Patrick Philip Flannagan, M.D.

Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh PA.
 

 
Career and Publications
Allegheny General Hospital
420 East North Avenue, Suite 302
Pittsburgh, PA, 15212
(412) 359-4764

Education and Training

UNDERGRADUATE
1984-1988
Boston College
Commonwealth Avenue
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

Bachelor of Science
Biology
Cum Laude

MEDICAL SCHOOL 
1988-1992
Medical College of Pennsylvania
Henry Avenue
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

INTERNSHIP
1992-1993 University of Kentucky General Surgery
 Rose Avenue
 Lexington, Kentucky

RESIDENCY
1993-1994 Allegheny General Hospital East North Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania General Surgery
1994-1995 Allegheny General Hospital   Neurosurgery Pre-residency fellowship
1995-2000 Allegheny General Hospital  Neurosurgery  Residency

Licensure

1993 Pennsylvania MD-053429-L

Membership in Professional Societies

American Association of Neurological Surgeons

Congress of Neurological Surgeons

Honors, Awards, Presentations

Medical College of Pennsylvania Research Fellowship - Summer, 1989

Flannagan PP, Riley DK, Bost J, Wilson J, Prostko ER, Whiting D: Prophylactic Antibiotics in Ventriculostomies: A Randomized Double-Blinded Study, Preliminary Report. 1996 AANS Annual Meeting. Minnegpolis, Minnesota. April, 1996 (poster)

Flannagan PP, Riley DK, Bost J, Prostko ER, Whiting D: Prophylactic Antibiotics in Ventriculostornies: A Randomized Double-Blinded Study. 1997 CNS Annual Meeting. New Orleans, Lousiana. October, 1997 (oral poster)

Flannagan PP, Abla A, Kandabarow A, Douglas R, Richman J: 1000 Pedicle Screws Placed Safely: The Use of Intraoperative Electromyography. 1999 AANS Annual Meeting. New Orleans, Lousiana. April, 1999 (oral presentation)

Flannagan PP, Abla A: Experience with Three Different Types of Instrumentation for Traumatic Lumbar Fractures. 1999 CNS Annual Meeting. Boston, Massachusetts. October, 1999 (poster)

Flannagan PP, Wilberger J: Treatment of Chronic Subdural Hematomas in the Elderly. American College of Surgeons, Pennsylvania Committee on Trauma. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. November, 1999 (oral presentation)

Flannagan PP, Hartl R: Trephination Versus Operative Treatment of Chronic Subdural Hematoma. 1999 AANS Annual Meeting. San Francisco, California. April, 2000 (poster)

Publications

Buchman CA, Chen DA, Flannagan P, Wilberger JE, Maroon JC. The Learning Curve for Acoustic Tumor Surgery. Laryngoscope, November 1996

Microsurgical Carotid Endarterectomy in Neurosurgical Operative Atlas, Vol. 6, Reganchary S, Wilkins RH (editors), 1997

Flannagan PP, Bailes JE. Neurological Injury in Athletes. Contemporary Neurosurgery, August 1998

Warren WL, Medary MB, Dureza CD, Bellotte JB, Flannagan PP, Oh M, Fukushima T. Dural Repair Using Acellular Human Dermis: Experience with 200 Cases: Techique Assessment. Neurosurgery, June 2000


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