Dr. Joseph C Maroon MD
Neurosurgeon
200 Lothrop St Suite 5c Pittsburgh PA, 15213Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Joseph Maroon practices Neurological Surgery in Pittsburgh, PA. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Maroon 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 1965
Indiana University School of Medicine 1971
Board Certification
Neurological SurgeryAmerican Board of Neurological SurgeryABNS
Emergency MedicineAmerican Board of Emergency MedicineABEM
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Utilization and cost savings of a wide-area computer network for neurosurgical consultation.
- Experimental middle cerebral artery microsurgical embolectomy.
- Association between peridural scar and persistent low back pain after lumbar discectomy.
- Does loss of consciousness predict neuropsychological decrements after concussion?
- Cerebral concussion in athletes: evaluation and neuropsychological testing.
- Treatment of postoperative cerebrospinal fluid fistulas by subarachnoid drainage.
- Intracanalicular meningioma with chronic optic disc edema.
- Automatically irrigated bipolar forceps. Technical note.
- Visual field deficit caused by vascular compression from a suprasellar meningioma: case report.
- Penetrating intracranial foreign bodies in children.
- Current concepts in minimally invasive discectomy.
- Cumulative effects of concussion in high school athletes.
- The evaluation of athletes with cerebral concussion.
- Recovery from mild concussion in high school athletes.
- Treatment of failed Adult Chiari Malformation decompression with CSF drainage: observations in six patients.
Treatments
- Neck Pain
- Back Pain
- Herniated Disc
- Spinal Stenosis
- Degenerative Disc Disease (ddd)
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