Dr. Philip R. Weinstein M.D.
Neurosurgeon
400 Parnassus Ave Rm A808 San Francisco CA, 94143Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Philip R. Weinstein, director of the neurospinal surgery program, is involved in diagnosing and managing cervical, thoracic and lumbar spondylosis and stenosis. His second major interest is in the ...
Education and Training
New York Univ Sch of Med, New York Ny 1965
New York University School of Medicine 1965
Board Certification
Neurological SurgeryAmerican Board of Neurological SurgeryABNS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Transient MRI-detected water apparent diffusion coefficient reduction correlates with c-fos mRNA but not hsp70 mRNA induction during focal cerebral ischemia in rats.
- Acromegaly with normal growth-hormone levels and pituitary histology. Case report.
- Acromegaly with normal growth-hormone levels and pituitary histology. Case report.
- Mice overexpressing rat heat shock protein 70 are protected against cerebral infarction.
- Microsurgical treatment of symptomatic sacral Tarlov cysts.
- Mild hypothermia decreases the incidence of transient ADC reduction detected with diffusion MRI and expression of c-fos and hsp70 mRNA during acute focal ischemia in rats.
- Correlation between changes in apparent diffusion coefficient and induction of heat shock protein, cell-specific injury marker expression, and protein synthesis reduction on diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance images after temporary focal cerebral
- Transgenic mice expressing human copper-zinc superoxide dismutase exhibit attenuated apparent diffusion coefficient reduction during reperfusion following focal cerebral ischemia.
- Mild hypothermia reduces zinc translocation, neuronal cell death, and mortality after transient global ischemia in mice.
- A scanning electron microscopy study of micro-arterial damage and repair.
- Lumbar spinal stenosis.
- Cyclooxygenase-2 mRNA expression is associated with c-fos mRNA expression and transient water ADC reduction detected with diffusion MRI during acute focal ischemia in rats.
- Cerebral arterial dolichoectasia with seizure. Case report.
- Effect of suture size and carotid clip application upon blood flow and infarct volume after permanent and temporary middle cerebral artery occlusion in mice.
- Overexpression of rat heat shock protein 70 is associated with reduction of early
Fellowships
- Ucsf Med Center 1971
- UCSF Medical Center, Neurological Surgery 1971
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