Eric M Deshaies, MD
Current Appointments
- Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
- Assistant Professor of Neuroscience and Physiology
- Director of Neurovascular
Hospital Campus
- Downtown
Clinical Section Affiliations
- Neurosurgery: Brain Tumors, Neurovascular
Research Programs and Affiliations
- Cancer Research Institute
Clinic/Unit
- Upstate Stroke Center
Upstate University Hospital - Downtown Campus
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750 East Adams Street
Syracuse, NY 13210
315 464-8668
- Neurosurgery Clinic
550 Harrison Center
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Suite 330, 550 Harrison Street
Syracuse, NY 13202
315 464-1800
- Neurosurgical Associates of Central New York
Physicians' Office Building
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Suite 503, 725 Irving Ave
Syracuse, NY 13210
315 464-4470
Web Resources
Education & Fellowships
- Fellowship: Albany Medical Center, 2008, Neuroendovascular Surgery (Senior Fellow)
- Fellowship: University of Miami, FL, 2007, Cerebrovascular and Skull Base Fellowship
- Residency: Albany Medical Center, 2006, Neurological Surgery
- Internship: Albany Medical Center, 2001, General Surgery
- MD: University of Connecticut School of Medicine, 2000
- BS: Trinity College, 1996, Biochemistry
Specialties & Certification
- Neurological Surgery
Diseases & Conditions Treated
- Brachial Plexus Injury
- Brachial plexopathy
- Brain Abscess
- Brain Aneurysm
- Brain Tumor
- Brain and Spine Tumors
- Carotid Artery Aneurysm
- Cervical Radiculopathy
- Congenital and Developmental Malformations of the Nervous System
- Curved Spine or Scoliosis
- Hydrocephalus
- Kyphosis
- Low Back Pain
- Lumbar Stenosis
- Lumbosacral Plexopathy
- Lumbosacral Radiculopathy
- Myelopathy
- Neck Injuries
- Neck Stinger
- Nervous System Vascular Lesions
- Neuralgias
- Neurofibromatosis
- Neuropathy
- Scoliosis
- Slipped Disk or Herniated Disk
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Fracture
- Spinal Stenosis
- Spondylolisthesis
- Spondylolysis and Spondylolisthesis
- Stroke
- Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
Treats
- Adults
Treatments/Services
- Angiography
- Arachnoid Cyst Treatment
- Arthrography
- Atherosclerosis Endarterectomy
- Brain Tumor Treatment
- Carotid Angiography and Stenting
- Carotid Artery Aneurysm Surgery
- Carotid Endarterectomy
- Cerebral Angiography
- Fracture Treatment of Spine
- Hydrocephalus Treatment
- Kyphoplasty/Vertebroplasty
- Neurosurgery for Pain
- Scoliosis Surgery
- Spinal Decompression Surgery
- Spinal Surgery
- Spine Injury Evaluation and Emergent Care
- Surgery for Carotid Artery Aneurysm
- Surgery for Subclavian Artery Aneurysm
- Surgical Options for Back Pain
- Surgical Repair of Congenital and Developmental Lesions of the Nervous System
- Surgical Treatment of Brain and Spine Tumors
- Surgical Treatment of Hydrocephalus
- Surgical Treatment of Spasticity
- Surgical Treatment of Stroke or Brain Ischemia
- Surgical Treatment of Vascular Lesions of the Nervous System
Associations/Memberships
- American Medical Association
- AANS/CNS Cerebrovascular Section
- North American Skull Base Society
- American College of Surgeons (ACS)
- Congress of Neurological Surgeons
- Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society
- American Association of Neurological Surgeons
- New York Academy of Sciences
Current Hospital Privileges
- Upstate University Hospital
HealthLinkOnAir Radio Interview
12/28/12 What is Your Emergency? When you suspect a stroke, timing is everything11/20/11 Aneurysm Repaired By Glue
Web Resources
Publications
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In the Knox lab, we utilize high–resolution live cell imaging in transgenic Xenopus to compare the properties of fluorescently tagged rhodopsin and disease–linked mutants. The mutants are abnormally distributed both in the inner and outer segments (OS) and form aberrant fluorescent foci. In this slide: Live rod photoreceptors expressing EGFP.