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Bio
Dr. David Poulad is a board certified neurosurgeon who has been practicing in Union, NJ since 2005.
A graduate of Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y.; Dr. Poulad earned his medical degree from Saint Louis University School of Medicine in 1998. He completed his surgical internship and residency in Neurosurgical Surgery at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, N.Y. In 2002-03, he received additional training as a fellow in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgical surgery at the Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City. In 2004 he returned to the Albert Einstein College of Medicine to serve as Chief Resident in the Department of Neurosurgical Surgery.
His clinical interests are in neuro-oncology for the surgical treatment of brain and spinal cord tumors, radiosurgery, pituitary surgery, functional neurosurgery for pain and movement disorders, and minimally invasive spine surgery. Dr. Poulad was one of the first neurosurgeons in New Jersey to perform a minimally invasive spinal fusion using robotics technology. He continues to pioneer minimally invasive approaches to the brain and spinal cord and is at the forefront of technology for neurosurgical approaches.
Education
Albert Einstein College of Medicine - Residency
Bronx, NY
June, 2004 - June, 2005
Chief Resident, Dept. of Neurological Surgery
Albert Einstein College of Medicine - Residency
Bronx, NY
July, 1999 - June, 2004
Resident, Dept. of Neurosurgical Surgery
The Institute for Neurology and Neurosurgery at Beth Israel Medical Center - Fellowship
New York, NY
July, 2002 - January, 2003
Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgical Surgery Fellow
Albert Einstein College of Medicine - Internship
Bronx, NY
July, 1998 - June, 1999
Surgical Intern
Saint Louis University School Of Medicine - Medical Education
St. Louis, MO
1994 - 1998
MD
Cornell University, College of Arts and Sciences - Pre-Professional Education
Ithaca, NY
1986 - 1990
BA Government and French
1988-1989:
Institut D'Etudes Politiques de Paris, France
Universite de Paris 7-Jussieu, France
EDUCO: Duke and Cornell joint study abroad program in Paris, France
Publications
Temporal dissociation of neurotensin/neuromedin N mRNA expression in topographically separate subsets of rat striatal neurons following administration of haloperidol.
Brain Research, Molecular Brain Research
1996
Other contributors include: Zahm DS, Williams ES, Krause JE.
