Dr. Kimberly S Harbaugh MD
Neurosurgeon
500 University Dr Hershey PA, 17033About
Dr. Kimberly Harbaugh practices Neurological Surgery in Hershey, PA. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Harbaugh 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
University of California 1990
Board Certification
Neurological SurgeryAmerican Board of Neurological SurgeryABNS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Anatomic considerations in the treatment of extracranial cerebrovascular disease.
- Shoulder numbness in a patient with suprascapular nerve entrapment syndrome: cutaneous branch of the suprascapular nerve: case report.
- Fulminant Guillain-Barré syndrome after closed head injury: a potentially reversible cause of an ominous examination. Case report.
- Repair of vertebral artery injury during anterior decompression.
- Ganglion cyst involvement of peripheral nerves.
- Strategies in the surgical management of malignant gliomas.
Treatments
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
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