Steven Jon Barrer, M.D., F.A.C.S. Board Certified, 1984

EDUCATION:

B.A., University of Pennsylvania, 1971

Philadelphia, PA

 

M.D., Hahnemann Medical College, 1976

Philadelphia, PA

INTERNSHIP:

University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics

Surgical Intern, 1976-77

RESIDENCY:

University of Pennsylvania

Neurosurgical Resident

1977-82

Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia

Pediatric Neurosurgical Resident

July-Dec 1978 and January - June 1980

FELLOWSHIPS:

American Cancer Society Fellow in Pediatric Neuro-Oncology

Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia

1978-79 and 1980-81

CERTIFICATIONS:

American Board of Neurological Surgery

September 1984

Fellow American College of Surgeons

1986

PRACTICE HISTORY:

Graduate Hospital, July 1982

Joined the practice of Michael O'Connor, M.D.
One Graduate Plaza, Philadelphia, PA 19146

Abington Neurosurgical Associates, July 1986

Joined the practice of David M. Pagnanelli, M.D.
1584 Old York Road, Abington, PA 19001

Regional Neurosurgical Associates, July 1997

1584 Old York Road, Abington, PA 19001

Neurosurgical Associates of Abington

Private Practice with Michael S. Yoon, M.D.,
July 2000-Present 
2510 Maryland Road, Willowood Building, Suite 185,
Willow Grove, PA 19090

APPOINTMENTS:

Clinical

Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington, PA

Assistant Surgeon, 6/86-7/90

Associate Surgeon, 7/90-4/98

Senior Surgeon, 4/98-Present

Chief, Division of Neurosurgery 4/2000-Present

Grandview Hospital, Sellersville, PA

Courtesy Staff, 6/86-3/88, 12/89-Present
Active Staff, 3/88-12/89

North Penn Hospital, Lansdale, PA

Extramural Staff, 6/86-Present

Doylestown Hospital, Doylestown, PA

Consulting Staff, 2/87-Present

 

Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

Clinical Staff, 1/93-Present

Academic

Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology, 3/93-Present

Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery

Division of Neurosurgery, 7/88-6/93

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery

Division of Neurosurgery, 7/83-7/86

Affiliate

Jeanes Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

RESEARCH:

Percutaneous Lumbar Disc Decompression Using the Nd:Yag Laser. Clinical Investigation, IRB #91-007 Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington, PA 1991-93

Radiation Effects of Skin Grafts, Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania,1970

Gastric Stress Ulceration, Department of Surgery, Hahnemann Medical College, 1973-74

Cerebral Ischemia, Cerebral Blood Flow, and Cortical Evoked Responses, Department of Neurosurgery, Pennsylvania Hospital, 1980-81

Carotid Sinus Pathology, Bockius Research Institute, Graduate Hospital 1984-86

Connective Tissue Analysis of the Circle of Willis, Bockius Research Institute, Graduate Hospital, 1985-86

RESPONSES:

Department of Neurosurgery, Pennsylvania Hospital 1980-81

Carotid Sinus Pathology, Bockius Research Institute,
Graduate Hospital, 1985-1986

HONORS:

Alpha Epsilon Delta National Pre-Medical Honor Society, University of Pennsylvania 1971

SOCIETIES:

American Association of Neurological Surgeons 1985-Present

Congress of Neurological Surgeons 1984-Present

American College of Surgeons 1986-Present

Section of Pediatric Neurological Surgery AANS 1987-Present

Cerebral Vascular Section of AANS and CNS 1988-Present

Mid-Atlantic Neurosurgical Society 1984-Present

Philadelphia Neurosurgical Society 1985-Present

Philadelphia College of Physicians 1984-Present

Montgomery County Medical Society 1986-Present

Philadelphia County Medical Society 1982-86

American Medical Association 1982-86

American College of Surgeons Metro Philadelphia Chapter

Pennsylvania Medical Society 1986-Present

Pennsylvania Neurological Society 1986-Present

COMMITTEES:

