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Expert in Image Guided and Robotic Surgery Design, Neurosurgery, Stereotactic & Functional Neurosurgery, etc.
Available for your Consulting and Expert Witness Needs
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Summary of Expertise:
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Expert has developed technology involving image guided neurosurgery, robotic surgery, and computerized stereotactic techniques, and has been awarded patents for (1) measurement of cerebral blood flow by computerized tomography, (2) method and apparatus for interrelating the positions of a stereotactic headring and stereoadapter apparatus, (3) noninvasive stereotactic apparatus and method for relating data between medical devices, (4) system for concurrent video and reconstructive surgical views (Videotactic surgery), (5) method and apparatus for stereotactic robotic hair transplantation, and (6) audible feedback from positional guidance systems for image guided surgery (Audiotactic surgery). He has founded two companies devoted to developing robotic surgery. Expert is neurosurgeon with 32 years of operating room experience and has chaired two university departments of neurosurgery, as well as holding other positions. He is a world recognized expert in stereotactic neurosurgery, image guided neurosurgery, functional neurosurgery, the use of brain stimulation devices and techniques, and brain tumor surgery. He has consulted for companies that produce neurosurgical instruments and devices.
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Show Secondary and Basic Areas of Expertise | Localities:
Expert may consult nationally and internationally, and is also local to the following cities: Houston, Texas;
Pasadena, Texas;
Beaumont, Texas;
College Station, Texas;
Baytown, Texas;
Bryan, Texas;
Sugar Land, Texas;
Port Arthur, Texas;
Galveston, Texas;
and Missouri City, Texas.
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Honors |
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1955
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BA ,
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Pre-med, Zoology
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Univ of Pennsylvania
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Pendleton Fellowship
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1959
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MS Experimental Neurology
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Applied Neurophysiology
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Temple Medical School
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1959
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MD
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General medicine
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Temple Medical School
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Pennsylvania Senatorial Scholarship
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1970
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PhD
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Neurophysiology
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Temple University and Msx Planck Institute
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NIH Fellowship
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1967
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Board Certified in Neurosurgery
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Neurosurgery
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Temple Medical School
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Board Certification
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2001 to
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(Undisclosed)
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Scientific Director
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Founded two companies concerned with robotic surgery.
Consult with companies developing and selling image guided surgical devices and cardiac device
Medico legal consultation
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1983 to 2001
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Self
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Private practice of neurosurgery
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Neurosurgeon
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Surgery and care of neurosurgical patients, development of methods and devices for stereotactic or image guided surgery
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1975 to 1983
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University of Texas Medical School at Houston
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Neurosurgery
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Professor and Chief of Neurosurgery
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Care of neurosurgical and trauma patients
Research in neurophysiology and head trauma
Running program with five neurosurgeons, two engineers, 15 research and 9 administrative personnel, managing NIH grants
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1972 to 1975
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University of Arizona Medical School
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Neurosurgery
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Assoc Professor and Chief of Neurosurgery
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Developing neurosurgeon in new medical school, recruiting and training faculty, neurophysiologyl and neurosurgical research, running program with three neurosurgeons, 6 administrative personnel
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1968 to 1972
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Cleveland CLinic Foundation
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Neurosurgery
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Staff Neurosurgeon
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Clinical care of neurosurgical patients, training neurosurgical residents, research in cardiovascular physiology
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1967 to 1968
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Max Planck Institut fur Hirnforschung, Frankfurt, Germany
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Vestibular physiology
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Postdoctoral research fellow
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Research in vestibular (balance) physiology
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1962 to 1968
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Temple Medical School
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Neurosurgery
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Resident
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Training in neurosurgery, research in neurophysiology and stereotactic surgery
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1960 to 1962
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United States Naval Reserve
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Naval Medical Research Institute, Bethesda
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Medical Officer, LT
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Research in nerve and blood vessel involvement in frostbite
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Associations/Societies
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, American and World Societies of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (Past-President of both), AMA, Texas Medical Association,
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Licenses/Certifications
Medical License - Texas
Certified by American Board of Neurosurgery 1970
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Professional Appointments
Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery and Radiation Oncology, Baylor Medical College, Board of Trustees of the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates, Editor of journal Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
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Awards/Recognition
Pendleton Scholarship, Pennsylvania State Scholarship, NIH Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Spiegel-Wycis Medal in stereotactic neurosurgery, Temple Alumni Medal 2005
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Medical/Professional Internships
Internship - Grace Hospital, Detroit
Residency - Temple Medical School, Philadelphia
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Publications and Patents Summary
Editor in Chief - Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery 27 years
Publications - 186 journal articles, 3 books including one just going into second edition
Editor of 2 series and 32 proceedings
7 issued patents and 13 patent applications pending
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Selected Publications and Publishers
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- McGraw-Hill
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- Karger
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1960 to 1962
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US Naval Reserve
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Medical Officer
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Research in frostbite
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1975 to 1980
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NINCDS
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Study section member
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Review and evaluation of grant applications, with recommendation about funding
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1975 to 1976
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Natl Inst of Drug Abuse
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Ad hoc study section member
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Review and evaluation of grant applications, with recommendation about funding
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1975 to 1980
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ASTM
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Chairman
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Headed committee for voluntary industrial standards, Committee for Neurosurgical Implants, Stereotactic Surgery
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| Selected Consulting Examples: |
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Consultant, Medtronic, development and use of image guidance system. Met quarterly with engineers to evaluate devices from surgeon's standpoint, 1998-2000
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Consultant, Radionics, design and development of stereotactic devices to be used with their stereotactic apparatus
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Founded Restoration Robotics, Inc., Mountain View, CA, in 2006, based on his patent to develop robotic hair transplantation surgery
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Founded Suture Robotics, Inc., Houston, TX, in 2997, to develop hand held robot for surgical suturing
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Expert Witness Experience Summary:
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Expert witness and consultant in medical malpractice suits concerning neurosurgery, image guided surgery, head or spinal trauma for defendant surgeons and medical device companies
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Recent Litigation Client Requests:
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Expert for consulting on stereotactic surgery patent litigation case.
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Neurosurgery medical legal expert san francisco for consulting on Neurosurgery.
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Expert for consulting on laminectomy/spinal fusion litigation case.
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Founded two companies in 2005 and 2006 to develop robotic surgical devices
Consulted for three companies in development of surgical devices
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| Additional Skills and Services: |
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Training/Seminars
Hands-on course for neurosurgeons learning stereotactic surgery
Lecturer in series of lectures in interstitial chemotherapy for brain tumor
Visiting professor at more than 30 institutions
Designing and teaching neurological science course in two medical school
Over 300 lectures in neurosurgical and medical device topics
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Other Skills and Services
Have developed over a dozen surgical procedures
Editor of journal, Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, for 35 years
Have written extensively, including two major textbooks, in the field of stereotactic and functional neurosurgery, management of pain, and other aspects of neurosurgery, including head trauma
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