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Robert Geertman, MD, Neurosurgery, Cleveland, OH

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Neurosurgery Cleveland, OH

Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery, Pediatric Neurosurgery, Pituitary Surgery, Skull Base

Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery, MetroHealth Medical Center. Academic Neuosurgery practice.

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Education & Training

  • Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital
    Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's HospitalFellowship, Pediatric Neurosurgery, 2003 - 2004
  • University Hospitals
    University Hospitals2003
  • Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
    Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical CenterInternship, Transitional Year, 1996 - 1997
  • New York Medical College
    New York Medical CollegeClass of 1996
  • New York Medical College
    New York Medical CollegePhD, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 1996
  • New York Medical College
    New York Medical CollegePh.D., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 1987 - 1994
  • New York Medical College
    New York Medical CollegeMSc, Biochemistry, 1988
  • Case Western Reserve University
    Case Western Reserve UniversityB.A., Biochemistry, Cum Laude, 1985
  • Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
    Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical CenterResidency, Neurological Surgery

Certifications & Licensure

  • OH State Medical License
    OH State Medical License 1997 - 2025
  • IL State Medical License
    IL State Medical License 2003 - 2005
  • American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery
  • Licensure, State of Ohio; Fellowship in Pediatric Neurosurgery, Childrens Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL 2003-2004; Qualification and Training in GammaKnife Radiosurgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Best Empirical Research Poster Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals, 2013
  • The Apple Award American Spinal Cord Injury Association, 2009
  • Cor et Manus Award 1996
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Holospinal epidural abscess of the spinal axis: two illustrative cases with review of treatment strategies and surgical techniques  
    Smith GA, Kochar AS, Manjila S, Onwuzulike K, Geertman RT, Anderson JS, Steinmetz MP, Neurosurg Focus, 1/1/2014
  • Extracranial ligation of ethmoidal arteries before resection of giant olfactory groove or planum sphenoidale meningiomas: 3 illustrative cases with a review of the lit...  
    Manjila S, Cox EM, Smith GA, Corriveau M, Chhabra N, Johnson F, Geertman RT, Neurosurg Focus, 1/1/2013
  • Lower thoracic spinal cord stimulation to restore cough in patients with spinal cord injury: results of an NIH sponsored clinical trial Part II: clinical outcomes  
    DiMarco AF, Kowalski KE, Geertman RT, Hromyak DR, Frost FS, Creasey GH, Nemunaitis GA, Arch Phys Med Rehab, 1/1/2009
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Abstracts/Posters

  • Long Term Assessment of the Effectiveness of the Cough System in Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)
    DiMarco AF, Kowalski KE, Riffle RR, Geertman RT, Frost FS, Nemunaitis GA, Research ShowCASE, The 4th ISCoS and ASIA Joint Scientific Meeting, Cleveland, OH, 2012; Montreal, Canada, 2015, 1/1/2015
  • Neurologic Outcomes and Cerebrospinal Fluid Dynamics in Traumatically Brain-Injured Patients after Decompressive Hemicraniectomy: Experience from a Level I Trauma Center
    Smith GA, Brown WC, Corriveau M, Manjila S, Geertman RT, American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 1/1/2014
  • Long-term efficacy of the cough system in subjects with spinal cord injury (SCI)
    DiMarco AF, Kowalski KE, Hromyak DR, Geertman RT, Annual Meeting of the American Spinal Injury Association, San Antonio, TX, 1/1/2014
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Lectures

  • Pediatric Neurosurgical Emergencies 
    1/28/2015
  • Neural Tube Defects and Hydrocephalus 
    1/24/2014
  • State-of-the-Art Neurotrauma: Update on Pediatric Head Injury 
    Cleveland, OH - 1/30/2011
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Authored Content

  • From Hypothermia to Cephalo-Somatic Anastomoses: The Legacy of Robert White (1926-2010) at Case Western Reserve University of ClevelandFebruary 2018
  • From Hypothermia to Cephalo-Somatic Anastomoses: The Legacy of Robert White (1926-2010) at Case Western Reserve University of ClevelandFebruary 2018

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