Scott Zuckerman, MD
Education:
Residency- Department of Neurosurgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Additional Training-
Complex Spine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN (Joseph S. Cheng)
Spinal Oncology, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX (Laurence D. Rhines)
Peripheral Nerve, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (Robert J. Spinner)
Graduate- M.P.H., Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA
Medical School- M.D., Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN
Undergraduate- B.S., Cornell University, Magna Cum Laude, Ithaca, NY
Publications:
Rosenberg AD, Wambold D, Kraemer L, Begley-Keyes M, Zuckerman SL, Singh N, Cohen MM, Bennett MV. Ensuring Appropriate Timing of Antimicrobial Prophylaxis. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 2008 Vol. 90(2): 226-232. PMID: 18245579.
Zuckerman SL & Wright DC. The Plight of Incarcerated Fathers: Learning How to Father Effectively Through Jail Programming. American Jails Magazine. July/August 2010.
Forbes JA, Zuckerman SL, Hanif R, Forbes C, Wushensky CA, Pearson MM. Evidence of tumor exit from the outlet foramina of fourth ventricle predicts ependymoma in pediatric patients with cerebellar/fourth ventricular tumors. Journal of Surgical Radiology. 2012, 3(1): 20-23
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National & Regional Podium Presentations *presenting author underlined
Zuckerman SL, Poon, SJ, et al. Surgical Team Compliance with the Pre-Procedural Time Out: Evaluating Bias and Utility of the “Secret Shopping” Method.
VUMC Annual Research Forum, Nashville, TN, April 2011.
Edwards JE, Kauffmann RM, Zuckerman SL, Obremskey WT, May AK. The Relationship of Stress-Induced Hyperglycemia and Surgical-Site Infection in Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery.
Tennessee Chapter American College of Surgeons. Memphis, TN, July 2011.
Forbes JA, Zuckerman SL, Athavale S, Netterville JL, Thompson RC. Transzygomatic extended middle fossa approach used for resection of tumor involving upper, middle, and lower clivus.
International Neuro-Oncology Update, Nashville, TN, September 2011.
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