiosurgery. Aurich joined UR Medicine after completing two years of neurosurgery fellowship training at Yale University, focusing on complex and oncological spine surgery and stereotactic radiosurgery. He obtained his medical degree from the Federal University of Espirito Santo, Brazil, and completed a neurosurgery residency at the Neurological Institute of Curitiba, Brazil. Additionally, Aurich completed a spine-surgery fellowship at Rummelsberg Hospital in Germany and gained eight years of experience as an attending physician at two prominent referral centers in Brazil. In his practice, Dr. Aurich aims to offer individualized and minimally invasive neurosurgical solutions for his patients. His office is located at 200 North St., Suite 304, in Geneva.