- Dr. Phillip Kissel, MD
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Dr. Phillip Kissel, MD
Neurosurgery
- California, San Luis Obispo
Overview
Dr. Phillip Kissel, MD works in San Luis Obispo, California is a specialist in Neurosurgery and graduated Los Angeles County HarborUCLA Medical Center in 1984. Dr. Kissel is affiliated with Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center and practicing for 40 years
Specialties
- Neurosurgery
Conditions
• Acute Urinary Retention• Adrenal Gland Diseases
• Brain and Nervous System Cancer (incl. Gliomas, Astrocytoma, Schwannoma, Medulloblastoma, Chordoma)
• Cervical Spine Myelopathy
• Colic
• Elbow Or Upper Arm Arthritis
• Eosinophilia Myalgia Syndrome
• Food Additive Allergy - Annatto
• Food Allergy - Codfish
• Functional Hemispherectomy
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• Functional Movement Screening
• Implanon® Placement
• Isolaz System Acne Treatment
• IV Sedation
• Jejunostomy Tube Placement
• Joint Fluid Test
• Joint Fusion
• Joint X-Ray
• Lattice Corneal Dystrophy, Type 1
• Multiple Injuries
• 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)
• Woodworker's Lung
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Procedures
• Brain and Nervous System Cancer (incl. Gliomas, Astrocytoma, Schwannoma, Medulloblastoma, Chordoma)• Brain Aneurysm
• Brain Cancer
• Cerebral Artery Thrombosis
• Cerebral Hemorrhage
• Cerebral Vascular Disease
• Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Shunt - Insertion, Repair or Removal
• Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak (CSF Leak)
• Cerebrovascular Disease
• Cervical Spine Fracture
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• Cervical Spine Myelopathy
• Craniectomy, Craniotomy, Surgery of Skull Base, Neuroendoscopy
• 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 Root Injury and Plexus Disorders (incl. Pinched Nerve)
• Nerve Sheath Tumors
• Neuroplasty
• Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
• Osteoarthritis of Spine
• Osteosarcoma
• Pathological Spine Fracture
• Pituitary Gland Tumor Excision
• Radiculopathy (Not Due to Disc Displacement)
• Scoliosis
• Secondary Malignancies
• Spinal Compression Fracture Repair
• 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
• Torticollis
• Vertebral Column Tumors
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Board Certifications
- Board Certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery
Years Since Graduation
- 40
Education & Training
Internship Hospital
Los Angeles County HarborUCLA Medical Center
Torrance, CA, USA
Year completed: 1984
Torrance, CA, USA
Year completed: 1984
Medical School
Rosalind Franklin University Of Medicine Science/The Chicago Medical School
North Chicago, IL, United States
Graduated: 1983
North Chicago, IL, United States
Graduated: 1983
Undergraduate School
University Of California San Diego
San Diego, CA, USA
Graduated: 1976
San Diego, CA, USA
Graduated: 1976
Residency Hospital
University of CaliforniaDavis Medical Center
Year completed: 1989
Year completed: 1989
Awards
1 Alumni Board of Governors
2 American Association of Neurological Surgeons
3 American College of Surgeons
4 California Association of Neurological Surgeons
5 California Medical Association
6 Congress of Neurological Surgeons
7 Endovascular Committee Chairman
8 North American Spine Society
9 San Luis Obispo Medical Society
10 Western Neurosurgical Society
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Office Locations
Primary location
phillip kissel,md
699 California Boulevard
California (CA)
San Luis Obispo
93401
Phone:(805) 544-4455
Accepting New Patients
- Yes
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Insurances Accepted (check insurance plans)
- Access Plus Savenet
- Advantage Preferred DirectAccess Plus PPO
- Aetna
- Aetna HMO
- Assurant Health
- Blue Card PPO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of California
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of California PPO
- Blue Shield of California
- CaliforniaCare HMO
- Choice Plus POS
- Cigna
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Commercial Insurance Company
- Coventry Health Care
- Enhanced Exclusive for Small Business HMO
- First Health (Coventry Health Care)
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- Humana
- Local Access Plus HMO
- Medicare
- Medicare MCR
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Open Access Plus
- Options PPO
- PacifiCare HMO
- Select Plus HMO
- Select PPO
- United Healthcare
- UnitedHealthCare
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Affiliated Hospitals
Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center
1010 Murray Avenue
California CA,
San Luis Obispo,
93405
(800) 483-6387
Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center is the tertiary care facility for San Luis Obispo County – and the only provider of a number of advanced medical services, including neurosurgery and high-risk pregnancy. Sierra Vista also houses the only pediatrics unit and neonatal intensive care unit in the ...
(800) 483-6387
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