Dr. David Shakir Zorub M.D.
Neurosurgeon
5200 Centre Ave Suite 617 Pittsburgh PA, 15232Rating
4/5
About
Dr. David Zorub practices Neurological Surgery in Pittsburgh, PA. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Zorub 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
Tulane Univ Sch of Med, New Orleans La 1970
Tulane University School of Medicine 1966
Duke University School of Medicine
Board Certification
Neurological SurgeryAmerican Board of Neurological SurgeryABNS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Spasticity: actions of selectivity activated group II muscle spindle afferents on extensor motoneurons.
- Spasticity: actions of selectivity activated group II muscle spindle afferents on extensor motoneurons.
- Pinealectomy in agonadal infantile male rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) does not interrupt initiation of the prepubertal hiatus in gonadotropin secretion.
- An extralemniscal projection to the centrum medianum and pulvinar of the thalamus.
- Avulsion of the brachial plexus. I. A review with implications on the therapy of intractable pain.
- Invasive pituitary adenoma with abscess formation: case report.
- Invasive pituitary adenoma with abscess formation: case report.
- Anterior cervical operation for spondylotic myelopathy.
- Anterior cervical operation for spondylotic myelopathy.
- Sensory function of the pulvinar.
- Computed tomography/guided stereotactic surgery: conception and development of a new stereotactic methodology.
- A study of the role of the adrenal glands in the initiation of the hiatus in gonadotropin secretion during prepubertal development in the male rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta).
- The role of nongonadal restraint of gonadotropin secretion in the delay of the onset of puberty in the rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta).
- Microvascular relations of the trigeminal nerve. An anatomical study with clinical correlation.
- Anterior surgery for cervical disc disease. Part 1: Treatment of lateral cervical disc herniation in 253 cases.
Treatments
- Pinched Nerve
- Herniated Disc
- Spinal Stenosis
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