Background
Decker, Robert E. was born on July 2, 1937 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Robert E. Decker
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AB, Temple University, 1959; Doctor of Medicine, Temple University, 1963.
Career
Intern surgical service, Jewish Hospital Brooklyn, 1963-1964;
resident surgical service, Brookdale Hospital, New York City, 1964-1965;
resident neurosurgery service, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City, 1965-1969;
research fellow in neurophysiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City, 1968-1969;
instructor neurosurgery, Mount Sinai School Medicine, New York City, 1969-1970;
assistant clinical professor neurosurgery, Mount Sinai School Medicine, New York City, 1971-1976;
instructor neurosurgery, Cornell Medical College, New York City, since 1972;
associate professor clinical neurosurgery, State University of New York-Stony Brook School Medicine, 1975-1989;
associate clinical professor department neurosurgery, Albert Einstein College Medicine, Bronx, New York
chief neurosurgery service, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, New York
private practice neurosurgery, New Hyde Park. Visiting fellow in neurosurgery Zurich, Switzerland, 1969. Attending in charge division neurological surgery Long Island Jewish Medical Center.
Attending surgeon devision neurological surgery North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York. Senior consultant division neurological surgery Nassau County Medical Center, East Meadow, New York. Attending surgeon Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, New York, 1982-1985, consultant staff, since 1985, past chief.
Achievements
Membership
Captain United States Army Reserve Medical Detroit, 1954-1970. Fellow American College of Surgeons. Member American Medical Association, American Association Neurological Surgeons (Harvey Cushing Society, section on cerebrovascular surgery), Congress Neurological Surgeons, International Society Pituitary Surgeons, American Society for Stereotaxic and FunctionalNeurosurgery, New York Society Neurosurgeons, New York State Neurosurg.
Society, New York State Society Surgeons, Nassau County Medical Society, Nassau Surgical Society, Nassau Academy Medicine, Alpha Omega Alpha.
