Physician
Neurosurgery
Dr. Frank T. Vertosick Jr., MD
Frank Vertosick works in the field of Neurosurgery. He researched medicine at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He received awards:"Fellow (FAANS)" and "Fellow (FACS)". Frank T. Vertosick Jr., MD is a published MD. He has 31 publications published. The most current publication "Neurogenic hypertension."
Publications
- Immune network theory: a role for parallel distributed processing?
- Brain tumor biology and therapy.
- Neurogenic hypertension.
- Use of stereotactic radiosurgery in the treatment of malignant glioma.
- Predicting behavior of an enzyme-linked immunoassay model by using commercially available neural network software.
- Correlation of thallium-201 single photon emission computed tomography and survival after treatment failure in patients with glioblastoma multiforme.
- Case 43-1993: occipital mass.
- A comparison of the relative chemosensitivity of human Gliomas to tamoxifen and n-desmethyltamoxifen in vitro.
- Treatment for trigeminal neuralgia.
- Lymphokine production in multiple sclerosis.
- Autoantigens in an immunological network.
- Unilateral Hydrocephalus secondary to congenital atresia of the foramen of Monro. Case report.
- Role of defective dopaminergic inhibition of prolactin secretion in the pathogenesis of prolactinoma.
- Systemic lupus erythematosus: a role for anti-receptor antibodies?
- Antibodies to native and denatured DNA. Quantitation using an immuno-slot-blot technique.
- Stability of model immune complexes during zone electrophoresis and isoelectric focusing in agarose gels.
- A method for recovery of native, clonally-restricted immunoglobulins from agarose gels.
- Adult aqueductal Stenosis presenting as double incontinence: a case report with magnetic resonance imaging.
- The risk and efficacy of anticoagulant therapy in the treatment of thromboembolic complications in patients with primary malignant Brain tumors.
- Response of malignant glioma cell lines to epidermal growth factor and platelet-derived growth factor in a serum-free medium.
- Effect of tamoxifen on DNA synthesis and proliferation of human malignant glioma lines in vitro.
- Brain stem and spinal metastases of supratentorial glioblastoma multiforme: a clinical series.
- Response of malignant glioma cell lines to activation and inhibition of protein kinase C-mediated pathways.
- Glioma growth and the protein kinase-C System.
- Anti-estrogen antibodies in Systemic lupus erythematosus: a quantitative evaluation of serum levels.
- Survival of patients with well-differentiated Astrocytomas diagnosed in the era of computed tomography.
- The immune System as a neural network: a multi-epitope approach.
- Response of low-passage human malignant Gliomas in vitro to stimulation and selective inhibition of growth factor-mediated pathways.
- The treatment of intracranial malignant Gliomas using orally administered tamoxifen therapy: preliminary results in a series of "failed" patients.
- Long-term survival after the diagnosis of malignant glioma: a series of 22 patients surviving more than 4 years after diagnosis.
Schools
University of Pittsburgh Main Campus
University Pitts Med Center Hosps
Nalth Hospital Institute Neur
Procedures Preformed
- Craniectomy, Craniotomy, Surgery of Skull Base, Neuroendoscopy
Conditions Treated
- Brain and Nervous System Cancer (incl. Gliomas, Astrocytoma, Schwannoma, Medulloblastoma, Chordoma)
- Brain Injury
- Cranial Trauma
- Degenerative Disc Disease
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Doctors Specialties
- Neurosurgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Fellow (FAANS)
- Fellow (FACS)
Education
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University of Pittsburgh Medical Center -
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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