Dr. Webster H Pilcher MD
Neurosurgeon
601 Elmwood Ave Box 656 Rochester NY, 14642Rating
4/5
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Dr. Webster Pilcher practices Neurological Surgery in Rochester, NY. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Pilcher 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
Univ of Rochester Sch of Med & Dentistry, Rochester Ny 1983
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry 1983
Board Certification
Neurological SurgeryAmerican Board of Neurological SurgeryABNS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Analysis of outcome: temporal lobe resection.
- Fibro-osseous lesions of the central nervous system: report of four cases and literature review.
- Case report: Hemispheric juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma with extreme exophytic growth.
- Ultrasonographic and electrophysiological adjuncts to surgery within the brain stem: technical note.
- Axial loading during MR imaging can influence treatment decision for symptomatic spinal stenosis.
- AMPA receptor alterations precede mossy fiber sprouting in young children with temporal lobe epilepsy.
- Epilepsy in schizencephaly: abnormal cortical organization studied by somatosensory evoked potentials.
- Acute subdural hematoma after aneurysmal rupture; evacuation with aneurysmal clipping after emergent infusion computed tomography: case report.
- Complementary patterns of gene expression by human oligodendrocyte progenitors and their environment predict determinants of progenitor maintenance and differentiation.
- Special cases: mechanical ventilation of neurosurgical patients.
- Statin treatment of adult human glial progenitors induces PPAR gamma-mediated oligodendrocytic differentiation.
- Arginine vasopressin-anti-idiotypic immunostaining of human brain cells.
- William P. Van Wagenen (1897-1961): pupil, mentor, and neurosurgical pioneer.
- The history of neurosurgery at the University of Rochester.
- Immunocytochemical localization of pro-opiomelanocortin neurons in human brain areas subserving stimulation analgesia.
Treatments
- Neck Pain
- Back Pain
- Brain Tumor
- Herniated Disc
- Spinal Stenosis
- Degenerative Disc Disease (ddd)
Dr. Webster H Pilcher MD's Practice location
University of Rochester Medical Center
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