- Dr. Richard A Close, MD
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Dr. Richard A Close, MD
Neurosurgery
- Pennsylvania, West Reading
Overview
Dr. Richard A Close, MD works in West Reading, Pennsylvania is a specialist in Neurosurgery and graduated Temple Hospital in 1977. Dr. Close is affiliated with The Reading Hospital and Medical Center and practicing for 51 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
• Elbow Or Upper Arm Arthritis
• Eosinophilia Myalgia Syndrome
• Food Additive Allergy - Annatto
• Functional Hemispherectomy
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• Functional Movement Screening
• Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for AVM
• Helminthosporium Fungus Allergy
• Implanon® Placement
• Isolaz System Acne Treatment
• IV Sedation
• 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)
• Rheumatic Diseases
• Sinus Node Disease
• Surgical Mesh Removal
• Syndactyly
• The treatment of complicated hypertension
• Tissue Plasminogen Activator (tPA)
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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)
• Cerebrovascular Disease
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• Cervical Spine Fracture
• Cervical Spine Myelopathy
• Cranial Trauma
• Craniectomy, Craniotomy, Surgery of Skull Base, Neuroendoscopy
• Degenerative Disc Disease
• Disc Replacement
• 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
• Nerve Root Injury and Plexus Disorders (incl. Pinched Nerve)
• Neurostimulation
• Neurostimulation, Spinal
• Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
• Osteoarthritis of Spine
• Pathological Spine Fracture
• Post-Laminectomy Syndrome
• 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
• Vascular Transcatheter Embolization
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Board Certifications
- Board Certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery
Years Since Graduation
- 51
State License
- Pennsylvania
Education & Training
Residency Hospital
Temple Hospital
Year completed: 1977
Year completed: 1977
Internship Hospital
Temple Hospital
Year completed: 1973
Year completed: 1973
Medical School
Temple University School Of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA, United States
Graduated: 1972
Philadelphia, PA, United States
Graduated: 1972
Awards
1 AANS
2 AMA
3 CNS
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Office Locations
Primary location
Spine Brain Neurosurgery Center
601 Spruce Street
Pennsylvania (PA)
West Reading
19611
Phone:(610) 375-4567
Accepting New Patients
- Yes
Map & Directions
Spine Brain Neurosurgery Center, 601 Spruce Street, West Reading, Pennsylvania (PA), 19611
Insurances Accepted (check insurance plans)
- Aetna
- Amerihealth
- Blue Card PPO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Capital Blue Cross
- Choice Plus POS
- Cigna
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Commercial Insurance Company
- Community Blue PPO
- CoreSource
- 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
- HealthPartners
- Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Keystone Health Plan East
- Keystone Health Plan East HMO
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Medicare MCR
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Open Access Plus
- Options PPO
- Personal Choice PPO
- Travelers
- United Healthcare
- UnitedHealthCare
- Universal American
- UPMC
- UPMC PPO
- Worker's Compensation WC
- Workers Compensation
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Affiliated Hospitals
The Reading Hospital and Medical Center
6th Avenue And Spruce Street
Pennsylvania PA,
Reading,
19611
The Reading Hospital and Medical Center is a hospital located in Reading, PA. Procedures/Diagnosis costs are at the state average in 16 of 16 procedures. Length of Stay is at the state average in 15 of 16 procedures.
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