He was appointed to the National Football League’s Second Opinion Network of Neurological Surgeons for brain and spine injuries for Chicago.
Dr. Karahalios is also assistant professor of neurosurgery at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. He is particularly involved in raising awareness of concussions and has developed reference materials for coaches, parents and teachers on the topic. Dr. Karahalios helped develop several Medtronic products and apparatuses and has authored numerous research publications, book chapters and presentations.
He earned his medical degree from Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago and completed neurosurgical residencies at Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, where he also received fellowship training in spinal surgery.
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