Philip A. Yazbak, MD, FACS
Neurosurgeon

 "The most satisfying part of my job is having the ability to return critically ill people to a normal life.  There's no better feeling."

Clinical Expertise and Special Interests
Dr. Yazbak is a neurosurgeon who focuses on the surgical treatment of illnesses involving the brain, spine and peripheral nerves.  He has extensive surgical and nonsurgical training and experience treating brain and spinal cord tumors, brain aneurysm and vascular malformations, brain and spinal trauma, stroke and degenerative problems of the spine.  Dr. Yazbak has a special interest in brain tumors and aneurysms as well as surgical repair of the cervical spine.

Educational Foundation
Building on Excellence 

Neurosurgery Residency
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, New Hampshire, 1990 - 1995

Pediatric Neurosurgery Rotation
Children's Hospital of Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California 1992

Neurology Rotation
Rhode Island Hospital
Providence, Rhode Island 1992

Surgical Internship
Dartmouth - Hitchcock Medical Center
Hanover, New Hampshire  1989 - 1990

Doctor of Medicine
Dartmouth Medical Center
Hanover, New Hampshire 1989

Bachelor of Arts
Dartmouth College
Hanover, New Hampshire 1985

Recognition of Achievement
Exceeding our Patients' Expectations

Board Certifications
American Board of Neurological Surgery 1999
National Board of Medical Examiners, Parts I, II, III

Affiliations
Fellow, American College of Surgeons
Congress of Neurological Surgeons
American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Wisconsin Neurological Society

Awards
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, 1994
Cum Laude, Dartmouth College, 1985