Robert Breeze, MD

Professor, Neurosurgery


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Medical School
  • MD, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine (1981)
Undergraduate School
  • BS, University of California–Irvine (CA) (1977)
  • BA, University of California–Irvine (CA) (1977)
Internship
  • University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical Center Program (1982)
Residency
  • University of Southern California/California Hospital Medical Center (Los Angeles) Program, Neurological Surgery (1987)
Languages
English
Department
Neurosurgery

Professional Titles

  • Vice-Chair

Research Interests

I am interested in cerebral aneurysms, vascular malformations, carotid disease, skull base surgery, trigeminal neuralgia and stereotactic radiosurgery.

Publications

  • Robin TP, Camidge DR, Stuhr K, Nath SK, Breeze RE, Pacheco JM, Liu AK, Gaspar LE, Purcell WT, Doebele RC, Kavanagh BD, Rusthoven CG. Excellent Outcomes with Radiosurgery for Multiple Brain Metastases in ALK and EGFR Driven Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. J Thorac Oncol. 2017 Dec 19. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29269007
  • Sison V, Stackhouse T, Breeze R, Hall T, McKenzie P, Tartaglia N. Arteriovenous Malformation in a Youth with Atypical Autism Symptoms. J Child Dev Disord. 2017;3(1). PubMed PMID: 28989994
  • Carr SB, Imbarrato G, Breeze RE, Wilkinson CC. Clip ligation for ruptured intracranial aneurysm in a child with Loeys-Dietz syndrome: case report. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2018 Jan 19;:1-5. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29350591
  • Robin TP, Breeze RE, Smith DE, Rusthoven CG, Lewis KD, Gonzalez R, Brill A, Saiki R, Stuhr K, Gaspar LE, Karam SD, Raben D, Kavanagh BD, Nath SK, Liu AK. Immune checkpoint inhibitors and radiosurgery for newly diagnosed melanoma brain metastases. J Neurooncol. 2018 Oct;140(1):55-62. PubMed PMID: 29909499
  • Saiki R, Brill A, Breeze RE. Four-year Survival (and Counting) after Stereotactic Radiosurgery to Nearly 100 Brain Metastases: A Case Report. Cureus. 2018 Jan 23;10(1):e2103. PubMed PMID: 29581915
  • Carr SB, Imbarrato G, Breeze RE, Wilkinson CC. Clip ligation for ruptured intracranial aneurysm in a child with Loeys-Dietz syndrome: case report. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2018 Apr;21(4):375-379. PubMed PMID: 29350591
  • Robin TP, Camidge DR, Stuhr K, Nath SK, Breeze RE, Pacheco JM, Liu AK, Gaspar LE, Purcell WT, Doebele RC, Kavanagh BD, Rusthoven CG. Excellent Outcomes with Radiosurgery for Multiple Brain Metastases in ALK and EGFR Driven Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. J Thorac Oncol. 2018 May;13(5):715-720. PubMed PMID: 29269007
  • Breeze RE, Craig DB. Microvascular Decompression for Trigeminal Neuralgia: A Durable, Noncompressive Technique Using Teflon Secured With Mini Clip. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2019 May 1;16(5):580-582. PubMed PMID: 30982904
  • Greene PE, Fahn S, Eidelberg D, Bjugstad KB, Breeze RE, Freed CR. Persistent dyskinesias in patients with fetal tissue transplantation for Parkinson disease. NPJ Parkinsons Dis. 2021 Apr 23;7(1):38. PubMed PMID: 33893319
  • Time-Dosed Stereotactic Radiosurgery for the Treatment of Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations: An Early Institution Experience and Case Series A Sethi, K Chee, GP Chatain, B Wittenberg, J Seinfeld, S Milgrom, ... Neurosurgery Practice 4 (4), e00060

Professional Memberships

  • Denver County Medical Association, Member
  • Colorado Medical Association, Member
  • American Medical Association, Member
  • Colorado Neurosurgical Society, Member
  • Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Member
  • American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Member
  • Society of University Neurosurgeons, Member
  • American Society of Interventional and Therapeutic Neuroradiology, Member
  • Society of Neurological Surgeons, Member

Practice Locations

UCHealth Neurosciences Center - Anschutz Medical Campus
1635 Aurora Ct
4th Floor
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-2080

Rocky Mountain Gamma Knife Center - Anschutz Medical Campus
1635 Aurora Ct
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-1290

Hospital Affiliation
  • Denver Health Medical Center
  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center
  • University of Colorado Hospital

Specialty Information

Specialties
  • Neurological Surgery, Board Certification (1991)
Clinical Interests
My clinical areas of expertise are cerebral aneurysm surgery, surgery on other vascular lesions (arteriovenous malformations, A-V fistulas, cavernous malformations), surgical management of trigeminal neuralgia, stereotactic radiosurgery (including Gamma Knife) for a variety of intracranial pathologies, including brain metastases and surgery for benign intracranial tumors (such as meningiomas, vestibular schwannomas & colloid cysts) I was part of the team that performed the first American fetal cell transplant for Parkinson's Disease and was the Co-Principal Investigator on the first NIH-sponsored trial of fetal cell implantation for Parkinson's Disease.