Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, University of Chicago Medicine
Neurosurgery
Dr. David M. Frim, MD
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David M. Frim, MD is an expert in the field of Neurosurgery. He graduated from Harvard Medical School. Harvard Medical School is a one of the best medicals schools. Harvard Medical School is ranked 1 in research and 12 in primary care medicine He received 8 awards: "America's Top Doctors", "Chicago Magazine: Top Doctors", "America's Top Doctors for Cancer", "Fellow (FACS)", "Fellow (FAANS)", "Most Compassionate Doctor", "Fellow (FAAP)" and "Super Doctor". Doctor David M. Frim, MD has written publications. He has 101 publications published with PubMed. The lastest publication is: 'Neurosurgery for psychiatric disorders.' Doctor David M. Frim, MD accepts Medicare.
Publications
- Extradural spinal cavernous malformation presenting with Radiculopathy.
- A ten-year review of myelodysplastic defect management and use of a novel closure technique with V-Y crescentic rotation advancement flaps.
- Urodynamic studies in Spinal cord tethering.
- Is pelvic plexus Nerve documentation feasible during robotic assisted laparoscopic ureteral reimplantation with extravesical approach?
- Role of barbiturate coma in the management of focally induced, severe Cerebral edema in children.
- Practice on an Augmented Reality/Haptic Simulator and Library of Virtual Brains Improves Residents' Ability to Perform a Ventriculostomy.
- Olig1 is expressed in human oligodendrocytes during maturation and regeneration.
- A large pelvic mass in a 39-year-old man.
- Neuronal bursting properties in focal and parafocal regions in pediatric neocortical Epilepsy stratified by histology.
- Network variability across human tissue samples in vitro: the problem and a solution.
- Recurrence of synostosis following surgical repair of craniosynostosis.
- Priorities for Hydrocephalus research: report from a National Institutes of Health-sponsored workshop.
- Comparison of seizure detection algorithms in continuously monitored pediatric patients.
- Frequency domain analysis of human subdural reCordings.
- Adjustable shunt valve reprogramming at home: safety and feasibility.
- Neuroprotective effect of the surfactant poloxamer 188 in a model of intracranial Hemorrhage in rats.
- Observations regarding failure of cerebroSpinal fluid shunts early after implantation.
- A cortical potential imaging study from simultaneous extra- and intracranial electrical reCordings by means of the finite element method.
- Pseudotumor cerebri patients with shunts from the cisterna magna: clinical course and telemetric intracranial Pressure data.
- Poloxamer 188 volumetrically decreases neuronal loss in the rat in a time-dependent manner.
- Surfactant poloxamer 188-related decreases in inflammation and tissue damage after experimental Brain injury in rats.
- Seizure anticipation in pediatric Epilepsy: use of Kolmogorov entropy.
- Synthes Award for Resident Research in Brain and Craniofacial Injury: poloxamer 188 volumetrically decreases neuron loss in the rat model of excitotoxicity in a time-d...
- Chiari malformation type I: related conditions.
- The impact of a ''resident replacement'' nurse practitioner on an Academic Pediatric Neurosurgical service.
- ECoG gamma activity during a language task: differentiating expressive and receptive speech areas.
- Mutually suppressive interrelations of symmetric epileptic foci in bitemporal Epilepsy and their inhibitory stimulation.
- Lumbar CSF shunting preferentially drains the Cerebral subarachnoid over the ventricular spaces: implications for the treatment of slit ventricle syndrome.
- Correction of sagittal craniosynostosis using a novel parietal bone fixation technique: results over a 10-year period.
- The Chiari Pseudotumor cerebri syndrome: symptom recurrence after decompressive surgery for Chiari malformation type I.
- The surfactant poloxamer-188 protects against glutamate toxicity in the rat Brain.
- Initial endoscopic management of pineal region tumors and associated Hydrocephalus: clinical series and literature review.
- Endoscopic cyst fenestration outcomes in children one year of age or less.
- Lumboperitoneal shunting as a treatment for slit ventricle syndrome.
- Decompressive hemicraniectomy in a 6-year-old male after unilateral hemispheric stroke. Case report and review.
- Recurrence of symptoms after Chiari decompression and duraplasty with nonautologous graft material.
