Dr. Silbergeld is the Arthur A. Ward Jr. professor of neurological surgery and chief of neurological surgery at UW Medical Center.

He is also an adjunct professor of pathology. He specializes in tumors of the central nervous system, pituitary tumors, epilepsy surgery and radiosurgery with the Gamma Knife. He is board-certified in neurological surgery.

His research program focuses on gliomas, a type of brain tumor, and on methods to break the blood/brain barrier to deliver chemotherapy to malignant brain tumors.