Richard Douglas, M.D., F.A.A.N.S., F.A.C.S.

April 2012-December 2024

West Virginia University School of Medicine

Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery

Morgantown, Wv 26550

June 1994-October 1996

West Virginia School of Medicine

Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery

Morgantown, WV 26550

October 1986-June 1991

Allegheny General Hospital

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery

Pittsburgh, PA 15212

July 1990-April 1991

Maricopa County Medical Center

Instructor, Department of Surgery

Phoenix, AZ 85013

July 1991-April 1991

Barrow Neurological Institute 

Instructor, Department of Neurosurgery

Phoenix, AZ 85013

July 1988-June 1989

Northwestern University

Clinical Instructor, Division of Neurosurgery

Chicago, IL 60611

American Board of Neurological Surgery

Board Certified-May 1995

ABNS-Written Examination Part 1-March 1987

Medical Licensure

West Virginia Medical License #20050

ArIzona Medical License # 18881

Illinois Medical License #036-070497

Pennsylvania Medical License #MD-043842-L

Florida Medical License # 0072844

Memberships

Congress of Neurological Surgeons

American Association of Neurological Surgeons

Fellow of American College of Surgeons (inducted October 1996)

Joint Section AANS/CNS Spine & Peripheral Nerve

Teaching/Research

Laboratory Teaching Assistant

Basic Neuroanatomy

Northwestern University 1985-1989

Electron Microscopy/Morphological Analysis of Ribosomes in Drosophila Melanogaster

Northwestern University 1978-1979

1. Gutierrez FA, Tomita T, Leetsma J, Herman J, Douglas R:  Pineoblastomas in Children.

2. Sonntag VKH, Douglas RA: Management of Spinal Cord Trauma (CHAP). In Stein B, McGormick P. (eds): Neurosurgical Clinic of North America. Philidelphia: W.B. Saunders, 729-750, 1990.

3. Dickman CA, Douglas RA, Sonntag VKH: Occipitocervical Fusion: Posterior Stabilization if the Craniovertebral Junction and Upper Cervical Spine.

4. Douglas RA, Baldwin HZ, Johnson PC, Sonntag VKH, Spetzier RF: Recurrent Spinal Angioblastic Meningloma of the Hemanglopericyctic Type A:  A Case Report BNI Quarterly 6 (4): 13-20, 1990.

5. Sonntag VKH, Douglas RA: Management of Cervical Spinal Cord Trauma. J. Neuro Trauma (8:92). 1991.

6. Cherney B, Sonntag VKH, Douglas RA: Lateral Mass Posterior Plating and Facet Fusion for Lower Cervical Spine Instability. BNI Quarterly 6 (6), 1991.

7. Cybulski GR, Douglas RA, Meyer PR, Rovin R: Complications of Three Column Cervical Spine Injuries Requiring Anterior/Posterior Stabilization. Spine 17 (3): 253-256, 1992.

8. Sonntag VKH, Douglas RA: Management of Cervical Spinal Cord Trauma. Central Nervous System Status Report 1991, 9 (1), 1992.

9. Douglas RA, Maroon JC: Degenerative Lumbar Spondylollsthesis. Neuroscience Journal 3 (2): Summer 1993.

10. Richman JD, Daniels TA, Anderson DD, Miller PD, Douglas RA: Biomechanical Evaluation of Cervical Spine Stabilization Methods in Porcine Model. Spine October 1995.

11. Nalrus JG, Richman JD, Douglas RA: Retroperitoneal Pseudomeningocele Complicated by Meningitis Following a Lumbar Burst Fracture: Case Report and Review of Literature. Spine. 

12. Torg JS, Currier B, Douglas RA, Hershmann E, O'Leary PF: Symposium Spinal Cord Resuscilation. Contemporary Orthopaedics, 30-(6): June 1995.

1. Douglas RA: Management of Spinal Trauma, American Association of Neuroscience Nurses, Arizona Chapter, Phoenix, Arizona, May 1990.

2. Douglas RA: Beyond the Golden Hour: Ongoing Management of Adult and Pediatric Neurological Trauma, Course Instructor Management of Spinal Trauma, Phoenix, Arizona, November 1989.

3. Douglas RA: Spine and Spinal Cord Trauma, Advanced Trauma Life Support, Phoenix, Arizona, September and November 1989.

4. Douglas RA: Traumatic Cervical Spine Fracture Requiring Anterior and Posterior Stabilization, Northwestern University Medical School, McGraw Center Resident's Day, Chicago, Illinois, June 1980.

5. Douglas RA, Cybulski GR, Meyer PR, JR: Traumatic Lower Cervical Spine Fractures Requiring Anterior/Posterior Stabilization, 17th Annual Meeting of the Cervical Spine Research Society, New Orleans, Louisiana, December 1989.

6. Cybulski GR, Douglas RA, Meyer PR, JR: Complications in Three-Column Cervical Injuries Requiring Anterior/Posterior Stabilization, 17th Annual Meeting of the Cervical Spine Research Society, New Orleans, Louisiana, December 1989.

7. Douglas RA: Posterior Cervical Stabilization, Course Instructor, 2nd Annual Spine Workshop, Phoenix, Arizona, November 1990.

8. Gutierrez FA, Douglas RA, Romita T, McClone DG: Pineal Region Tumors in Infancy and Childhood: Management and Results in 23 Patients, International Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Rome, Italy, June 1988.

9. Gutierrez FA, Tomita T, Douglas RA, Herman J: Pineoblastoma in Children, International Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery, 18th Annual Meeting, Paris, France, September 1990.