- Effects of posterior fossa decompression with and without duraplasty on Chiari malformation-associated hydromyelia.
- Gene therapy for Parkinson''s Disease.
- Glutaric aciduria type 1 and nonaccidental head Injury.
- Interscapular placement of a vagal Nerve stimulator pulse generator for prevention of wound tampering. Technical note.
- Randomized, pilot study of intermittent pneumatic compression devices plus dalteparin versus intermittent pneumatic compression devices plus heparin for prevention of ...
- Evaluation and management of the Chiari malformation type 1 for the primary care pediatrician.
- Low incidence of subdural grid-related complications in prolonged pediatric EEG monitoring.
- Intellectual functioning in children with early shunted posthemorrhagic Hydrocephalus.
- Chiari drop attacks: surgical decompression and the role of tilt table testing.
- Timely recognition of Traumatic atlanto-occipital dislocation in a child based on occipital condyle-C1 interval analysis: excellent neurological recovery.
- Concurrent Chiari decompression and Spinal cord untethering in children: feasibility in a small case series.
- Placement of subdural electrode grids for seizure focus localization in patients with a large arachnoid cyst. Technical note.
- Cortical activation mapping of epileptiform activity derived from interictal ECoG spikes.
- N-methyl-D-aspartate-induced oscillatory properties in neocortical pyramidal neurons from patients with Epilepsy.
- Prolonged cricopharyngeal muscle spasm after resection of the Cervical vagus nerve in a 15-year-old.
- A Novel Scoring System for Assessing Chiari Malformation Type I Treatment Outcomes.
- Interictal regional delta slowing is an EEG marker of epileptic network in temporal lobe Epilepsy.
- Cell-mediated delivery of neurotrophic factors and neuroprotection in the neostriatum and substantia nigra.
- Estimation of in vivo human Brain-to-skull conductivity ratio from simultaneous extra- and intra-cranial electrical potential recordings.
- High-resolution EEG: cortical potential imaging of interictal spikes.
- A single-incision laparoscopic technique for retrieval and replacement of Disconnected ventriculoperitoneal shunt tubing found in the peritoneum.
- In vivo intracranial pressure dynamics in patients with Hydrocephalus treated by shunt placement.
- The selective toxicity of 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium to dopaminergic neurons: the role of mitochondrial complex I and reactive oxygen species revisited.
- A theoretical model of benign external hydrocephalus that predicts a predisposition towards extra-axial Hemorrhage after minor head trauma.
- Telemetric assessment of intracranial Pressure changes consequent to manipulations of the Codman-Medos programmable shunt valve.
- Intraventricular Pressure dynamics in ventriculocholecystic shunting: a telemetric study.
- Measurements of intraventricular Pressure in a patient shunted from the ventricle to the internal jugular vein against the direction of blood flow (the El-Shafei shunt).
- Is intraCerebral schwannoma a developmental tumor of children and young adults? Case report and review.
- Postoperative low-dose heparin decreases thromboembolic complications in neurosurgical patients.
- Development of symptomatic Chiari malformation in a child with craniofacial dysmorphism.
- Regulated expression of the human corticotropin releasing hormone gene by cyclic AMP.
- Differential regulation of corticotropin-releasing hormone mRNA in rat Brain.
- Effects of restricted feeding schedules on circadian organization in squirrel monkeys.
- Glucocorticoid stimulates expression of corticotropin-releasing hormone gene in human placenta.
- Characterization and gestational regulation of corticotropin-releasing hormone messenger RNA in human placenta.
- Vasopressin mRNA in the suprachiasmatic nuclei: daily regulation of polyadenylate tail length.
- Evidence for the presence of an N-acetyllactosamine-type chain in epiglycanin.
- Effectiveness of cyclic intragastric feeding as a circadian zeitgeber in the squirrel monkey.
- Mandibular subluxation as an adjunct to exposure of the distal internal carotid artery in endarterectomy surgery. Technical note.
- Mutism and cerebellar dysarthria after Brain stem surgery: case report.
- NGF reduces striatal excitotoxic neuronal loss without affecting concurrent neuronal stress.
- Symptomatic syringomyelia following surgery to treat retethering of lipomyelomeningoceles.
