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Neurosurgeon biographies
Frederick H. Sklar, M.D.
Dr. Fred Sklar was born in Philadelphia. He was valedictorian of the College of Science at Pennsylvania State University, graduating with a bachelor of science degree with highest honors, and was asked to join Phi Beta Kappa.
He earned his M.D. at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore in 1970 and was invited to join Alpha Omega Alpha, the national honor medical society. He was a Halsted Intern in Surgery at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1970-71 and completed a neurosurgical residency at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1976. Dr. Sklar received several awards for original resident research.
Dr. Sklar is licensed in Texas and is board certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery and the American Board of Pediatric Neurological Surgery. He is a clinical associate professor of neurological surgery at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School and director of pediatric neurosurgery at Children's Medical Center Dallas. Dr. Sklar is a consultant at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children and Parkland Memorial Hospital. He has done research and has published on hydrocephalus and intracranial pressure.
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Dale Swift, M.D.
Dr. Dale Swift was born in Lorain, Ohio. He attended the College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1980. He earned his M.D. at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland and was invited to join Alpha Omega Alpha, the national honor medical society.
Dr. Swift completed his surgical internship and residency in neurological surgery at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. He completed a fellowship in pediatric neurosurgery at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh in 1992.
Since 1992, he has been an attending neurosurgeon at Children's Medical Center Dallas, Medical City Dallas Hospital and Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. He is currently associate clinical professor of neurosurgery at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. Dr. Swift is certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery and the American Board of Pediatric Neurological Surgery.
Dr. Swift's research interests include the pathophysiology of Chiari malformations, neuroendoscopy in children and arachnoid cysts. He participates frequently in international pediatric neurosurgical training, most recently in Bangalore, India, under the auspices of the International Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery.
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Bradley Weprin, M.D.
Dr. Bradley Weprin was born in Chicago. He earned a bachelor of arts degree in biology from Washington University in St. Louis in 1988 and earned his M.D. with honors from The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in 1992. He completed a one-year internship in general surgery at the University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinics in Minneapolis in 1992 and then a five-year neurological surgery residency at the same facility. He completed post graduate fellowship training in pediatric neurosurgery at the UAB-Children's Hospital of Alabama in Birmingham in 1999.
Dr. Weprin is licensed in Minnesota, Alabama and Texas. He is board certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery and is a diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners. In 1999, he was named an assistant professor of neurological surgery at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. He is a neurosurgeon with privileges at Children's Medical Center Dallas, Medical City Dallas Hospital and Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children.
Dr. Weprin's professional and scientific memberships include the American Medical Association, the Alpha Omega Alpha honor medical society and the Joint Section of Pediatric Neurosurgery. He has most recently published research on occult spinal dysraphism, complications of ventriculoperitoneal shunt systems and hemispheric childhood tumors. He has made presentations on topics including cervical spine trauma in childhood and adolescents, the evaluation and management of Chiari I malformations in childhood and adolescents, and malignant brain tumors in children.
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David J. Sacco, M.D.
Dr. David Sacco was born in Boston. He graduated from the University of California San Diego with a major in biochemistry/cell biology. He earned his M.D. from Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine and was invited to join Alpha Omega Alpha, the national honor medical society. He completed an internship in general surgery and a residency in neurological surgery at the University of Kentucky. During his residency he was awarded the traveling fellowship in pediatric neurosurgery. After completing his residency, he returned to Boston and completed a pediatric fellowship at Children's Hospital Boston/Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Sacco is licensed in Texas and Massachusetts. He is a clinical assistant professor of neurological surgery at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. He is an attending neurosurgeon at Children's Medical Center Dallas, Medical City Dallas Hospital and Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children.
Dr. Sacco has presented research at national meetings and has published papers in peer-reviewed journals on topics including nonselective dorsal rhizotomy and reoperations for Chiari malformations.
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Angela V. Price, M.D.
Dr. Angela Price earned degrees in cellular molecular biology and psychology at the University of Calgary before completing her M.D. there in 1994.
She completed a six-year neurosurgery residency at the University of Calgary and a fellowship in pediatric neurosurgery at the University of Texas in Dallas. She is board certified in Canada and the United States.
Prior to joining Neurosurgeons for Children, Dr. Price was a clinical assistant professor at the University of British Columbia's division of neurosurgery.
She served on the staff of the division of neurosurgery at British Columbia's Children's Hospital in Vancouver. She has given lectures on head injuries, brain tumors, low-pressure hydrocephalus and Chiari II malformations.
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