10. Dickman CA, Douglas RA, Sonntag VKH, Spetzler RF, Papadopolous S: Occipitoatiantal Dislocation Injuries; Diagnosis, Management and Outcome, 6th Annual Meeting, Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Perpheral Nerves, AANS/CNS, South Seas Plantation, Captiva Island, Florida, February 1990.

11. Douglas RA: Management of Retained Bullet Fragments in the Spinal Canal, Northwestern University Research Symposium, Chicago, Illinois, June 1985.

12. Gutierrez FA, Douglas RA, McClone DG: Pineal Tumors in Children: Management and Results in 23 Patients, American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Honolulu, Hawaii, January 1987.

13. Douglas RA: Pineal Tumors, Neuroscience Ground Rounds, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, August 1990.

14.Douglas RA: Posterior Cervical Stabilization, Course Instructor, #rd Annual Spine Workshop, Phoenix, Arizona, November 1990.

15. Dickman CA, Sonntag VKH, Douglas RA: Occipitocervical Fusion Utilizing a Contoured Threaded Pin, 7th Annual Meeting, Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, AANS/CNS, Rancho Mirage, California, February 1991. (poster)

16. Sonntag VKH, Douglas RA, Spetzler RF: Management of Pineal Tumors, Recent Advances in Neurology and Neurosurgery, 18th Annual Symposium, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, March 21-23, 1981.

17. Dickman CA, Sonntag VKH, Douglas RA: Occipitocervical Fusion Utilizing a Contoured Threaded Pin, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, 59th Annual Meeting, New Orleans Convention Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 20-25, 1991. (poster)

18. Douglas RA: Back Pain KDKA-AM "Medical Frontiers". Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 1991.

19. Douglas RA: Pineal Region Tumors, Neuroscience Ground Rounds, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 1991. 

20. Douglas RA: Management of Acute Spinal Cord Injury, 6th Annual Neuroscience Symposium, Decade of the Brain: Advances in the Neurosciences, Youngstown, Ohio, November 1991.

21. Douglas RA: Techniques in Internal Fixation of the Central Spine, Neuroscience Ground Rounds, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September 1992.

22. Douglas RA, Wilberger J, McKenzie R, Kalfas I, Dickman c, Sonntag VKH, Drabier J: Preliminary Review of the Synthes Cervical Spine Locking Plate System, 9th Annual Meeting, Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, AANS/CNS, Tucson, Arizona, February 17-21, 1983.

23. Douglas RA: Management of Spinal Cord Injuries, 4th Annual Seminar of the Critically Ill Patient, Monongahela Valley Hospital, Monongahela, Pennsylvania, October 20, 1993. 

24. Douglas RA: Course Instructor, Posterior Cervical Stabilization Workshop, 10th Annual Meeting, Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, AANS/CNS, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, February 9, 1994.

25. Douglas RA: Transoral Approach to the Craniovertebral Junction, Advanced Skull Based Surgery Symposium, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, April 8, 1994.

26. Douglas RA: Management of Spinal Cord Injuries Ground Rounds, Clearfield Hospital, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, August 25, 1994.

27. Richman JD, Miller PD, Anderson DD< Daniels TE, Douglas RA: Cervical Spine Research Society, Biomechanical Evaluation of Cervical Spine Stabilization, Cervical Spine Research Society, November 30, 1994.

28. Douglas RA: Management of Spinal Cord Injury Ground Rounds, Sharon Regional Hospital, Sharon, Pennsylvania, January 1995.

29. Douglas RA: Management of Spinal Cord Injury Ground Rounds, Brownsville General Hospital, Brownsville, Pennsylvania, March 16, 1995.

30. Douglas RA: The Seriously Injured Athlete: Evaluation, Treatment and Return to Play for Traumatic Head and Spine Injuries, Allegheny Valley Hospital, 

31. Douglas RA: Injuries of the Occipital C1-C2 Complex: Surgical Indications and Techniques, The Injured Spine: A Spinal Trauma Symposium, Sheraton, Station Square, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September 29-30, 1995.

32. Richman JD, Campsey DM, Leipelt JE (B.A.), Douglas RA: Anterior Decompression and Stabilization of Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures: An Analysis of 19 Cases, North American Spine Society, Washington, DC, October 18-21, 1995. (poster)

33. Douglas RA: Spinal Stabilization of Traumatic Injuries, Sports Related Concussion and Nervous System Injuries, Sponsored by Orlando Regional HealthCare System, Caribe Royale Suites, Orlando, Florida, February 6-8, 1997.

34. Douglas RA: Spinal Stabilization of Traumatic Injuries, Sports Related Concussion and Nervous System Injuries, Sponsored by Orlando Regional Healthcare System, Caribe Royale Resort Suites, Orlando, Florida, March 6-8, 1998.

35. Douglas RA: Management of Spinal Cord Injury Trauma, Ground Rounds, Orlando Regional Medical Center, Orlando, Florida, May 1998. 

36. Douglas RA: Spinal Stabilization of Traumatic Injuries, Sports Related Concussion and Nervous System Injuries, Sponsored by Orlando Regional Healthcare System, Hotel Royal Plaza, Orlando, Florida, May 28-30, 1999.

37. Flannagan P, Abla A, Kandabarow A, Douglas RA, Richman JD: The Use of Electromyography in the Safe Placement of 1000 Pedicle Screws, The American Association of Neruological Surgeons, 67th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 24-29.

38. Multani JJ, Douglas RA: Minimal Invasive Approach to Thoracic Disc Herniations, The American Associations of Neurological Surgeons, 70 th Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, April 2001.