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- "We try to approach each surgery less like a traditional health care experience and more like a lifestyle planning session."
- Dr. Robert L. Masson, M.D.
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Robert L. Masson, M.D. - NeuroSpine Institute of Orlando, Florida
PERSONAL DATA
Birthplace: Austin, Texas
Date of Birth: October 3, 1963
Wife: Denise Brager Masson, P.T.
Military: Lieutenant Commander, United States Navy Reserve, Retired
License: Florida
Washington
Michigan
American Board of Neurological Surgery,
Written exam: March 26, 1994, PASS (92nd percentile)
American Board of Neurological Surgery,
Oral Exam: November 18, 1999 PASS |
EDUCATION
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Member: Junior Honors Medical Program (7 year BS/MD Honors Program)
1985: B.S. in Medical and Biochemical Science, with Honors
1988: M.D.
Internship: General Surgery (July 1988-June 19-1989)
University of Florida, Shands Hospital
Gainesville, Florida
Director: Kirby Bland, M.D.
Residency: Neurological Surgery (July 1989-June 1995)
University of Florida, Shands Hospital
Gainesville, Florida
Directory: Albert L. Rhoton, Jr., M.D.
Fellowship: Skull Base Surgery and Neurobiology- (April 1994- June 1994)
Subspecialty Rotation
House Ear Clinic
Los Angeles, CA
Director: Derald Brackman, M.D.
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EXPERTISE
| Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery
Microneurosurgical Anatomy
Skull Base Surgery
Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery
Complex Spine Surgery
Spinal Instrumentation
Neuronavigation
Image Guided Spine Surgery
Artificial Disc
Intraoperative EP Monitoring
Biologics in Spinal Surgery |
POST GRADUATE TRAINING
BAK Implants-anterior/posterior/lateral
Microendoscopic Diskectomy
Neuronavigation/Computer assisted surgery
Medtronic, Stealth
Brainlab, Fluoronav
Medtronic, O-ring
Outpatient Spine Surgery
Ray Cage Implants-posterior
Linac Radiosurgery
Complex Image Guided Spine Surgery and Pedicle Screw Placement
Cervical Spine Decompression and Reconstruction
Artificial Disc- Lumbar
Medtronic
Synthes
Artificial Disc- Cervical
Medtronic
Synthes
Kyphoplasty
Vertebroplasty
Cervical Instrumentation
Anterior
Posterior
Resorbable
Nuvasive
XLIF
TLIF
Transthoracic Instrumentation
Synthes
Medtronic
Anterior and Retroperiteneal Instrumentation
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PRIVILEGES
Health Central Hospital
Ten Thousand W. Colonial Drive
Ocoee, Florida 34761
(407) 296-1000 |
Sand Lake Hospital
9400 Turkey Lake Road
Orlando, Florida 32819
(407) 351-8500 |
Orlando Regional Medical Center
1414 Kuhl Ave.
Orlando, Florida 32806
(407) 841-5111 |
St. Mary Mercy Hospital
36475 Five Mile Road
Livonia, Michigan 48154
(734) 655-4800 |
Southlake Hospital
1099 Citrus Tower Blvd.
Clermont, Florida 34711
(352) 394-4071 |
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LEADERSHIP
President, --Neurosurgical Consultants of Florida – May 1999-June 2002
President, --Neurospine Institute of Orlando—May 2002- present
Director – Neurological Surgery – Memorial Clinic, Ltd. P.S., Olympia, WA 98506--1996-1999
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COMMITTEE
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Health Technology Committee, Economic Development Council, Orlando, January 2002
Information Technology Committee, Florida Hospital, 1999-2000
Patient Care Committee, Orlando Regional Healthcare System, 2001
Compensation Review, Memorial Clinic, 1998
Spine Center Development, Memorial Clinic, 1998
OR Guidance Committee, St. Peters Hospital, 1998
Clinical Pathway Chair, Craniotomy, 1997
Outpatient Spine, 1998
Trauma Committee, neurosurgery, 1996-1999, July
St. Peters Hospital Information Services Committee, 1998
Spine Center of Excellence Committee, ORMC, 2001-2003
Level 1 Trauma Committee, ORMC, 2001-2003
Surgical Product Committee, ORMC, 2002-2003
Minimally Invasive Center, Health Center, 2004- present
Minimally Invasive Spine Center-Chair, St. Mary Mercy, Detroit, Pending
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PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY
AANS-Active
Washington State Medical Association
Thurston County Medical Society
Orange County Medical Society
Florida Medical Association
AO North American Spine
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RESEARCH
Dorsal Root Crush Injury and Glial Scar Formation
Sponsor: Paul Reier, Ph.D.
