Physician
Neurosurgery
Dr. Norman S. Litofsky, MD
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Norman Litofsky practices Neurosurgery. He went to University of Texas Medical School. Norman Litofsky is also published. He has 25 publications published. The lastest publication: "The Negative Impact of Anemia on Outcome from Traumatic Brain Injury.' He accepts Medicare payments and is listed with Medicare.gov.
Publications
- The Negative Impact of Anemia on Outcome from Traumatic Brain Injury.
- Leukoencephalopathy, Cerebral Calcifications, and Cysts in Two Sisters.
- Baló's concentric sclerosis: imaging findings and Pathological correlation.
- Cerebral edema associated with ventricular reservoirs in two patients: a case report.
- Neural stem/progenitor cells react to non-glial cns neoplasms.
- Optimizing referral practices for patients with non-traumatic intraCerebral hemorrhage.
- Salmonella Brain abscess in a patient on chronic azathioprine therapy for myasthenia gravis: report of an unusual case and review of literature in the postantibiotic era.
- The relationships between depression and Brain tumors.
- Stem cells as vectors to deliver HSV/tk gene therapy for malignant Gliomas.
- Isolated transverse process fractures: Spine service management not needed.
- Image-guided resection of high-grade glioma: patient selection factors and outcome.
- Osteopontin expression in intratumoral astrocytes marks tumor progression in Gliomas induced by prenatal exposure to N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea.
- Doublecortin is preferentially expressed in invasive human Brain tumors.
- Isolation of immortalized, INK4a/ARF-deficient cells from the subventricular zone after in utero N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea exposure.
- Aberrant nestin expression during ethylnitrosourea-(ENU)-induced neurocarcinogenesis.
- Depression in patients with high-grade glioma: results of the Glioma Outcomes Project.
- Profiling of genes expressed by PTEN haploinsufficient neural precursor cells.
- Temozolomide as an alternative to irradiation for elderly patients with newly diagnosed malignant Gliomas.
- PTEN in neural precursor cells: regulation of migration, apoptosis, and proliferation.
- Selective retrosigmoid vestibular neurectomy without internal auditory canal drill-out: an anatomic study.
- Inaccuracy of Tl-201 Brain SPECT in distinguishing cerebral infections from lymphoma in patients with AIDS.
- Does improving medical record documentation better reflect severity of illness in neurosurgical patients?
- Isolation and characterization of a population of stem-like progenitor cells from an atypical meningioma.
- Metastases to Meckel's cave: report of two cases and comparative analysis of malignant tumors with meningioma and Schwannoma of Meckel's cave.
Schools
University of Texas At Houston Medical School At Houston
L a Co Usc Med Center
Procedures Preformed
- Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Shunt - Insertion, Repair or Removal
- Craniectomy, Craniotomy, Surgery of Skull Base, Neuroendoscopy
- Dural Repair or Other Spinal Spinal Cord Repair
- Herniated Disc Surgery
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Conditions Treated
- Acoustic Neuroma
- Brain and Nervous System Cancer (incl. Gliomas, Astrocytoma, Schwannoma, Medulloblastoma, Chordoma)
- Brain Aneurysm
- Brain Cancer
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Doctors Specialties
- Neurosurgery
Accepted Insurances
- Choice Plus POS II
- American Enterprise Group
- American Republic
- Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO
- Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
- Blue Preferred Plus POS
- Blue Preferred Select
- Assurant Health
- Blue Card PPO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- Open Access Plus
- Commercial Insurance Company
- CoreSource
- Coventry Health Care
- Coventry Health Care of Kansas, Inc. PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Missouri PPO
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- HealthLink PPO
- Homestate Health Plan
- Medicaid
- Medicare MCR
- Medico
- Molina
- MultiPlan PPO
- Planned Administration Inc
- Choice Plus POS
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Options PPO
- United Healthcare
Education
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University of Southern California - LAC+USC Medical Center -
University of Texas Medical School
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1700831112 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | LITOFSKY | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | NORMAN | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 652120001 | |
| NPPES Provider State | MO | |
| Specialty Description | Neurosurgery | |
| Total Claim Count | 137.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1700831112 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | LITOFSKY |
| First Name Of The Provider | NORMAN |
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