Meet Dr. Aaron G. Filler, MD Ph.D. JD FRCS
Dr. Aaron Filler is a world-renowned neurosurgeon and leading expert in diagnosing traumatic brain injury.
He has revolutionized the diagnoses of traumatic brain injury by inventing several new technologies. One such technology, Diffusion Tension Imaging (DTI) (U.S. Patent – 5,560,360) can accurately detect and document all the subtle injuries that interfere with the normal functioning of the operating circuits of the brain. DTI has been ruled admissible under Daubert and similar standards in numerous State and Federal Courts. No one can deny the validity of DTI for brain injury.
He is also the inventor of MR Neurography, which enables doctors to use an MRI scanner to examine nerves, previously a difficult-to-impossible tissue to visualize with MR imaging.
Dr. Filler’s research in axonal transport is leading to a whole new generation of advanced pain medications.
He has developed many new “minimal access” surgery methods that allow him to treat complex nerve problems with small outpatient surgeries. He has also pioneered the use of the Open MRI scanner to do surgeries and other therapies with the ultra-high precision and safety of magnetic resonance imaging.
At Dr. Filler’s Institute for Nerve Medicine in Santa Monica, California, the key to success remains a very traditional endeavor: listening to the patient and doing a thorough and expert neurological examination. Dr. Filler typically spends more than an hour with each new patient. The results of the initial examination are then strengthened and perfected with application of advanced technology available nowhere else in the world.
Dr. Aaron Filler combines three key components in his treatment of each patient:
- Compassionate personal attention
- Expert medical skills
- The best technology in the world
He combines these components to turn insoluble pain problems into specific treatable diagnoses. Prior to coming to the Institute for Nerve Medicine, many of Dr. Filler’s patients have seen a dozen doctors (or more), experienced failed surgeries, and have even had their very pain questioned. Time and again, Dr. Filler demonstrates that in many of these cases the problem is the doctor and not the patient. A cure is in reach when the best available medical care is brought to bear.
Dr. Aaron G. Filler has been deposed hundreds of times, has testified in scores of trials throughout the US, and has never been excluded as an expert. Dr. Filler has an MD from the University of Chicago, a Ph.D. from Harvard University, and is also a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in England. His medical training included four years of medical school, eight years of neurosurgical training at one of the leading neurosurgery programs in the US, an additional one-year fellowship in neuroimaging at the University of London, another year of training in complex spinal surgery at UCLA and a fellowship in peripheral nerve surgery with Dr. David Kline in New Orleans.
He is the inventor of ten major patents, has published more than twenty prominent scientific publications, and has done more than a hundred presentations at scientific and medical meetings. He is also the author of Do You Really Need Back Surgery? from Oxford University Press, a well-received 300-page book for the general public. He enjoys medical staff privileges at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
To schedule an appointment with Dr. Filler, please call 1-888-900-1TBI or email refer@tbi.clinic.