- Dr. David R Oliver-smith, MD
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Dr. David R Oliver-smith, MD
Neurosurgery
- Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
Overview
Dr. David R Oliver-smith, MD works in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is a specialist in Neurosurgery and graduated Boston University in 1986. Dr. Oliver-smith is affiliated with Allegheny General Hospital, Allegheny General Hospital Suburban Campus and practicing for 38 years
Specialties
- Neurosurgery
Conditions
• Acute Urinary Retention• Adrenal Gland Diseases
• Amniotomy
• Brain and Nervous System Cancer (incl. Gliomas, Astrocytoma, Schwannoma, Medulloblastoma, Chordoma)
• Cervical Spine Myelopathy
• Cranial Trauma
• Craniopharyngioma
• Elbow Or Upper Arm Arthritis
• Eosinophilia Myalgia Syndrome
• Food Additive Allergy - Annatto
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• Food Allergy - Codfish
• Functional Hemispherectomy
• Functional Movement Screening
• Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for AVM
• Helminthosporium Fungus Allergy
• Implanon® Placement
• Isolaz System Acne Treatment
• IV Sedation
• Joint Fluid Test
• Joint X-Ray
• Lattice Corneal Dystrophy, Type 1
• Muscular Dystrophy, Congenital, Type 1C
• Mycobacterial Infections
• Neurological Injuries
• Pediatric Chronic Infection
• Pediatric Dermatologic Disorders
• Pediatric Thoracic Disorders
• Pediatric Voiding
• Pelvic Support Problems
• Pneumatic Dilations (PD)
• Pneumoconiosis
• Recurring Pneumonia
• Rheumatic Diseases
• Sinus Node Disease
• Surgical Mesh Removal
• Syndactyly
• The treatment of complicated hypertension
• Tissue Plasminogen Activator (tPA)
• Women's Health Rehabilitation
• Wound and-or Ulcer Foot
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Procedures
• Acoustic Neuroma• Brain and Nervous System Cancer (incl. Gliomas, Astrocytoma, Schwannoma, Medulloblastoma, Chordoma)
• Brain Aneurysm
• Brain Cancer
• Brain Injury
• Cerebral Artery Thrombosis
• Cerebral Hemorrhage
• Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Shunt - Insertion, Repair or Removal
• Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak (CSF Leak)
• Cervical Spine Fracture
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• Cervical Spine Myelopathy
• Cranial Trauma
• Craniectomy, Craniotomy, Surgery of Skull Base, Neuroendoscopy
• Craniopharyngioma
• Degenerative Disc Disease
• Dural Repair or Other Spinal Spinal Cord Repair
• Epidural Block, Facet Blocks
• Epilepsy
• Herniated Disc Surgery
• Hydrocephalus
• Intervertebral Disc Herniation
• Lamina Procedures (incl. Laminectomy, Laminoplasty, Laminotomy)
• Low Back Pain
• Lumbar Spine Fracture
• Meningiomas
• Myelopathy
• Nerve Block, Somatic
• Nerve Destruction by Neurolytic Agent
• Neuroplasty
• Neurostimulation
• Neurostimulation, Spinal
• Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
• Osteoarthritis of Spine
• Osteosarcoma
• Pathological Spine Fracture
• Pituitary Gland Cancer
• Post-Laminectomy Syndrome
• Pseudotumor Cerebri
• Radiculopathy (Not Due to Disc Displacement)
• Scoliosis
• Secondary Malignancies
• Spinal Cord Injury
• Spinal Cord Tumor
• Spinal Fusion
• Spinal Nerve Block
• Spinal Reconstructive Surgery for Deformities
• Spinal Stenosis
• Spine Deformities
• Spine Fractures, Traumatic
• Spondylolisthesis
• Stroke
• Thoracic Spine Fracture
• Thoracic Spine Myelopathy
• Ultrasound, Carotid
• Vertebral Column Tumors
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Board Certifications
- Board Certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery
Years Since Graduation
- 38
State License
- Pennsylvania
Education & Training
Internship Hospital
Boston University
Boston, MA, USA
Year completed: 1986
Boston, MA, USA
Year completed: 1986
Medical School
Boston University School Of Medicine
Boston, MA, United States
Graduated: 1985
Boston, MA, United States
Graduated: 1985
Residency Hospital
University Pittsburgh Med Center
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Year completed: 1992
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Year completed: 1992
Awards
1 AANS
2 AMA
3 Pennsylvania Medical Society
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Office Locations
Primary location
Allegheny General Hospital NSG
420 East North Avenue Suite 302
Pennsylvania (PA)
Pittsburgh
15212
Phone:(412) 359-6200
Additional data:
Free Standing Surgery Center? No
Office Volume: 20 patients per day
Performs Procedures On Site? No
Other Office Locations
Neurosurgery Group
223 South Pleasant Avenue Suite 102
Pennsylvania (PA)
Pittsburgh
15501
Phone:(814) 443-9783
Accepting New Patients
- No
Map & Directions
Allegheny General Hospital NSG, 420 East North Avenue Suite 302, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (PA), 15212
Insurances Accepted (check insurance plans)
- Aetna
- Aetna HMO
- Blue Card PPO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Capital Blue Cross
- Choice Care PPO
- Choice Plus POS
- Choice Plus POS II
- Cigna
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Community Blue PPO
- Coventry Health America PPO
- Coventry Health Care
- First Health (Coventry Health Care)
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- Geisinger Health Plan
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Humana
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Open Access Plus
- Options PPO
- Select
- UnitedHealthCare
- UPMC
- UPMC PPO
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Affiliated Hospitals
Allegheny General Hospital
320 East North Avenue
Pennsylvania PA,
Pittsburgh,
15212
Allegheny General Hospital is a hospital located in Pittsburgh, PA. This hospital reports jointly with Allegheny General Hospital Suburban Campus. Therefore the ratings and awards apply to multiple hospitals and this specific hospital may not provide all rated services. Procedures/Diagnosis costs ar...
Allegheny General Hospital Suburban Campus
100 South Jackson Avenue
Pennsylvania PA,
Pittsburgh,
15202
Allegheny General Hospital Suburban Campus is a hospital located in Pittsburgh, PA. This hospital reports jointly with Allegheny General Hospital. Therefore the ratings and awards apply to multiple hospitals and this specific hospital may not provide all rated services. Procedures/Diagnosis costs ar...
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