If you have a medical question, please call the office at 215-657-5886 to see Dr. Barrer, Chief, Division of Neurosurgery & Director, Neurosciences Institute, Abington Memorial Hospital Barrer, M.D., renowned neurosurgeon in Pennsylvania is certified by the American Board of Neurosurgery. My practice focuses on neurosurgery and offers a full range of surgery of the nervous system, including surgery of the spine, brain, and peripheral nerves, for all age groups. I have subspecialty and research experience in spine surgery, vascular brain surgery, brain tumors, stereotactic brain surgery, and carpal tunnel syndrome. Additional his area of practice and research interest includes carotid endarterectomy, brain tumors, pediatric neurosurgery, carpal tunnel, lumbar spinal stenosis, aneurysms, spinal fusion, and vertebroplasty. Neurosurgeon Dr. Barrer has not only served patients in the Montgomery, Bucks and Philadelphia counties, as well as some Berks, but patients around Pennsylvania. Dr. Barrer has participated in multiple presentations and lectures throughout the country on neurology. He is highly recognized by his peers for the numerous book he authored including his research on Percutaneous Lumbar Disc Decompression Using the Nd: YAG Laser and Cerebral Ischemia. As a Neurology specialist, Dr. Barrer is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and The American Cancer Society. He is also a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, American College of Surgeons, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, AANS Joint Section on Pediatric Neurological Surgery,
Montgomery County Medical Society, and Brain Attack Coalition. Background:
Hahnemann Medical College
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
(M.D., 1972 – 1976)
University of Chicago Hospital and Clinics
Chicago, Illinois
(Surgical Internship, 1976 – 1977)
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
(Residency, Neurosurgical, 1977 – 1982)
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
(Fellowship, Pediatric Neurosurgery, 1980 – 1981)
Abington Memorial Hospital
(Assistant Surgeon, 1986 – 1990)
Abington Memorial Hospital
(Associate Surgeon, 1990 – 1998)
Abington Memorial Hospital
(Senior Surgeon, 1998 – Present)
Abington Memorial Hospital
(Chief, Division of Neurosurgery, 2000 – Present)
(Director, Neurosciences Institute, 2009-Present)
