Dr. Matthew M Pearson MD
Neurosurgeon
3601 Tvc Nashville TN, 37232About
Dr. Matthew Pearson practices Neurological Surgery in Nashville, TN. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Pearson prevents, diagnoses, evaluates, and treats disorders of the autonomic, peripheral, and central nervous systems. Neurological Surgeons are trained to treat such disorders as spinal canal stenosis, herniated discs, tumors, fractures, and spinal deformities, among many others.
Education and Training
Johns Hopkins Univ Sch of Med, Baltimore Md 1995
Board Certification
Neurological SurgeryAmerican Board of Neurological SurgeryABNS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Active spontaneous decompression of a suprasellar-prepontine arachnoid cyst detected with routine magnetic resonance imaging. Case report.
- Intramedullary spinal immature teratoma: resolution of quadriplegia following resection in a 4-week-old infant.
- Use of T2 signal intensity of cerebellar neoplasms in pediatric patients to guide preoperative staging of the neuraxis.
- Pediatric cerebellar pilomyxoid-spectrum astrocytomas.
- Findings on preoperative brain MRI predict histopathology in children with cerebellar neoplasms.
- Neurocognitive late effects of pediatric brain tumors of the posterior fossa: a quantitative review.
- Endoscopic removal of an intraventricular primitive neuroectodermal tumor: retrieval of a free-floating fragment using a urological basket retriever.
- Response. Pilomyxoid astrocytoma.
- Neuroimaging of executive function in survivors of pediatric brain tumors and healthy controls.
- Functional neuroimaging of working memory in survivors of childhood brain tumors and healthy children: Associations with coping and psychosocial outcomes.
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