
Dan S Heffez MD
Professor of neurosurgery Medical College of Wisconsin
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8701 W Watertown Plank Rd4th floor hubMilwaukee, WI 53226
Phone+1 414-955-0950
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Education & Training
Johns Hopkins UniversityResidency, Neurological Surgery, 1980 - 1985
NIH Clinical CenterFellowship, 1983 - 1984
McGill University Faculty of MedicineClass of 1979
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 2004 - Present
IL State Medical License 1990 - 2026
WI State Medical License 2004 - 2025
FL State Medical License 2017 - 2019
MD State Medical License 1983 - 2008
MI State Medical License 1995 - 2005
American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014
- Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2011
- Fellow (FAANS) American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Is There a Correlation between the position of conus medullaris and the clinical presentation and surgical outcomes in primary tethered cord Syndrome?Ahmed J Awad, Jessica Zhou, Pranjal Srivastava, Carisa L Bergner, Lisa Haney
Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. 2025-09-17 - 10 citationsOperative findings and surgical outcomes in patients undergoing Chiari 1 malformation decompression: relationship to the extent of tonsillar ectopiaDan S. Heffez, Ramin Golchini, J. K. Ghorai, Bernard A. Cohen
Acta Neurochirurgica. 2020-07-01 - 17 citationsIs there a relationship between the extent of tonsillar ectopia and the severity of the clinical Chiari syndromeDan S. Heffez, John Broderick, Michael Connor, Michael Mitchell, JoAnna Galezowska
Acta Neurochirurgica. 2020-07-01
Professional Memberships
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- Fellow
Other Languages
- French, Italian, Hebrew, Spanish
External Links
- Wisconsin Chiari Centerhttp://wichiaricenter.org
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