David A Carter, MD, PhD
Current Appointments
- Professor of Neurosurgery
- Professor of Neuroscience and Physiology
Hospital Campus
- Downtown
Clinical Section Affiliations
- Neurosurgery: Brain Tumors, Functional Neurosurgery, Radiosurgery
- Upstate Cancer Center: Neurosurgery
Research Programs and Affiliations
- Neuroscience Program
- Neurosurgery
Clinic/Unit
- Upstate Stroke Center
Upstate University Hospital - Downtown Campus
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750 East Adams Street
Syracuse, NY 13210
315 464-8668
- Neurosurgery Clinic
550 Harrison Center
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Suite 330, 550 Harrison Street
Syracuse, NY 13202
315 464-1800
- Neurosurgical Associates of Central New York
Physicians' Office Building
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Suite 503, 725 Irving Ave
Syracuse, NY 13210
315 464-4470
- Gamma Knife Center (Gamma Knife Referrals)
Campus West Building (CWB)
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750 East Adams Street
Syracuse, NY 13210
315 464-8400/8401
Web Resources
Education & Fellowships
- Fellowship: McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, 1991, Neurology & Neurosurgery
- Residency: University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, 1984, Neurosurgery
- MD: University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, 1979
Clinical Interests
- Brain Tumors; Functional Neurosurgery (Epilepsy and Movement Disorders)
Research Interests
- Enhancing Central Nervous System (brain & spinal cord) plasticity & repair; Surgical Treatment of Epilepsy
Specialties & Certification
- Neurological Surgery
Diseases & Conditions Treated
- Brain Cancer
- Brain Injury
- Brain Tumor
- Brain and Spine Tumors
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Cervical Radiculopathy
- Chiari Malformation
- Chronic Pain
- Concussion
- Congenital and Developmental Malformations of the Nervous System
- Dystonia
- Epilepsy
- Epilepsy, Severe
- Essential Tremor
- Hydrocephalus
- Low Back Pain
- Lumbar Stenosis
- Lumbosacral Radiculopathy
- Myelopathy
- Neck Injuries
- Neck Stinger
- Nervous System Vascular Lesions
- Neuralgias
- Neurofibromatosis
- Neurogenic Claudication
- Neuropathic Pain
- Slipped Disk or Herniated Disk
- Spasticity
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Stenosis
- Spondylolisthesis
- Status Epilepticus
- Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome
- Thoracic radiculopathy
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Ulnar neuropathy
Treats
- Adults
Treatments/Services
- Arachnoid Cyst Treatment
- Brain Tumor Treatment
- Comprehensive Epilepsy Program
- Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
- Electrical Stimulation for Pain
- Fracture Treatment of Spine
- Gamma Knife Radiosurgery
- Hydrocephalus Treatment
- Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
- Myocardial Biopsy
- Neurosurgery for Pain
- Seizure Focus Investigation
- Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy
- Spinal Decompression Surgery
- Spinal Surgery
- Spine Injury Evaluation and Emergent Care
- Spine Pain Treatment
- Stereotactic Guided Radiosurgery (SRS)
- Surgical Options for Back Pain
- Surgical Repair of Congenital and Developmental Lesions of the Nervous System
- Surgical Treatment of Brain and Spine Tumors
- Surgical Treatment of Epilepsy
- Surgical Treatment of Hydrocephalus
- Surgical Treatment of Spasticity
- Surgical Treatment of Stroke or Brain Ischemia
- Surgical Treatment of Vascular Lesions of the Nervous System
- Vagus Nerve Stimulation Therapy
Associations/Memberships
- Alpha Omega Alpha Honour Society
- American Epilepsy Society (AES)
- Society for Neuroscience (SFN)
- American Association of Neurological Surgeons
- Congress of Neurological Surgeons
Current Hospital Privileges
- Upstate University Hospital
- Crouse Hospital
- St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center
- VA Medical Center
Web Resources
Publications
Link to PubMed (Opens new window. Close the PubMed window to return to this page.)
Research Abstract
Selected PublicationsLiu, D, Schelper RL, Carter, DA, Poiesz BJ, Shrimpton, AE, Frankel, BM, & Hutchison, RE: Primary central nervous system cytotoxic/suppressor T-cell lymphoma: report of a unique case and review of the literature. Americal Journal of Surgical Pathology 27(5):682-8, May 2003.
Raibon, E, Sauve, Y, Carter, DA, & Gaillard, F: Microglial changes accompanying the promotion of retinal ganglion cell axonal regeneration into peripheral nerve grafts. Journal of Neurocytology 31(1):57-71, Jan 2002.
Zhu, WH, Carter, DA & Hodge, Jr, CJ: Neurogenesis after cortical injury. Journal of Neurosurgery 96: 444, 2002.
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