Michael Lee Levy M.D.
Neurosurgeon
8010 Frost St Suite 502 San Diego CA, 92123About
Dr. Michael Levy practices Neurological Surgery in San Diego, CA. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Levy 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
UC San Francisco, School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA Medical Degree
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Other Degree
Childrens Hospital, Los Angeles, CA Other Degree
Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery Medical Degree
Professor of Surgery Medical Degree
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Honored guest presentation: the legacy of Galen of Pergamon. The neurosurgeon in the arena of sport.
- Correction of large (>25 cm(2)) cranial defects with "reinforced" hydroxyapatite cement: technique and complications.
- Use of elemental iodine for shunt infection prophylaxis.
- Neonatal subgaleal hematoma causing brain compression: report of two cases and review of the literature.
- The assassination of President John F Kennedy: a neuroforensic analysis--part 1: a neurosurgeon's previously undocumented eyewitness account of the events of November 22, 1963.
- Hypothalamic ganglioglioma treated by temporal lobectomy. Case report and review of the literature.
- A neuroforensic analysis of the wounds of President John F. Kennedy: Part 2--A study of the available evidence, eyewitness correlations, analysis, and conclusions.
- Vertebral body granuloma of the cervical region after pencil injury.
- Craniofacial reconstruction with a fast resorbing polymer: a 6- to 12-month clinical follow-up review.
- Leptomeningeal cyst development after endoscopic craniosynostosis repair: case report.
- Fronto-orbital and cranial osteotomies with resorbable fixation using an endoscopic approach.
- Effect of vagus nerve stimulator magnet on programmable shunt settings.
- Management of pilocytic astrocytoma with diffuse leptomeningeal spread: two cases and review of the literature.
- Initial experience with antibiotic-impregnated silicone catheters for shunting of cerebrospinal fluid in children.
- The science of shrinking human heads: tribal warfare and revenge among the South American Jivaro-Shuar.
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