Director of Complex Neurosurgery
Center for Neurological Surgery America
Touro University Nevada
Dr. Scott Glickman is a board certified, multiple fellowship trained neurosurgeon and founder of the Center for Neurosurgery America with subspecialty training in neurotrauma and neurocritical care, complex spinal disorders, and acute care neurosurgery. He has extensive experience with traumatic brain and spinal cord injury, spinal tumors, brain tumors, deep brain stimulators, Chiari malformation and the craniocervical junction, stroke and intracranial hemorrhage, brain recovery, spinal fractures and reconstruction, and neurovascular disorders He is involved in ongoing clinical research on intracranial pressure, spinal reconstruction, multimodal diagnosis and treatment of neuropathy, surgical treatment of hemorrhagic stroke, and the impact of obesity on surgery.
Dr. Glickman practiced neurosurgery and neurocritical care in Ohio, Michigan, Oregon, Indiana, California, and Nevada, with additional experience throughout the US, before establishing the Center for Neurological Surgery, initially in Las Vegas and now Florida. He focuses on providing the highest quality care in surgical and non-operative care of patients with complex neurological conditions and injuries of the brain, spine, and peripheral nerves. He aims for optimal outcomes, patient and provider communication, and patient satisfaction. Neurological and neurosurgical conditions and the need for operative interventions often burden both patients and families. Dr. Glickman prides himself on straightforward explanation of these conditions and a direct approach to the best routes of care, as well as goal and likely outcomes, even if that is not the best news. He takes osteopathic principles seriously, and will consider the whole patient, as well as their specific problems, in order to make the best plan of care in the most timely fashion to do what is best for the patient.
In his free time, Dr. Glickman is an accomplished long distance runner and downhill skier. He enjoys time with his children and friends.
Awake vs Asleep Deep Brain Stimulator Surgery for Movement Disorders
Saturday, September 23, 2023
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM CT
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