Joseph D Ciacci MD
Neurosurgeon
200 West Arbor Dr, Mail Code 8893 Ucsd Medical Center San Diego CA, 92103About
Dr. Joseph Ciacci practices Neurological Surgery in San Diego, CA. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Ciacci 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
Mount Sinai, School of Medicine, New York, NY Other Degree
Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL Other Degree
National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD Other Degree
Neurosurgeon Medical Degree
Professor of Surgery Medical Degree
Board Certification
Neurological SurgeryAmerican Board of Neurological SurgeryABNS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Lymphoma of the central nervous system in AIDS.
- Reluctant hydrocephalus.
- Chronic spinal compression model in minipigs: a systematic behavioral, qualitative, and quantitative neuropathological study.
- Survival and differentiation of human embryonic stem cell-derived neural precursors grafted spinally in spinal ischemia-injured rats or in naive immunosuppressed minipigs: a qualitative and quantitative study.
- Pig models of neurodegenerative disorders: Utilization in cell replacement-based preclinical safety and efficacy studies.
- Endometriosis of the conus medullaris causing cyclic radiculopathy.
- Pituitary tumor apoplexy in adolescents.
- 172 A Phase I, Open-Label, Single-Site, Safety Study of Human Spinal Cord-Derived Neural Stem Cell Transplantation for the Treatment of Chronic Spinal Cord Injury.
- 345 Elective Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion vs Cervical Artificial Disc Replacement: A Comparison of Perioperative Morbidity and Early Outcomes.
- A Review of Stem Cell Therapy for Spinal Cord Injury: Large Animal Models and the Frontier in Humans.
- Elective laminectomy and excision of the thoracic spine neoplasm: an evaluation of early outcomes.
- Lateral mass screw stimulation thresholds in posterior cervical instrumentation surgery: a predictor of medial deviation.
- A matched cohort comparison of cervical disc arthroplasty versus anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: Evaluating perioperative outcomes.
- Risk factors for 30-day outcomes in elective anterior versus posterior cervical fusion: A matched cohort analysis.
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