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About Dr. Hauge

Dr. Hauge was in full-time adult neurosurgical practice with Neurosurgical Associates in Knoxville, Tennessee from 1990- March 31, 2023. Since retiring from active neurosurgical practice he has maintained an active neurosurgical consulting practice focusing on medical record reviews, independent medical evaluations, and expert witness testimony.

Dr. Hauge was born and raised in Fairmont, West Virginia. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology from The College of Wooster, Wooster Ohio in 1977. and subsequently received a Master of Science (Research) from the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology at Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis Missouri in 1982. He received his M.D. degree from West Virginia University School of Medicine in Morgantown, West Virginia in 1984, and completed a 6 year general surgery internship and neurosurgical residency at Hospitals and Clinics of the Medical College of Georgia, Georgia Regents University in Augusta, Georgia from 1984-1990.

Dr. Hauge was certified as a Diplomate of the American Board of Neurological Surgery in 1994 and actively participates in their Maintenance of Certification process. Dr. Hauge holds unrestricted medical licenses in Tennessee, Alabama, Texas, Oklahoma, Mississippi, and Kentucky. He has previously published a number of neuroanatomical/ neurophysiological papers in peer reviewed journals.

Dr. Hauge’s 33 year neurosurgical practice has focused on general adult neurosurgery including cranial, spine, and peripheral nerve disorders. A large part of his practice has been devoted to Gamma knife radiosurgery/ Neuro-oncology since 2005. He has an extensive experience in Worker’s Compensation and evaluation of patient’s involved in motor vehicle accidents and other traumas. He has extensive experience in independent medical evaluations, medical record review of insurance cases, and has served as an expert witness in these cases as well as medical malpractice cases.

Dr. Hauge has served in multiple administrative and clinical positions in the hospital, private practice, and community setting over the last 33 years.

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