Peter C. Gerszten
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, University of Pittsburgh, UPMC Health System
Papers
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Total Citations
896
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About
Peter C. Gerszten is a pioneering neurosurgeon and radiation oncologist whose career has fundamentally advanced the field of spinal radiosurgery. His research has focused on developing and refining frameless stereotactic radiosurgery techniques for spinal lesions—both malignant and benign—at a time when such precision treatments were largely confined to intracranial targets. His landmark 2004 study documenting CyberKnife radiosurgery across 125 spinal cases, now cited over 230 times, helped establish the clinical credibility of this approach and opened the door for widespread adoption. Gerszten's body of work spans sacral tumors, benign spinal neoplasms, spinal metastases, and critical safety considerations such as radiation-induced myelopathy—a complication he helped characterize through a widely cited 2009 case series. His comparative analyses of stereotactic body radiation therapy versus conventional external beam radiotherapy have also shaped cost-effectiveness discussions in oncological care. By systematically demonstrating the feasibility, accuracy, and efficacy of image-guided spinal radiosurgery—accumulating hundreds of citations across a decade of foundational research—Gerszten has cemented his reputation as a defining voice in minimally invasive spinal tumor management.
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- 2DELAYED RADIATION-INDUCED MYELOPATHY AFTER SPINAL RADIOSURGERY175 citations · 2009
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- 9CyberKnife Radiosurgery for Spinal Neoplasms33 citations · 2007
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