JohnPGoreckiMDFRCS

Neurosurgery • Cumming, GA

Brain & Spinal Tumor, Neurosurgical Spine Surgery, Stereotactic & Functional Neurosurgery

Founder of Neurosurgery Answer, LC

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Office
1100 Northside Forsyth Dr
Ste 310
Cumming, GA 30041
Phone+1 678-730-7796

Fax+1 678-730-7786

Summary

Welcome to Neurosurgery Answer, a neurosurgical practice developed by Dr. John Gorecki on the campus of Northside Hospital Forsyth.

Neurosurgical healthcare is continually evolving and changing amidst progressive research and innovative technology. Treatment advances and an abundance of healthcare resources mean that now, more than ever, patients are proactively looking for answers.

With extensive, specialized training and over 25 years of neurosurgical experience, Founder of Neurosurgery Answer, Dr. John Gorecki, is dedicated to providing patients with needed answers for problems and injuries involving the brain, spine or nerves.

For some patients, the “answer” may mean advanced technology and treatment or surgery. Others may benefit from conservative management such as physical therapy, weight loss or pain management.

John Gorecki takes time to listen, thoroughly evaluate, understand and collaborate with his patients to identify the best options for their individual condition. Whether surgical or nonsurgical solutions are needed, treatment is carefully customized to help ensure patient safety and optimal outcomes.

Education & Training

Queen's University at KingstonClass of 1983

Certifications & Licensure

GA State Medical License 2009 - 2025
KS State Medical License 2001 - 2025
NC State Medical License 2011 - 2025
American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Allscripts Enterprise EHR, Allscripts, 2012
Fellow Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons C, 1990
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Fellow (FAANS) American Association of Neurological Surgeons
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

22 citations
The history of stereotactic radiosurgery and radiotherapy.
John M. Lasak, John P. Gorecki
Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America. 2009-08-01
42 citations
Gamma knife radiosurgery for vestibular schwannoma: early hearing outcomes and evaluation of the cochlear dose
John M. Lasak, Darren Klish, Thomas C. Kryzer, Chris Hearn, John P. Gorecki
Otology & Neurotology. 2008-12-01
20 citations
Placement of intracranial pressure monitors by non-neurosurgeons.
Caleb H Harris, R. Stephen Smith, Stephen D. Helmer, John P Gorecki, R Brent Rody
The American Surgeon. 2002-09-01

Journal Articles

Management of Pain Related to Peripheral Nerve Injury Part II: Diagnosis & Treatment
Gorecki JP, Contemporary Neurosurgery Journal, 1/1/1997
Management of Pain Related to Peripheral Nerve Injury Part I: Etology
Gorecki JP, Contemporary Neurosurgery Journal, 1/1/1997
Relief From Chronic Pelvic Pain Through Surgical Lesions of The Conus Medullaris Dorsal Root Entry Zone
Gorecki JP, Burt T, Wee A, Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, 1/1/1996
Resurgence of Stereotaxic Procedures for Relief of Parkinsonism” Role of Image-Directed Targeting and Current Status
Turner DA, Scott BL, Johnson PB, Gorecki JP, North Carolina Medical Journal, 1/1/1996
Resurgence of Stereotacic Procedures For Relief of Parkinsomism Role of image-directed targeting and current status
Turner DA, Scott BL, Johnson PB, Gorecki JP, North Carolina Medical Journal, 1/1/1996
Cerebral Aneurysms Associated with Seizures but without Clinical Signs of Rupture: seemingly Distinctive MR Imaging Findings in Two Patients
Provenzale JM, Gorecki JP, Koen JL, American Journal of Roentgenology, 1/1/1996
Meningitis, Vasculitis, and Cerebritis Caused by CNS Histoplasmosis: Radiologic-Pathologic Correlation
Zalduondo FM, Provenzale JM, Hulette C, Gorecki JP, American Journal of Roentgenology, 1/1/1996
The Duke Experience with the Nucleus Caudalis DREZ Operation
Gorecki JP, Nashold BS, Acta Neurochirurgica, 1/1/1995
Spontaneous and Evoked Dysesthesias Observed in the Rat After Spinal Cordotomies
Ovelmen_Levitt J, Gorecki JP, Nguyen KT, Iskandar B, Nashold BS Jr, Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, 1/1/1995
The Duke Experience with Nucleus Caudalis DREZ Coagulation
Gorecki JP, Nashold BS Jr., Rubin L, Ovelmen-Levitt J, Journal Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, 1/1/1995
Ischemic damage To the Spinal Cord Following End-to Side Aortobifemoral Bypass
Gorecki JP, Ameli FM, Annal’s of Vascular Surgery, 1/1/1993
Excision of Arteriovenous Malformation in Sensorimotor and Language-Related Neocortex Using Stimulation Mapping and Corticography Under Local Anesthesia
Gorecki JP, Smith RR, Wee A, Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, 1/1/1992
Correlation of CT and MR with Impedance Monitoring and Histopathology in Stereotactic Biopsies
Gorecki J,P Dolan EJ, Tasker RR, Kucharczyk W, Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences, 1/1/1990
Recordings of Abnormal Activity in Patients With Deafferentation and Central Pain
Hirayama T, Dostrovsky JO, Gorecki JP, Tasker RR Lenz FA, Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, 1/1/1989
Thalamic Stimulation and Recording in Patients With Deafferentation and Central Pain
Gorecki JP, Hirayama T, Dostrovsky JO, Tasker RR, Lenz FA, Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, 1/1/1989
Thalamic Microelectrode Recording and Microstimulation in Central and Deafferentaion Pain
Tasker RR, Gorecki JP, Lenz FA, Hirayama T, Dostrovsky JO, Applied Neurophysiology, 1/1/1987
Abnormal Single-Unit Activity Recorded in the Somatosensory Thalamus of a Quadriplegic Patient with Central Pain
Lenz FA, Tasker RR, Dostrovsky JO, Kwan HC, Gorecki JP, Hirayama T, Murphy JT, Pain, 1/1/1987
Gasserian ganglion stimulation for deafferentation pain
Gorecki JP, Implantation and transplantation, 1/1/1987
Microelectrode Techniques in Localization of Stereotactic Targets
Tasker RR, Lenz F, Yamashiro K, Gorecki JP, Hirayama T, Dostrovsky JO, Neurological Research, 1/1/1987
New Intraventricular Catheter for Volume Pressure Response Measurements
Gorecki JP, Saunders F, Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences, 1/1/1984
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Books/Book Chapters

