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Arizona Center
for Neurosurgery
3300 N. Central Avenue
Suite 2550
Phoenix, Arizona 85012
Phone: 602-256-2525
Fax: 602-256-0795
 
Dan Lieberman, M.D.

Dr. Lieberman is a board certified Neurosurgeon specializing in treatment of complex brain, spine and nervous system conditions in adult and pediatric patients. He has special interests in the surgical treatment of movement disorders, brain tumors, epilepsy, pain and minimally invasive treatment of spinal disorders. He graduated from Pepperdine University with honors and earned his medical degree from the University of Arizona. Dr. Lieberman trained in Neurosurgery at the University of California at San Francisco, and completed a fellowship in movement disorder research at the National Institutes of Health. He is also married and the father of three children.

 
Curriculum Vitae
B.S. Mathematics & Computer Science, Pepperdine University, 1987
M.D., University of Arizona, Tucson, 1991
Staff Fellow, Surgical Neurology Branch, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 1991-1994
General Surgery Internship, University of California, 1994-1995
Neurosurgical Residency, University of California, 1995-1999
Chief Resident, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California 1999-2000
Private Practice, Phoenix, AZ, 2000-present
Founder Arizona Center for Neurosurgery, 4/18/03
Adjunct Professor, Department of Bioengineering, Arizona State University, 2002-2003
Chairman, Division of Neuroscience, Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, 2003-2005
Fellow, International College of Surgeons, 2006 – present
Chair Governing Board, Surgical Specialty Hospital of Arizona, 2005 – present
Adjunct Faculty, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, 2004 – present
 
Research Publications
Lieberman DM, Matz PG, Rosegay HR: History of the strain gauge and the measurement of intracranial pressure from engineers to physiologists and clinicians, J Trauma. 2002 Jan;52(1):172-8.
Lieberman DM, Corthesy ME, Cummins A, Oldfield EH: Reversal of experimental parkinsonism by using selective chemical ablation of the medical globus pallidus. J. Neurosurg 1999: 90(5) 928-34.
Smoots DW, Geyer JR, Lieberman DM, Berger MS: Predicting disease progression in childhood cerebellar astrocytoma. Child’s Nervous System 1998: I4(11): 636-48.
Laske DW, Morrison PF, Lieberman DM, Corthesy ME, Reynolds JC, Stewart-Henney PA, Koong SS, Cummins A, Paik CH, and Oldfield EH: Chronic interstitial infusion of protein to primate brain: determination of drug distribution and clearance with single-photon emission computerized tomography imaging. J. Neurosurg 87:586-94, 1997.
Lieberman DM, Laske DW, Morrison PF, Bankiewicz KS, Oldfield EH. Convection-enhanced distribution of large molecules in gray matter during interstitial drug infusion. J. Neurosurg 1995: 82:1021-9.
Weeks BS, Lieberman DM, Johnson B, et al. Neurotoxicity of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 tat transactivator to PC12 cells requires the Tat amino acid 45-58 basic domain. J. Neurosci Res. 1995: 42:34-40.
Wang J, Lieberman D, Tabubo H, Finberg JP, Oldfield EH, Bankiewicz KS. Effects of gliosis on dopamine metabolism in rat striatum. Brain Res. 1994: 663: 199-205.
Yadid G, Pacak K, Golomb E, et al. Glycine stimulates striatal dopamine release in conscious rats. Dr. J. Pharmacol. 1993: 110:50-3.
Saris SC, Spiess P, Lieberman DM, Lin S, Walbridge S, Oldfield EH. Treatment of mutine primary brain tumors with systemic interleukin-2 and tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes. J. Neurosurg 1992: 76:513-9.
 
Book Chapters
Lieberman DM, Russo C, Berger M: Brain Tumors during the first two years of life. Principles and practice of pediatric neurosurgery. Albright L, McCutcheon I eds. Thieme, London, 1998.
Lieberman DM, Berger MS, Surgical treatment of brain tumors during the first two years of life. Operative Techniques in Pediatric Neurosurgery. Albright I, McCutcheon I eds. Thieme, London, 1999.
 
Published Letters
Lieberman D. Intracerebral microdialysis. J. Neurosurg 1996: 85:984-5.
 
