RobertFSpetzlerMD

Brain & Spinal Tumor, Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery, Skull Base

Barrow Neurosurgical Associates

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Office
2910 N 3rd Ave
Phoenix, AZ 85013
Phone+1 602-406-3489

Fax+1 602-406-4402

University of California (San Francisco)Residency, Neurological Surgery, 1972 - 1977
Northwestern University The Feinberg School of MedicineClass of 1971

America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2002-2014
Top Doctors:Arizona State Castle Connolly, 2013
America's Top Doctors for Cancer Castle Connolly, 2005-2013
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centricity Practice Solution EMR, GE Healthcare, 2011-2013
Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
Top MD Consumers Checkbook
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Fellow (FAANS) American Association of Neurological Surgeons
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In Vivo Confocal Microscopy Tumor Atlas Study Start of enrollment: 2009 Nov 01
Unknown status
Phase 1
Barrow Ruptured Aneurysm Trial Start of enrollment: 2002 Nov 01
Active, not recruiting
Not Applicable
Dural Graft Equivalent Comparison Trial Start of enrollment: 2012 Jan 18
Completed
Not Applicable
Evaluating the Impact That Personnel Traffic Through the Operating Room Has on Surgical Site Infections Start of enrollment: 2013 Mar 01
Completed
Not Applicable
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PubMed

295 citations
Clinical vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage: response to hypervolemic hemodilution and arterial hypertension.
Issam A. Awad, L P Carter, Robert F. Spetzler, M Medina, Fred C. Williams
Stroke. 1987-03-01
40 citations
Developmental venous anomaly, cavernous malformation, and capillary telangiectasia: spectrum of a single disease.
Adib A. Abla, Scott D. Wait, Timothy Uschold, Gregory P. Lekovic, Robert F. Spetzler
Acta Neurochirurgica. 2008-03-26
82 citations
Intraoperative Confocal Microscopy for Brain Tumors: A Feasibility Analysis in Humans
Nader Sanai, Jennifer M. Eschbacher, Guido Hattendorf, Stephen W. Coons, Mark C. Preul
Neurosurgery. 2011-06-01

Journal Articles

Original Article Supracerebellar Infratentorial Variant Approaches to the Intercollicular Safe Entry Zone
Robert Spetzler, MD, ScienceDirect
The Unique Features and Outcomes of Microsurgically Resected Cerebellar Arteriovenous Malformations
Michael A Mooney, Robert F Spetzler, World Neurosurgery

Lectures

39th Annual Barrow Neurosurgery Symposium
Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona - 5/15/2013

The History of Therapeutic Hypothermia and Its Use in Neurosurgery RelatedMay 2018
Quantitative Anatomical Comparison of the Ipsilateral and Contralateral Interhemispheric Transcallosal Approaches to the Lateral Ventricle RelatedMay 2018
Quantitative Anatomical Comparison of the Ipsilateral and Contralateral Interhemispheric Transcallosal Approaches to the Lateral Ventricle RelatedMay 2018
Erratum to “Low Retrosigmoid Infratonsillar Approach to Lateral Medullary Lesions” [World Neurosurgery 111 (2018) 311–316]April 2018
Erratum to “Low Retrosigmoid Infratonsillar Approach to Lateral Medullary Lesions” [World Neurosurgery 111 (2018) 311–316]April 2018
Systematic Review of Factors Influencing Surgical Performance: Practical Recommendations for Microsurgical Procedures in NeurosurgeryJanuary 2018
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AANS Course Preview: Building a High Volume Patient-Centric PracticeApril 19th, 2022
'The City Became Part of Me': How 10 Spine Surgeons Chose Where to PracticeSeptember 9th, 2021
Hobbies That Can Make You a Better DoctorNovember 7th, 2019
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