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Dr. Stephen Lance Skirboll M.D., Neurosurgeon
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Dr. Stephen Lance Skirboll M.D.

Neurosurgeon

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300 Pasteur Dr # R200 Stanford University Stanford CA, 94305
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Dr. Stephen Skirboll practices Neurological Surgery in Stanford, CA. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Skirboll 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 Pa Sch of Med, Philadelphia Pa 1989

Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania 1989

Board Certification

Neurological SurgeryAmerican Board of Neurological SurgeryABNS

Provider Details

MaleEnglish 28 years of experience

Expert Publications

Data provided by the National Library of Medicine

Awards

  • Journal of Neuro-Oncology Award, Congress of Neurological Surgeons 2011  

Treatments

  • Cerebrovascular Disease
  • Aneurysm
  • Brain Aneurysm

Publications

  • Cancer researchTargeting a Glioblastoma Cancer Stem-Cell Population Defined by EGF Receptor Variant III.2014
  • CELL STEM CELLAn Ri Screen Identifies TRRAP as a Regulator of Brain Tumor-Initiating Cell Differentiation2010
  • QUALITY OF LIFE RESEARCHHealth-related quality-of-life status in Veterans with spil disorders2013
  • JOURL OF NEURO-ONCOLOGYPatterns of care and survival for glioblastoma patients in the Veterans population2012
  • JOURL OF NEUROIMAGINGPituitary Adenomas Can Appear as Hypermetabolic Lesions in 18F-FDG PET Imaging2010
  • COGNITIVE AND BEHAVIORAL NEUROLOGYReversal of Preoperative Catatonic State by Surgical Resection of an Adult2009
  • JOURL OF NEUROSURGERYCargo areas of pickup trucks: an avoidable mechanism for neurological injuries in children2007
  • NEUROLOGYParadoxical transtentorial herniation due to CSF draige in the presence of a hemicraniectomy2006
  • SPIL CORDIntracranial dural arteriovenous fistula causing a myelopathy2002
  • BIOMATERIALSSurface passivation of a microfluidic device to glial cell adhesion2002
  • MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRYNeurotrophin-3 modulates noradrenergic neuron function and opiate withdrawal2001
  • JOURL OF NEUROSURGERYMagnetic source imaging and brain surgery: presurgical and intraoperative planning in 26 patients2000
  • JOURL OF NEUROSURGERYIntracranial vascular astomosis using the microastomotic system - Technical note1998
  • NEUROSURGERY CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICARevascularization and bypass procedures for cerebral aneurysms1998
  • NEUROSURGERY CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICANoninvasive physiologic evaluation of the aneurysm patient1998
  • NEUROSURGERYFunctiol cortex and subcortical white matter located within gliomas1996
  • EXPERIMENTAL NEUROLOGYINVIVO CHANGES OF CATECHOLAMINES IN HEMIPARKINSONIAN MONKEYS MEASURED BY MICRODIALYSIS1990
  • EXPERIMENTAL NEUROLOGYMETHODOLOGY OF MICRODIALYSIS OF NEOSTRIATUM IN HEMIPARKINSONIAN NONHUMAN-PRIMATES1990
  • BRAIN RESEARCHSURVIVAL OF ADULT 5-HT NEURONS FOLLOWING INTRAOCULAR TRANSPLANTATION1989
  • EXPERIMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCHNGF TREATMENT PROMOTES DEVELOPMENT OF BASAL FOREBRAIN TISSUE GRAFTS IN THE ANTERIOR1989
  • NEUROSCIENCENERVE GROWTH-FACTOR CAN INFLUENCE GROWTH OF CORTEX CEREBRI AND HIPPOCAMPUS1989

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Dr. Stephen Skirboll, MD

300 Pasteur Dr # R200 Stanford University -
Stanford, CA 94305
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