Our Physician
Dr. Robert P. Feldman
Dr. Feldman specializes in surgery of the brain, spine and peripheral nerves and has been actively involved in using the latest technologies and techniques in minimally invasive spine and brain surgery.
Certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgeons, Dr. Feldman is the Director and Founder of the Florida Institute of Neuroscience. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Dr. Feldman has trained in some of the top ranked institutions in the United States for his Undergraduate and Medical Degrees as well as his Neurosurgical specialty training. Dr. Feldman is a member of both the American Association of Neurological Surgeons as well as the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. He has published multiple peer reviewed articles in internationally recognized scientific journals as well as given numerous invited lectures on a variety of neurosurgical topics.
After finishing his specialty training at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City, Dr. Feldman chose to practice in the Fort Walton Beach, Florida area and has been building a reputation of compassionate care and superior surgical results for the last ten years. After helping Fort Walton Beach Medical Center attain the Healthgrades ranking of #1 Spine Surgery Center in the state of Florida three years in a row (and top 5% in the nation), it was Dr. Feldman’s desire to build on that success and create the number one choice for neurological care in our area by founding the Florida Institute of Neuroscience.
Current Position
Director, Florida Institute of Neuroscience
Education:
- Undergraduate: Pennsylvania State University: State College, PA University Scholars program with Honors and Distinction: Molecular and Cellular Biology Phi Beta Kappa
- Medical Doctorate: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine: Pittsburgh, PA
- General Surgery Internship: Albert Einstein College of Medicine: NewYork, NY
- Neurosurgical Residency: Albert Einstein College of Medicine: New York, NY
Board Certifications: American Board of Neurological Surgery: 2004
Publications
- Feldman R, et. al. Contemporary Psychosurgery and a Look into the Future. Journal of Neurosurgery 95:944-956, 2001.
- Feldman R, et. al. Psychosurgery: A Historical Review.
Neurosurgery 48:647-649, 2001. - Feldman R, et. al. Intracranial Lipoma of the Sylvian Fissure: Case Report. Journal of Neurosurgery 94:515-519, 2001.
- Feldman R. The Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus. Child’s Nervous System 15:281-284, 1999.
- Feldman R, et. al. Foreign body granuloma mimicking intracranial meningioma. A case report and review of the literature. Neurosurgery 44:855-858, 1999.
- Meirkrants W, Feldman R, et. al. Isolation of mitotic p34cdc2 apoenzyme from human cells. Federation of European Biomedical Societies (FEBS) Letters 291:192-194, 1991.
- Feldman, R. Pathology: NBME Part I Board Review(Cardiac and Vascular chapters), Stanley H. Kaplan Educational Center, 1993.
- Feldman, R. The Cardiovascular System: NBME Part I Board Review (prototype organ system-based review book), Stanley H. Kaplan Educational Center: 1996.
Invited Lectures
- Cervical Degenerative Disc Disease. American Physical Therapy Assoc. SE Conference: Invited Lecturer, 2/08.
- Historical Perspectives on Psychosurgery. Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Department of Neurological Surgery: Grand Rounds, 10/00.
- Patient Satisfaction After Anterior Cervical Discectomy Without Fusion. New York Society for Neurosurgery Annual Residents Night, 4/00.
- Contemporary Psychosurgery. Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Department of Neurological Surgery: Grand Rounds, 3/00.
- CSF Physiology and Fistula. New York Academy of Medicine, Maxwell Abramson Otolaryngology Lecture, 5/99.
- The History of Doctor’s Hospital. Beth Israel Medical Center, Department of Neurological Surgery: Grand Rounds, 12/98.
- Adult Cervical Spine Trauma: Diagnosis and Treatment. Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Department of Neurological Surgery: Grand Rounds, 8/98.
- Temporal Lobectomy for Intractable Seizures. Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Department of Neurological Surgery: Grand Rounds, 6/97.
