Dr. David O Okonkwo M.D.
Neurosurgeon
200 Lothrop St Pittsburgh PA, 15213Rating
4/5
About
Dr. David Okonkwo practices Neurological Surgery in Pittsburgh, PA. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Okonkwo 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
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine 2000
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- An intrathecal bolus of cyclosporin A before injury preserves mitochondrial integrity and attenuates axonal disruption in traumatic brain injury.
- Cyclosporin A limits calcium-induced axonal damage following traumatic brain injury.
- Postinjury cyclosporin A administration limits axonal damage and disconnection in traumatic brain injury.
- Initiating mechanisms involved in the pathobiology of traumatically induced axonal injury and interventions targeted at blunting their progression.
- Cytochrome c release and caspase activation in traumatic axonal injury.
- The immunophilin ligand FK506 attenuates axonal injury in an impact-acceleration model of traumatic brain injury.
- Basic science of closed head injuries and spinal cord injuries.
- Supratentorial dural-based hemangioblastoma not associated with von Hippel Lindau complex.
- MRI is unnecessary to clear the cervical spine in obtunded/comatose trauma patients: the four-year experience of a level I trauma center.
- Introduction: traumatic brain injury.
- Levetiracetam versus phenytoin for seizure prophylaxis in severe traumatic brain injury.
- Cerebral pressure autoregulation in traumatic brain injury.
- Induced normothermia attenuates intracranial hypertension and reduces fever burden after severe traumatic brain injury.
- Occipital condyle fractures: clinical decision rule and surgical management.
- Fractures of the clivus: a contemporary series in the computed tomography era.
Treatments
- Stroke
- Back Pain
- Scoliosis
- Pinched Nerve
- Cerebrovascular Disease
- Herniated Disc
- Spinal Stenosis
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