Current Appointments

• Professor of Neurosurgery
• Professor of Neuroscience and Physiology

Hospital Campus

• Downtown

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

• Professional Site

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

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

• Professional Site

Publications

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Research Abstract

Liu, 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.