Scott Shepard, MD

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Clinical Locations
Primary Location
Fox Chase Cancer Center at Temple University Hospital
3401 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19140
Secondary Location
Fox Chase Cancer Center
333 Cottman Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19111
Associate Professor, Clinical Neurosurgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University
Director, Neurosurgical Oncology, Temple University Hospital
Specialties
Educational Background
- Fellowship, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Surgical Neuro-Oncology 1998, New York, NY
- Resident, Neurosurgery University of California at San Francisco 1997, San Francisco, CA
- Intern, General Surgery The New York Hospital 1992, New York, NY
- MD, Weill Cornell Medical College September 1991, New York, NY
Memberships
- American Association of Neurological Surgeons (1998- present)
- Joint Section on Tumors, Congress of Neurological Surgeons/American Association of Neurological Surgeons (1999- present)
- Society of Neuro Oncology (1999- present)
- Joint Section on Critical and Trauma, Congress of Neurological Surgeons/American Association of Neurological Surgeons (2011- present)
Honors & Awards
- Faculty Teaching Award University of Texas-Houston Department of Neurosurgery 2016
- Clarence Coryell Prize Cornell University Medical College 1991
- John Metcalf Polk Prize Cornell University Medical College 1991
- Alpha Omega Alpha Cornell University Medical College 1991
- David Drusin Memorial Prize Cornell University Medical College 1991
- Distinction in the Major Department of Biochemistry University of Pennsylvania 1986
- Phi Beta Kappa University of Pennsylvania 1986
- Summa Cum Laude University of Pennsylvania 1986
Selected Publications
Bilsky MH, Shannon FJ, Shepard SR, Prabhu V, Boland PJ; Diagnosis and Management of a Metastatic Tumor in the Atlantoaxial Spine. Spine 2002 May 15; 27(10):1062-9. PubMed
Zicherman J, Roychowdhury S, Demarco J, Shepard SR, Schonfeld S, Keller I, Schlesinger S; Endovascular Treatment of a Ruptured Giant Serpentine Aneurysm of the Superior Cerebellar Artery in a Patient with a Chiari II Malformation. ANJR Am J Neuroradiol 25:1077-1079, June/July 2004. PubMed
Winters BS, Shepard SR, Foty RA; Biophysical Measurement of Brain Tumor Cohesion, Int J Cancer. 2005 April 10; 114(3): 371-9. PubMed

Clinical Locations
Primary Location
Fox Chase Cancer Center at Temple University Hospital
3401 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19140
Secondary Location
Fox Chase Cancer Center
333 Cottman Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19111
Associate Professor, Clinical Neurosurgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University
Director, Neurosurgical Oncology, Temple University Hospital
Specialties
Education
Educational Background
- Fellowship, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Surgical Neuro-Oncology 1998, New York, NY
- Resident, Neurosurgery University of California at San Francisco 1997, San Francisco, CA
- Intern, General Surgery The New York Hospital 1992, New York, NY
- MD, Weill Cornell Medical College September 1991, New York, NY
Memberships
- American Association of Neurological Surgeons (1998- present)
- Joint Section on Tumors, Congress of Neurological Surgeons/American Association of Neurological Surgeons (1999- present)
- Society of Neuro Oncology (1999- present)
- Joint Section on Critical and Trauma, Congress of Neurological Surgeons/American Association of Neurological Surgeons (2011- present)
Honors & Awards
- Faculty Teaching Award University of Texas-Houston Department of Neurosurgery 2016
- Clarence Coryell Prize Cornell University Medical College 1991
- John Metcalf Polk Prize Cornell University Medical College 1991
- Alpha Omega Alpha Cornell University Medical College 1991
- David Drusin Memorial Prize Cornell University Medical College 1991
- Distinction in the Major Department of Biochemistry University of Pennsylvania 1986
- Phi Beta Kappa University of Pennsylvania 1986
- Summa Cum Laude University of Pennsylvania 1986
Publications
Selected Publications
Bilsky MH, Shannon FJ, Shepard SR, Prabhu V, Boland PJ; Diagnosis and Management of a Metastatic Tumor in the Atlantoaxial Spine. Spine 2002 May 15; 27(10):1062-9. PubMed
Zicherman J, Roychowdhury S, Demarco J, Shepard SR, Schonfeld S, Keller I, Schlesinger S; Endovascular Treatment of a Ruptured Giant Serpentine Aneurysm of the Superior Cerebellar Artery in a Patient with a Chiari II Malformation. ANJR Am J Neuroradiol 25:1077-1079, June/July 2004. PubMed
Winters BS, Shepard SR, Foty RA; Biophysical Measurement of Brain Tumor Cohesion, Int J Cancer. 2005 April 10; 114(3): 371-9. PubMed
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