Neurosurgery Updates by Robert F. Spetzler,M.D.F.A.C.S. NEUROSURGERY UPDATES - DVD 04 Neurosurgery Spinal Cord Vascular Lesions Dr.Robert F. Spetzler Director of Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix is a world-renowned neurosurgeon who specializes in cerebrovascular disease and skull base tumors. Dr. Spetzler has been involved in pioneering the technique of hypothermia and cardiac arrest for the treatment of difficult brain lesions. In 1994, Dr. Spetzler was chosen to be the Honored Guest of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. At age 49 he was the youngest recipient of this honor. His academic credentials include Instructor of Neurosurgery at the University of California - San Francisco, California; Assistant and Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine - Cleveland, Ohio, and Professor of Surgery, Section of Neurosurgery, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson, Arizona.
