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Lawrence Shuer, MD, Neurosurgery, Palo Alto, CA, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford

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Neurosurgery • Palo Alto, CA

Professor of Neurosurgery

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  • Office

    250 H Department of Neurosurgery, Center for Academic Medicine, 453 Quarry Road
    R 229 Mail Code 5327
    Palo Alto, CA 94304
    Phone+1 650-723-6093
    Fax+1 650-723-7813
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Summary

  • Dr. Lawrence Shuer is a neurosurgeon in Palo Alto, CA and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford, Stanford Health Care, and VA Palo Alto Health Care System. He received his medical degree from University of Michigan Medical School and has been in practice 39 years. He also speaks multiple languages, including Spanish. He is experienced in trigeminal neuralgia, primary brain tumors, neurosurgical spine surgery, stereotactic and functional surgery, and epilepsy surgery.

Education & Training

  • Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford University
    Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityResidency, Neurological Surgery, 1979 - 1984
  • Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford University
    Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityInternship, Surgery, 1978 - 1979
  • University of Michigan Medical School
    University of Michigan Medical SchoolClass of 1978
  • University of Michigan Medical School
    University of Michigan Medical SchoolA.B., With High Distinction, 1972 - 1975

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 1979 - 2025
  • American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2006-2014
  • CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2011-2013
  • Newman Award Winner San Francisco Neurological Society Meeting, 2002
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Real-Time Fluoroscopic and C-Arm Computed Tomography Evaluation of Ommaya Reservoir Intetreity  
    Moraff AM, Hayden Gebhart M, Shuer LM, Heit JJ, Cureus, 1/15/2017
  • Building an Electronic Health Record Integrated Quality of Life Outcomes Registry for Spine Surgery  
    Azad TD, Kalani M, Wolf T, Kearney A, Lee Y, Flannery L, Chen D, Berroya R, Eisenberg M, Park J, Shuer L, Kerr A, Ratliff JK, Journal of Neurosurgery-Spine, 1/1/2016
  • Purification and Characterization of Progenitor and Mature Human Astrocytes Reveals Transcriptional and Functional Differences with Mouse  
    Zhang Y, Sloan SA, Clarke LE, Caneda C, Plaza CA, Blumenthal PD, Vogel H, Steinberg GK, Edwards MS, Li G, Ducan JA, Cheshire SH, Shuer LM, Chang EF, Grant GA, Gephart ..., Neuron, 1/1/2016
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Books/Book Chapters

  • Anesthesiologist’s Manual of Surgical Procedures 
    Chapter: Craniocervical Decompression (Chiari Malformation) 
    Shuer LM, Chang SDEditors: R.A. Jaffe and S.I. Samuels.Raven Press, New York, NYEdition 5th,2014
  • Anesthesiologist’s Manual of Surgical Procedures 
    Chapter: Craniotomy for Tumor 
    Karim, SA, Shuer LM, Chang SDEditors: R.A. Jaffe and S.I. Samuels.Raven Press, New York, NYEdition 5th,2014
  • Anesthesiologist’s Manual of Surgical Procedures 
    Chapter: Epilepsy Surgery 
    Shuer LMEditors: R.A. Jaffe and S.I. Samuels.Raven Press, New York, NYEdition 5th,2014
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Abstracts/Posters

  • Novelty-associated mesial temporal lobe activation during memory encoding in patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy.
    Golby AJ, Poldrack RA, Illes J; Brewer JB, Shuer LM; Chen DR, Desmond JE, and Gabriel JDE, Soc Neurosci Abs, 1/1/2000
  • Laminar analysis of human interictal spikes.
    Ulbert I, Heit G, Halgren E, Shuer L; Karmos G, Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 1/1/1999
  • A model of coccidioidal meningitis (CM) in the rabbit (R).
    Williams PL; Sobel RA, Sorensen KN, Clemons KV, Shuer LM, Royaltey SS, Yao Y, Pappagianis D, Lutz JE, Reed C, River ME, Lee BC, Bhatti SO, Stevens DA, Abstracts of the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 1/1/1998
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Lectures

  • Cervical Laminoplasty as a Treatment of Cervical Stenosis and Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament 
    Palo Alto, CA - 1/1/2014
  • Epilepsy Surgery At Stanford University 
    Palo Alto, CA - 1/1/2014
  • Spinal Tumors, A Whirlwind Tour 
    San Francisco, CA - 1/1/2013
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Other

  • Changes in our Work flow- and Lives 
    Shuer LM, Medical Staff Update
    1/1/2008
  • Breaking Bottlenecks 
    Shuer LM, Medical Staff Update
    1/1/2008
  • Change in the Works 
    Shuer LM, Medical Staff Update
    1/1/2008
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Press Mentions

  • The Bay Area's Top Doctors of 2019
    The Bay Area's Top Doctors of 2019January 17th, 2019
  • Drs. Lawrence Shuer, R. Scott McPherson & More: 6 Spine, Neurosurgeons in the Headlines This Week — May 6, 2016 Featured
    Drs. Lawrence Shuer, R. Scott McPherson & More: 6 Spine, Neurosurgeons in the Headlines This Week — May 6, 2016 FeaturedMay 6th, 2016

Professional Memberships

Other Languages

  • Spanish

Hospital Affiliations

Dr. Lawrence Shuer, Dr. Lawrence Shuer, MD, Dr. L Shuer, Dr. Lawrence Mendel Shuer