- Elevation of neuronal MAO-B activity in a transgenic mouse model does not increase sensitivity to the neurotoxin 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP).
- PET- and MRI-based assessment of glucose utilization, dopamine receptor binding, and hemodynamic changes after lesions to the caudate-putamen in primates.
- The effects of megadose methylprednisolone and U-78517F on toxicity mediated by glutamate receptors in the rat neostriatum.
- Marked tissue eosinophilia within organizing chronic subdural hematoma membranes.
- Retinal ganglion cell survival is promoted by genetically modified astrocytes designed to secrete Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF).
- Implanted NGF-producing fibroblasts induce catalase and modify ATP levels but do not affect glutamate receptor binding or NMDA receptor expression in the rat striatum.
- Effects of biologically delivered NGF, BDNF and bFGF on striatal excitotoxic lesions.
- Striatal degeneration induced by mitochondrial blockade is prevented by biologically delivered NGF.
- Herpesvirus-mediated gene delivery into the rat Brain: specificity and efficiency of the neuron-specific enolase promoter.
- Implanted fibroblasts genetically engineered to produce Brain-derived neurotrophic factor prevent 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium toxicity to dopaminergic neurons in the rat.
- Relationships between stress protein induction and NMDA-mediated neuronal death in the entorhinal cortex.
- Local protective effects of Nerve growth factor-secreting fibroblasts against excitotoxic lesions in the rat striatum.
- Astrocytes retrovirally transduced with BDNF elicit behavioral improvement in a rat model of Parkinson''s Disease.
- Cell-mediated delivery of Brain-derived neurotrophic factor enhances dopamine levels in an MPP+ rat model of substantia nigra degeneration.
- Acute pulmonary edema after low-level air embolism during craniotomy. Case report.
- Hydrocephalus requiring urgent external ventricular drainage in a patient with diabetic ketoacidosis and Cerebral edema: case report.
- Immunohistochemically identifiable tissue plasminogen activator in cavernous angioma: mechanism for re-Hemorrhage and lesion growth.
- Surgery of the Spine in myelodysplasia. An overview.
- The use of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) to evaluate practice and control costs in ventriculoperitoneal shunt management.
- Telemetric intraventricular pressure measurements after third ventriculocisternostomy in a patient with noncommunicating Hydrocephalus.
- Surgical management of neonatal Hydrocephalus.
- Neurosurgery for psychiatric disorders.
Schools
Harvard Medical School
Mass Gen Hospital
Children39s Hospital Boston
Procedures Preformed
- CerebroSpinal Fluid (CSF) Shunt - Insertion, Repair or Removal
- Craniectomy, Craniotomy, Surgery of Skull Base, Neuroendoscopy
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Dural Repair or Other Spinal Spinal Cord Repair
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Conditions Treated
- Acoustic Neuroma
- Brain Aneurysm
- Cerebral Hemorrhage
- Cerebrovascular Disease
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Doctors Specialties
- Neurosurgery
Accepted Insurances
- Aetna HMO
- Choice Plus POS II
- Amerigroup (Wellpoint)
- Blue Card PPO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- Open Access Plus
- Cofinity PPO
- Commercial Insurance Company
- CoreSource
- Coventry Health Care
- Health and Life PPO
- Platinum PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Missouri PPO
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- GEHA
- HealthLink PPO
- HealthPartners
- Humana
- Medicaid
- Medical Mutual of Ohio
- Medicare MCR
- MultiPlan PPO
- PHCS Network PPO
- POMCO Group
- Priority Health
- Sagamore Plus
- Tricare
- Choice Plus POS
- Options PPO
- United Healthcare
Awards
- America's Top Doctors
- Chicago Magazine: Top Doctors
- America's Top Doctors for Cancer
- Fellow (FACS)
- Fellow (FAANS)
- Most Compassionate Doctor
- Fellow (FAAP)
- Super Doctor
Education
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Massachusetts General Hospital -
Harvard Medical School
Hospital
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University of Chicago Medical Center
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1699830679 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | FRIM | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | DAVID | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 605276686 | |
| NPPES Provider State | IL | |
| Specialty Description | Neurosurgery | |
| Total Claim Count | 97.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1699830679 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | FRIM |
| First Name Of The Provider | DAVID |
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