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Office
401 North Wabash Ave
Unit 62F
Chicago, IL 60611Phone+1 312-813-0645
Summary
- Dr. Fred Geisler is a neurosurgeon in Chicago, IL and is affiliated with Swedish Covenant Hospital. He received his medical degree from University at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and has been in practice 39 years. He specializes in neurosurgical spine surgery and is experienced in neurosurgical spine surgery and thoracic spine surgery.
Education & Training
University of MarylandResidency, Neurological Surgery, 1983 - 1984
University at BuffaloResidency, Neurological Surgery, 1979 - 1983- University at Buffalo School of MedicineInternship, Transitional Year, 1978 - 1979
- Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at BuffaloClass of 1978
Certifications & Licensure
IL State Medical License 1992 - 2026
MD State Medical License 1983 - 2022
MI State Medical License 1994 - 2018- American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fellow (FAANS) American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Clinical Trials
- Kineflex Artificial Disc System to Treat Degenerative Disc Disease (DDD) Start of enrollment: 2005 Jan 01
- Kineflex|C Artificial Disc System to Treat Cervical Degenerative Disc Disease (DDD) Start of enrollment: 2005 Jul 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 10 citationsTrajectory-Based Classification of Recovery in Sensorimotor Complete Traumatic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury.Blessing N.R. Jaja, Jetan H. Badhiwala, James D. Guest, James S. Harrop, Christopher I. Shaffrey
Neurology. 2021-04-13 - 145 citationsThe influence of timing of surgical decompression for acute spinal cord injury: a pooled analysis of individual patient data.Jetan H. Badhiwala, Jefferson R. Wilson, Christopher D. Witiw, James S. Harrop, Alexander R. Vaccaro
The Lancet. Neurology. 2021-02-01 - 10 citationsInterspinous Process Decompression Improves Quality of Life in Patients with Lumbar Spinal Stenosis.Pierce D. Nunley, Vikas V. Patel, Douglas G Orndorff, William F. Lavelle, Jon E Block
Minimally Invasive Surgery. 2018-07-02
Press Mentions
Developing Microbeam Radiation Therapy for Inoperable CancerMay 16th, 2020
334 Spine Surgeons to Know — 2016 FeaturedFebruary 12th, 2016- How Epidurals Can Help Spine-Driven ASCs FeaturedFebruary 12th, 2016
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