Critical Care Committee, Graduate Hospital 1983-1986

Medical Records Committee, Graduate Hospital 1983-86

Code 30 Committee, Abington Memorial Hospital 1987-88

Search Committee for Chief of Podiatry, Abington Memorial Hospital 1991

Medical Education Committee, 2000 - Present

Laser Safety Committee, Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington, PA 1992-Present

Institutional Review Committee, Abington Memorial Hospital 1994-Present

American Heart Association Stroke Task Force 1995-Present

Search Committee for Chief, Division of Surgery,
Abington Memorial Hospital, 2001

Executive Committee of Abington Hospital, Nov. 2001 - Present

CIVIC AFFILIATIONS:

Federation Allied Jewish Appeal, Bux-mont Division

Board of Directors 1991-Present
Chairman Abington Doctors Division 1992-Present

Hillel of Greater Philadelphia

Board of Directors 1991-Present
Executive Committee 1994-Present

Secretary 1994-Present

Beth Or Synagogue

Board of Directors 1992-93

Abington Doctors Division of Bux-Mont, Federation Allied Jewish Appreal,

Chairman 1992-Present

ORIGINAL PAPERS:

1. Barrer, S.J., Perlman, M., Matsumoto, T.: Carcinoma of the Esophagus: Treatments and Their Immediate Results. International Security 60:584-588,1975.
   
   
2. Barrer, S.J., Pavlides, C.A., Matsumoto, T.: Ideal Laparotomy Closure: Comparison of Retention Sutures and New Retention Bridging Devices. The American Surgeon 42:582-584, 1976.
   
   
3. Barrer, S.J., Simeone, F.A., Hann, S.S.: An Unusual Presentation of an Oligodendroglioma: A Case Report Journal of Neurosurgery 53:560-561, 1988.
   
   
4. Barrer, S.J., Schut, L., Bruce, D.A.: Global Rostral Midbrain Dysfunction Secondary to Shunt Malfunction in Hydrocephalus. Neurosurgery 7:322-325, 1980.
   
   
5. Sutton, L.N., Wood, J.H., Brooks, B.R., Barrer, S.J., Kline, M.: CSF Myselin Basic Protein in Hydrocephalus. Journal of Neurosurgery 59:467-470, 1983.
   
   
6. Barrer, S.J., Schut, L., Sutton, L.N., Bruce, D.A.: Re-Operation for Recurrent Brain Tumors in Children. Child's Brain 11(6):375-386, 1984.
   
   
7. Barrer, S.J., Bagshaw, R.J.: Effects of Carotid Sinus Patch Angioplasty Upon Blood Pressure Control. IRCS Med. Sci., 13:889-890, 1985.
   
   
8. Barrer, S.J., Veit, E., Bagshaw, R.J.: Connective Tissue Analysis of the Canine Circle of Willis. IRCS Med. Sci., 14:172-173, 1986.
   
   
9. Bagshaw, R.J., Barrer, S.J.: Effects of Angioplasty Upon Carotid Sinus Mechanical Properties and Blood Pressure Control in the Dog. Neurosurgery 21:324-329, 1987.
   
   
10. Pagnanelli, D.M., and Barrer, S.J.: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Surgical Treatment Using the Paine Retinaculatome. Journal of Neurosurgery 75:77-81, 1991.
    
    
11. Wilson, M.C., Greenberg, J.O., Barrer, S., and Shah, C.P.: Cervical Anterior Spinal Cord Infarction: A Case Report. Journal of Neuroimaging April 1992.
    
    
12. Barrer, S.J., Pagnanelli, D.M.: Bilateral Carpal Tunnel Release at One Operation: Report on 228 Patients. Neurosurgery 31:1030-1034, 1992.
    
    
13. Barrer, S.J., Pagnanelli, D.M.: Outcome in Diabetic Patients Undergoing Carpal Tunnel Release. Neurosurgery Focus 3(1): Article 9, July, 1997. (Neurosurgery On-Call@neurosurgery.org)

BOOKS AND CHAPTERS:

1. O'Connor, M.J., Barrer, S.J., Welsh, F.A.: Normal Cerebral Energy Metabolism. Neurosurgery. Wilkins, R.H., Regachary, S.S., McGraw-Hill, Inc., Volume II, pp. 1179-1184, 1985.
   
