Ascension Sacred Heart Gamma Knife Center

Neurosurgeons at Ascension Sacred Heart Gamma Knife Center in Pensacola, Florida, provide non-invasive treatment for brain tumors, vascular abnormalities, and nerve conditions. Using advanced Gamma Knife technology, we target specific areas in the brain with high-dose radiation. This allows us to treat even delicate areas near cranial nerves and blood vessels while saving the surrounding healthy tissue. 

Gamma Knife isn’t an actual knife—it uses beams of radiation to treat conditions such as: 

• Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs)
• Gliomas, meningiomas, acoustic neuromas, and pituitary adenomas (common types of brain tumors, often non-cancerous)
• Intracranial tumors
• Metastatic, malignant, and benign (cancerous or non-cancerous tumors in the brain)
• Single and multiple brain tumors (one or more tumors in the brain)
• Trigeminal neuralgia
• Trigeminal neuralgia (a chronic nerve condition that causes intense facial pain)
• Vascular malformations (abnormal tangles of blood vessels in the brain, such as arteriovenous malformations or AVMs)

Treatment is completed in one session and typically takes just minutes. Over time, tumors may shrink, AVMs may close off, and nerve pain typically improves—without the need for traditional surgery. 

Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola is the only facility in the region offering this advanced treatment.