Dale Matthew Swift, MD
- Pediatric Neurosurgeon, Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Languages spoken: English
- Locations (2)
Education and Training
- Medical School
- Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine (1984)
- Internship
- New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University (1985), General Surgery
- Residency
- New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University (1991), Pediatric Neurological Surgery
- Fellowship
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (1992), Pediatric Neurological Surgery
- Board Certification
- American Board of Pediatric Neurological Surgery
Conditions Treated
- Achondroplasia (dwarfism)
- Anaplastic astrocytoma
- Apert syndrome
- Arachnoid cyst
- Arterial dissection
- Arteriovenous fistula (AVF)
- Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs)
- Atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor (ATRT)
- Brain abscess
- Brain aneurysm
- Cavernous malformations
- Cerebral sinovenous thrombosis (CSVT)
- Cerebrovascular disease and stroke
- Chiari malformation
- Craniopharyngioma
- Encephalocele
- Ependymoma
- Glioblastoma
- Head trauma
- Hemorrhagic dtroke
- Hydrocephalus
- Intractable epilepsy
- Lipomas (skinlesions)
- Medulloblastoma
- Moyamoya disease (MMD)
- Neurofibromatosis (NF)
- Pfeiffer syndrome
- Pilocytic astrocytoma
- Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma (PXA)
- Retinoblastoma
- Spina bifida
- Tethered spinal cord
- Vein of Galen malformations (VOGM)
- Ventriculomegaly
Treatments
Baclofen Pump
Craniectomy
External Ventricular Drain
Laminectomy
Management of achondroplasia and other skeletal dysplasias
Management of Chiari malformations
Management of complex cerebrovascular disorders
Management of complex craniofacial anomalies
Management of hydrocephalus
Management of spasticity and movement disorders
Management of spinal dysraphism and repair of spinal cord anomalies
Minimally invasive skull-based surgery
Myelomeningocele repair
Neuroendoscopy
Shunt Placement
Skull Base Surgery
Treatment of all tumors of the central nervous system
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