John F. Morrison, MD, FAANS Neurosurgeon in New York
About Dr. John F. Morrison
New York neurosurgeon Dr. John F. Morrison is board certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery, with a practice built on neurotrauma, cerebrovascular surgery, functional neurosurgery, spinal cord injury, and brain and spinal tumors.
Training. He earned his medical degree and a master’s in biomedical science at Creighton, trained in neurosurgery at Brown and then the University at Buffalo as Chief Resident, and has since completed the Surgical Leadership Program at Harvard Medical School.
Conservative first. The plan aims to avoid surgery where possible. When an operation is necessary he performs it himself and follows it with the aftercare. Education, expertise, integrity, empathy and respectful compassion are what his practice runs on.
A five-generation legacy. His great-grandfather, the general surgeon O.C. Morrison, opened the first Morrison Clinic in Iowa in the early 1900s, and many Morrisons since have become surgeons.
At NeuroOrthoNYC in New York he works alongside orthopedic spine surgeons, so neurosurgical and orthopedic perspectives review your case together before any plan is settled.
See his training and credentials
Board-certified neurosurgeon specializing in neurotrauma, cerebrovascular, and complex brain and spine care
Dr. Morrison's training, board certification, and academic record
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Specialty
Neurosurgery. Sub-specialty focus on neurotrauma, cerebrovascular surgery, functional neurosurgery, spinal cord injury, and brain and spinal tumors.
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Board certification
American Board of Neurological Surgery (2022).
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Leadership training
Surgical Leadership Program, Harvard Medical School (2023).
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Residency
Neurosurgery, Brown University, 2011 to 2016. Neurosurgery, University at Buffalo, 2016 to 2018, as Chief Resident.
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Fellowship
Clinical Fellow in Neurosurgery, Lahey Clinic, Burlington, Massachusetts, 2009 to 2010.
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Medical school
Creighton University, Omaha, MD 2009, with an MS in biomedical science in 2005.
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Current roles
Chief of Neurosurgery, Florida OrthoCare, since 2022, with an academic appointment at Nova Southeastern University.
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Memberships
Congress of Neurological Surgeons and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, both since 2011. American College of Surgeons since 2006.
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Research
More than 20 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on neurotrauma, cerebrovascular surgery and brain tissue oxygenation monitoring, with interests in brain oxygenation, computational modeling in critical care and implantable neural devices.
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In practice
8 years, practising since 2018.
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Languages
English.
What makes Dr. Morrison's background distinctive
- Chief Resident in neurosurgery at the University at Buffalo, and a Top Gun Award for ventriculostomy from the American Association of Neurological Surgeons in 2015
- Gold Humanism Honor Society, 2016
- Formerly a neurotrauma consultant for the NFL
- Performs the Discseel procedure, a fibrin-based biologic sealant for damaged spinal discs, alongside image-guided, navigated and robotic-assisted surgery
- Research spanning brain oxygenation, computational modeling in critical care and implantable neural devices, with more than 20 peer-reviewed articles and contributions to leading textbooks
What conditions does Dr. Morrison treat, and what procedures does he perform?
Conservative care first wherever it can work. When an operation is the right answer, he performs it himself and follows it with the aftercare.
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