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Dan S. Heffez, MD, FRCS

Professor

Location

  • Tosa Health Center
  • 1155 North Mayfair Road
  • Wauwatosa, WI 53226

Specialties

  • Neurosurgery

SpineCare

My goal is to improve my patient's quality of life and put my patient’s needs above every other consideration. I try to understand the patient experience based on how the nervous system works and arrange for the most appropriate and effective treatment, both surgical and non-surgical.

Overview

Diseases and Conditions

  • Brain Aneurysm
  • Brain Tumors
  • Disc Herniations
  • Hydrocephalus
  • Peripheral Nerve Disorders
  • Cervical Myelopathy
  • Myelopathy
  • Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM), Brain
  • Chiari Malformation
  • Cervical Spinal Stenosis
  • Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
  • Tethered Spinal Cord Syndrome
  • Peripheral Nerve Entrapments

Treatments and Services

  • Spine Surgery
  • Peripheral Nerve Surgery
  • Spinal Fusion
  • Aneurysm Clipping
  • Spine Decompression
  • Chiari Decompression
  • Spine Discectomy
  • Brain and Spinal Cord Tumor Resection
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Shunts
  • Adult Tethered Cord Surgery
  • Virtual Visit

Patients Ages Seen

  • Adult
  • Senior

Languages

  • English
  • French
  • Italian

Hospital Affiliations

  • Froedtert Hospital – Milwaukee
  • Froedtert Menomonee Falls Hospital – Menomonee Falls

Board Certifications

  • Neurosurgery

Clinic Locations

map of clinics' locations

Biography

Dr. Heffez has authored these articles on Chiari.

 - explores whether or not there is a relationship between the extent of tonsillar ectopia and the severity of the clinical

 - examines the relationship between the extent of tonsillar ectopia and the findings and outcomes following.

Education and Training

Doctor of Medicine, Master of Surgery - McGill University - Montreal, Quebec (1979)
Residency in Neurosurgery - Johns Hopkins University - Baltimore, MD (1980-1983)
Fogarty Research Fellow, Laboratory of Neurochemistry - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke - Bethesda, MD (1983-1985)
Chief Resident, Department of Neurosurgery - Hospital for Sick Children - Toronto (1985)
Chief Resident, Department of Neurosurgery - Johns Hopkins University Hospital - Baltimore, MD (1985-1986)