Overview
Samuel Mcclugage is a Neurosurgery provider in Houston, Texas. Dr. Mcclugage is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Frontonasal Dysplasia Klippel Feil Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Syringomyelia, Chiari Malformation Type 2, Myelomeningocele, Hydrocephalus, and Rhizotomy.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 29 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Mcclugage has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
Clinical Research
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Baylor McNair - Spine Center
Dr. Alexander Ropper is an Associate Professor at Baylor College of Medicine and the Director of Spinal Neurosurgery at Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center. Dr. Ropper’s clinical interests include minimally invasive and complex spine surgery, adult spinal deformity, scoliosis surgery, artificial disc replacement, spine tumor surgery, and spinal surgery.Dr. Ropper received a B.A. in Neuroscience and Classical Studies from the University of Pennsylvania and his medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts. He completed his Internship at University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and his Residency at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School in Boston. He also held a Clinical Fellowship in Complex Spine Surgery at Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona.Dr. Ropper has received numerous awards and professional accolades, and was included in SpineLine's Top 20 Under 40 in 2019, presented by the North American Spine Society to showcase bright, young physicians under the age of 40.Conditions treated include minimally invasive spine surgery, complex spine surgery, adult spinal deformity, artificial disc replacement, and spine tumor surgery. Dr. Ropper is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Frontonasal Dysplasia Klippel Feil Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Spinal Stenosis, Scoliosis, Klippel-Feil Syndrome, Laminectomy, and Bone Graft.
David Bauer is a Neurosurgery provider in Houston, Texas. Dr. Bauer is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Frontonasal Dysplasia Klippel Feil Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Chiari Malformation Type 2, Chiari Malformation, Syringomyelia, Posterior Fossa Decompression, and Rhizotomy.
Nisha Gadgil is a Neurosurgery specialist and a Pediatrics provider in Houston, Texas. Dr. Gadgil is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Frontonasal Dysplasia Klippel Feil Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are Hypothalamic Hamartomas, Spasticity, Meningocele, Rhizotomy, and Thrombectomy.
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.
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- Advanced
- Arteriovenous MalformationDr. Mcclugage isAdvanced. Learn about Arteriovenous Malformation.
- Brain HerniationDr. Mcclugage isAdvanced. Learn about Brain Herniation.
- Chiari MalformationDr. Mcclugage isAdvanced. Learn about Chiari Malformation.
- Chiari Malformation Type 1Dr. Mcclugage isAdvanced. Learn about Chiari Malformation Type 1.
- Chiari Malformation Type 2Dr. Mcclugage isAdvanced. Learn about Chiari Malformation Type 2.
- HydrocephalusDr. Mcclugage isAdvanced. Learn about Hydrocephalus.
- Experienced
- Arachnoid CystsDr. Mcclugage isExperienced. Learn about Arachnoid Cysts.
- Arterial Calcification of InfancyDr. Mcclugage isExperienced. Learn about Arterial Calcification of Infancy.
- Binder's SyndromeDr. Mcclugage isExperienced. Learn about Binder's Syndrome.
- Brain AbscessDr. Mcclugage isExperienced. Learn about Brain Abscess.
- Brain AneurysmDr. Mcclugage isExperienced. Learn about Brain Aneurysm.
- Bulging FontanellesDr. Mcclugage isExperienced. Learn about Bulging Fontanelles.
