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Dr. Harold J. Colbassani is a Diplomat of the American Board of Neurological Surgeons. He is an honors graduate of Georgetown Medical School in Washington, DC, and he did his Neurological Surgery residency at Emory University Affiliated Hospitals of Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Colbassani has been in this area since 1992 and is on staff at the Mease Hospitals in Dunedin and Countryside.
APPOINTMENTS:
1998-Present — Section Chief of Neurosurgery, Mease Hospitals
2005-Present — Co-Director, Neurosciences Institute, Morton Plant Mease Hospitals
APPOINTMENTS:
1998-Present — Section Chief of Neurosurgery, Mease Hospitals
2005-Present — Co-Director, Neurosciences Institute, Morton Plant Mease Hospitals
PERSONAL:
Date of birth: February 11, 1956 • Place of birth: Waterbury, CT
Citizenship: USA • Marital Status: Married • Health: Excellent
EDUCATION:
Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT, BS Biology 1974-1978
Georgetown University, Washington, DC, MD Medicine 1978-1982
HONORS:
Alpha Epsilon Delta, Fairfield University, 1976
Cum Laude, Fairfield University, 1978
Alpha Omega Alpha, Georgetown University, 1982
Cum Laude, Georgetown University, 1982
Upjohn Achievement Award for Outstanding Research & Scholarship, Georgetown University, 1982
Surgery Award for Highest Academic Performance, Georgetown University, 1982
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING:
Internship: General Surgery, Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, GA, 1982-1983
Residency: Neurological Surgery, Emory University Affiliated Hospitals, Atlanta, GA, 1983-1987
Chief Residency: Neurological Surgery, Emory University Affiliated Hospitals, Atlanta, GA, 1987-1988
BOARD CERTIFICATION:
Board Certified, American Board of Neurological Surgery, November 1991
MEDICAL LICENSURE:
State of Florida: ME58082
SPECIAL STUDIES:
Lumbar Spine Stabilization - Hands On, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 1992
Review & Update in Neurobiology for Neurosurgeons, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, 1986
Neuropathology Course, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Bethesda, MD, 1985
PROFESSIONAL/ACADEMIC POSITIONS:
Chief of Surgery, Helen Ellis Memorial Hospital, Tarpon Springs, FL, 1995-1997
Assistant Chief, Department of Neurosurgery, Naval Hospital, Oakland, CA, 1991-1992
Chief, Neurosurgery, USNS Mercy, Operations Desert Shield/Storm, 1990-1991
Assistant Chief, Division of Neurosurgery, Letterman Army Medical Center, Presidio of San Francisco, CA, 1988-1990
Collaborative Scientist, Division of Neurobiology, Yerkes Regional Primate Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 1987-1988
MEDICAL SOCIETIES:
Member, American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Pinellas County Medical Society
American Medical Association
Florida Medical Association
PUBLICATIONS:
Date of birth: February 11, 1956 • Place of birth: Waterbury, CT
Citizenship: USA • Marital Status: Married • Health: Excellent
EDUCATION:
Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT, BS Biology 1974-1978
Georgetown University, Washington, DC, MD Medicine 1978-1982
HONORS:
Alpha Epsilon Delta, Fairfield University, 1976
Cum Laude, Fairfield University, 1978
Alpha Omega Alpha, Georgetown University, 1982
Cum Laude, Georgetown University, 1982
Upjohn Achievement Award for Outstanding Research & Scholarship, Georgetown University, 1982
Surgery Award for Highest Academic Performance, Georgetown University, 1982
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING:
Internship: General Surgery, Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, GA, 1982-1983
Residency: Neurological Surgery, Emory University Affiliated Hospitals, Atlanta, GA, 1983-1987
Chief Residency: Neurological Surgery, Emory University Affiliated Hospitals, Atlanta, GA, 1987-1988
BOARD CERTIFICATION:
Board Certified, American Board of Neurological Surgery, November 1991
MEDICAL LICENSURE:
State of Florida: ME58082
SPECIAL STUDIES:
Lumbar Spine Stabilization - Hands On, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 1992
Review & Update in Neurobiology for Neurosurgeons, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, 1986
Neuropathology Course, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Bethesda, MD, 1985
PROFESSIONAL/ACADEMIC POSITIONS:
Chief of Surgery, Helen Ellis Memorial Hospital, Tarpon Springs, FL, 1995-1997
Assistant Chief, Department of Neurosurgery, Naval Hospital, Oakland, CA, 1991-1992
Chief, Neurosurgery, USNS Mercy, Operations Desert Shield/Storm, 1990-1991
Assistant Chief, Division of Neurosurgery, Letterman Army Medical Center, Presidio of San Francisco, CA, 1988-1990
Collaborative Scientist, Division of Neurobiology, Yerkes Regional Primate Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 1987-1988
MEDICAL SOCIETIES:
Member, American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Pinellas County Medical Society
American Medical Association
Florida Medical Association
PUBLICATIONS:
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Colbassani, HJ, Feller, WF, Cigtay, O: Mammographic and pathologic correlation of microcalcification in disease of the breast. Surg Gynecol Obstet 155:689-696, 1982.
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Colbassani, HJ, Tindall,GT, Tindall, SC: Evaluation and treatment of hemifacial spasm. J Med Assoc Georgia 74:576-581, 1986.
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Colbassani, HJ, Wood, JH: Management of spasmodic torticollis. Surg Neurol 25:153-158, 1986.
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Colbassani, HJ, Tindall, SC: Hermifacial spasm, in Tindall, GT (ed) Contemporary Neurosurgery 8:1-6, 1987.
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Colbassani, HJ, Barrow, DL: Fluid and electrolyte disorders, in Tindall, GT (ed) Contemporary Neurosurgery 8:1-6, 1987.
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Colbassani, HJ, Barrow, DL: Intracranial aneurysms, in Lubin, MF, Walker, HK, Smith, RB (eds) Medical Management of the Surgical Patient, Second Edition, Woburn, MA, Butterworth Publishers, 1988.
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Colbassani, HJ, Nishio, S, Bakay, RAE, Sweeney, KM, Takei, Y: CT-assisted stereotactic biopsy of brain lesions: Value of intraoperative frozen section diagnosis. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 51:332-341, 1988.
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Colbassani, HJ, Barrow, DL, Sweeney, KM, Bakay, RAE, Check, IJ, Hunter, RL: Modification of acute focal ischemia by poloxamer 188. Stroke 20:1241-1246, 1989.
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Bakay, RAE, Fiandaca, MS, Sweeney, KM, Colbassani, HJ, Collins, DC: Delayed stereotactic transplantation technique in non-human primates. Progress in Brain Research, 1990.
