WinfieldSFisherIIIMD

Neurosurgery • Birmingham, AL

Professor, Surgery, University of Alabama School of Medicine

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Office
1717 6th Ave S
Birmingham, AL 35233
Phone+1 800-822-8816

Fax+1 205-934-7312

Summary

Griffith R. Harsh III, M.D., Endowed Chair in Neurosurgery

Education & Training

National Capital ConsortiumResidency, Neurological Surgery, 1979 - 1984
National Capital ConsortiumInternship, Transitional Year, 1978 - 1979
Saint Louis University School of MedicineClass of 1978

Certifications & Licensure

AL State Medical License 1990 - 2025
PA State Medical License 1988 - 1994
MD State Medical License 1980 - 1990
American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2012
Fellow (FAANS) American Association of Neurological Surgeons

Clinical Trials

Dose Escalation/De-escalation Study of Pre-operative Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Brain Metastases(RAD 1002) Start of enrollment: 2010 Oct 01
Completed
Phase 1

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

95 citations
Low-grade astrocytomas: Treatment results and prognostic variables☆
Clinton A. Medbery, Karen L. Straus, Seth M. Steinberg, James D. Cotelingam, Winfield S. Fisher
International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics. 1987-10-01
11 citations
Transitioning the Treatment Paradigm: How Early Palliative Care Service Involvement Affects the End-of-Life Course for Critically Ill Patients in the Neuro-Intensive C...
Borna E Tabibian, Arsalaan Salehani, Elizabeth N. Kuhn, Matthew C. Davis, Christopher D Shank
Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2019-05-07
149 citations
The relationship of subarachnoid hemorrhage and the need for postoperative shunting
Fernando L. Vale, Edwin L. Bradley, Winfield S. Fisher
Journal of Neurosurgery. 1997-03-01

Journal Articles

Association of Cystathionine Beta-Synthase Polymorphisms and Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Related
Mark R Harrigan, Winfield S Fisher, Nilesh A Vyas, Beverly C Walters, Christoph J Griessenauer, Journal of Neurosurgery

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