   
2. Barrer, S.J.: Peripheral Nerve Injuries. Trauma Manual: an In-House Prepared Handbook for Graduate Hospital Surgical Residents, 1986.
   
   
3. Barrer, S.J., Erdil, M., Pagnanelli, D.M. 1997. Surgical Evaluation and Treatment of Work Related Low Back Pain. In Cumulative Trauma Disorders, ed. Michael Erdil, M.D. and O. Bruce Dickerson, M.D. pp. 595-620. New York: Von Nostrand Reinhold.
   
   
4. Barrer, S.J., Pagnanelli, D.M. 1997. The Surgical Evaluation and Treatment of Work Related Upper Extremity Peripheral Nerve Entrapment Syndromes. In Cumulative Trauma Disorders: ed. Michael Erdil, M.D. and O. Bruce Dickerson, M.D., pp. 183-202. New York: Von Nostrand Reinhold.

PAPERS PRESENTED AT MEETINGS:

1. Barrer S.J., Bruce D.A., Schut, L., Bruno, L.A.: Parasellar Tumors of Childhood. Presented at the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery, Chicago, Illinois, September 16-19, 1979.
   
   
2. Barrer, S.J., Schut, L., Bruce, D.A.: Re-operation for Brain Tumors in Children. Presented at Annual Meeting, Pediatric Section of the American Association of Neurologic Surgeons, New York, New York, December 5-7, 1980.
   
   
3. Barrer, S.J., Simeone, F.A., Synder, L.: Comparison Between Cerebral Blood Flow and Somatosensory Cortical Evoked Responses in Predicting Reversible Experimental Cerebral Ischemia. Presented at the International Evoked Potentials Symposium, October 18-20, 1982.
   
   
4. Barrer, S.J., O'Connor, M.J.: Endarterectomy for Internal Carotid Artery Occlusion: Predictive Factors. Presented at the 57th Annual Meeting of the American Heart Association, Miami Beach, Florida, November 12-15, 1984.
   
   
5. Wilson, M.C., Greenberg, J.O., Barrer, S., and Shah, C.P.: Cervical Anterior Spinal Cord Infarction. Presented at the Southeast European Society of Neurology and Psychiatry, Salzburg, Austria, August 1991.
   
   
6. Barrer, S.J., Pagnanelli, D.M.: Percutaneous Lumbar Disc Decompression. Presented at the Conference of the International Society for Optical Engineering, Los Angeles, California, January 1993.

ABSTRACTS AND LETTERS:

1. Barrer, S.J., Bruce, D.A., Schut, L., Bruno, L.A.: Parasellar Tumors of Childhood. Child's Brain 5:572, 1979.
   
   
2. Barrer, S.J., O'Connor, M.J.: Endarterectomy for Internal Carotid Artery Occlusion: Predictive Factors. Circulation, Part II, (4):II-136, October, 1984.
   
   
3. Barrer, S.J.: Dexamethasone in Primary Supratentorial Intracerebral Hemorrhage. Letter to the Editor, The New England Journal of Medicine 318:254-5, 1988.

POSTER SESSIONS:

1. Barrer, S.J., O'Connor, M.J.: Endarterectomy for Complete Internal Carotid Artery Occlusion: Predictive Factors. 8th International Congress of Neurosurgery, Toronto, Canada, July 7-13, 1985.
   
   
2. Pagnanelli, D.M., and Barrer, S.J.: Bilateral Carpal Tunnel Release at One Visit to the Operating Room Using a Closed Technique: A Report of 182 Patients. 59th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Neurologic Surgeons, New Orleans. April 20-25, 1991.
   
   
3. Pagnanelli, D.M., Barrer, S.J.: Surgical Outcome in Diabetic Patients Undergoing Carpal Tunnel Release. Presented at the Eighth Annual Meeting of the Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerve, American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Miami, Florida, February 5-6, 1992.
   
   
4. Yoon, M.S., Barrer, S.J., Pagnanelli, D.M.: Angiogram-Negative Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Series at a Suburban Teaching Hospital. 49th Annual Meeting, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Boston, Massachusetts, October 30-November 4, 1999.

