Overview
Dr. Slotkin is board certified in neurosurgery by the American Board of Neurological Surgery. His clinical interests include care for back and neck pain, as well as sports-related spine injuries, and he has particular interests in consumerism and the digital transformation of healthcare. His research interests include post spinal cord injury regeneration. Dr. Slotkin has expertise in spine outcomes, caring for degenerative and congenital spine conditions, spinal tumors and spine/spinal cord injury. He earned his medical degree from the University of Maryland, and completed his residency at Harvard University, Brigham and Women's Hospital. He completed his fellowship in spine surgery at New England Baptist Hospital. Dr. Slotkin is director of Spinal Surgery for Geisinger and also serves as associate chief medical informatics officer.
Dr. Slotkin is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Stroke. His top areas of expertise are Spondylolisthesis, Delirium, Invertebral Disc Disease, Laminectomy, and Spinal Fusion.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 58 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
Insurance
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Locations
100 North Academy Avenue, Danville, PA 17822
100 North Academy Avenue, Danville, PA 17822
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
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Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Elite
- SpondylolisthesisDr. Slotkin isElite. Learn about Spondylolisthesis.
- Advanced
- DeliriumDr. Slotkin isAdvanced. Learn about Delirium.
- Invertebral Disc DiseaseDr. Slotkin isAdvanced. Learn about Invertebral Disc Disease.
- LaminectomyDr. Slotkin isAdvanced. Learn about Laminectomy.
- Spinal FusionDr. Slotkin isAdvanced. Learn about Spinal Fusion.
- Experienced
- Abdominal Cystic LymphangiomaDr. Slotkin isExperienced. Learn about Abdominal Cystic Lymphangioma.
- ApoplexyDr. Slotkin isExperienced. Learn about Apoplexy.
- Cavernous LymphangiomaDr. Slotkin isExperienced. Learn about Cavernous Lymphangioma.
- Cerebrospinal Fluid LeakDr. Slotkin isExperienced. Learn about Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak.
- Cervical MyelopathyDr. Slotkin isExperienced. Learn about Cervical Myelopathy.
- Cervical SpondylosisDr. Slotkin isExperienced. Learn about Cervical Spondylosis.