Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Chicago Medicine
Neurosurgery
Dr. Ben Z. Roitberg, MD
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Ben Z. Roitberg, MD practices Neurosurgery. He attended University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago. University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago is ranked 49 in research and 85 in primary care medicine He received awards:"CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification" and "Fellow (FAANS)". Roitberg is a published doctor and has 67 publications published. The lastest was: 'Abdominal cerebrospinal fluid pseudocyst: A complication of ventriculoperitoneal shunt in children.' He accepts Medicare payments and is listed with Medicare.gov.
Publications
- Virtual reality cerebral Aneurysm clipping simulation with real-time haptic feedback.
- In reply: simulating ventriculostomy.
- Measuring surgical outcomes in subaxial degenerative cervical spine Disease patients: minimum clinically important difference as a tool for determining meaningful clin...
- Usefulness of minimum clinically important difference for assessing patients with subaxial degenerative cervical spine Disease: statistical versus substantial clinical...
- The impact of obesity on surgeon ratings and patient-reported outcome measures after degenerative cervical spine Disease surgery.
- Sensory and motor skill testing in neurosurgery applicants: a pilot study using a virtual reality haptic neurosurgical simulator.
- A Novel Virtual Reality Simulation for Hemostasis in a Brain Surgical Cavity: Perceived Utility for Visuomotor Skills in Current and Aspiring Neurosurgery Residents.
- Comparison between patient and surgeon perception of degenerative spine Disease outcomes-a prospective blinded database study.
- Tyranny of a "randomized controlled trials".
- Percutaneous Spinal fixation simulation with virtual reality and haptics.
- Role of Cranial and spinal virtual and augmented reality simulation using immersive touch modules in neurosurgical training.
- Ocular melanoma metastasis to the Cervical spine.
- A review of Lumbar spinal instrumentation: evidence and controversy.
- Prediction of ventriculoperitoneal shunt dependency in patients with Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.
- Prospective randomized comparison of safety and efficacy of nicardipine and nitroprusside drip for control of hypertension in the neurosurgical intensive care unit.
- GDNF-secreting human neural progenitor cells increase tyrosine hydroxylase and VMAT2 expression in MPTP-treated cynomolgus monkeys.
- Subthalamic glutamic acid decarboxylase gene therapy: changes in motor function and cortical metabolism.
- Survival and early differentiation of human neural stem cells transplanted in a nonhuman primate model of stroke.
- Behavioral and morphological comparison of two nonhuman primate models of Huntington's Disease.
- Research news and notes: the pace of medical Discovery is accelerating.
- Arterial stents as a therapeutic platform.
- ICU neuropathy and myopathy.
- The use of pulmonary Artery catheters.
- Research news and notes.
- Prenatal stress has long term effects on pituitary development.
- Active forgetting at the subcellular level.
- A randomized trial of splinting vs. surgery for carpal tunnel Syndrome.
- The power of the mind.
- Chemotherapy for glioblastoma multiforme (GBM).
- Evidence for the importance of extraCranial venous flow in patients with idiopathic intraCranial hypertension (IIH).
- Mesolimbocortical dementia: clinico-Pathological studies on two cases.
- Immunology of the central Nervous system.
- A visit to Hungary: a solemn occasion.
- Many patients with stroke are never seen by neurosurgeons.
- Better image-guided surgery.
- Transplantation for stroke.
- Branched stents--endovascular evolution continues. Endoscopic surgery of the Brain, skull base, and spine. Statins for vasospasm.
- Human recombinant factor VII for emergency reversal of coagulopathy in neurosurgical patients: a retrospective comparative study.
- Improvement in the ability to direct the differentiation of embryonic stem cells.
- Analysis of magnetic resonance imaging-based blood and cerebrospinal fluid flow measurements in patients with Chiari I malformation: a System approach.
- Cell transplantation in the central Nervous system.
- Fuzzy logic in the neurosurgical intensive care unit.
- A response from the ISUIA. International Study on Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms.
- Learning retention of thoracic pedicle screw placement using a high-resolution augmented reality simulator with haptic feedBack.
- Double phakomatosis; neurofibromatosis type-1 and tuberous sclerosis.
- Response of aged parkinsonian monkeys to in vivo gene transfer of GDNF.
- Prevention of pulmonary embolism by combined modalities of thromboprophylaxis and intensive surveillance protocol.
- Chronic ischemic stroke model in cynomolgus monkeys: behavioral, neuroimaging and anatomical study.
- Basal ganglia lesions after MPTP administration in rhesus monkeys.
- Contemporary management of subarachnoid Hemorrhage and vasospasm: the UIC experience.
- Systemic administration of the immunophilin ligand GPI 1046 in MPTP-treated monkeys.
- Cell transplantation for Parkinson''s Disease.
- Cardiac complications after Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.
- Hydrocephalus in posterior fossa lesions: ventriculostomy and permanent shunt rates by diagnosis.
- Bedside external ventricular drain placement for the treatment of acute Hydrocephalus.
- Bilateral paramedian thalamic infarct in the presence of an unpaired thalamic perforating Artery.
- Neurodegeneration prevented by lentiviral vector delivery of GDNF in primate models of Parkinson's Disease.
- Giant anterior communicating artery Aneurysm infiltrated with a primary cerebral lymphoma: case report.
- Delayed onset of progressive dystonia following subacute 3-nitropropionic acid treatment in Cebus apella monkeys.
- Field of the future: neurogenic Disease.
- Lentiviral gene transfer to the nonhuman primate Brain.
- Abdominal Cerebrospinal fluid pseudocyst: A complication of ventriculoperitoneal shunt in children.
- UltraPower surgical drill System evaluation.
- "Show me the numbers": the application of numbers to medical science.
- Clinical and functional outcomes of laminoplasty and laminectomy.
- Permanent cerebrospinal fluid diversion in subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Influence of physician practice style.
Schools
Hadassah Medical School The Hebrew University Of Jerusalem
Assaf Harofeh Mc
University Of Il At Chicago
Procedures Preformed
- CerebroBackground: yellow;'>Spinal Fluid (CSF) Shunt - Insertion, Repair or Removal
- Craniectomy, Craniotomy, Surgery of Skull Base, Neuroendoscopy
- Dural Repair or Other Background: yellow;'>Spinal Background: yellow;'>Spinal Cord Repair
- Epidural Lysis of Adhesions (LOA)
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Conditions Treated
- Background: yellow;'>Background: yellow;'>Brain and Background: yellow;'>Background: yellow;'>Nervous Background: yellow;'>System Cancer (incl. Gliomas, Astrocytoma, Schwannoma, Medulloblastoma, Chordoma)
- Background: yellow;'>Background: yellow;'>Brain Background: yellow;'>Background: yellow;'>Background: yellow;'>Aneurysm
- Background: yellow;'>Background: yellow;'>Brain Cancer
- Background: yellow;'>Background: yellow;'>Brain Injury
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Doctors Specialties
- Neurosurgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
- Fellow (FAANS)
Education
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University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago -
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Hadassah Medical School
Hospital
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University of Chicago Medical Center
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1013929694 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | ROITBERG | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | BEN | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 606127232 | |
| NPPES Provider State | IL | |
| Specialty Description | Neurosurgery | |
| Total Claim Count | 60.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 1.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 22.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 36.67 |
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1013929694 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | ROITBERG |
| First Name Of The Provider | BEN |
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