Photograph of Dr. Rory Murphy, MD, a Phoenix-based neurosurgeon specialized in brain and spine tumor treatment.

Rory K.J. Murphy, M.D.



Photograph of Dr. Rory Murphy, MD, a Phoenix-based neurosurgeon specialized in brain and spine tumor treatment.

Education

University College Cork, Ireland

Residencies and Fellowships

Residency Washington University in St Louis, Fellowship, Functional and Epilepsy, University of California, San Francisco

Board Certifications

American Board of Neurological Surgery

Specializations:

  • Cervical Myelopathy
  • Cervical Spinal Cord Injury
  • Craniocervical Junction Surgery
  • Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery
  • Brain Tumor Treatment
  • Spine Trauma
  • Spinal Tumor Treatment
  • Peripheral Nerve Surgery

Accomplishments

2013 Spine Clinical Trial Proposal Award, American Association of Neurological Surgeons

(AANS)/Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) Section on Disorders of the Spine.

2014 Sanford Larson Research Award, American Association of Neurological Surgeons

(AANS)/Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) Section on Disorders of the Spine.

2014 Augustus McCravey Resident Award, Southern Neurological Society

2016 Charlie Kuntz Scholar Award, American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)/

Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) Section on Disorders of the Spine.

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