Curtis   E.   Doberstein    M.D. Cerebrovascular Surgery Phone: (401) 621-8700 Fax: (401) 621-8705 Office: 1 Davol Square Suite 302 Providence,  RI   02903 Directions

About Curtis   E.   Doberstein    M.D. Dr. Curtis Doberstein, interim chair of the Department of Neurosurgery, received his medical degree in 1988 from McGill University in Montreal and completed his residency in neurosurgery and fellowship in cerebral blood flow at the University of California at Los Angeles. Dr. Doberstein is a board-certified neurosurgeon. In 1995, Dr. Doberstein joined the Neurosurgery Foundation and the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. He directs the Section of Vascular Neurosurgery at Rhode Island Hospital and co-directs the Rhode Island Hospital/Brown University Stroke Program. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at Brown and serves as the Brown Neurosurgery Residency Program Director. As a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, he serves on the Executive Committee of its Section on Cerebrovascular Surgery. Dr. Doberstein specializes in surgery on the blood vessels of the brain, neck, and spinal column. He sees many patients with circulatory problems such as aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations, and carotid artery disease. He also treats people with nervous system tumors, including those of the brain and the skull base. Patients with degenerative spine disorders comprise another large part of his practice.

Other Team Members: Physician assistant Christopher Fries works with Dr. Doberstein. Mr. Fries graduated from El Camino College in California. After several years as an emergency medical technician, he underwent physician assistant training at D’Youville College in Buffalo. He began work with the Neurosurgery Foundation in 2002. Mr. Fries evaluates new patients, answers patients’ medical questions, and orders prescriptions. For patients who need surgery, he provides care before, during, and after hospitalization.

Professional Papers: Group B Beta-Hemolytic Osteomyelitis of the Heel: A Case Report. Doberstein C, MacEwen GD, Lee MS Clin Orthop 213:225-228 1988 Intraoperative Angiography in Cerebrovascular Surgery. Martin NA, Doberstein C, Bentson J, Vinuela F, Dion J, Becker DP Clin Neurosurg 37:312-331 1990 Cystic Neoplasms of the Pancreas. Doberstein C, Kirchner R, Gordon L, Morgenstern L, Shapiro S Mt. Sinai J.Med 57:102-106 1990 Post-traumatic Cerebral Arterial Spasm: Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound, Cerebral Blood Flow, and Angiographic Findings. Martin NA, Doberstein C, Caron M, Zane C, Thomas K, Becker DP J. Neurosurg, 77:575-583 1992 Clinical Considerations in the Doberstein C, Hovda DA, Becker DB Ann Emerg Med, 22:993-997 1993 Metabolic Alterations Accompany Ionic Disturbances and Cellular Doberstein C, Fineman I, Hovda DA, Martin NA, Keenly L, Becker DP Acta Neurochir (Suppl) 60:41-44 1994 Cerebral Blood Flow Measurement in Martin NA, Doberstein C Neurosurg Clin N. Amer, 5(4):607-618 1994 Post-traumatic Cerebral Arterial Spasm Martin NA, Doberstein C, Alexander MJ, Khanna R, Benzalcazar H, Alsina G, Zane C, McBride D, Kelly D, Houda D, Becker DB, McArthur D, Zavcha K J Neurotrauma, 12(5): 897-901 1995 Temporally Associated Rupture of Guglielmo MA, Doberstein C A Case Report. J. 1998 The temporal Profile and Morphologic Features of Neuronal Death in Human Stroke Resemble Those Observed in Experimental Forebrain Ischemia: The Potenial Role of Apoptosis. Guglielmo MA, Chan PT, Cortez S, Stopa E, McMillan P, Johanson CE, Epstein M, Doberstein CE Neurol Res 20:289-296 1998 Therapeutic Embolization Arteriovenous Malformations: The Case For and Against Martin N, Khanna R, Doberstein C, Benston J. Clinical Neurosurgery,Vol. 46, 295-318 1998 Assessment of the Value of MR Imaging for Examining Patients with Angiographically Negative Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Rogg JM, Smeaton S, Doberstein C, Goldstein JH, Tung GA, Haas RA AJR 172:201-206 1999 Intracanalicular Aneurysm of the Anterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery Revealed by Multi- Detector CT Angiography. Jayaraman MV, Mayo-Smith WW, Doberstein CE AJR Am J Neuroradiol 24(7): 1338-40 2003 Recovery of choroid plexus function in aged rats subjected to transient forebrain ischemia Johanson C, Palm D, Doberstein C, Stopa E Neurosci. Lett., in press. Sustained CA1 Neuronal Survival by FGF-Z Following Forebrain Ischemia In The Rat: A Possible Role For The Choroid Plexus-CSF System. Hayamizv T, Chan PT, Doberstein C, Sunwoo L, Guglielmo MA, Hayamizv T, Chan PT, Doberstein C, Sunwoo L, Guglielmo MA, Hayamizv T, Chan PT, Doberstein C, Sunwoo L, Guglielmo MA, Johanson, CE. Neurological Research 0 Spontaneous thrombosis of a cerebral arteriovenous malformation: A case report. Sungarian A, Doberstein C, Haas R Scandanavian J. Nsurg. 0