Oral Presentations at Scientific Meetings
Lieberman DM, Matz PG, Rosegay H: History of the strain gauge and the measurement of intracranial pressure: from engineers to physiologists and clinicians, The American Association of Neurological Surgeons 67th annual meeting, April 24-29, New Orleans, LA, 1999.
Lieberman DM, Lester S, Holland M, Wood M, Hemphill C, Matej I, gauges G: In vitro detention of fluid flow in ventriculoperitoneal shunts (VPS) using contrast enhanced ultrasound. AANS/CNS Section on Pediatric Neurological Surgery of The American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Congress of Neurological Surgeons - Indianapolis, IN. December 1-4, 1998.
Lieberman DM, McCormack B, Pitts L, Sluckey A, Weinstein PR: Is anterior resection of odontoid pseudotumor necessary for reversal of myelopathy? Congress of Neurolgoic Surgeons Annual Meeting, - Seattle, WA, 1998. Also presented at the Western Neurosurgical Society, Napa Valley, CA 1998.
Manley GT, Lieberman DM, Eichbaum E, Beck C, Wachhorst S, Chestnut R, McCormack B: Odontoid screw fixation results in 36 patients and comparative analysis of alternative techniques. Congress of Neurologic Surgeons Annual Meeting - Seattle, WA, 1998.
McCormack B, Lieberman D, Eichbaum E, Beck C, Wachhorst S, Manley G: Odontoid screw fixation: results in 36 patients and comparative analysis of alternative techniques. Western Neurosurgical Society, Napa Valley, CA 1998.
 
Dina Zaza, M.D.

Dr. Zaza is a board certified Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physician, and completed a Fellowship in Electrodiagnostic Medicine.

 
Curriculum Vitae
  Physiatrist, Electrodiagnostic Medicine, Spine rehabilitation, Stroke rehabilitation, Concussion management. Arizona Center for Neurosurgery, Phoenix, AZ, 2006 - Present
  Electrodiagnostic Medicine Fellowship Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 2005-2006
  Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY Chief Resident in final year, 2002-2005
  Internal Medicine Internship SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY, 2001-2002
  Ross University School of Medicine Edison, NJ, 1996-2001
  Columbia University, Barnard College New York, NY B.A. Sociology 1991-1995
 
Research
  "A retrospective review of focal foot neuropathies” Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Dina I. Zaza, MD, David DelToro, MD, Kevin White, MD 2005
  “Nerve Injury Outcomes” Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Bryan Cupka, Dina I. Zaza, MD, Timothy R. Dillingham, MD 2005
 
Professional Memberships
  Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine 2002 - Present
 
Anthony Mosley, M.D.

Dr Anthony Mosley is double board certified in Psychiatry and Neurology, with a focus in treating patients with Movement Disorders.

He received his undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of California, Berkeley with honors, his Masters degree from Stanford University in Engineering-Economic Systems then turned his interests to medicine and received his Medical Degree from University of California, San Francisco with honors. He then completed a Clinical Fellowship in Movement Disorders at University of California, San Francisco Medical Center.

Dr Mosley is married and has two daughters.

 
Curriculum Vitae
  Arizona Center for Neurosurgery, 3300 N. Central Ave, Suite 2550, Phoenix, AZ 85012 5/2009 - Present
  Arizona Neurological Institute, 10474 W. Thunderbird Blvd, Suite 200, Sun City, AZ 85351. 6/2006 - 6/2009
  Scottsdale Neurological Consultants, 10277 N. 92nd Street, Suite 103, Scottsdale, AZ 85258. 8/2005 - 5/2006
  Medical Director- Booth Gardner Parkinson’s Care Center, Evergreen Healthcare, 12039 NE 128th Street, Kirkland, WA 98034:
Clinical Instructor-Department of Neurology, University of Washington School of Medicine, 1959 NE Pacific St, Box 356465, Seattle, WA 98195-6465. 2003 - 2005
  Clinical Fellow - Movement Disorders
Attending Physician – University of California, San Francisco Medical Center
Attending Physician - San Francisco Veterans’ Affairs Medical Center
Department of Neurology (127), UCSF/ San Francisco VAMC, 4150 Clement Street, San Francisco, CA 94121 2001 - 2003
  Resident Physician, Department of Neurology, University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine, 710 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90024 1998 - 2001
  Preliminary year resident, Department of Medicine, Yale-New Haven Hospital, 20 York Street, New Haven, CT 06511 1997 - 1998
  Research Assistant, Laboratory of Neuro-Imaging, UCLA Dept. of Neurology, 710 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90024 1994
  Medical Student, University of California, San Francisco: M.D. degree June 1997.
Honors: Sinkler-Miller Scholarship, NMF Fellowship, NIH Research Supplement (‘94), UCSF Dean’s Summer Research Fellowship (‘93).
1993 - 1997
  Research Assistant, Functional Imaging Group, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 1993
 
