Robert G. Kerr, MD, PhD, was recognized as Patient Preferred Physicians and Practitioners' 2019 Patient Preferred Neurological and Spine Surgeon for the State of New York, according to KLKN-TV, a local ABC News affiliate.
Here are five details:
1. Dr. Kerr is a spine and neurosurgeon at Northwell Health Physician Partners at Huntington (N.Y.).
2. His specialties include concussion, brain tumors and minimally invasive endoscopic skull base surgery.
3. Dr. Kerr also serves as an assistant professor at Hofstra University's Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine in Hempstead, N.Y.
4. Top Doctors Awards named Dr. Kerr a 2018 Top Doctor in New York.
5. After earning his medical degree from Queens University Faculty of Medicine in Ontario, Canada, Dr. Kerr completed his residency at Edmonton, Canada-based University of Alberta School of Medicine and Dentistry. He then underwent fellowship training at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center.