Textbook of Neurological Surgery
Chapter: Dorsal Root Entry Zone and Brainstem Ablative Procedures
Gorecki JPEditors: H. Hunt Batjer, M.D., Christopher M. Loftus, M.D..Lippincott-Raven1999
Neurosurgical Operative Atlas
Chapter: Installation of Dorsal Column Stimulator For Pain Relief
Page 221 - 235Gorecki JPEditors: Rengachary.American Association of Neurological Surgeons1997
Operative Neurosurgical Atlas.
Chapter: Implantation of Drug Infusion Pumps.
Page 237 - 250Gorecki JPEditors: Wilkins R and Rengachary.American Association of Neurological Surgeons1997
Textbook of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
Chapter: Various Functional Procedures For Pain Part I: Cancer Pain
Page 1381 - 1389Gorecki JPEditors: Gildenberg Philip L., Tasker Ronald R., Franklin Patricia O..McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, NY1997
Textbook of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
Chapter: Destructive Central Lesions For Persistent Pain
Page 1417 - 1425Gorecki JPEditors: Gildenberg Philip L., Tasker Ronald R., Franklin Patricia O..McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, NY1997
Textbook of Stereotactic Functional Neurosurgery
Chapter: Thalamotomy For Cancer Pain
Page 1431 - 1443Gorecki JPEditors: Gildenberg Philip L., Tasker Ronald R., Franklin Patricia O..McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, NY1997
Textbook of Stereotactic Functional Neurosurgery
Chapter: Pathophysiology of Central/Neuropathic Pain
Ovelmen-Levitt J, Levitt M, Gorecki JPEditors: Gildenberg Philip L., Tasker Ronald R., Franklin Patricia O.McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, NY1997
Textbook of Stereotactic Functional Neurosurgery
Chapter: Stereotactic Midbrain Tractotomy
Page 1651 - 1661Gorecki JPEditors: Gildenberg Philip L., Tasker Ronald R., Franklin Patricia O.McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, NY1997
The DREZ Operation
Chapter: The Microsurgical Trigeminal Caudalis Nucleus DREZ Procedure
Page 159 - 188Nashold BS, El-Naggar AO, Gorecki JPEditors: Nashold BS, Pearlstein RD.American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Park Ridge, IL1996
Textbook of Surgery
Chapter: Neurosurgery - Neurosurgical Relief of Pain
Gorecki JPEditors: Sabiston.W. B. Saunders Company, Orlando, FLEdition 15th,1996
Neurosurgery
Chapter: Deep Brain Stimulation
Richardson D, Gorecki, JPEditors: Wilkins, Rengachary.McGraw Hill Book Company, New York, NYEdition 2nd,1996
Neurosurgery
Chapter: Intraspinal Infusion of Narcotic Drugs
Gorecki JPEditors: Wilkins, Rengachary.McGraw Hill Book Company, New York, NYEdition 2nd,1996
Nucleus Caudalis DREZ: Results in DREZ
Gorecki JPAmerican Association of Neurological Surgeons, Lebanon, NY1996
Neurosurgical Operative Color Atlas
Chapter: Implantation of Drug infusion Pumps
Gorecki JPEditors: Rangachary.American Association of Neurosurgeons, Lebanon, NY1996
Neurosurgical Operative Color Atlas
Chapter: Installation of a Dorsal Column Stimulator for Pain Relief
Gorecki JPEditors: Rangachary.American Association of Neurosurgeons, Lebanon, NY1995
Textbook of Surgery, Pocket Companion
Chapter: Neurosurgery - Neurosurgical Relief of Pain
Gorecki JPEditors: Sabiston.W. B. Saunders Company, Orlando, FL1995
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Abstracts/Posters

