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Tibor Boco, MD, FAANS

Assistant Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, RUSH Medical College
Education

MD, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
Neurosurgery residency, Rush University Medical Center

Research Areas

Degenerative disease of the spine
Tumors of the spine and spinal column
Brain tumors

Contact Info:

1 Westbrook Corporate Center
Suite 800
Westchester, IL 60154
Phone: (708) 343-3566
Fax: (708) 343-3585
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Biography

Dr. Boco is a diplomate of the American Board of Neurological Surgeons, He is assistant professor of neurological surgery at Rush University Medical Center and director of neurosurgery services at Elmhurst Memorial Hospital.

After attending medical school at the University of Chicago, he completed his neurosurgery residency at Rush University Medical Center. He then spent several years at San Juan Regional Medical Center, in Farmington, New Mexico, where he eventually assumed the role of director of spine services with an emphasis on minimally invasive spine surgery.

After joining Neurological Surgery and Spine Surgery, S.C., Dr. Boco has developed an active practice focusing on spine care, including, degenerative disease of the neck and lower back as well as cancer of the spine or spinal cord. He has extensive experience utilizing minimally invasive techniques, when appropriate, to treat the most complex spine conditions.

Dr. Boco is also interested in tumors of the brain and he uses image-guided operative techniques and stereotactic surgery in form of the Cyber Knife or the Gamma Knife.
He has authored several peer-reviewed medical articles in neurosurgery and orthopedic surgery and he is author of several book chapters focusing on neurosurgical care. He is a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, and the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies.

Dr. Boco has privileges at Rush University Medical Center, Elmhurst Memorial Hospital, MacNeal Hospital, LaGrange and Hinsdale Memorial Hospitals, Bolingbrook Hospital, Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, and Aiden Center for Day Surgery.

Dr. Boco sees many foreign language-speaking patients. He is fluent in German, Spanish, Czech and French.

Honors and Activities

NIH Grant: RL Kirschstein National Research Award 2001 Grant # 5T35GM0814014

Kelvin Von Roenn Teaching Award 2010, Dept. of Neurosurgery, Rush University Medical Center.

Publications

Magnetic resonance imaging characteristics of typical and atypical/anaplastic meningiomas
Tan LA, Boco T, Johnson AK, Rivas FF, Ahmed S, Byrd SE, Byrne RW
Br J Neurosurg. 2014 Sept 15:1-5

The history of neurological surgery at rush university medical center
Boco T, Jobe K, O’Leary S, Byrne RW, Whisler W
Neurosurgery. 2010 Oct;67(4):1036-43

Postoperative acute disseminated encephalomyelitis after exposure to microfibrillar collagen hemostat
Sani S, Boco T, Lewis SL, Cochran E, Patel AJ, Byrne RW
Journal of Neurosurgery. 2008; Jul;1 09(1):149-152

Minimally invasive transpedicular vertebrectomy for metastatic disease to the thoracic spine
Deutsch H, Boco T, Lobel J
Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques. 2008; Apr, 21(2):101-105

Papillary tumor of the pineal region
Boco T, Aalaei S, Musacchio MJ, Byrne R, Cochran E
Neuropathology. 2008;28,87-92

Delayed symptomatic presentation of epidural hematoma after epidural catheter anesthesia
Boco T, Deutsch H
Spine. 2007, 32(22):E649-51

Disorders of the cervical spine
Boco T, Ratliff J
Orthopedics Hyperguide, 2006

Cervical stenosis presenting with acute brown-sequard syndrome
Sani S, Boco T, Deutsch H
Spine. 2005, 30:E481-83

Absence of acute cerebral vasoconstriction after cocaine-associated subarachnoid hemorrhage
Boco T, Macdonald RL
Neurocritical Care. 2004, 1(4):449-54

Percutaneous vertebroplasty
Bendok BR, Halpin RJ, Rubin MN, Boco T, Przybylo JH, Liu JC
Contemporary Neurosurgery. 2004, 26(8)

Grants
  • Management of complications in minimally invasive spine surgery, 2010-11 
  • Novel techniques and devices in minimally invasive spine surgery, 2010-11 
  • Tumoral temporal lobe epilepsy, 2007-11 
  • Stereological sampling of the human hippocampus in temporal lobe epilepsy, 2007-08 
  • Efficacy and complications of frameless deep brain stimulators, 2006-07 
  • Efficacy and postoperative complications of Gliadel wafers in treatment of brain tumors, 2004 
  • Brain plasticity and song behavior in European starlings, 2000-01 
  • Perception and cognition, attention and attentional selectivity, 1998-99