INVITED LECTURES:

1. Effects of Carotid Sinus Angioplasty on Cardiovascular Baroreceptor Control. Presented at the Bockus Research Institute of Biomedical Research Support Grant Seminar, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 18, 1986.
   
   
2. Myelomeningocele and Dysgraphic States. Presented at Pediatric Grand Rounds, Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington, Pennsylvania, December 23, 1986.
   
   
3. Carotid Vascular Disease. Presented at Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Professors' Grand Rounds, September 29, 1987.
   
   
4. Pediatric Brain Tumors. Presented at the Pediatric Ground Rounds, Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington, Pennsylvania, May 23, 1989.
   
   
5. Medical Aspects of Cumulative Trauma Disorders:Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Presented at the OSHA & Cumulative Trauma Disorders in the Workplace Conference, Alexandria,Virginia, October 1, 1990.
   
   
6. Minimal Access Surgical Techniques for Carpal Ligament Release. Presented to the North Jersey Claims Managers Council Seminar, Parsippany, New Jersey, October 18, 1991.
   
   
7. Percutaneous Laser Disc Decompression. Presented to The Lasersonics 1991 Advisory Panel Meeting, Monterey, California, August 22-24, 1991.
   
   
8. Percutaneous Diskectomy Techniques. Presented to The Medical Board of Directors of U.S. HealthCare, Inc., Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, April 13, 1992.
   
   
9. Minimal Access Surgical Techniques for Carpal Tunnel Surgery. Discussant, The Pennsylvania Neurosurgical Society Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, April 2, 1993.
   
   
10. Carotid Artery Pseudo-occlusion. Presented to the Temple University Department of Neurosurgery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for Residents' Day, June 10, 1994.
    
    
11. Brain Attack! Faculty: Brain Attack Coalition, American Association of Neurological Surgeons. Community outreach for education on clinical management and acute intervention of stroke. November 1995-present.
    
    
12. Myelomeningocele. Presented at Neonatology Grand Rounds, Abington Memorial Hospital, May 19, 1998.
    
    
13. Brain Tumors. Presented at Medical Ground Rounds, Abington Memorial Hospital, February 9, 2000.
    
    
14. Peripheral Nerves. Presented at the 12th Annual Pan-Philadelphia Neurosurgery Conference, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 8, 2000.
    
    
15. Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Presented at Medical Grand Rounds, Abington Memorial Hospital, March 30, 2001.
    
    
16. Carotid Endarterectomy: An Update. Presented at Regional Neurologic Grand Rounds, Abington Memorial Hospital, April 16, 2001.
    
    
17. Spinal Cord Injured Trauma Patient. Spring 2001 Essentials in Trauma Nurse Education Program, Abington Memorial Hospital, April 17, 2001.
    
    
18. Carpal Tunnel Release. Presented at the Community Health Education Center, North Penn Hospital, May 2, 2001
    
    
19. Acute Hemorrhagic Stroke and Carotid Disease. Presented at Community Forum, Abington Memorial Hospital, May 21, 2001.
    
    
20. Lumbar Spinal Stenosis. Presented at Community Forum, Eldercare, Abington Memorial Hospital, October 2001
    
    
21. Laminectomy vs. Fusion for Low Back Pain - a Debate. Presented at the 13th Annual Pan-Philadelphia Neurosurgery Conference, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA, December 7, 2001
    
    
22. Spine Trauma: Update. Presented at Regional Neurologic Grand Rounds, Abinton Memorial Hospital, January 2002
    
    
23. Lumbar Microdisectomy. Presented at the Fourteenth Pan-Philadelphia Conference, Philadelphia, PA, November 2002.
    
    
24. Head Injury. Presented for the AMH Surgical Residents, AMH, April 2003

Also: Disorders of the Spine and Cerebrovascular Disease, Medical Student Lecture Series, Abington Memorial Hospital, 4-6 sessions annually, 1986-present.

Care of the Spine Injured Patient, Trauma Nurses Medical Education Lecture Series, Abington Memorial Hospital, 2 sessions annually.