Spinal Cord Stimulation for Intractable Pin: Critical Evaluation of Technique
Gorecki JP, AANS/CNS- spine section, Orlando, FL, 1/1/1999
Spinal Cord Stimulation for Failed Back Syndrome
Gorecki JP, AANS/CNS- spine section, Orlando, FL, 1/1/1999
A Prospective Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial of Intrathecal Narcotic Analgesia for Chronic Intractable Pain of Non-Malignant Origin
Gorecki JP, CNS, Boston, MA, 1/1/1999
Intraoperative Somatosensory Evoked Potentials for Nucleus Caudalis DREZ Lesioning, Technical Modifications and Results
Gorecki JP, CNS, Boston, MA, 1/1/1999
Intraoperative Somatosensory Evoked Potentials for Nucleus Caudalis DREZ Lesioning, Technical Modifications and Results
Gorecki JP, Trigeminal Neuralgia Association Conference, 1/1/1998
Stimulation of Internal Capsule and Globus Pallidus in Sprague Dawley Rats and Shows Predictable Electrophysiological Difference
Gorecki JP, CNS, New Orleans, LA, 1/1/1997
Free Electron Laser
Gorecki JP, Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Marina Del Rey, CA, 1/9/1995
Rat Model of Central Pain
Gorecki JP, Duke Neuroscience Conference, Durham, NC, 1/2/1995
Experimental Testing in the Rat of the Free Electron Loses for Neurosurgical Procedures
Gorecki JP, American Association of Neurosurgeons, Orlando, FL, 1/1/1995
Simple Method for Calculating Stereotactic Coordinates Using Leksell Frame
Gorecki JP, 60th Annual Meeting of American Association of Neurosurgeons, San Francisco, CA, 1/11/1992
Excision of Arteriovenous Malformations in Sensorimotor and Language-related Neocortex Using Stimulation Mapping and Corticography Under Local Anesthesia.
Gorecki JP, Twenty-sixth Meeting of the Canadian Congress of Neurological Sciences, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1/20/1991
Excision of Arteriovenous Malformations in Sensorimotor and Language-related Neocortex Using Stimulation Mapping and Corticography Under Local Anesthesia.
Gorecki JP, American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Surgery, Pittsburgh, PA, 1/18/1991
Relief of Chronic Pelvic Pain Through Surgical Lesions of the Conus Medullaris Dorsal Root Entry Zone
Gorecki JP, American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Pittsburgh, PA, 1/1/1991
Magnetic Resonance Directed Stereotactic Thalamotomy
Gorecki JP, International Association for Study of Pain, Adelaide, Australia, 1/1/1990
Intraoperative Hippocampus Inhibition and Memory Assessment in Patient Undergoing Temporal Lobectomy.
Gorecki JP, Second International Cleveland Clinic Epilepsy Symposium, Cleveland, OH, 1/1/1990
Intraoperative Hippocampus Inhibition and Memory Assessment in Patients Undergoing Temporal Lobectomy
Gorecki JP, Epilepsy Symposium, Cleveland Clinic, 1/1/1990
Magnetic Resonance Directed Stereotactic Thalamotomy.
Gorecki JP, International Association for the Study of Pain, Adelaide, Australia, 1/1/1990
Magnetic Resonance Directed Stereotactic Thalamotomy
Gorecki JP, Southern Neurosurgical Society, Key West, FL, 1/1/1990
Intraoperative Hippocampal Inhibition and Memory Assessment in Patients with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy.
Gorecki JP, Mississippi Medical Association Meeting, Jackson, MS, 1/1/1990
Correlation of CT and MRI with Electrophysiological Monitoring and Histopathology in Stereotactic Biopsy
Gorecki JP, Canadian Neuro-Oncology Meeting, London, Ontario, Canada, 1/1/1988
Stereotactic Thalamotomy.
Gorecki JP, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Atlanta, GA, 1/1/1988
MRI Guided Stereotaxis in Functional Neurosurgery
Gorecki JP, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Seattle, WA, 1/1/1988
Abnormal Thalamic Neuronal Activity in Patients with Central and Deafferentation Pain.
Gorecki JP, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Toronto, Canada, 1/1/1988
Stereotactic Microelectrode Exploration of the Human Thalamus in Deafferentation Pain.
Gorecki JP, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Toronto, Canada, 1/1/1988
Impedance Monitoring in Stereotactic Biopsy
Gorecki JP, Keith Lectureship, Toronto, Canada, 1/1/1988
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Lectures