Supported by NIH grant
Fall 1987
Post-MD Fellowship (July 1989-June1990)
University of Florida, Department of Neuroscience
Electrophysiolojgy and Neuroanatomy of Propriosinal Pathways and IA Afferent Fibres
Supervisor: Louis Ritz, Ph.D.
Embryonic Transplantation of Central Nervous Tissue in Spinal Cord Trauma
Supervisor: Paul Reier, Ph.D., Daniel Theele, D. V. M.
Lateral Recess Stenosis
Synthes- Active
Oblique Lumbar Interbody Fusion
Synthes- Active
Osiris Therapeutic Allograft Stemcell in Fusion
Osiris-Active
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1988 Instructor, Medical Neuroscience (for first year medical and dental students).
Instructor, Medical Neuroscience (for first year medical and dental students).
1992 Instructor, Medical Neuroscience (for first year medical and dental students).
August 1991- Instructor, Microsurgical anatomy of the Skull Base, Practical Course
University of Florida, Department of Neurological Surgery Course Director:
Albert Rhoton, M.D.
April 1991- Masson, R. L. and Day, A. L.: Reconstruction of the External Carotid Artery for
Brain and Retinal Ischemia, Southern Neurosurgical Society, Washington, D.C.
April 1992- Day, A. L. And Masson, R. L.: Role of the ECA in Stroke. American Associate of
Neurological Surgeons. National Meeting, Boston, M.A.
April 1992- Day, A.L., Knego, R.S. and Masson, R.L.: Aneurysms of the Clinoidal Segment.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons. National Meeting, Boston,
September 1992- Instructor, Practical Course of Complex Spinal Instrumentation
University of Florida, Department of Neurological Surgery and Orthopaedics Course Directors: Richard Fessler, M.D., Ph.D. and Michael McMillan, M.D.
March 1994- Instructor, Practical Course in Complex Spinal Instrumentation University of Florida
Department of Neurological Surgery and Orthopaedics Course Directors:
Richard Fessler, M.D., Ph.D. and Michael McMillan, M.D.
March 1, 1996- Masson, R. L.: Neurologic Cancer. Cancer Update for Primary Care
Practitioners, 7th Annual Providence St. Peter Hospital Regional Cancer Center and Medical Staff Conference
March 1996- Olympia, WA, Masson, R. L.: Idiopathic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Neurosurgery
In Jackson Hole. Jackson Hole, WY.
June 3, 1996- Masson, R. L.: On the Field Assessment of Head and Neck: Coaches Forum.
Providence St Peter Hospital, Olympia, WA.
March 1997 – May 2000- Consultant, Sofamor Danek
Neuronavigation
Brainlab
BAK Implants
April 1998- Faculty, Spinetech- Sulzer, BAK Cage Implant Course, Squaw Valley
May 1999- Faculty, Spinetech- Sulzer, BAK Cage Implant Course, Bellingham, WA
March 1998- Masson, R. L.: Diagnosis and Treatment Acoustic Nevromas, 9th Annual
Providence St. Peter Hospital Regional Cancer Center and Medical Staff Conference,
Olympia, WA.
April 1999- Masson, R. L.: Spinetech- Sulzer, Instructor, Bend, OR>
May 1999- Masson, R.L.: Spinetech- Sulzer, Instructor, Bellingham, WA.
June 1999- Masson, R.L.: Spinetech- Sulzer, Practical Course Instructor: BAK Cage Implant,
Squaw Valley.
June 1999- Masson, R.L.: Microendoscopic Diskectomy, Vancouver, B.C.
