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Antonio De Salles, MD, PhD

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Antonio De Salles, MD, PhD
Specialty
Neurological Surgery
Gender Language Spoken
Male English, Spanish
Hospital Affiliation
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center and Orthopaedic Hospital
State License Number
A51650
Contact
(310) 794-1221
Fax Number
(310) 794-1848
Email Address
adesalles@mednet.ucla.edu
Voted Best Doctor

EDUCATION
Fellowship
Stereotactic Radiosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1986 - 1988
Head Injury, Medical College of Virginia, 1983 - 1986
Residency
Neurology, Universidade Federal do Goias, 1979 - 1982
Internship
Surgery, Hospital do Servidor Publico Municipal, 1978 - 1978
Medical Degree
MD, Universidade Federal do Goias, 1978
CLINICAL INTEREST
Movement Disorders, Rhizotomy Radiofrequency, Stereotactic Biopsy, Stereotactic Radiosurgery, Tic Douloureux, Trigeminal Neuralgia
AFFILIATION
Department Affiliation
Director, Functional and Movement Disorder Program
Physician, Neurosurgery, Aneurysm and AVM Program , Brain Tumor Program, Neuro-Oncological Radiation Therapy Services, Peripheral Nerve Program, Pituitary Tumor and Neuroendocrine Program, Pituitary Tumor Program
MORE INFORMATION
Additional Information

Professor In Residence and Director of the Stereotactic Surgery program, and Co-Director of the Radiosurgery Program.  Dr. DeSalles focuses on noninvasive techniques of surgery in the management and treatment of inoperable brain tumors using Novalis Shaped Beam Radiosurgery System (advanced technology in comparison to the X-Knife and Gamma Knife). He also does research and surgery for Parkinson's disease and various movement disorders, as well as surgery for pain.

HOSPITAL POSITIONS

  • Head Stereotaxic Surgery Section, UCLA School of Medicine
  • Co-Director Radiosurgery Program, UCLA School of Medicine
  • Co-Director of the Epilepsy Surgery Program, West LA VA Medical Center
  • Assist-Chief, Neurosurgery West LA Veterans Administration, Wadsworth Medical Center
  • Member Pain Management Group, UCLA School of Medicine
  • Consultant Department of Neurosurgery, University of South Dakota
  • Consultant in Radiosurgery Newport Diagnostic Center, Newport Beach, California
  • Consultant University of Paraná, Brazil
  • Professor Department of Neurosurgery and Department of Radiation Oncology, UCLA School of Medicine
  • Head Stereotaxic Surgery Section, UCLA School of Medicine
  • Co-Director Radiosurgery Program, UCLA School of Medicine
  • Co-Director of the Epilepsy Surgery Program, West LA VA Medical Center
  • Assist-Chief, Neurosurgery West LA Veterans Administration, Wadsworth Medical Center
  • Member Pain Management Group, UCLA School of Medicine
  • Consultant Department of Neurosurgery, University of South Dakota
  • Consultant in Radiosurgery Newport Diagnostic Center, Newport Beach, California
  • Consultant University of Paraná, Brazil
  • Professor Department of Neurosurgery and Department of Radiation Oncology, UCLA School of Medicine

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES AND MEMBERSHIPS

  • American Medical Association
  • Los Angeles County Medical Association
  • Congress of Neurological Surgeons
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • International Society for Stereotaxis and Functional Neurosurgery
  • American Society of Neuroimaging
  • Massachusetts Medical Society
  • International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Society
  • World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
  • American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
  • Movement Disorder Society
  • Western Society of Neurosurgery
Links
http://www.neurosurgery.ucla.edu
Publications
Read my PubMed publications
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