Management of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Greensboro, NC - 1/26/2001
Neurological Treatment of Pain
Chicago, IL - 1/26/2001
Head Injury
Kansas University Medical School, Dodge City, KS - 1/23/2001
DREZ and Spinal Cord Injury Pain
Phoenix, AZ - 1/16/2001
Nucleus Caudalis DREZ
Adelaide, South Australia - 1/11/2001
Neurosurgical Management of Pain
Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, KS - 1/9/2001
Neurophysiological Monitoring for the Nucleus Caudalis DREZ Operation
Vail, CO - 1/4/2001
Spinal Cord Stimulation: Indications and Applications
San Diego, CA - 1/2/2001
Animal Model of Pain due to Spinal Cord Injury
Duke University Medical Center - 1/1/2001
Ablative Procedures for Pain
San Antonio, TX - 1/23/2000
Current Clinical Applications of Spinal Cord Stimulation
San Antonio, TX - 1/23/2000
Minimally Invasive Procedures for Spinal Pain Syndromes; Epiduroscopy
San Antonio, TX - 1/23/2000
Neuroablative Techniques for Intractable Pain , Dorsal Root Entry Zone & Brainstem Ablative Procedures
San Francisco, CA - 1/8/2000
A prospective, Randoized Controlled Clinical Trial of Intrathecal Nasrcotic Analgesia for Chronic Intractable Pain of NonMalignant Origin
Boston, MA - 1/30/1999
Intrathecal Morphine Pump for Benign Pain. A Prospective Randomized controlled Study
Winston-Salem - 1/30/1999
A Comparison of Standard Medical Management vs. Intrathecal Morphine in the Long-term Treatment of Nonmalignant Pain
Winston-Salem - 1/30/1999
Laminectomy vs. Percutaneous Lead Placement for Spinal Cord Stimulation
Winston-Salem - 1/30/1999
Intraoperative Somatosensory Evoked Potentials for Nucleus Caudalis DREZ Lesioning, Technical Modifications and Results
Boston, MA - 1/30/1999
Ablative Surgery for Intractable Pain
Boston, MA - 1/30/1999
A Prospective Randomized Controlled Clinical Trialing Comparing Intrathecal Narcotic Analgesia to Standard Medial Management In Benign Pain
New Orleans, LA - 1/27/1999
Neurosurgical Management of Intractable Pain
New Orleans, LA - 1/27/1999
Results Following Laminectomy vs. Percutaneous Lead Placement in 48 Patients Undergoing Spinal Cord Stimulation for Intractable Pain
New Orleans, LA - 1/27/1999
Dorsal Root Entry Zone and Brainstem Ablative Procedures
New Orleans, LA - 1/22/1999
IASP SCI Task Force Subcommittee on Pathophysiology/Central Mechanism of Central Pain Part I
Vienna, Austria - 1/22/1999
Intreventional Therapies in Neurosurgical Pain Management
New Orleans, LA - 1/22/1999
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Press Mentions

Drs. Han Jo Kim, Elizabeth Vitarbo & More: 13 Spine, Neurosurgeons in the Headlines This Week — March 25, 2016 FeaturedMarch 25th, 2016
Northside Hospital Forsyth Welcomes Neurosurgeon Dr. John Gorecki: 5 Key Points FeaturedMarch 21st, 2016