Professor of Neurological Surgery, University Pennsylvania
Neurosurgery
Dr. Gordon H. Baltuch, MD
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Gordon Baltuch works in the field of Neurosurgery. He over the years received 6 awards: "America's Top Doctors", "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification", "Philadelphia Magazine", "Fellow (FAANS)", "Super Doctor" and "Fellow (FACS)". Gordon Baltuch is a published doctor as well. He has 46 publications published. The latest was: Deep brain stimulation for Alzheimer disease: a decision and cost-effectiveness analysis.
Publications
- Long-term efficacy and safety of thalamic stimulation for drug-resistant partial Epilepsy.
- Deep Brain stimulation for Alzheimer disease: a decision and cost-effectiveness analysis.
- A Randomized Sham-Controlled Trial of Deep Brain Stimulation of the Ventral Capsule/Ventral Striatum for Chronic Treatment-Resistant Depression.
- Cerebrospinal fluid leaks and their management after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: a report of 13 cases and a review of the literature.
- CSF Leaks and Their Management Following Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion: A Report of 13 Cases and a Review of the Literature.
- A step-wise approach to deep Brain stimulation in mice.
- Eye closure causes widespread low-frequency power increase and focal gamma attenuation in the human electrocorticogram.
- Harnessing plasticity for the treatment of neurosurgical disorders: an overview.
- Category-specific neural oscillations predict recall organization during memory search.
- Ethical considerations in deep Brain stimulation for psychiatric illness.
- Repeated stimuli elicit diminished high-gamma electrocorticographic responses.
- Pediatric indications for deep Brain stimulation.
- Implications for programming strategy of the location of the active contact in subthalamic nucleus deep Brain stimulation.
- Cost-effectiveness analysis supports the initiation of a clinical trial of deep Brain stimulation for heroin dependence.
- Error reduction with routine checklist use during deep Brain stimulation surgery.
- Durability of Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery: A Meta-Regression Study.
- Depth-Time Interpolation of Feature Trends Extracted from Mobile Microelectrode Data with Kernel Functions.
- The Effect of Intraventricular Trajectory on Brain Shift in Deep Brain Stimulation.
- Expanding applications of deep Brain stimulation: a potential therapeutic role in obesity and addiction management.
- Deep Brain stimulation compared with methadone maintenance for the treatment of heroin dependence: a threshold and cost-effectiveness analysis.
- Self-administered preoperative antiseptic wash to prevent postoperative infection after deep Brain stimulation.
- Oscillatory patterns in temporal lobe reveal context reinstatement during memory search.
- Effectiveness and safety of vagus nerve stimulation for severe treatment-resistant major depression in clinical practice after FDA approval: outcomes at 1 year.
- Best surgical practices: a stepwise approach to the University of Pennsylvania deep Brain stimulation protocol.
- Deep Brain stimulation compared with bariatric surgery for the treatment of morbid obesity: a decision analysis study.
- Deep Brain stimulation in the treatment of refractory epilepsy: update on current data and future directions.
- Subcutaneous heparin for prophylaxis of venous thromboembolism in deep Brain stimulation surgery: evidence from a decision analysis.
- Vagus nerve stimulation in the treatment of refractory Epilepsy.
- Human substantia nigra neurons encode unexpected financial rewards.
- Deep Brain stimulation in the treatment of obesity.
- Functional neurosurgery in the treatment of severe obsessive compulsive disorder and major depression: overview of Disease circuits and therapeutic targeting for the c...
- Determination of subthalamic nucleus location by quantitative analysis of despiked background neural activity from microelectrode recordings obtained during deep Brain...
- Use of an integrated platform system in the placement of deep Brain stimulators.
- Deep Brain stimulation for epilepsy.
- Vagus nerve stimulation for Epilepsy and depression.
- Subthalamic nucleus deep Brain stimulation for severe idiopathic dystonia: impact on severity, neuropsychological status, and quality of life.
- Implementation of dual simultaneous microelectrode recording systems during deep Brain stimulation surgery for Parkinson's disease: technical note.
- Bilateral subthalamic nucleus deep Brain stimulation in a patient with cervical dystonia and essential tremor.
- Pallidal deep Brain stimulation for longstanding severe generalized dystonia in Hallervorden-Spatz syndrome. Case report.
- Subthalamic nucleus deep Brain stimulation in a patient with levodopa-responsive multiple system atrophy. Case report.
- Bilateral subthalamic nucleus deep Brain stimulation for advanced PD: correlation of intraoperative MER and postoperative MRI with neuropathological findings.
- Deep Brain stimulation for movement disorders: morbidity and mortality in 109 patients.
- Thalamic deep Brain stimulation for disabling tremor after excision of a midBrain cavernous angioma. Case report.
- Bilateral stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus in patients with Parkinson Disease: a study of efficacy and safety.
- Electrophysiological evidence for functionally distinct neuronal populations in the human substantia nigra.
Schools
McGill University Faculty Of Medicine
Montreal General Hospital
Montreal Neur Institute
Centre Hopitalier University
Procedures Preformed
- Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Shunt - Insertion, Repair or Removal
- Craniectomy, Craniotomy, Surgery of Skull Base, Neuroendoscopy
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Dural Repair or Other Spinal Spinal Cord Repair
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Conditions Treated
- Brain and Nervous System Cancer (incl. Gliomas, Astrocytoma, Schwannoma, Medulloblastoma, Chordoma)
- Brain Aneurysm
- Brain Cancer
- Cerebral Artery Thrombosis
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Doctors Specialties
- Neurosurgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- America's Top Doctors
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
- Philadelphia Magazine
- Fellow (FAANS)
- Super Doctor
- Fellow (FACS)
Education
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McGill University Faculty of Medicine
Hospital
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Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania -
Pennsylvania Hospital
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1932144094 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | BALTUCH |
| First Name Of The Provider | GORDON |
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