F. David Barranco, MD

Chief Medical Officer
Neurosurgeon
Brain and Spine Surgery

• (602) 406-3181
• Fax: (602) 406-6112

Dr. Barranco is no longer accepting new patients. Please call (602) 406-3181 to request an appointment with another Barrow neurosurgeon.

F. David Barranco, MD, is Chief Medical Officer at Barrow Neurological Institute. He received his bachelor of arts degree with honors from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, and his doctorate of medicine with highest honors from the University of Southern California School of Medicine in Los Angeles. Afterward, he completed both a general surgery internship and neurosurgical residency at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, where he also served as a research fellow.

Before joining Barrow Neurological Institute, Dr. Barranco was chief of neurosurgery and chairman of the neurosciences division at Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center (now called Banner University Medical Center) in Phoenix.

Dr. Barranco’s clinical areas of surgical expertise include brain and spinal tumors; spinal surgery including herniated cervical, thoracic, and lumbar disks; pituitary tumors; and peripheral nerve procedures. Dr. Barranco uses minimally invasive and robotic techniques in his neurosurgical practice.

Dr. Barranco is the first neurosurgeon to treat patients with the Zap gyroscopic radiosurgery system and trained in Cyberknife radiosurgery at the University of Southern California and Gamma Knife radiosurgery training at the University of Pittsburgh. He is certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery.