FranklinMEpsteinMD

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Office
7400 Merton Minter Blvd.
Surgery 112-D
San Antonio, TX 78229
Phone+1 210-617-5300

Fax+1 210-949-3311

Dr. Franklin Epstein is a neurosurgeon in San Antonio, TX. He received his medical degree from New York University Grossman School of Medicine and 11 years of postgraduate training at Harvard and Medical College of Virginia medical schools. He is experienced in brain abscess, cerebral aneurysm, traumatic brain injury, brain tumor, brachial plexus disorders, and degenerative spine fusions. He has 7 publications and over 50 citings.

Virginia Commonwealth University Health SystemResidency, Neurological Surgery, 1982 - 1986
Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Neurology, 1979 - 1982
Brigham and Women's HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1973 - 1976
New York University School of MedicineClass of 1973
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyB.S., Physics, 1969

AOA Award (Scholastic Rank - Valedictorian) New York University School of Medicine, 1973
Radiology Annual Award Peter Bent Brigham Hospital/Harvard Medical School, 1976
James E. Tower Award (Surgery) New York University School of Medicine, 1973
Glover C. Arnold Award (Surgery) New York University School of Medicine, 1973
Frederick C. Holden Award (OB-GYN) New York University School of Medicine, 1973
University Founders Day Award New York University School of Medicine, 1973
Samuel Spiegel Award (Scholarship) New York University School of Medicine, 1973
Solomon Shapiro Award (Scholastic Rank) New York University School of Medicine, 1973
Fellow (FAANS) American Association of Neurological Surgeons
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PubMed

9 citations
Progressive Paraplegia from Spinal Cord Stimulator Lead Fibrotic Encapsulation: A Case Report.
Jonathan A. Benfield, Asif Maknojia, Franklin Epstein
American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. 2016-03-01
86 citations
'Slit-ventricle syndrome': etiology and treatment.
Fred Epstein, Claude Lapras, Jeffrey H. Wisoff
Pediatric Neuroscience. 1988-01-01

Journal Articles

Profound Pulmonary Shunting Without Edema Following Stereotaxic Biopsy of Hypothalamic Germinoma
Epstein, F.M., Cooper, K.R., and Ward, J.D., J. Neurosurgery, 1/1/1988
Series Elasticity in in vitro Mammalian Cardiac Muscle
Bahler, A., Epstein, F., and Sonnenblick, E.H., American Journal of Physiology, 1/1/1974

Books/Book Chapters

Head Injury
Chapter: Medical Complications and Critical Care in Head Injury.
Epstein, F.M., Ward, J.D., and Becker, D.P.Editors: Cooper, P.R..Williams & Wilkins, BaltimoreEdition 2nd,1987
The Inflammatory Process
Chapter: Laser Induced Thrombosis in the Microcirculation: Differential Adherence of White Cells and Platelets to Endothelium.
Epstein, F. and Grant, LEditors: B. Zweifach, L. Grant and R.T. McCluskey.Academic Press, New York1973

Abstracts/Posters

Human Choroid Plexus: Pharmacological Characterization of Hormone Receptors in vitro.
Juncos, J., Epstein, F., Hunnicutt, E., and Nathanson, Jr., Neurology, 1/1/1982