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Philip 'David' Adelson, MD

Specialty: Neurological Surgery (Neurosurgery)

Treats: Both Adults and Children

Phone: 855-WVU-CARE

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Conditions and Treatments

Astrocytoma

Neurilemmoma

Arteriovenous Malformation, AVM

Cavernous Malformation

Extracranial bypass

Nerve Sheath Mass

Schwannoma

Cavernous angioma

Moyamoya disease

Essential tremor

Spasticity

Trigeminal Neuralgia

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Neurofibroma

Ulnar Nerve Entrapment

Seizure

Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

Brain mass

Acoustic Neuroma Child

Acromegaly

Subdural Hemorrhage

anterior skull base mass

AVM

Brain Aneurysm

Cerebrovascular disease

Cervical Disc Arthroplasty

Cervical Disc Replacement

Chordoma

Complex Spinal Disorder

Vertebral Compression Fracture

Craniopharyngioma

Decompression

Degenerative Disc Disease

Disc Arthroplasty

Dystonia

Atonic seizures

Infantile Spasms

Hippocampal sclerosis

Extreme Lateral Interbody Fusion

Foraminal Stenosis

Glioblastoma multiforme

Glomus Jugulare Mass

Kyphoplasty

Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion

Lumbar Arthroplasty

Lumbar fusion

Lymphoma

Meningioma

Brain metastatic mass

Myelopathy

Occipital Cervical Fusion

Optic Glioma

Vagal Nerve Stimulator

Pinched nerve

Pinealoma

Pituitary Cancer

Post Traumatic Cervical Instability

Primitive Neuroectodermal Mass

Spinal Arteriovenous Malformation

Spinal deformity

Spinal Metastatic Mass

Spinal mass

Spondylolysis

Thoracic Stenosis

Traumatic Brain Injury, TBI

Vertebroplasty

Carpal Ligament Repair Reconstruction

Carpal Ligament Reconstruction

Cranial trauma

Aneurysm

Arteriovenous Fistula

Primary brain mass

Hemifacial Spasm

Peroneal nerve entrapment

Neurofibromatosis

Neuropathic Pain

Atypical facial pain

Ommaya reservoir

Stiffness

Periodic Limb Movement in Sleep

Blepharospasm adult

Tremor

Impaired Coordination

Dyskinesia

Complex Peripheral Disorder

Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome

Inguinal Neuralgia

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

Peripheral nerve mass

Metopic synostosis

Metopic Suture Craniosynostosis

Dysembryoplastic Neuroepithelial Mass

Tuberous Sclerosis Complex

Ommaya Reservoir

Blepharospasm

Neurofibromatosis Type 1

SEGA

Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia

Brachial plexus injury

Meralgia Paresthetica

Peripheral Nerve Injury

Epilepsy

Mesial Frontal Lobe Epilepsy

Other Extratemporal Lobe Epilepsy

Brain lesion

Vestibular Schwannoma in Children

Acute Subdural Hematoma

Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion

Arteriovenous Malformation

Cerebrovascular abnormality

Cerebral contusion

Cervical Arthrodesis

Cervical disc herniation

Cervical Fusion

Colloid cyst

Complex Spinal Reconstruction

Cranial gunshot wound

Craniosynostosis

Deep Brain Stimulator

Direct lateral interbody fusion

Disc Prosthesis

Ependymoma

Lennox-Gastaut syndrome

Neocortical seizures

Esthesioneuroblastoma

Facet Disease

Germinoma

Gliosarcoma

Hemangioblastoma

Kyphosis

Lumbar arthrodesis

Pseudoaneurysm

Lumbar Stenosis

Medulloblastoma

MTS

Mixed Malignant Glioma

Neuroblastoma

Oligodendroglioma

Vagus Nerve Stimulation

Pinched nerve decompression

Pineal Region Mass

Pituitary adenoma in children

Pituitary mass

Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma

Rathke's cleft cyst

Spinal Curvature

Spinal hardware

Spinal osteotomy

Spondylolisthesis

Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion

Vertebrectomy

Spinal Cord Stimulator

Carpal Ligament Repair

Skull trauma

Baclofen pump

Dural Arteriovenous Fistula

Stroke

Spinal Hemangioma

Peroneal nerve injury

Tibial nerve compression

Postherpetic Neuralgia

Facial Pain

Trigeminal Neuralgia Glycerol Injection

Rigidity

Restless Leg Syndrome

Tic

Eye Twitch (Adult)

Ataxia

Myoclonus

Paroxysmal Dyskinesia

Visceral pain

Neuroma

Causalgia

Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy

Sagittal craniosynostosis

Metopic synostosis trigonocephaly

Coronal Synostosis

NeuroPace

Other extratemporal lobe epilepsy NS

Peroneal nerve compression

Eye Twitch

Tuberous Sclerosis

Subependymal Giant Cell Astrocytoma


Education / Credentials / Training

Medical School: Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons - Doctor of Medicine (MD), 1986
Residency: UCLA Medical Center - Neurological Surgery, 1993
Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Boston - Pediatric Neurosurgery, 1994
Specialty Boards: American Board of Neurological Surgery, 2019


Locations

Neurosurgery, Physician Office Center

1 Medical Center Drive
Morgantown, West Virginia 26506

Phone
855-WVU-CARE

Fax
304-598-6130


Pediatric Neurosurgery, Physician Office Center

1 Medical Center Drive
Morgantown, West Virginia 26506

Phone
855-WVU-CARE


Pediatric Craniofacial, Physician Office Center

1 Medical Center Drive
Morgantown, West Virginia 26506

Phone
855-WVU-CARE

Fax
304-293-2556


Pediatrics, Physician Office Center

1 Medical Center Drive
Morgantown, West Virginia 26506

Phone
855-WVU-CARE

Fax
304-598-4047


Pediatrics, Children's & Maternal-Fetal Medicine Center

1 Medical Center Drive
Morgantown, West Virginia 26506

Phone
855-WVU-CARE

Fax
304-974-3210


Neurosurgery, Physician Office Center

1 Medical Center Drive
Morgantown, West Virginia 26506

Phone
855-WVU-CARE

Fax
304-598-6130


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