Robert G. Kerr, MD, PhD, a Neurosurgeon with Northwell Health Physician Partners at Huntington
Get to know Neurosurgeon Dr. Robert G. Kerr, who serves patients in Greenlawn, New York.
Dr. Kerr is a New York-based Northwell Health physician who specializes in neurosurgery. He is in practice with Northwell Health Physician Partners at Huntington in Greenlaw, New York.
His areas of focus include brain neoplasms – hematoma, subdural – brain tumor evaluation – procedure on spinal cord (procedure) – brain concussion – minimally invasive endoscopic skull base surgery (pituitary and skull base tumors) – trigeminal neuralgia pain – brain tumors – spine surgery – concussion.
Serving as Section Chief of Neurosurgery at Huntington Hospital, Dr. Kerr is also affiliated with Long Island Jewish Medical Center, North Shore University Hospital, North Shore University Hospital Syosset, South Shore University Hospital, and Northwell Health Neuroscience Institute.
As for his academic title, he serves as an Assistant Professor at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell.
The doctor’s acclaimed career in medicine began after he earned his medical degree from Queen’s University in Ontario, Canada. He then went on to perform his residency at the University of Alberta School of Medicine/Dentistry, and his fellowship at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center.
Remaining at the forefront of his challenging field, Dr. Kerr is board-certified through the American Board of Neurological Surgery (ABNS). The broad aim of the ABNS 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.
A Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, he is a member of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, the Canadian Medical Association, the Medical Council of Canada, and the Society for Neuro-Oncology.
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, cervical and lumbar disc disease, infections, and head or spinal cord injuries.
The author of numerous papers, abstracts and book chapters, Dr. Kerr has lectured in the United States, Canada and Europe on various topics, including brain tumor and skull base surgical research, neurosurgical trauma, pediatric head trauma, immunotherapy for brain tumors, and minimally invasive treatment for trigeminal neuralgia.
Learn More about Dr. Robert G. Kerr:
Through his findatopdoc profile, https://www.findatopdoc.com/doctor/950238-Robert-Kerr-Neurosurgeon or through Northwell Health, https://www.northwell.edu/find-care/find-a-doctor/neurosurgery/dr-robert-gawley-kerr-md-phd-11361874
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