Dr. Gantwerker specializes in treatment of degenerative and traumatic diseases of the spine and brain through minimally invasive techniques. He also specializes in spinal cord and brain injury, Gamma Knife radiosurgery and trigeminal neuralgia, a nerve disorder that causes stabbing pain in parts of the face.
“Minimally invasive techniques are becoming the standard way to approach surgery because there is less postoperative pain, earlier mobilization, shorter hospital stays and better quality for the patient,” says Dr. Gantwerker “It’s time for us to move forward into that realm. Surgeons who are facile with the minimally invasive approach stand to become leaders in the community and guide where things go.”
Dr. Gantwerker earned his medical degree at Rush Medical College in Chicago where he focused on peripheral nerve regeneration research. He completed his neurosurgical residency at University Hospitals of Cleveland and studied spinal cord regeneration with stem cells at Case Western School of Medicine. He has also completed a complex spine fellowship at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix in 2009.
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