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Clinical Assistant Professor, The Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery

Education & Training

• Undergraduate Degree:
  University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California
• Medical Degree:
  Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York
• General Surgery Internship:
  Maricopa County Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona
• Neurosurgery Residency:
  Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona
• Fellowship in Complex Spinal Surgery:
  Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona
• Fellowship in Complex Spinal Reconstruction:
  Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois

Specialties

• Brain aneurysms
• Brain tumors
• Hydrocephalus
• Endoscopic approaches for central nervous system disorders
• Spinal tumors
• Degenerative spinal disorders
• Kyphoplasty
• Minimally invasive spinal techniques
• Deformity spinal surgery
• Peripheral nerve entrapment

Board Certifications

• Fellow, American College of Surgeons
• Diplomat, American Board of Neurological Surgery

Selected Bibliography

• Cadaveric study for placement of occipital condyle screws: technique and effects on surrounding anatomic structures Laboratory investigation 347 Frank La Marca, M.D., Geoffrey Zubay, M.D., Thomas Morrison III, M.D., and Dean Karhalios M.D. Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine Oct 2008, Vol. 9, No. 4, Pages 347-353
• Postoperative Acute Sialadenitis after Skull Base Surgery. Louis Kim, Jeffrey Klopenstein, Iman Feiz-Ifran, Geoffrey P Zubay, Robert F Spetzler. Skull Base, 2008 March; 18(2): 129-134
• Preoperative Assessment of Patients with Acoustic Neuromas. Geoffrey Zubay, Randall Porter. Operative Techniques in Neurosurgery. March 2001. Vol 4, Number 1; pp11-18
• Transpetrosal Approaches. Geoffrey Zubay, Randall Porter, Robert F. Spetzler. Operative Techniques in Neurosurgery. March 2001. Vol 4, Number 1; pp 24-29
• Neurofibromatosis. Geoffrey Zubay, Randall Porter, Robert F. Spetzler. Operative Techniques in Neurosurgery. March 2001. Vol 4, Number 1; pp 43-46
• Revelations in Scoliosis and Deformity. Geoffrey P. Zubay, Juan Bartolemei, Volker K H Sonntag. Clinical Neurosurgery 2001
• Drainage of the Cortical Subarachnoid Space in Slit Ventricle Syndrome. Geoffrey P Zubay, Harold L Rekate. Neurosurgery, August 2000, Vol. 47—Issue 2—p540
• The Posterior Approach to a Series of Glomus (Type II) Intramedullary Spinal Cord Arteriovenous Malformations. Connolly ES Jr, Zubay GP, McCormick PC, Stein BM. Neurosurgery. 1998 Apr; 42( 4):774-85
• Seizure Outcome after Lesionectomy for Cavernous Malformations. Cohen DS, Zubay GP, Goodman RR. J Neurosurg. 1995 Aug; 83 (2):237-42
• Intraischemic Hypothermia Decreases the Release of Glutamate in the Cores of Permanent Focal Cerebral Infarcts. Baker CJ, Fiore AJ, Frazzini VI, Choudhri TF, Zubay GP, Soloman RA. Neurosurgery. 1995 May; 36( 5): 994-1001