November 1999- Masson, R.L.: Gateway to the Brain, Microendoscopic Spine Surgery,
Orlando, FL.
March 2000- Masson, R.L.: SandLake Hospital, Microendoscopic Spine Surgery, Orlando, FL
May 2000- Masson, R.L.: SandLake Hospital, Medicine Grand Rounds
June 2000- Masson, R.L.: SandLake Hospital, 55 Plus Complex Spine Surgery, Orlando, FL
June 2000- Faculty, AO Synthes, Special Surgical Approaches to the Spine, St Petersburg, Fl
January 2003- present- Faculty, Synthes Spine
Oblique Lumbar Interbody Fusion
Minimal Access Surgery
Complex Spinal Reconstruction
October 2006- present- Faculty, Medtronic
Artificial Disc, Cervical
Image Guidance in Deformity
Segmental Surgery in Deformity, Percutaneous Rods
January 2003- present- Kyphon
Kyphoplasty versus vertebroplasty for spinal compression fractures
January 2006- present, AO North American
Minimal Access Surgery
March 2008- Cornell University Medical Center, AO Spine Expert Group Minimally Invasive Surgery, iMAS-interpedicular minimal access surgery
August 5-6, 008- International Minimal Access Spine Surgery Symposium-Cornell University Medical Center, New York, NY, iMAS
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PUBLICATIONS
Masson, R.L., Sparkes, M., and Ritz, L.: Descending Projections to the Rat Sacroaudal Spinal
Cord. Journal Comparative Neurology. 307: 120-130. 1991.
Ritz, L., Bailey, S.M., Carter, R.L., Sparkes, M., Masson, R.L., and Rhoton, E.L.: Crossed and
Uncrossed Projections to Cat Sacrocaudal Spinal Cord: II, Axons from muscle Spindle
Primary Endings. Journal of Comparative Neurology. 304: 316-329. 1991
Masson, R.L. and Day, A.L.: Aneurysmal Intracerebral Hemorrhage. Neurosurgical Clinics of
North America. 1993
Day, A.L., Masson, R.L., and Knego, R.S.: Surgical Management of Cavernous Sinus Aneurysms
And Fistulae. Operative Neurosurgery. Editors: Schmidek/Sweet. New Edition.
Release Summer 1994.
Glasser, R., Masson, R.L., Mickle, J.P., and Peters, K.: Embolization of a Dural AV Fistula of the
Ventral Cervical Spinal Canal in a Nine Year Old. Neurosurgery. 33 (6). 1993
Day, A.L., Knego, R.S., and Masson, R.L.: Aneurysms of the Clinoidal Segment. Publication
Pending.
Day, A.L. and Masson, R.L.: Reconstruction of the External Carotid Artery for Brain and Retinal
Ischemia. Publication Pending.
1996- Fessler, R.F. and Masson, R.L.: Management of Thoracic Fractures. Princliples of Spinal
Surgery, Menezes and Sonntag, McGraw-Hill.
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EDITORIAL
Golf Fitness Magazine (2006-present)
Advisory Board
Editorial Review
Discovery Health Network (2004- present)
Impact: Stories of Survival
Consultant and Expert
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MEDICALOLEGAL
Independent Medical Evaluation (2003- present)
Expert Witness (2003- present)
IME Expert-SEAK, Inc (2006-present)
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CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS
1992-2001- Consultant- Spinetech-Sulzer
BAK Implant
2003- Consultant- Codman
ICP Monitoring
2006- present- Consultant- Synthes Spine
Education
Research
Product Development
Minimally Access Surgery
2006- present- Consultant-Medronic
Education
Artificial Disc
MAST in deformity
2006- present- Consultant- Osiris Therapeutic
Spinal Fusion and Biologics
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Children: Kyle, Brett, Casey, Alexander
Flying, Skiing, Scuba Diving, Surfing, Sports,
Pilot - Private, instrument ratings, Commercial, High Performance Single Engine and Multi-engine
Scuba - Open Water, Cave and Wreck Master, Advanced Open Water, Nitric and Mixed Gas
Boating - Captain |
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