Dr. Stephen E Olvey MD
Neurosurgeon
1475 Nw 12th Ave Box 016960 ( M851) Miami FL, 33136About
Dr. Stephen Olvey practices Neurological Surgery in Miami, FL. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Olvey 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
In Univ Sch of Med, Indianapolis In 1969
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Physiological responses to high-speed, open-wheel racecar driving.
- The development of a method to measure head acceleration and motion in high-impact crashes.
- Cerebral infarction secondary to vasospasm after perimesencephalic subarachnoid hemorrhage.
- Championship Car Racing Accidents and Injuries.
- Auto racing. Is there a lesson to be learned?
- Medical management of the burned patient.
- Ethics and medicine. 2. The Hospital Medical Ethics Committee.
- Ethics and medicine. 3. Do not resuscitate: an outpatient decision?
- Increasing prothrombin times in a warfarin-treated patient upon withdrawal of ensure plus.
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