Dr. Harold J Pikus MD
Neurosurgeon
5000 University Dr Miami FL, 33146About
Dr. Harold Pikus practices Neurological Surgery in Miami, FL. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Pikus 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
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Carotid endarterectomy with regional anesthesia.
- Fourteen genetically variant proteins of mouse brain: discovery of two new variants and chromosomal mapping of four loci.
- Characteristics of cerebral gunshot injuries in the rural setting.
- Characteristics of patients successfully treated for cervicogenic headache by surgical decompression of the second cervical root.
- Outcome of surgical decompression of the second cervical root for cervicogenic headache.
- Outcome, cost analysis, and long-term follow-up in preterm infants with massive grade IV germinal matrix hemorrhage and progressive hydrocephalus.
- Four-level cervical corpectomy.
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