Dr. Castiglia is a Board Certified neurosurgeon. He received his BA in physics at Dartmouth College and his Medical Doctorate from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University in 1992. He completed his neurosurgical residency in 1999 at the University at Buffalo. Dr. Castiglia has a focus in the treatment of disorders of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine. Among the problems that he treats are: herniated disk, degenerative disk, spinal stenosis, facet syndromes, spinal infections and tumors. As a neurosurgeon, Dr. Castiglia also treats intracranial pathology as well as peripheral nerve compressive problems including carpal tunnel. Dr. Castiglia is on staff at the hospitals of the Catholic Health System and Kaleida as well as Niagara Falls Memorial. Additionally, he is on staff at Erie County Medical Center with an expertise in neurosurgical trauma.

American Board of Neurological Surgery, (Board Certification) 2004

Residency - Neurosurgery: University at Buffalo -1994 - 1999

Residency - Surgery: University at Buffalo -1992 - 1994

Medical School (MD): College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University - 1988 - 1992

Undergraduate Education: Dartmouth College, Dept. of Physics (BA - Physics)

Licenses and Certifications:

New York State Medical License

Neurosurgical Board Exam - Written Exam-Passed (3/97) Oral Exam-Passed (5/04)

National Board of Medical Examiners - Part I-Passed (6/90) - Part II - Passed (8/91) Part III-Passed (6/93)

Memberships:

American Association of Neurological Surgeons - 2001-present

American Medical Association - 2001-present

Erie County Medical Society - 2001-present

Medical Society of the State of New York - 2001-present

North American Spine Society – 2001-present

Congress of Neurological Surgeons – 2003-present

Fellowship American College of Surgeons - 2005-present

Research:

Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Department of Neurosurgery (7/96-3/97)

Novel Gene Expressing Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor in Glioblastoma

Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Department of Radiation Biology, Photodynamic Therapy (6/89-8/89)

Dartmouth Medical School, Department of Physiology, Expression of FC Receptors in Human Leukocytes (3/86-6/88)

Publications:

Fenstermaker, RA; Ciesielski, MJ; Castiglia, GJ. Tandem Duplication of the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Receptor and Calcium Internalization Domains in A-172 Glioma Cells. Oncogene. 16. 3435-3443. 1998

Castiglia, Gregory; Fenstermaker, Robert. Malignant Brain Tumors in the Elderly. In AANS Publications Neurosurgery in the Elderly. 1998.

DB Moreland, HL Asch, DE Clabeaux, GJ Castiglia, GA Czajka, PJ Lewis, JG Egnatchik, A Capuccino, L Huynh: Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with implantable titanium cage: initial impressions, patient outcomes and comparison to fusion with allograft. The Spine Journal 4/2: 184-191, 2004

Neurosurgery Courses:

Congress of Neurological Surgeons 1999 Annual Meeting - Boston, MA - October 30 - November 4, 1999

Barrow Neurological Institute - Spinal Image Guidance & Cage Instrumentation - Tucson, AZ - March 3, 2000

American Association of Neurological Surgeons 2001 Annual Meeting - Toronto, Canada - 4/21/01 - 4/26/01

Congress of Neurological Surgeons 2002 Annual Meeting - Philadelphia, PA - September 21-26, 2002

American Association of Neurological Surgeons Oral Boards Preparation - Cincinnati, OH - May 11 - 13, 2003

North American Spine Society – 19th Annual Meeting – Chicago, Il – October 27-30, 2004

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine – International Spine Surgery and Tumor Symposium - Kauai Hawaii – January 16 – 20, 2006

American Association of Neurological Surgeons 2006 Annual Meeting – San Francisco, CA – April 22 – 27, 2006

Presentations:

1. Castiglia, Gregory; Guidelines for Cervical Spine

Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center, Niagara Falls, New York, May 2003

Awards:

UNYTS Community Service Award - 10/2002