Raphael Guzman
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Professional Overview
Honors and Awards
- The Bechtel Endowed Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital (2009-2013)
- Dean's Fellowship, Stanford University (2005)
- Senior Investigator Grant, Swiss National Science Foundation (4/2005 - 4/2006)
- Young Investigator Grant, Swiss National Science Foundation (4/2004 - 3/2005)
Professional Education
| Fellowship: | Stanford University, Pediatric Neurosurgery (2007) |
| Fellowship: | Hopital Necker, Paris, France, Pediatric Neurosurgery (2007) |
| Fellowship: | Stanford University, Cerebrovascular (2006) |
| Postdoc: | Stanford University, Neuroscience (2005) |
| MD: | University of Bern, Switzerland, Medicine (1998) |
Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations
Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
Dr. Raphael Guzman is a Pediatric Neurosurgeon at Lucile Packard Children's hospital and an Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the Stanford School of Medicine. Dr Guzman is a European board certified Neurosurgeon trained in Switzerland. He holds a fellowship in cerebrovascular and pediatric neurosurgery from Stanford University and the Children's Hospital Necker in France. His practice includes a wide range of neurosurgical procedures and treatments, including vascular pathologies, brain tumors, chiari malformation, craniosynostosis, hydrocephalus and spinal dysraphism. Dr Guzmans research interest's focus on cerebrovascular diseases including moyamoya, AVM and experimental stem cell therapy for stroke.
Publications
- Absence of CCL2 is sufficient to restore hippocampal neurogenesis following cranial irradiation. Brain Behav Immun. 2013: 33-44
- Use of the NeuroBalloon catheter for endoscopic third ventriculostomy. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2013; (3): 302-6
- Using bioabsorbable fixation systems in the treatment of pediatric skull deformities leads to good outcomes and low morbidity. Childs Nerv Syst. 2013; (2): 297-301
- Neural progenitor cells regulate microglia functions and activity. Nat Neurosci. 2012; (11): 1485-7
- Sex differences in clinical presentation and treatment outcomes in Moyamoya disease. Neurosurgery. 2012; (3): 587-93; discussion 593
- Timing of intra-arterial neural stem cell transplantation after hypoxia-ischemia influences cell engraftment, survival, and differentiation. Stroke. 2012; (6): 1624-31
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