MD/PHD PROFILE

Eric Wohlford
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Faculty
Zulma Tovar Spinoza, MD
Current Appointments
- Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
- Associate Professor of Pediatrics
- Director of Pediatrics
Hospital Campus
- Downtown
Clinical Section Affiliations
- Neurosurgery: Brain Tumors, General Neurosurgery, Pediatrics
- Pediatrics: Pediatric Neurosurgery
- Upstate Cancer Center: Neurosurgery
- Upstate Comprehensive Stroke Center: Neurosurgery
Clinic/Unit
- Upstate Brain & Spine Center
Physicians' Office Building
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Suite 503, 725 Irving Ave
Syracuse, NY 13210
315 464-4470
- Upstate Cleft and Craniofacial Center
Upstate Specialty Services at Harrison Center
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Suite E, 550 Harrison Street
Syracuse, NY 13202
315 464-6586
- Neurosurgery Clinic
Upstate Specialty Services at Harrison Center
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Suite M, 550 Harrison Street
Syracuse, NY 13202
315 464-1800
Education & Fellowships
- Fellowship: Hospital for Sick Children - Toronto, Canada, 2007, Pediatric Epilepsy
- Fellowship: Hospital for Sick Children - Toronto, Canada, 2006, Pediatric Neurosurgery
- Residency: University of Tel Aviv - Rabin Medical Center, 2005, Neurological Surgery
- MD: Universidad de los Andes, Venezuela, 1993
Clinical Interests
Hydrocephalus, endoscopic treatment of hydrocephalus and brain tumors, minimally invasive surgery, spina bifida, surgical treatment of epilepsy, brain tumors, congenital and developmental malformations of the nervous system, Chiari malformation, pediatric brain trauma, laser ablation surgery.
Research Interests
Epilepsy, tethered cord, pediatric brain tumors,hydrocephalus.
Specialties & Certification
- Neurological Surgery
- Pediatric Neurosurgery
- Epilepsy and Epilepsy Surgery
- Minimally Invasive Surgery
Diseases & Conditions Treated
- Brachial Plexus Injury
- Brachial plexopathy
- Brain Abscess
- Brain Aneurysm
- Brain Injury
- Brain Tumor
- Brain and Spine Tumors
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Cervical Radiculopathy
- Chiari Malformation
- Congenital and Developmental Malformations of the Nervous System
- Curved Spine or Scoliosis
- Epilepsy
- Epilepsy, Severe
- Head and Neck Tumors and Masses
- Hydrocele
- Hydrocephalus
- Kyphosis
- Low Back Pain
- Lumbar Stenosis
- Lumbosacral Plexopathy
- Lumbosacral Radiculopathy
- Myelopathy
- Neck Injuries
- Neck Spasms
- Neck Stinger
- Nervous System Vascular Lesions
- Neuralgias
- Neuritis
- Neuroendocrine Tumors
- Neurofibromatosis
- Neuropathy
- Pediatric Brain Trauma
- Pediatric Brain Tumor
- Pediatric Spinal Cord Tumor
- Pituitary Disorders
- Pituitary Tumors
- Scoliosis
- Seizures
- Skull Deformities
- Spasticity
- Spina Bifida
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Fracture
- Spinal Stenosis
- Spinocerebellar Ataxi
- Spondylolisthesis
- Spondylolysis and Spondylolisthesis
- Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Ulnar neuropathy
Treats
- Adults and Children
Treatments/Services
- Arachnoid Cyst Treatment
- Brain Tumor Treatment
- Comprehensive Epilepsy Program
- Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
- Epidural/Caudal
- Fracture Treatment of Spine
- Hydrocephalus Treatment
- Kyphoplasty/Vertebroplasty
- Lumbar Puncture
- Pediatric Brain Tumor Surgery
- Pediatric Spine Tumor Surgery
- Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy
- Spinal Decompression Surgery
- Spinal Surgery
- Spine Pain Treatment
- 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 Craniosynostosis
- 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
- Congress of Neurological Surgeons
- American Association of Neurological Surgeons
- Women in Neurosurgery
- International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (ISPN)
- Women in Medicine
- American Epilepsy Society (AES)
- Pediatric Craniocervical Society (PCS)
- American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons
- AANS/Joint Section on Neurotrauma and Critical Care
Current Hospital Privileges
- Upstate University Hospital
Languages Spoken (Other Than English)
- Hebrew
- Spanish
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Publications
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