Dr. Harold F Young M.D.
Neurosurgeon
1250 E Marshall Street Neurosurgery Richmond VA, 23298About
Dr. Harold Young practices Neurological Surgery in Richmond, VA. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Young 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
Oh State Univ Coll of Med, Columbus Oh 1963
Board Certification
Neurological SurgeryAmerican Board of Neurological SurgeryABNS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Ruptured intracranial aneurysms in pregnancy.
- Cellular immune deficiency in patients with glioblastoma.
- Screening options for colorectal cancer.
- Intracranial extension of an eccrine porocarcinoma. Case report and review of the literature.
- Glucose and lactate metabolism after severe human head injury: influence of excitatory neurotransmitters and injury type.
- Contribution of edema and cerebral blood volume to traumatic brain swelling in head-injured patients.
- Threshold for pain from anterolateral quadrant stimulation as a predictor of success of percutaneous cordotomy for relief of pain.
- Low extracellular (ECF) glucose affects the neurochemical profile in severe head-injured patients.
- Monitoring in patients with brain tumors.
- Titanium miniplates or stainless steel wire for cranial fixation: a prospective randomized comparison.
- Relationship between brain temperature, brain chemistry and oxygen delivery after severe human head injury: the effect of mild hypothermia.
- The importance of brain temperature in patients after severe head injury:
- Cerebral metabolism after fluid-percussion injury and hypoxia in a feline model.
- Graft subsidence after instrument-assisted anterior cervical fusion.
- Familial surgical intracranial infections.
Awards
- Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Medical College o 1993
- Clinician of the Year 1994
- Virginia Commonwealth University - University Award of Excellence 1997
Fellowships
- Special Fellowship in Neurosurgical Sciences, National Institutes of Health, USA 1968
- National Institutes of Health
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