Dr. John J. Demakas M.D.
Neurosurgeon
105 W 8th Ave Suite 200 Spokane WA, 99204About
Dr. John Demakas practices Neurological Surgery in Spokane, WA. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Demakas 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.
Board Certification
Neurological SurgeryAmerican Board of Neurological SurgeryABNS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Gamma Knife radiosurgery for vestibular schwannoma: case report and review of the literature.
- Clinical outcomes of stereotactic radiosurgery in the treatment of patients with metastatic brain tumors.
- Multimodality treatment of brain metastases: an institutional survival analysis of 275 patients.
- Olfactory neuroblastoma treated by endoscopic surgery followed by combined external beam radiation and gamma knife for optic nerve and chiasm sparing: a case report.
- Long-term survival after gamma knife radiosurgery in a case of recurrent glioblastoma multiforme: a case report and review of the literature.
- Effect of pretreatment clinical factors on overall survival in glioblastoma multiforme: a Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) population analysis.
- Long-term survival in a patient with multiple brain metastases from small-cell lung cancer treated with gamma knife radiosurgery on four occasions: a case report.
- A review of the clinical outcomes for patients diagnosed with brainstem metastasis and treated with stereotactic radiosurgery.
- Long-Term Survival and Improved Quality of Life following Multiple Repeat Gamma Knife Radiosurgeries for Recurrent Glioblastoma Multiforme: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.
- Gamma knife radiosurgery treatment for metastatic melanoma of the trigeminal nerve and brainstem: a case report and a review of the literature.
- Clinical outcomes following salvage Gamma Knife radiosurgery for recurrent glioblastoma.
- Gamma knife treatment of brainstem metastases.
- Prolonged Survival following Repetitive Stereotactic Radiosurgery in a Patient with Intracranial Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma.
- A Review of Novel Systemic Therapies and Brain Radiosurgery for Metastatic Melanoma.
- The pathophysiology of concussion: a review.
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