Dr. James Richard Bean M.D.
Neurosurgeon
1401 Harrodsburg Rd Suite B485 Lexington KY, 40504About
Dr. James Bean practices Neurological Surgery in Lexington, KY. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Bean prevents, diagnoses, evaluates, and treats disorders of the autonomic, peripheral, and central nervous systems. Neurological Surgeons are trained to treat such disorders as spinal canal stenosis, herniated discs, tumors, fractures, and spinal deformities, among many others.
Education and Training
Tulane Univ Sch of Med, New Orleans La 1973
Tulane University School of Medicine 1973
Board Certification
Neurological SurgeryAmerican Board of Neurological SurgeryABNS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The search for sanctuary.
- Neurosurgical Quality Metrics: Seeking the Right Question.
- Medical Malpractice and Hollywood: Liability Magnified by the Lens of Celebrity.
- Neurorehabilitation in Pakistan: Is Home Family Care Feasible?
- Defensive Medicine: A Game in Which Perception Trumps Reality.
- Academic Output and Social Media: A Marriage of Opposites.
- Neurosurgical Clinical Guidelines: Better Late than Never.
- Pediatric Head Injury: A Global Tragedy and a Public Policy Challenge.
- Defensive Medicine: Rational Response to Irrational Risk.
- Profits and Charitable Missions: Funding Volunteerism in the Developing World.
- The Decline and Fall of Concurrent Surgery.
- And Who Shall Heal the Afflicted? Neurosurgical Care in Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Ambition: Predicting and Pursuing an Academic Neurosurgical Career.
- Truth or Consequences: The Growing Trend of Publication Retraction.
- Commerce Versus Science: A Perpetual Dialectic.
Treatments
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Spondylolisthesis
- Neck Pain
- Back Pain
- Sciatica
- Scoliosis
- Pinched Nerve
- Herniated Disc
- Spinal Stenosis
- Degenerative Disc Disease (ddd)
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