Dr. Christopher P. Ames MD
Neurosurgeon
400 Parnassus Ave 405 Irving Street San Francisco CA, 94143Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Christopher Ames is director of spinal tumor and spinal deformity surgery at UCSF Medical Center. He also is co-director of the Neurospinal Disorders Program and the UCSF Spine Center. Ames, who is ...
Education and Training
University of California 1994
Board Certification
Neurological SurgeryAmerican Board of Neurological SurgeryABNS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- In vivo evaluation of bioresorbable polylactide implants for cervical graft containment in an ovine spinal fusion model.
- Neuromonitoring during surgery for metastatic tumors to the spine: intraoperative interpretation and management strategies.
- Novel treatment of basilar invagination resulting from an untreated C-1 fracture associated with transverse ligament avulsion. Case report and description of surgical technique.
- Kyphoplasty-augmented short-segment pedicle screw fixation of traumatic lumbar burst fractures: initial clinical experience and literature review.
- Use of intraoperative isocentric C-arm 3D fluoroscopy for sextant percutaneous pedicle screw placement: case report and review of the literature.
- The potential role of mesenchymal stem cell therapy for intervertebral disc degeneration: a critical overview.
- Artificial pedicle screw reconstruction of the cervical spine after lateral paramedian transpedicular approach for lesions of the ventral cervical spinal canal.
- Cervical disc arthroplasty: general introduction.
- General considerations for cervical arthroplasty with technique for ProDisc-C.
- The Charité Artificial Disc: insertion technique.
- The ProDisc artificial disc: insertion technique.
- Emerging directions in motion preservation spinal surgery.
- Pathologic and epidemiologic findings of intramedullary spinal cord tumors.
- Clinical management of intramedullary spinal ependymomas in adults.
- Expandable cylindrical cages in the cervical spine: a review of 22 cases.
Awards
- 2012 San Francisco Super Doctors
Treatments
- Scoliosis, Brain Tumor, Cyberknife Radiosurgery And More
- Neck Pain
- Back Pain
- Scoliosis
- Herniated Disc
- Spinal Stenosis
- Degenerative Disc Disease (ddd)
Fellowships
- Barrow Neurological Institute, Neurosurgery 2002
- Barrow Neurological Institute 2002
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