Gamma Knife Team
The referring physician is a critical partner on the Gamma Knife treatment team. All follow-up studies, treatment plans and progress outcomes are performed in conjunction with the patient's physician. Because the patient often requires long-term follow-up care, it is essential that the referring physician and Gamma Knife team maintain a close working relationship.
The Upstate Gamma Knife Team
Treatment with the Gamma Knife is planned and administered by a multidisciplinary team of specialists including: neurosurgeons, radiation oncologists, otolargyngologist, medical physicists, neuroradiologists, and nursing staff.
David A Carter, MD, PhD, 315 470-7962
750 East Adams Street
Syracuse, NY 13210
315 470-7962
Hospital Campus
Clinical Section Affiliations
- Upstate Cancer Center: Neurosurgery
- Upstate Comprehensive Stroke Center: Neurosurgery
Research Programs and Affiliations
- Neuroscience Program
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
Web Resources
Publications
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