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Specialty:
Neurological Surgery
Department Affiliation:
Neurosurgery
Hospital Affiliation:
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center
State License:
G5819
Languages:
German
Phone:
310-825-5111
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About Me

Professor of Spinal Neurosurgery

Dr. Batzdorf's primary clinical and research focus is on the treatment of Chiari Malformation and syringomyelia and spinal cord tumors.

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
  • Member, UCLA Comprehensive Spine Center, 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
  • 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
uclahealth.org/spinecenter
neurosurgery.ucla.edu
Primary Office
Neurosurgery
300 Stein Plaza
Suite 420
Los Angeles, CA 90095
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Phone
310-825-5111
Fax
310-825-9385
Medical Board Certifications
Neurological Surgery, American Board of Neurological Surgery, 1968
Fellowship
Neuropathology, UC San Francisco School of Medicine, 1961-1962
Residency
Neurosurgery, UCLA School of Medicine, 1962-1965
Residency 2
Surgery, University of Maryland at Baltimore, 1958-1960
Internship
Rotating, US Naval Hospital, 1955-1956
Degree
New York Medical College, MD, 1955
Interests
  • Adult Tethered Cord
  • Chiari Malformation
  • Syringomyelia
  • Thoracic Outlet Syndrome

    Thoracic Outlet Syndrome

    Thoracic outlet syndrome is a variety of symptoms that happen from a narrowing of your thoracic outlet—the space between your collarbone and your first rib. It can result from injury, disease, or a problem you had from birth.
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