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Alan T. Villavicencio, M.D.
earned his M.D. from Harvard
Medical School and completed
his neurosurgical residency at
Duke University. He went on to
perform an orthopedic spine surgery
fellowship at the Institute for
Spinal Disorders at Cedars-Sinai
in Los Angeles. Dr. Villavicencio
has extensive training in the treatment
of spinal deformity, scoliosis,
artificial disc replacement
and minimally invasive spine surgery
including endoscopy. Dr.
Villavicencio has published more
than 50 papers and is the primary
investigator in several ongoing
prospective randomized trials
on both cranial and spinal surgery.
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Dr. Ketan R. Bulsara is an assistant professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at Yale University School of Medicine.
He is a board certified neurosurgeon who has dual fellowship training in endovascular neurosurgery and skull
base/cerebrovascular microsurgery. He has won numerous awards from the American Association of Neurological
Surgeons and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. Dr. Bulsara has consistently been listed as one of the top physicians
and surgeons in the United States by the Consumer Research Group of America based in Washington D.C. Prior
to his appointment at Yale, he directed the Walter Dandy Neurosurgical Intensive Care unit and served as the Director
of Skull Base and Cerebrovascular neurosurgery at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
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Dr. Thramann received his Bachelor of
Science degree from the United States
Military Academy at West Point and his
M.D. from the Cornell University
Medical College. He completed his neurosurgical
residency and spine surgery
fellowship at the distinguished Barrow Neurological
Institute in Phoenix. Founder of the Boulder Back
Institute, Dr. Thramann specializes in the comprehensive
treatment of spine disorders with an emphasis on
minimally invasive techniques.
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Dr. Nelson received his MD from the
Baylor College of Medicine and Texas
Medical Center in Houston. He has had
extensive training in the treatment of
spinal trauma at the Ben Taub General
Hospital, one of the largest and most
active Level 1 trauma centers in the country and in the
surgical and nonsurgical management of spinal oncology
from his experience at the renowned M.D. Anderson
Cancer Center.
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Dr. Arends specializes in diagnostic and
therapeutic spinal injections and interventional
techniques. He received his
M.D. from the Wayne State University
School of Medicine and completed his
residency in Physical Medicine and
Rehabilitation (Physiatry) at the Rehabilitation Institute
of Chicago and Northwestern University. His fellowship
in Interventional Spine was through the Emory/Georgia
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Dr. McNeely trained at the University of
Utah and was board certified in 1990.
He has been practicing in Boulder since
1992 and working extensively with the
Rocky Mountain Cyberknife Program
since February 2003. His special interests
include prostate cancer, spine lesions, and respiratory
tracking for lung tumors under Cyberknife treatment. |
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Dr. Bennett is an interventional
spine/pain medicine physician from
Denver, Colorado. He is the Founder
and immediate past-Chairman of the
Board of Directors of The National Pain
Foundation. He has served on the
Board of Directors of the North American
Neuromodulation Society and is actively involved with
the American Academy of Pain Medicine. |
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Dr. Odom graduated from the University
of Tennessee School of Medicine in
1962, spent two years in general surgery
training at the University of
Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and completed
his training in Boston at Lahey
Clinic – Shriner’s – Tufts University orthopedic residency
program. He became board certified by the American
Board of orthopedic Surgery in 1971 and is a member
of several spinal societies including the Scoliosis
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Dr. Zacharias is a graduate of the
University of Mississippi School of
Medicine. He completed his neurology
residency at the University of Virginia
and fellowship in neuromuscular disease
and EMG at Emory University. He
was the former director of the EMG laboratory at Emory
before entering private practice. He is currently in
Boulder with Associated Neurologists. He practices general
neurology with special interest in neuromuscular
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Dr. Oro received his neurosurgical training
at the University of Missouri Health
Sciences Center in Columbia , Missouri
and joined the faculty in 1984. In
1990, he became Director of the
Neurological Surgery Training Program
and, in 1991, Chief of the Division of Neurological
Surgery. In 2005 he joined The Medical Center of
Aurora as Medical Director of Neurosurgery and as
Director of The Neurosurgery Center of Colorado. |
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Dr Misra is an Australian neurosurgeon.
He graduated
Medicine and Surgery from
the University of New South
Wales and was awarded Class
One Honors. His experience in
neurosurgery was gained at the Royal Prince
Alfred Hospital, Prince of Wales Hospital and
Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children. He
obtained advanced neurosurgery fellowship
training in Australia and Europe. During his
career he has taught, done fellowships and has
been on the faculty at the University of
Arkansas, the University of Colorado and the
University of Texas Southwestern Medical
Center in Dallas. |
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