Biography

Philip L. Gildenberg, MD, PhD

Dr. Gildenberg simultaneously earned an MD degree and MS in Experimental Neurology from Temple Medical School in 1959, with Prof. Ernest Spiegel serving as his sponsor for the latter program.  He returned to Temple for a combined MD-PhD program, and completed his residency in neurosurgery in 1967.  On Prof. Spiegel’s retirement, he completed his laboratory work with Prof. Rolf Hassler at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research in Frankfurt, Germany, in 1968 for a Ph.D. degree in Neurophysiology, which was awarded by Temple Medical School in 1970. 

From 1968 to 1972, Dr. Gildenberg was on the staff at the Cleveland Clinic, and from 1972-1975 he was chief of neurosurgery at the newly opened University of Arizona Medical School in Tucson, Arizona.  In 1975, he moved to the University of Texas Medical School at Houston, where he remained Professor and Chief of Neurosurgery until 1983.  Even after going into private practice from1983-2001, he maintained his academic affiliation first with the University of Texas Medical School and then with Baylor Medical College.

Dr. Gildenberg’s professional activities have emphasized stereotactic surgery, including movement disorder surgery with the classical method of lesioning and pain management with implanted deep brain stimulators.  He led a team in stereotactic transplantation of adrenal medullary tissue.  He was the co-developer of lower cervical percutaneous cordotomy and limited myelotomy for cancer pain.

He was editor of the journal Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery and co-editor of the two editions of the Textbook of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, and wrote a book on the Chronic Pain Patient with Richard DeVaul.

Dr. Gildenberg has been and officer of both the American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery and The World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery since 1972.  In 1997, the WSSFN awarded its highest honor, the Spiegel/Wycis Medal, to Dr. Gildenberg for his many achievements in the field. The American Society named the residents’ award the Gildenberg Prize in 2007, and in 2009 Baylor Medical School initiated the annual Gildenberg Lectureship.

Dr. Gildenberg has written over 175 papers and book chapters, edited the proceedings of over 30 meetings, and holds eight patents in the field of stereotactic surgery.  The Second Edition of his landmark “Textbook of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery” was released in September, 2009.

Dr, Gildenberg is presently the Coordinator of the Texas Comparative Neuro-Oncology Program.

Curriculum Vitae

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Houston, Texas 77030

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Faculty Biography

• Philip L. Gildenberg, MD, PhD
  Adjunct Faculty
  Pediatric Neurosurgery
• Department of Pediatric Surgery
  
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  Houston, TX 77005
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• Email: hsc@stereotactic.net