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Alfio Piva Rodríguez

Alfio Piva Rodríguez

Neurological SurgerySpine surgery

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  • MED4276 · Physicians and Surgeons College of Costa Rica
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  • Hospital Clínica Bíblica., Consultorio Dr. Alfio Piva Rodríguez
    Hospital, San José, San José, Costa Rica
    Calle Central Alfredo Volio (Calle 0). Entre avenidas 14 y 16; Building Torre Médica Omega. Floor 2. Office 7.
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About me

Dr. Alfio Piva is a professor of Medicine and Surgery at the University of Costa Rica and proudly highlights its academic relationship with the system of graduate and medical residency at the University of Costa Rica; an institution that has been the governing body for years in the academic development of medicine in Costa Rica.
Dr. Piva is a prominent neurosurgeon with an active surgical practice in surgery of the brain and spine, who has also completed formal training in Ophthalmology. This last is dedicated exclusively to the treatment of diseases of the eyelids, the orbit and neuro-ophthalmology.
In Neurosurgery Dr. Piva devotes special attention to the treatment of spine disease, brain and pituitary tumors. Dr. Piva has one of the most successful private practices in neurosurgery, offering the most advanced treatment techniques for disorders of the spine and brain.
He studied his graduate degree in the United States at the University of Southern California, and his years of study abroad not only provided invaluable academic contacts that have endured through the years, but also great friendships with teachers and colleagues who still admire his dedication to the meticulous care of his patients and passion for academics, and good medical practice.
Objective: The welfare and patient education. Effective and timely diagnosis and treatment strategy according not only to the patient's disease but their quality of life.

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My studies

Orbital Surgery. University of Southern California - School of Medicine, Los Angeles. December 2004
Ophthalmology. Universidad de Costa Rica - Facultad de Medicina. December 2002
Specialty in Neurosurgery (Spine and Brain Surgery). Universidad de Costa Rica - Facultad de Medicina. December 1999
Doctor and Surgery. Universidad de Costa Rica - Facultad de Medicina. May 1993

My courses

State of the Art Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery. Ohio State University Ohio May29-31. 2014.
Current Techniques In Minimal Access Spine Surgery. April 28 y 29 Celebration Florida 2014.
7th Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery: Hands-on Symposium. Weill Cornell University New York, NY December 2013.
Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, North America Spine Society hands-on cadaveric course training October 2013.
Midas Rex Institute. Microsurgical Approaches to the Brain, Ventricles and Skull Base. Dallas, Tx 2011
Advanced Skull Base Microanatomy & Hands-on Dissection Workshop under Professor Takanoki Fukushima Palm Beach Gardens Florida, May 2010.
Advanced Skull Base Microanatomy & Hands-on Dissection Workshop under Professor Takanoki Fukushima Palm Beach Gardens Florida, May 2009.
Advanced Skull Base Microanatomy & Hands-on Dissection Workshop under Professor Takanoki Fukushima Palm Beach Gardens Florida, May 2008.
Minimally Invasive Endoscopic Surgery of the Cranial Base and Pituitary Fossa Course. University of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, under Doctor Amin Kassam et al, September 2007.
Vertebroplasty hands-on review course. American Associa-tion Neurological Surgeons. San Francisco CA. April 2006.
Minimally invasive techniques in spinal surgery. Saint Louis University. Saint Louis MO. February 2006.
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I treat these patients:

Adult
Elderly

I treat these medical conditions:

Aneurysm
Arteriovenous malformations
Artificial disc
Brain tumor
Cervical spondylotic myelopathy
Craniocervical junction abnormalities
Degenerative disc disease (DDD)
Herniated lumbar disc
Hydrocephealus (water on the brain)
Ischemic cerebrovascular disease
Lumbar spinal stenosis (narrow channel)
Neck pain, shoulder and hips
Pituitary gland disease
Sciatic nerve pain
Spina bifida
Spinal column tumor
Spinal cord injury
Tethered spinal cord
Trauma and skull fracture
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I am affiliated with:

Costa Rican Association of Ophthalmology
American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Congress of Neurological Surgeons
European Society Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Latin American Club of NeuroOphthalmology (CLAN)
Panamerican Oculoplastic Association
Ibero-American Association Oculoplastic Surgery
Costa Rican Association of Neuroscience
North American Spine Society
Costa Rican Association of Neurosurgery
Walter E. Dandy Neurosurgical Society
North America Skull Base Society
American Academy of Ophthalmology
North American Neuro-ophthalmology Society
European Society Oculoplastic and Orbit Surgery
Panamerican Association Ophthalmology

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