Pre-Medical
  Graduate Student, University of California, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Berkeley, CA 94720: Graduate study with coursework focused in neuroscience and bioengineering applications. Research with Lawrence Stark MD into human performance in virtual environments and modeling of human visual search strategies.
Honors: National Science Foundation Fellowship.
  Senior Consultant, Accenture Consulting, San Francisco, CA
  Graduate Student, Stanford University, Dept. of Engineering-Economic Systems, Stanford, CA: M.S. degree June 1989. Studies focused on decision analysis with coursework in probability, economic analysis, and artificial intelligence.
Honors: GEM Fellowship.
  Summer Engineering Intern, Hewlett-Packard Company
  Undergraduate Student, University of California, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Berkeley, CA 94720: B.S. degree May 1988. Emphasis in automatic control systems.
Honors: Drake Scholarship (4 year full stipend award, one of only 4 awarded in 1984), Honorary Chancellor’s Scholarship, Mechanical Engineering (Pi Tau Sigma) and Physics (Sigma Pi Sigma) honor societies, Lockheed Leadership Award, M.L.K. Scholarship.
Professional Societies
  American Academy of Neurology
  The Movement Disorders Society National Medical Association
Research
  UCSF / SFVAMC Intramural Study of Pallidal versus STN DBS. Jul 2001-Jan 2003.
  VA CSP 468: RCT of Pallidal DBS versus STN DBS versus best medical therapy. Sep 2002-Jan 2003.
  Genetic Risk Factors for Parkinsonism and Associated Noradrenergic Dysfunction (Site PI). Jul 2003-Feb 2005.
  A Formalized Therapeutic Intervention for Micrographia in PD. Jan 2004-Feb 2005.
  Glaxo Smith Kline Phase III trial (Site PI). Jan 2004-Feb 2005.
  Kyowa Pharmaceuticals Phase III trial (Site PI). Aug 2004-Feb 2005.
  Kyowa Pharmaceuticals Phase III trial open-label extension (Site PI). Dec 2004-Feb 2005.
Books
  Mosley AD, Romaine DS. The Encyclopedia of Parkinson’s Disease. Oxford, MD: Facts on File, 2004.
Peer-Reviewed Journal Papers
  Choi YS, Mosley AD, Stark LW. String editing analysis of human visual search. Optometry and Vision Science. 1995 Jul; 72(7):439-51.
  Mishra SK, Yuan S, Mosley T (sic). Arsenical neuropathy mimicking acute demyelinating polyneuropathy. Advances in Clinical Neuroscience. 2001; 11:527-533.
  Mosley AD, Starr PA, Christine CW, Marks WJ. Effect of subthalamic or pallidal deep brain stimulation on mobility in Parkinson’s disease. Neurology 2002 Apr;58(Suppl 3):A57.
  Starr PA, Christine CW, Theodosopoulos PV, Lindsey N, Byrd D, Mosley A, Marks WJ. Subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation. Journal of Neurosurgery 2002 Aug;97(2):370-87.
  Mosley AD, Starr PA, Marks WJ. Treating Parkinson’s disease, part 1: pharmacologic options. The Federal Practitioner 2003 Jun:68-76.
  Mosley AD, Starr PA, Marks WJ. Treating Parkinson’s disease, part 2: surgical options. The Federal Practitioner 2003 Jul:66-74.
  Cyrus P. Zabetian, MD, MS, Ali Samii, MD, Anthony D. Mosley, MD, MS, John W. Roberts, MD, Berta Leis, PhD, RN, Dora Yearout, BS, Alida Griffith, MD. A Clinic-Based Study of Parkinson's Disease Yields New Putative Pathogenic Mutations in the LRRK2 Gene. Neurology 2005 Sep 13;65(5):741-4.
  Chun LS, Samii A, Hutter CM, Griffith A, Roberts JW, Leis BC, Mosley AD, Wander L, Edwards KL, Payami H, Zabetian CP. DBH-1021c->T does not modify risk or age at onset in Parkinson’s disease. Annals of Neurology 2007 Jul;62(1):99-101.
Presentations at Professional Conferences/ CME
  Mosley AD, Starr PA, Marks WJ. A review of the surgical treatment of Parkinson’s Disease. Platform presentation at The Annual Convention and Scientific Assembly of the National Medical Association, Honolulu, Hawaii. August 3-8, 2002.
  Mosley AD, Starr PA, Marks WJ. A review of the diagnosis and medical and surgical treatment of Parkinson’s Disease. Invited Aventis Visiting Scholar presentation at Department of Medicine Grand Rounds. Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, February 17, 2003.
  Mosley AD. Assessing and treating non-motor dysfunction in Parkinson disease. Invited platform presentation at The Annual Convention and Scientific Assembly of the National Medical Association, San Diego, California. July 31 – August 5, 2004.
  Zylstra AA, Griffith AF, Mosley AD, Leis BC. Effects of physical therapy on gait and balance in Parkinson’s disease. Poster presentation at the The Movement Disorder Society's (MDS) 9th International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders, New Orleans, LA. March 5-8, 2005.
  Kim HM, Samii A, Factor SA, Griffith A, Roberts JW, Mosley AD, Leis BC, Yearout D, Hutter CM, Edwards KL, Richards G, Nutt JG, Higgins DS, Payami H, Zabetian CP. HFE variants C282Y and H63D do not alter risk of Parkinson disease. Parkinson Study Group Annual Meeting 2007.
  UCLA San Fernando Valley Neurology Grand Rounds presentations:
04/99 Mosley AD. A case of Hallervorden-Spatz Sydrome.
07/99 Mosley AD. A case of isolated CNS vasculitis.
02/00 Mosley AD. A case of acute PCA stroke secondary to vertebral dissection in a pediatric patient with Klippel-Feil syndrome and trampoline use.
11/00 Mosley AD. A case of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in an adult presenting as subacutely altered conciousness and status epilepticus.
04/01 Mosley AD. A case of arsenical neuropathy mimicking Guillane-Barre Syndrome.
  UCLA Department of Neurology Annual Poster Session posters:
05/99 Mosley AD, Bronstein JM. Hallervorden-Spatz Syndrome.
05/00 Mosley AD, Saver JL. Acute left anterior cerebral artery infarction presenting as mutism.
05/01 Yu A, Mosley AD, Kidwell CS. Cortical ribbon enhancement on diffusion weighted MRI as a sign for Creutzfeld-Jakob disease.
05/01 Mosley AD, Mishra SK. Arsenical neuropathy mimicking Guillane-Barre Syndrome.
  Mosley AD, Starr PA, Christine CW, Marks WJ. Effect of subthalamic or pallidal deep brain stimulation on mobility in Parkinson’s disease. Invited presentation at The Parkinson’s Institute. Sunnyvale, CA. March 2002.
  Mosley AD. The medical and surgical management of Parkinson’s disease. Invited presentation at Evergreen Medical Center Grand Rounds. Kirkland, WA. March 2003.
  Mosley AD. The surgical treatment of motor fluctuations. Invited presentation at Northwest Hospital Medical Center Neuroscience Rounds. April 20, 2004.
  Mosley AD. Non-motor dysfunction in Parkinson disease. Invited presentation at Puget Sound Neurological Society. May 24, 2004.
  Mosley AD. Parkinson disease: issues in inpatient assessment, management, and treatment. Invited presentation at Swedish Medical Center Hospitalist Rounds. October 1, 2004.
  Numerous patient group and community presentations.
 
