
Dr. Steven A Toms MD
Neurosurgeon
100 N Academy Ave M. C. 14-05 Danville PA, 17822About
Dr. Steven Toms practices Neurological Surgery in Danville, PA. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Toms 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.
Board Certification
Neurological SurgeryAmerican Board of Neurological SurgeryABNS- 2003
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Brain tumor demarcation using optical spectroscopy; an in vitro study.
- December 2000: 6 month old boy with 2 week history of progressive lethargy.
- Detection of proliferating S-phase brain tumor cells by in situ DNA replication.
- Lovastatin is a potent inhibitor of meningioma cell proliferation: evidence for inhibition of a mitogen associated protein kinase.
- Evidence for phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-Akt-p7S6K pathway activation and transduction of mitogenic signals by platelet-derived growth factor in meningioma cells.
- Allelic losses in oligodendroglial and oligodendroglioma-like neoplasms: analysis using microsatellite repeats and polymerase chain reaction.
- Protein profiling in brain tumors using mass spectrometry: feasibility of a new technique for the analysis of protein expression.
- Pathobiology of brain metastases.
- In vivo optical spectroscopy detects radiation damage in brain tissue.
- In vivo optical imaging using quantum dots for the management of brain tumors.
- Macrophage-mediated colocalization of quantum dots in experimental glioma.
- Quantum dots are phagocytized by macrophages and colocalize with experimental gliomas.
- New prospects for management and treatment of inoperable and recurrent skull base meningiomas.
- Nanotechnology in proteomics.
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Fellowships
- MD ANDERSON CANCER CTR, HOUSTON, TX United States,, Neurological Surgery 1997
- U. of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center , Neurosurgical Oncology 1998
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Nearby Providers
- Dr. Oded Goren M.D100 N Academy Ave Danville PA 17822
- Dr. Jonathan R Slotkin M.D.100 N ACADEMY AVE DANVILLE PA 17822
- Dr. Neil A. Martin MD100 N ACADEMY AVE DANVILLE PA 17822
- Dr. Darren L. Jacobs D.O.100 N Academy Ave Danville PA 17822
- Dr. Andrew R Conger M.D.100 NORTH ACADEMY AVE DANVILLE PA 17822
- Dr. Ryan A, Grant M.D., M.S.100 N ACADEMY AVE DANVILLE PA 17822
Nearest Hospitals
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350 NORTH 11TH STREET SUNBURY PA 17801