RachealIrene(Wolfson)PetersonMD

Brain & Spinal Tumor, Pituitary Surgery, Skull Base

Neurological Surgery Faculty

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Dr. Racheal Peterson is a neurosurgeon in Ocala, FL and is affiliated with AdventHealth Ocala Hospital. She received her medical degree from University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine. She also speaks multiple languages, including Spanish. She specializes in brain & spinal tumor, pituitary surgery, and skull base and is experienced in general neurosurgery, neurosurgical oncology, neurosurgical spine surgery, skull base surgery, and cerebrovascular disease. She has more than 10 publications and over 50 citings.

University of Southern California Neurological Surgery, Skull Base Surgery, 2023 - 2024
Louisiana State University (Shreveport)Residency, Neurological Surgery, 2016 - 2023
Louisiana State University Health Science Center ShreveportFellowship, Cerebrovascular & Skull Base Surgery, 2020 - 2021
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of MedicineClass of 2016
University of FloridaBA, Neurobiological Sciences, Summa Cum Laude, 2007 - 2011

PubMed

14 citations
Utility of hospital frailty risk score for predicting postoperative outcomes in craniopharyngioma.
Racheal Peterson, Sandeep Kandregula, Elizabeth Jee, Bharat Guthikonda
Journal of Neuro-Oncology. 2022-08-01
21 citations
Gender disparities in academic rank achievement in neurosurgery: a critical assessment.
Rimal H. Dossani, Danielle Terrell, Jennifer Kosty, Robert C Ross, Audrey Demand
Journal of Neurosurgery. 2020-12-01
10 citations
The role of awake craniotomy in reducing intraoperative visual field deficits during tumor surgery.
Racheal I. Wolfson, Neil Soni, Ashish H. Shah, Khadil Hosein, Ananth Sastry
Asian Journal of Neurosurgery. 2015-07-01

Journal Articles

Gender disparities in academic rank achievement in neurosurgery: a critical assessment.
Dossani RH, Terrell D, Kosty JA, Ross RC, Demand A, Wild E, Peterson R, Ngwenya LB, Benzil DL, Notarianni C, Journal of Neurosurgery, 11/2019
Venous Phase Timing Does Not Predict SPECT Results During Balloon Test Occlusion of the Internal Carotid Artery.
Snelling BM, Sur S, Shah SS, Wolfson RI, Ambekar S, Yavagal DR, Elhammady MS, Peterson EC, World Neurosurgery, 6/2017

Books/Book Chapters

The Business, Policy, and Economics of Neurosurgery
Chapter: Intellectual Property
Menger R, Storey C, and Nanda ALulu Publishing Services, Morrisville, NC2018

Abstracts/Posters

An anatomic study of the intercavernous sinus
Banks T, Kosty J, Wolfson R , Dossani R, Guthikonda B, North American Skull Base Society Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, 2/2020
The Kurdistan skull-base neurosurgical experience: a discussion of challenges in performing complex skull-base neurosurgery in a resource-poor region
Rimal Dossani, MD, Nimer Abushehab, MD, Jai Deep Thakur, MD, Racheal Wolfson, MD, Bharat Guthikonda, MD, North American Skull Base Society Annual Meeting, Coronado, CA, 2/16/2018
Isolated cranial nerve VI palsy as a presentation of trigeminal schwannoma
Wolfson R, Georgescu M, Nanda A, Louisiana Neurosurgical Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 1/2017

Other

Evaluating the safety of ligating the anterior superior sagittal sinus
Peterson R , Kosty J, Guthikonda B, North American Skull Base Society Annual Meetin
San Antonio, TX - 2/2020
Single - center experience with lumbar drain use for cerebrospinal fluid leak following transsphenoidal surgery
Racheal Wolfson, MD, Devi Patra, MD, Bharat Guthikonda, MD, North American Skull Base Society Annual Meeting
Coronado, CA - 2/18/2018