A CU Medicine provider.
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Qualifications and experience
- Specialties
- Neurological Surgery
- Gender
- Male
- Languages spoken
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English
- Education
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Internship
University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical Center Program (1982)
Medical School
University of California, San Diego School of Medicine (1981)
Residency
University of Southern California/California Hospital Medical Center (Los Angeles) Program (1987)
Undergraduate
University of California–Irvine (CA) (1977)
Undergraduate
University of California–Irvine (CA) (1977)
- Clinical interest for patients
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My clinical areas of expertise are cerebral aneurysm surgery, surgery on other vascular lesions (arteriovenous malformations, A-V fistulas, cavernous malformations), surgical management of trigeminal neuralgia, stereotactic radiosurgery (including Gamma Knife) for a variety of intracranial pathologies, including brain metastases and surgery for benign intracranial tumors (such as meningiomas, vestibular schwannomas & colloid cysts)
I was part of the team that performed the first American fetal cell transplant for Parkinson's Disease and was the Co-Principal Investigator on the first NIH-sponsored trial of fetal cell implantation for Parkinson's Disease.
- Research interest for patients
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I am interested in cerebral aneurysms, vascular malformations, carotid disease, skull base surgery, trigeminal neuralgia and stereotactic radiosurgery.
- Insurance
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