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David Kotler, P.A.-C.

David Kotler is a physician assistant in the Division of Neurosurgery at the University of Connecticut Health Center. He has over 20 years of clinical experience as a physician assistant. David has extensive experience managing patients with both acute and chronic neck and back pain, as well as emergency evaluation of traumatic neck and back injuries. David offers expert care of complex Workers' Compensation spine injuries. He actively participates in the preoperative and postoperative care of neurosurgical and spine patients in both the in-patient and out-patient settings.

Appointment

• Physician Assistant, Division of Neurosurgery
• Physician Assistant, Comprehensive Spine Center, New England Musculoskeletal Institute

Specialty

• Neurosurgery
• Spine Surgery

Subspecialty

• Deep Brain Stimulation
• Chiari I Malformation
• Functional Neurosurgery
• Lumbar Spine Decompression/Discectomy
• Workers’ Compensation Spine Injuries

Certifications
National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants
American Academy of Physician Assistants
Connecticut Academy of Physician Assistants

Education
A.B., Vassar College
P.A.-C., Yale University

State Licensure
Connecticut

Awards

• National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants Distinction in Surgery

Selected Publications
Meralgia Paresthetica: Case Report in a Policewoman, Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants, 2000; 13 (10).