F. David Barranco, MD

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F. David Barranco, MD, received his bachelor of arts degree with honors from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts. He received his doctorate of medicine with highest honors from the University of Southern California School of Medicine in Los Angeles. Afterward, he completed both a general surgery internship and neurosurgical residency at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, where he also served as a research fellow. Before joining Barrow Neurological Institute at Dignity Health St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, Dr. Barranco was chief of neurosurgery and chairman of the neurosciences division at Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center (now called Banner University Medical Center) in Phoenix. Dr. Barranco has practiced neurosurgery in Phoenix since 1989. Dr. Barranco’s clinical areas of surgical expertise include brain and spinal tumors; spinal surgery including herniated cervical, thoracic, and lumbar disks; pituitary tumors; and peripheral nerve procedures. Dr. Barranco uses microsurgical and stereotactic techniques in his general neurosurgical practice. Dr. Barranco trained in Cyberknife radiosurgery at the University of Southern California and received Gamma Knife radiosurgery training at the University of Pittsburgh. He is certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery.