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Dean Karahalios, M.D.

  1. Neurosurgeon
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  1. Phoenix, Arizona

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English

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Dean Karahalios, M.D. is a neurosurgeon specializing in complex spinal surgery with more than two decades of experience as a clinician, educator, researcher, and physician leader. Throughout his career, he has been dedicated to advancing neurosurgical care, academic medicine, and multidisciplinary neurosciences programs.

A graduate of Northwestern University, Dr. Karahalios earned bachelor's, master's, and medical degrees before completing a neurosurgical residency and fellowship in spinal surgery at Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona. He is board certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery.

His clinical interests include complex spinal procedures, minimally invasive spinal surgery, spinal endoscopy, spinal oncology, and peripheral nerve surgery. His current research focuses on image-guided navigation and robotics, predictive analytics and outcomes, and the use of emerging imaging modalities in the diagnosis and treatment of isolated mechanical back pain.

  1. Basilar skull invagination
  2. Discogenic back pain
  3. Herniated disk
  4. Spinal cord metastasis
  5. Spinal cord tumor
  6. Spinal fracture
  7. Spinal pain
  8. Spinal stenosis
  9. Spinal tumor
  10. Spondylolisthesis
  11. Spondylolysis
  12. Synovial cyst
  1. Chiari malformation surgery
  2. Cranioplasty
  3. Craniotomy
  4. Endoscopic spine surgery
  5. Minimally invasive surgery
  6. Peripheral nerve graft
  7. Peripheral nerve tumor surgery
  8. Robotic spine surgery
  9. Shunt placement
  10. Spinal care
  11. Spinal fusion
  12. Spinal injection
  13. Spinal stabilization surgery
  14. Spinal tumor ablation
  15. Stereotactic needle biopsy
  16. Stereotactic radiosurgery
  • Degenerative spinal conditions in the neck and back (stenosis, disc herniation, spondylolisthesis, spondylolysis)
  • Minimally invasive outpatient spine surgery
  • Complex spinal reconstruction including both instrumented fusions and motion sparing technologies
  • Primary and metastatic spine tumors
  • Minimally invasive and endoscopic spine surgery
  • Image-guided and robotic spinal surgery
  • Diagnosis and treatment of neck and back pain
  • Spine fracture treatment
  • Treatment of degenerative and rheumatologic spinal instability
  • Peripheral nerve surgery for entrapment and tumors
  • Endoscopic carpal tunnel release
  • Chiari I decompression

Certifications

  1. 2003
    Neurological SurgeryAmerican Board of Neurological Surgery