Nicholas P. Slimack
Experienced in Oligodendroglioma

Dr. Nicholas P. Slimack

Neurosurgery
CommonSpirit Health
Neurosurgery - Dignity Health - Santa Maria, CA
300 S Stratford Ave, 
Santa Maria, CA 
Accepting New Patients

Experienced in Oligodendroglioma
CommonSpirit Health
Neurosurgery - Dignity Health - Santa Maria, CA
300 S Stratford Ave, 
Santa Maria, CA 
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Overview

Dr. Nicholas Slimack was born and raised in Illinois. He went to Swarthmore College in Philadelphia, then went on to medical school at Loyola University  and completed his  residency training at Northwestern University. He received his Fellowship training at Spine Center at Cedars Sinai Medical Center and is Board Certified in Neurosurgery. He has resided on the Central Coast with his family since 2013. Dr. Slimack’s care philosophy is  to provide effective, quality care to the people of the Central Coast.

Dr. Slimack is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Oligodendroglioma. His top areas of expertise are Smoldering Multiple Myeloma, Spinal Stenosis, Spondylolisthesis, Vertebroplasty, and Bone Graft.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 8 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.

Graduate Institution
Stritch School Of Medicine GME
Specialties
Neurosurgery
Licenses
Neurological Surgery in CA
Board Certifications
Neurological Surgery
Fellowships
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center GME
Hospital Affiliations
Arroyo Grande Community Hospital
Marian Regional Medical Center
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Male

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Locations

Neurosurgery - Dignity Health - Santa Maria, CA
300 S Stratford Ave, Santa Maria, CA 93454
Call: 805-739-3863

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.


9 Total Publications

Comparison of symptomatic cerebral spinal fluid leak between patients undergoing minimally invasive versus open lumbar foraminotomy, discectomy, or laminectomy.
Comparison of symptomatic cerebral spinal fluid leak between patients undergoing minimally invasive versus open lumbar foraminotomy, discectomy, or laminectomy.
Journal: World neurosurgery
Published: September 10, 2013
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