Overview
Christoph Griessenauer is a Neurosurgery provider in Wilkes-barre, Pennsylvania. Dr. Griessenauer is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Cerebral Artery Bypass Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Brain Aneurysm, Stroke, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Thrombectomy, and Stent Placement.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 431 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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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.
Geisinger Medical Center - Neurosurgery
Dr. Goren specializes in cerebrovascular and endovascular neurosurgery. His clinical interests include stroke and its surgical treatment, the treatment of idiopathic intracranial hypertension, treatment of brain aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations and fistulas, cavernous malformations, moyamoya disease, carotid stenosis, trigeminal neuralgia and hemifacial spasm. He earned his medical degree from Semmelweis University, completed his residency at the Sheba Medical Center in Israel and completed his fellowship in cerebrovascular and endovascular neurosurgery at the Swedish Neuroscience Institute in Seattle. He is an associate program director for the Geisinger neurosurgical residency program and a clinical assistant professor at the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. Dr. Goren speaks English and Hebrew. Dr. Goren is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Cerebral Artery Bypass Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Stroke, Brain Aneurysm, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Thrombectomy, and Stent Placement.
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
- Brain AneurysmDr. Griessenauer isElite. Learn about Brain Aneurysm.
- StrokeDr. Griessenauer isElite. Learn about Stroke.
- Subarachnoid HemorrhageDr. Griessenauer isElite. Learn about Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.
- Distinguished
- Arteriovenous MalformationDr. Griessenauer isDistinguished. Learn about Arteriovenous Malformation.
- Cerebral Arteriovenous MalformationDr. Griessenauer isDistinguished. Learn about Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation.
- HydrocephalusDr. Griessenauer isDistinguished. Learn about Hydrocephalus.
- Subdural HematomaDr. Griessenauer isDistinguished. Learn about Subdural Hematoma.
- ThrombectomyDr. Griessenauer isDistinguished. Learn about Thrombectomy.
- Advanced
- Arachnoid CystsDr. Griessenauer isAdvanced. Learn about Arachnoid Cysts.
- Chronic Subdural HematomaDr. Griessenauer isAdvanced. Learn about Chronic Subdural Hematoma.
- CraniectomyDr. Griessenauer isAdvanced. Learn about Craniectomy.
- Endovascular EmbolizationDr. Griessenauer isAdvanced. Learn about Endovascular Embolization.
- Epidural HematomaDr. Griessenauer isAdvanced. Learn about Epidural Hematoma.
- Increased Intracranial PressureDr. Griessenauer isAdvanced. Learn about Increased Intracranial Pressure.
- Experienced
- AngioplastyDr. Griessenauer isExperienced. Learn about Angioplasty.
- ApoplexyDr. Griessenauer isExperienced. Learn about Apoplexy.
- AstrocytomaDr. Griessenauer isExperienced. Learn about Astrocytoma.
- Bone TumorDr. Griessenauer isExperienced. Learn about Bone Tumor.
- Brain AbscessDr. Griessenauer isExperienced. Learn about Brain Abscess.
- Brain Stem CancerDr. Griessenauer isExperienced. Learn about Brain Stem Cancer.