Candyce Williams, M.D.

Candyce Williams, MD joined Arizona Center for Neurosurgery in 2004. She is board certified in Spinal Cord Injury Medicine, specializing in the treatment of patients with spinal cord injury who need management and rehabilitation. Additionally she is board certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Internal Medicine. Dr Williams received her under-graduate degree from Vassar in New York, and her Medical Degree from Tufts University, School of Medicine in Boston, Mass.

 
Curriculum Vitae
  Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Northwestern University Medical Center Chicago, IL 60611 Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Residency 1987 – 1990
  Duke University Medical Center Durham, NC Internal Medicine Internship and Residency 1981 – 1984
  Tufts University School of Medicine Boston, MA M.D. 1981
  Vassar College Poughkeepsie, N.Y. A.B. Biology, 1977
  Medical Director of Spinal Cord Rehabilitation, St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ, 2007-present
  Medical Director of Spinal Cord Rehabilitation at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ 1992 to 2001
  Medical Director, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Carle Foundation Hospital Urbana, IL 1990-1992
  Clerkship in Geriatric Medicine, City Hospital, University of Edinburgh, Scotland 1981
Professional Organizations
  American Spine Injury Association North American Spine Society
  American Association of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Board Certifications
  Spinal Cord Injury Medicine Subspecialty, American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2006
  American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 1992
  American Board of Internal Medicine, 1985
Awards
  Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Merit Award Recipient, 1981
  National Medical Fellowship, Inc. Scholarship Recipient, 1977-1979
Bibliography
  Prigatano, G., Wong, J., Williams, C., Plenge, K., “Prescribed Versus Actual Length of Stay and Inpatient Neuro-rehabilitation Outcome for Brain Dysfunctional Patients,” Arch Phys Med Rehab 1997; 78: 621-629
  Williams, C., Yarkony, G.: Rehabilitation of the Spinal Cord Injured Patient in Meuezes A, Sonntag, V. (eds.): Principles of Spinal Surgery New York: McGraw-Hill, 1996
  Katz, R.T., Williams, C., “Focal dystonia Following Soft Tissue Injury: Three Case Reports with Long Term Outcome.” Arch Phys Med Rehab 1989; 71: 345-354
  Blazer, D., Williams, C., “Epidemiology of Dystonia and Depression in an Elderly Population,” AM J. Psychiatry 1980; 137: (4), 439-444, April 1980
Community Service
  Woman’s Board of the Arizona Kidney Foundation 2001 to Present
  Leadership Circle Phoenix Children’s Hospital 2004 to Present
  National Charity League 2003 to Present

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