David Barba MD

Stereotactic & Functional Neurosurgery

Professor, Surgery, UCSD School of Medicine

9300 Campus Point DrLa Jolla, CA 92037
Phone+1 619-543-5540
Fax+1 858-657-6538

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Summary

Dr. David Barba is an attending neurosurgeon at the UC San Diego Health Care system based in La Jolla at the Jacobs Medical Center. He is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including UC San Diego Medical Center – Hillcrest, and VA San Diego Healthcare System. He received his medical degree from Keck School of Medicine of USC and has been in practice 38 years. He specializes in stereotactic & functional neurosurgery and is experienced in MRI guided asleep stereotactic DBS surgery for Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders. He is he also has a special interest in epilepsy surgery.

Education & Training

University of California (San Diego) Medical CenterResidency, Neurological Surgery, 1980 - 1985
University of Southern California/LACUSC Medical CenterInternship, Transitional Year, 1979 - 1980
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern CaliforniaClass of 1979

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Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1980 - 2025
American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EHR Suite, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013-2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory 2014 Certified EHR Suite, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013-2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory - Core EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013-2017

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

4 citations
The inactive X chromosome drives sex differences in microglial inflammatory activity in human glioblastoma.
Marla E Tharp, Claudia Z Han, Maya Talukdar, Christopher D Balak, Conor Fitzpatrick
Biorxiv. 2025-05-19
2 citations
Traumatic ischemic injury in a top of the basilar distribution: a case report
Mihir Gupta, Anudeep Yekula, David Barba, J. Scott Pannell, Jeffrey M. Tomlin
BMC Neurology. 2021-04-27
85 citations
Postmortem Analysis in a Clinical Trial of AAV2-NGF Gene Therapy for Alzheimer's Disease Identifies a Need for Improved Vector Delivery.
Michael J. Castle, Fernando C. Baltanás, Imre Kovacs, Alan H. Nagahara, David Barba
Human Gene Therapy. 2020-04-16

Journal Articles

Postmortem Analysis in a Clinical Trial of AAV2-NGF Gene Therapy for Alzheimer's Disease Identifies a Need for Improved Vector Delivery
Michael J. Castle, Fernando C. Baltanás, Imre Kovacs, Alan H. Nagahara, David Barba, and Mark H. Tuszynski, Human Gene Therapy, 4/16/2020