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Dr. Samuel J Potolicchio MD
Neurosurgeon
4910 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW WASHINGTON DC, 20016About
Dr. Samuel Potolicchio practices Neurological Surgery in Washington, DC. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Potolicchio 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 Geneva Faculty of Medicine
University of Alabama School of Medicine 1974
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Cardiac asystole and bradycardia as a manifestation of left temporal lobe complex partial seizure.
- Increase in cerebral perfusion pressure by arterial hypertension in brain swelling. A mathematical model of the volume-pressure relationship.
- Endovascular ablation of a temporal lobe epileptogenic focus - a complication of Wada testing.
- Spatial memory following temporal lobe resection.
- Bilateral and independent Broca areas confirmed by Wada test and functional magnetic resonance imaging.
- Improvement in smell and taste dysfunction after repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation.
- The correlation between vagus nerve stimulation efficacy and partial onset epilepsies.
- Long-term compliance with nasal continuous positive airway pressure therapy of obstructive sleep apnea.
- Olfactory Hallucinations without Clinical Motor Activity: A Comparison of Unirhinal with Birhinal Phantosmia.
- Complicated migraine and cerebral angiography: a report of an unusual adverse reaction.
- Evidence for higher functions of the cerebellum: eating and grooming elicited by cerebellar stimulation in cats.
- Feedback control of human alpha rhythm from the central area.
- Feedback control of human alpha rhythm from the central area.
- Effect of central venous pressure on brain tissue pressure and brain volume.
Treatments
- Headaches
- Sleep Apnea
- Sleep Disorders
- Epilepsy
- Herniated Disc
- Narcolepsy
- Pain
- Migraine
- Spinal Stenosis
- Insomnia
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea (osa)
Fellowships
- Montreal Neurological Institute
Dr. Samuel J Potolicchio MD's Practice location
Practice At 2150 Pennsylvania Ave Nw
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