Phillip M. Porcelli, DO, FACOS, a Neurosurgeon with Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System

Get to know Neurosurgeon Dr. Phillip M. Porcelli, who serves patients in Little Rock, Arkansas.

A trusted neurosurgeon, Dr. Porcelli is the Section Chief of Neurosurgery at the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System (CAVHS), and serves as an Assistant Professor within the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences School of Medicine. His areas of expertise include treatment of both primary and metastatic tumors of the brain, degenerative conditions of the spine, and peripheral nerve disorders.

Back in the early days of his academic career, he earned his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from the Western University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific in 2005, and completed his residency in neurosurgery at Kettering Health.

A Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons (FACOS), the doctor is board-certified in neurological surgery by the American Board of Neurological Surgery, whose broad aim is to encourage the study, improve the practice, elevate the standards, and advance the science of neurological surgery and thereby serve the cause of public health.

Remaining up to date in his field, Dr. Porcelli is an active member of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, the North American Spine Society, and the American Osteopathic Association.

Neurosurgery is the medical specialty concerned with the prevention, diagnosis, surgical treatment, and rehabilitation of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system including the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves, and extra-cranial cerebrovascular system. Neurosurgeons are doctors who diagnose and treat problems with the nervous system, often by performing surgery on the brain or spine. They treat strokes, tumors, certain types of birth defects, infections, and head or spinal cord injuries.

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Through his findatopdoc profile, https://www.findatopdoc.com/doctor/8134009-Phillip-Porcelli-Neurosurgeon

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