Gerhard M. Friehs, M.D.

Primary Office

Temple Clinic
254-724-2111

Visiting Office

Round Rock
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Gerhard M. Friehs, M.D.


Neurological Surgery

Education

  • Karl-Franzens University, Graz, Austria, M.D., 1988
  • Institut für Medizinische Physik und Biophysik, Karl-Franzens University, Graz, Austria, 1984

Specialty Training

  • Neurosurgery Residency, Karl-Franzen-University Graz, Department of Neurosurgery, Graz, Austria, 1991-1995
  • Surgery Internship, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Department of Surgery, Graz, Austria, 1990

Scott & White Appointment

April 1, 2008

Publications and Research

  • Park MC, Goldman MA, Park MJ, Friehs GM. 
    Neuroanatomical localization of the "precentral knob" with computed tomography imaging.  Journal of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery 2007, 85:158-161.
  • Park, M.C., Goldman, M.A., Carpenter, L.L., Price, L.H., Friehs, G.M.,
    Vagus Nerve stimulation for depression: rationale, anatomical and physiological basis of efficacy and future prospects.  Acta Neurochir Suppl (2007), 97: 1-10.
  • Ojakangas, C.L., Shaikhouni, A., Friehs, G.M., Saleh, M., Morris, D.S., Donoghue, J.P.
    Decoding movement intent from human premotor cortex neurons for neural prosthetic applications.  J Clin Neurophysiol. 2006 Dec;23(6):577-84.
  • Greenberg, B.D., Malone, D.A., Friehs, G.M., Rezai, A.R., Kubu, C.S., Malloy, P.F., Salloway, S.P., Okun, M.S., Goodman, W.K., Rasmussen, S.A.
    Three-year outcomes in deep brain stimulation for highly resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder.  Neuropsychopharmacology. 2006 Nov;31(11):2384-93.
  • Park, M.C., Goldman, M.A., Park, M.J., Friehs, G.M.
    Neuroanatomical Localiz
     ation of the Precentral Knob with Computed Tomography Imaging.  J. Funct Stereotactic Neurosurg, in press submitted (2006)
  • Rauch, S.L., Dougherty, D.D., Malone, D., Rezai, A., Friehs, G.M., Fischman, A.J., Alpert, N.M., Haber, S.N., Stypulkowski, P.H., Rise, M.T., Rasmussen, S.A., Greenberg, B.D.
    A functional neuroimaging investigaion of deep brain stimulation in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder.  J Neurosurg. 2006 Apr;104(4):558-65

Awards

  • Honorable mention by the Austrian Medical Association for Ph.D. work on new neurosurgical approaches for the treatment of Parkinsonism, 1994
  • Honorable mention by the Austrian Medical Association  for work on Parkinsonism, 1993


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