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Ulrich Batzdorf, MD

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Ulrich Batzdorf, MD
Specialty
Neurological Surgery
Gender Language Spoken
Male English
Hospital Affiliation
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center and Orthopaedic Hospital
State License Number
G5819
Contact
(310) 825-5079
Fax Number
(310) 825-7245
Email Address
ubatzdorf@mednet.ucla.edu
MEDICAL BOARD CERTIFICATION
Neurological Surgery, American Board of Neurological Surgery, 1968
EDUCATION
Fellowship
Neuropathology, UC San Francisco School of Medicine, 1961 - 1962
Residency
Neurosurgery, UCLA School of Medicine, 1962 - 1965
Surgery, University of Maryland at Baltimore, 1958 - 1960
Medical Degree
MD, New York Medical College, 1955
CLINICAL INTEREST
Adult Tethered Cord, Chiari Malformation, Spinal Tumor, Syringomyelia
AFFILIATION
Department Affiliation
Director, Chiari and Syringomyelia Program
Physician, Neurosurgery, Peripheral Nerve Program
MORE INFORMATION
Additional Information

Professor and Executive Director of Spinal Neurosurgery. Dr. Batzdorf's primary clinical and research focus is on the treatment of  Arnold Chiari Malformation and syringomyelia.

HOSPITAL POSITIONS

  • Courtesy Staff, Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center, 1999-present
  • Attending Physician, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, 1979-present
  • Associate Attending Physician, UCLA Medical Center, 1971-1979
  • Assistant Attending Physician, UCLA Center for the Health Sciences, 1968-1971
  • Attending Physician, Wadsworth Veterans Administration Hospital, Los Angeles, 1967-1993
  • Consulting Physician, Saint John's Hospital and Health Center, Santa Monica, 1993-1999
  • Medical Staff, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, Sylmar, California, 1977-1993

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

  • Resident Ombudsman 2000-present
  • Director, UCLA Spinal Neurosurgery, 1994-present
  • Professor, Department of Surgery/Neurosurgery, UCLA School of Medicine, 1979-present
  • Co-Executive Director, UCLA Comprehensive Spine Center, UCLA Medical Center, 1994-1999
  • Associate Professor, Department of Surgery/Neurosurgery, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, 1971-1979
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery/Neurosurgery, UCLA School of Medicine, 1968-1971
  • Assistant Professor-In-Residence, Department of Surgery/Neurosurgery, UCLA School of Medicine, 1966-1968
  • Assistant Instructor in Biochemistry, New York Medical College, 1950-1953

MEMBERSHIP, MEDICAL ORGANIZATIONS

  • American Association for Cancer Research
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • American Association of Neurological Surgeons
  • American College of Surgeons
  • American Medical Association
  • Association for Academic Surgery
  • Bay Surgical Society
  • Brain Research Institute, UCLA
  • California Association of Neurological Surgeons
  • California Medical Association
  • Cervical Spine Research Society
  • Congress of Neurological Surgeons
  • International Association for the Study of Pain
  • Joint Section of Spinal Disorders, AANS and CNS
  • Joint Section on Neurotrauma and Critical Care
  • Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA
  • Longmire Surgical Society
  • Los Angeles Society of Neuroloical Sciences
  • L'Union Internationale contre le Cancer
  • Southern California Neurosurgical Society
  • Tissue Culture Association
  • Western Neurosurgical Society
Links
http://www.neurosurgery.ucla.edu
Publications
Read my PubMed publications
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