Professor, Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Neurosurgery
Dr. Peter C. Gerszten, MD
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Peter C. Gerszten is an expert in the field of Neurosurgery. He went to medical school at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is a top medical university. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine has a rank of 3 in research and a 29 in primary care He received 2 awards: "Fellow (FACS)" and "Fellow (FAANS)". Dr. Peter C. Gerszten is also a published physician. He has 99 publication published. The most recent publication is: Outcomes research: a review. Doctor Peter C. Gerszten, MD accepts Medicare payments and is listed with Medicare.gov.
Publications
- Spine metastases: from radiotherapy, surgery, to radiosurgery.
- The history of military cranioplasty.
- 'Progressive-Onset' versus Injury-Associated Discogenic Low Back Pain: Features of Disc Internal Derangement in Patients Studied with Provocation Lumbar Discography.
- Intracranial Radiosurgery: An Effective and Disruptive Innovation in Neurosurgery.
- Clinical practice of image-guided Spine radiosurgery - results from an international research consortium.
- Retrospective analysis of L5-S1 axial Lumbar interbody fusion (AxiaLIF): a comparison with and without the use of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2.
- Perioperative surgical complications of transforaminal Lumbar interbody fusion: a single-center experience.
- Axial Presacral Lumbar Interbody Fusion and Percutaneous Posterior Fixation for Stabilization of Lumbosacral Isthmic Spondylolisthesis.
- Spinal instability neoplastic score: an analysis of reliability and validity from the Spine oncology study group.
- Minimally invasive axial presacral L5-S1 interbody fusion: two-year clinical and radiographic outcomes.
- Efficacy and cost-effectiveness analysis of external beam and stereotactic body radiation therapy in the treatment of Spine metastases: a matched-pair analysis.
- Extramedullary ependymoma near the conus medullaris with Lumbar nerve root attachment: case report.
- Prospective evaluation of a dedicated spine radiosurgery program using the Elekta Synergy S System.
- A novel classification System for spinal instability in neoplastic disease: an evidence-based approach and expert consensus from the Spine Oncology Study Group.
- reirradiation HUMAN Spinal Cord Tolerance for Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy.
- Reliability analysis of the epidural Spinal cord compression scale.
- The use of a hybrid dynamic stabilization and fusion System in the lumbar spine: preliminary experience.
- Spinal cord tolerance for stereotactic body radiotherapy.
- Setup accuracy of Spine radiosurgery using cone beam computed tomography image guidance in patients with spinal implants.
- Complete percutaneous treatment of vertebral body Tumors causing spinal canal compromise using a transpedicular cavitation, cement augmentation, and radiosurgical tech...
- Radiotherapy and radiosurgery for metastatic Spine disease: what are the options, indications, and outcomes?
- Stereotactic radiosurgery in the management of Cancer pain.
- An assessment of the reliability of the Enneking and Weinstein-Boriani-Biagini classifications for staging of primary spinal tumors by the Spine Oncology Study Group.
- Delayed radiation-induced Myelopathy after spinal radiosurgery.
- Radiosurgery for benign intradural spinal Tumors.
- Clinical assessment of stereotactic IGRT: Spinal radiosurgery.
- The role of minimally invasive techniques in the management of Spine tumors: percutaneous bone cement augmentation, radiosurgery, and microendoscopic approaches.
- The sensitivity of the seated straight-leg raise test compared with the supine straight-leg raise test in patients presenting with magnetic resonance imaging evidence ...
- In vivo evaluation of biomechanical anterior Cervical plate failure.
- Radiosurgery for Spinal metastases: clinical experience in 500 cases from a single institution.
- Combined percutaneous transpedicular tumor debulking and kyphoplasty for pathological compression Fractures. Technical note.
- Radiosurgery for the treatment of Spinal lung metastases.
- Decompression for Cervical myelopathy.
- Quality of life assessment in patients undergoing nucleoplasty-based percutaneous Discectomy.
- Single-fraction radiosurgery for the treatment of Spinal breast metastases.
- Combination kyphoplasty and spinal radiosurgery: a new treatment paradigm for pathological Fractures.
- CyberKnife Frameless Radiosurgery for the treatment of extracranial benign Tumors.
- Stereotactic radiosurgery for Spinal metastases from renal cell carcinoma.
- Iatrogenic vertebral artery injury during anterior Cervical spine surgery.
- Re: Reitman CA, Watters WC, Sassard WR. The Cell Saver in adult lumbar fusion surgery: a cost-benefit outcomes study. Spine 2004;29:1580-1583; discussion 1584.
- Implantable direct current stimulation in para-axial Cervical arthrodesis.
- Cyberknife radiosurgery for metastatic Spine tumors.
- CyberKnife frameless stereotactic radiosurgery for Spinal lesions: clinical experience in 125 cases.
- Rotational and transpositional flaps for the treatment of spinal wound dehiscence and infections in patient populations with Degenerative and oncological disease.
- Evidence-based review of the surgical management of vertebral column metastatic Disease.
- Low-dose radiotherapy for the inhibition of peridural fibrosis after reexploratory Nerve root decompression for postlaminectomy syndrome.
