Stamford Health Medical Group Member
Andrea F. Douglas, MD FAANS FACS
Chief of Neurosurgery, Co-Director of Neurosciences, Co-Director of the HSS Spine Center with Stamford Health
Stamford Health Medical Group Member
Stamford Health Medical Group
Main: (203) 661-3333
Fax: (203) 661-5610
About Me
Dr. Douglas began her career as an assistant professor of neurosurgery in 2006 at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C. In 2009, she moved to Fairfield County and became a partner in Greenwich Neurosurgery and developed the Connecticut Spine Institute, now Stamford Health Medical Group.
As a board-certified neurosurgeon with a generalized cranial and spinal neurosurgical practice, Dr. Doug specializes in minimally-invasive spinal decompression and fusion techniques for degenerative, scoliotic, traumatic, and neoplastic spinal disorders of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine. She has been on staff at Stamford Hospital since 2009 and was named chief of the division of neurosurgery in 2014. Dr. Douglas has additional physician executive responsibilities as co-director of neurosciences and co-director of the HSS Spine Center with Stamford Health. In 2010, she was also appointed clinical assistant professor of neurosurgery at the NYU-Langone Medical Center, where she completed her neurosurgical training.
Dr. Douglas began her research career with the Policy Action Committee of the World Health Organization while a medical student, and participates in clinical research in spine surgery, collaborating with many regional and national spine surgeons on cost-effectiveness research. She has won numerous awards for scholarship and her clinical research.
Her personal hobbies include gardening, beekeeping, and photography.
Languages
English
Spanish
Specialties
Neurosurgery
Spine Surgery
special interests
Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery , Spinal Tumors , Degenerative Cervical & Lumbar Spine Disorders , Surgery for Spinal Trauma , Brain Tumors , Carotid Stenosis , Carpal Tunnel Syndrome , Chiari Malformation , Degenerative Disc Disease , Degenerative Scoliosis , Herniated Discs , Hydrocephalus , Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery , Spinal Stenosis , Trigeminal Neuralgia
Credentials
Education & Training
Medical School
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Internship
New York University School of Medicine
Residency
New York University School of Medicine
Fellowship
New York University School of Medicine
Achievements
Published Work
Ghogawala Z, Shaffrey CI, Asher AL, Heary RF, Logvinenko T, Malhotra NR, Dante SJ, Hurlbert RJ, Douglas AF, et al. The efficacy of lumbar discectomy and single-levelfusion for spondylolisthesis: results from the NeuroPoint-SD registry: clinical article. J Neurosurg Spine. 2013 Nov;19(5):555-563.
Lee DW, Binning MJ, Shanmugam VK, Schmidt RH, Couldwell WT, Meyer M, Cupps T, Douglas A, McGrail K. Muslin-induced intracranial vasculopathic stenosis: a report of two cases. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2012 Jan;114(1):63-67.
Douglas AF, Christopher S, Amankulor N, et al. Carotid plaque length and parent vessel diameter significantly affect baseline ipsilateral intracranial blood flow. Neurosurgery. 2011 Oct;69(4):767-773.
Rushing EJ, Smith AB, Smirniotopoulos JG, Douglas AF, Zeng W, Azumi N. Occult leptomeningeal large cell medulloblastoma in an adult. Clin Neuropathol. 2009 May-Jun; 28(3):188-192.
Douglas AF, Cooper PR. Cervical corpectomy and strut grafting. Neurosurgery. 2007 Jan;60(1 Supp1 1):S137-S142. Lui YW
Law M, Jafar JJ, Douglas AF, Nelson PK. Perfusion and diffusion tensor imaging in a patient with locked-in syndrome after neurosurgical vascular bypass and endovascular embolization of a basilar artery aneurysm: a case report. Neurosurgery. 2006 Apr;58(4):E794; discussion E794.
Board Certifications
American Board of Neurological Surgery
Insurance Accepted
The below is a list of all insurance plans generally accepted by Stamford Health Medical Group. Please be sure to confirm insurance coverage and the provider's participation with your specific plan before scheduling your appointment.
Aetna Health Plans - *Including Medicare; excluding Aetna Premier Network
Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield - *Including Mediblue, CT Health Exchange Plans and a limited number of Empire BCBS plans; excluding BlueCare Prime
CarePartners of Connecticut
CHN PPO
Cigna/Great West
Connecticare - *Including Medicare, Compass and CT Health Exchange Plans; excluding Individual Value Plan
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