DanSHeffezMD

Neurosurgery • Milwaukee, WI

Professor of neurosurgery Medical College of Wisconsin

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Office
8701 W Watertown Plank Rd
4th floor hub
Milwaukee, WI 53226
Phone+1 414-955-0950

Education & Training

Johns Hopkins UniversityResidency, Neurological Surgery, 1980 - 1985
NIH Clinical CenterFellowship, 1983 - 1984
McGill University Faculty of MedicineClass of 1979

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 2004 - Present
IL State Medical License 1990 - 2026
WI State Medical License 2004 - 2025
FL State Medical License 2017 - 2019
MD State Medical License 1983 - 2008
MI State Medical License 1995 - 2005
American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014
Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2011
Fellow (FAANS) American Association of Neurological Surgeons

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

39 citations
Clinical evidence for cervical myelopathy due to Chiari malformation and spinal stenosis in a non-randomized group of patients with the diagnosis of fibromyalgia
Dan S. Heffez, Ruth E. Ross, Yvonne Shade-Zeldow, Konstantinos Kostas, Sagar Shah
European Spine Journal. 2004-04-09
108 citations
Acquired spinal cord injury in human fetuses with myelomeningocele
Grover M. Hutchins, Martin Meuli, Claudia Meuli-Simmen, Mary Ann Jordan, Dan S. Heffez
Pediatric Pathology & Laboratory Medicine. 1996-09-01
17 citations
A case-control study of cerebellar tonsillar ectopia (Chiari) and head/neck trauma (whiplash)
Michael D. Freeman, Scott Rosa, David Harshfield, Francis W. Smith, Robert M. Bennett
Brain Injury. 2010-06-14

Professional Memberships

Other Languages

French, Italian, Hebrew, Spanish

External Links

Wisconsin Chiari Centerhttp://wichiaricenter.org