- CyberKnife frameless single-fraction stereotactic radiosurgery for Tumors of the sacrum.
- CyberKnife frameless single-fraction stereotactic radiosurgery for benign tumors of the Spine.
- Use of polylactide resorbable film as an adhesion barrier.
- Feasibility of frameless single-fraction stereotactic radiosurgery for Spinal lesions.
- A prospective outcomes study of patients undergoing intraDiscal electrothermy (IDET) for chronic low back pain.
- Alternative strategies for lumbar Discectomy: intraDiscal electrothermy and nucleoplasty.
- A multi-national report on methods for institutional credentialing for Spine radiosurgery.
- Plasma Disc decompression compared with fluoroscopy-guided transforaminal epidural steroid injections for symptomatic contained lumbar Disc herniation: a prospective, ...
- Safety and efficacy of a novel ultrasonic osteotome device in an ovine model.
- Effect of fibrin glue on the prevention of persistent cerebral spinal Fluid leakage after incidental durotomy during lumbar spinal surgery.
- Radiosurgery techniques and current devices.
- CyberKnife radiosurgery for Spinal neoplasms.
- Spine: minimally invasive techniques.
- Radiosurgery for the treatment of Spinal melanoma metastases.
- Evaluation of CyberKnife frameless real-time image-guided stereotactic radiosurgery for Spinal lesions.
- Accuray CyberKnife image-guided radiosurgical System.
- Intraoperative somatosensory evoked potential monitoring during Cervical spine corpectomy surgery: experience with 508 cases.
- Intentional cranial deformation: a disappearing form of self-mutilation.
- The neuropathology of South American mummies.
- Relationship between cerebellar appearance and function in children with Dandy-Walker Syndrome.
- Intracranial ependymomas of childhood: long-term outcome and prognostic factors.
- Intracranial ependymomas of childhood. Lack of correlation of histopathology and clinical outcome.
- Seizure outcome in children treated for arteriovenous malformations using gamma knife radiosurgery.
- Single-stage stereotactic diagnosis and radiosurgery: feasibility and cost implications.
- Endovascular thrombolysis in deep cerebral venous thrombosis.
- Isolated deep cerebral venous thrombosis treated by direct endovascular thrombolysis.
- Ultrastructure of a well-preserved lymphocyte from a mummified human.
- Primary parafalcine chondrosarcoma in a child.
- Effect on ambulation of continuous intrathecal baclofen infusion.
- Diseases of the skull in pre-Columbian South American mummies.
- Intrathecal baclofen infusion and subsequent orthopedic surgery in patients with spastic cerebral palsy.
- Intraoperative hypothermia and ventricular shunt infections.
- Silicone breast implants: an oncologic perspective.
- Outcomes research: a review.
- Inhibition of peridural fibrosis after laminectomy using low-dose external beam radiation in a rat model.
- Oncology in the era of managed care.
- A formal risk assessment of silicone breast implants.
- Inhibition of peridural fibrosis after laminectomy using low-dose external beam radiation in a dog model.
- Current surgical management of metastatic spinal Disease.
- Diseases of the Spine in South American mummies.
- IntraDiscal electrothermy: indications, techniques, and clinical results.
- Epidermoid cyst of the thoracic Spine: case history.
- Relationship between type of health insurance and time to inpatient rehabilitation placement for surgical subspecialty patients.
- Clinical practice guidelines and their role in quality of care assessments.
- Intraoperative somatosensory evoked potential monitoring during anterior Cervical discectomy and fusion in nonmyelopathic patients--a review of 1,039 cases.
- Radiation for primary Spine tumors.
- Provocation Lumbar diskography at previously fused levels.
- Percutaneous techniques in the treatment of Spine tumors: what are the diagnostic and therapeutic indications and outcomes?
- Timing of surgery and radiotherapy in the management of metastatic spine disease: a Systematic review.
- Radiosurgery for benign tumors of the Spine: clinical experience and current trends.
- Impact of dose hot spots on Spinal cord tolerance following stereotactic body radiotherapy: a generalized biological effective dose analysis.
- Comparison of Whole versus Partial Vertebral Body Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Spinal Metastases.
Schools
Johns Hopkins University School Of Medicine
University Pittsburgh Med Center
Upmc
Procedures Preformed
- Dural Repair or Other Spinal Spinal Cord Repair
- Epidural Block, Facet Blocks
- Epidural Lysis of Adhesions (LOA)
- Herniated Disc Surgery
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Conditions Treated
- Brain and Nervous System Cancer (incl. Gliomas, Astrocytoma, Schwannoma, Medulloblastoma, Chordoma)
- CerebroSpinal Fluid Leak (CSF Leak)
- Cervical Spine Myelopathy
- Degenerative Disc Disease
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Doctors Specialties
- Neurosurgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Fellow (FACS)
- Fellow (FAANS)
Education
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University of Pittsburgh Medical Center -
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Hospital
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UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1891768883 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | GERSZTEN | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | PETER | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 152132546 | |
| NPPES Provider State | PA | |
| Specialty Description | Neurosurgery | |
| Total Claim Count | 241.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 3.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 108.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 44.81 |
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1891768883 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | GERSZTEN |
| First Name Of The Provider | PETER |
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