Dr. Jonathan S Citow MD
Neurosurgeon
712 S Milwaukee Ave Libertyville IL, 60048About
Dr. Jonathan Citow practices Neurological Surgery in Libertyville, IL. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Citow 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 Il Coll of Med, Chicago Il 1992
University of Illinois College of Medicine 1992
Board Certification
Neurological SurgeryAmerican Board of Neurological SurgeryABNS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Posterior decompression of the vertebral artery narrowed by cervical osteophyte: case report.
- Combined laminectomy and thoracoscopic resection of a dumbbell neurofibroma: technical case report.
- Thoracic epidural lipomatosis with associated syrinx: case report.
- Multicentric intracranial smooth-muscle tumor in a woman with human immunodeficiency virus. Case report.
- Isolated, primary extranodal Hodgkin's disease of the spine: case report.
- Intramedullary tuberculoma of the spinal cord: case report.
Treatments
- Spondylolisthesis
- Stroke
- Neck Pain
- Back Pain
- Sciatica
- Brain Tumor
- Cerebrovascular Disease
- Spinal Stenosis
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