Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Eastern Virginia Med Sch

Neurosurgery

John Birknes practices Neurosurgery. He studied medicine at Jefferson Medical College. John Birknes is a published physician. He has 10 publications published. The most current publication "Pharmacokinetic nature of tachyphylaxis to lidocaine: peripheral nerve blocks and infiltration anesthesia in rats."

Publications

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• Noninvasive measurement and screening techniques for Spinal deformities.
• The critical role of concentration for lidocaine block of peripheral nerve in vivo: studies of function and drug uptake in the rat.
• Treatment of a malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor and its complications through a multiDisciplinary approach.
• Vertical Expandable Prosthetic Titanium Rib (VEPTR): Indications, Technique, and Management Review.
• Adult degenerative Scoliosis: a review.
• Pharmacokinetic nature of tachyphylaxis to lidocaine: peripheral nerve blocks and infiltration anesthesia in rats.
• Treatment of chronic Pain with neurostimulation.
• Feasibility and limitations of endovascular coil embolization of anterior communicating artery Aneurysms: morphological considerations.
• Intramedullary cervical Spine germinoma: case report.

Schools

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• Thomas Jefferson University

• Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

• Children39s Hospital Of Philadelphia

• Shriner39s Hospital For Children

Procedures Preformed

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• CerebroSpinal Fluid (CSF) Shunt - Insertion, Repair or Removal

Conditions Treated

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• Brain and Nervous System Cancer (incl. Gliomas, Astrocytoma, Schwannoma, Medulloblastoma, Chordoma)
• Brain Aneurysm
• Brain Injury
• Cranial Trauma
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Doctors Specialties

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• Neurosurgery

Accepted Insurances

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Education

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• Thomas Jefferson University
• Jefferson Medical College

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