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Rory Murphy, MD, is a neurosurgeon in the Department of Neurosurgery at Barrow Neurological Institute.
Dr. Murphy’s clinical practice focuses on complex cranial and spinal pathologies including tumors, spinal cord compression, and peripheral nerve surgery. He is a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, AO Spine, the Congress of Neurosurgeons, and the AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves.
Dr. Murphy earned his medical degree from University College Cork in Ireland. He completed his neurosurgery residency at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, which is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis, and a clinical fellowship in functional neurosurgery at the University of California-San Francisco.
Dr. Murphy is active in translational cervical spinal cord injury research. He is the site principal investigator for the Department of Defense Cervical Spinal Cord Injury Trial and previously served as a PI for the Missouri Spinal Cord Injury Research Program. His research has been published in Nature, Journal of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery, and Spine.
To request an appointment with Dr. Murphy, please call (623) 562-5050.
- Fellowship, University of California-San Francisco, Functional Neurosurgery, 2016-2017
- Residency, Washington University in St. Louis, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, 2010-2016
- Basic surgical training, Royal College of Surgeons, 2008-2010
- Internship, Cork University Hospital, 2007-2008
- American Association of Neurological Surgeons
- American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
- Congress of Neurological Surgeons
- Rosenman Innovator, University of California-San Francisco, 2017
- Bay Area Falling Walls Winner, Stanford University, 2016
- Charlie Kuntz Scholar Award, American Association of Neurological Surgeons/Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Section on Disorders of the Spine, 2016
- Augustus McCravey Resident Award, Southern Neurological Society, 2014
- Sanford Larson Research Award, American Association of Neurological Surgeons/Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Section on Disorders of the Spine, 2014
- Spine Clinical Trial Proposal Award, American Association of Neurological Surgeons/Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Section on Disorders of the Spine, 2013
Genome-Wide Analyses Identify Kif5A As A Novel Als Gene
Date: 03/2018
Authors: Aude Nicolas, Kevin P. Kenna, Alan E. Renton, Nicola Ticozzi, Faraz Faghri, Ruth Chia, Janice A. Dominov, Brendan J. Kenna, Mike A. Nalls, Pamela Keagle, Alberto M. Rivera, Wouter van Rheenen, Natalie A. Murphy, Joke J.F.A. van Vugt, Joshua T. Geiger, Rick A. Van der Spek, Hannah A. Pliner, Shankaracharya, Bradley N. Smith, Giuseppe Marangi, Simon D. Topp, Yevgeniya Abramzon, Athina Soragia Gkazi, John D. Eicher, Aoife Kenna, Francesco O. Logullo, Isabella L. Simone, Giancarlo Logroscino, Fabrizio Salvi, Ilaria Bartolomei, Giuseppe Borghero, Maria Rita Murru, Emanuela Costantino, Carla Pani, Roberta Puddu, Carla Caredda, Valeria Piras, Stefania Tranquilli, Stefania Cuccu, Daniela Corongiu, Maurizio Melis, Antonio Milia, Francesco Marrosu, Maria Giovanna Marrosu, Gianluca Floris, Antonino Cannas, Margherita Capasso, Claudia Caponnetto, Gianluigi Mancardi, Paola Origone, Robert Bowser
Kinetics of hydrolysis of endocytosed substrates by mammalian cultured cells: Early introduction of lysosomal enzymes into the endocytic pathway
Date: 01/1990
Authors: Robert Bowser, Robert F. Murphy
Kinetics and temperature dependence of exposure of endocytosed material to proteolytic enzymes and low pH: Evidence for a maturation model for the formation of lysosomes
Date: 01/1987
Authors: Mario Roederer, Robert Bowser, Robert F. Murphy
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Rory Murphy, MD, is a neurosurgeon in the Department of Neurosurgery at Barrow Neurological Institute.
Dr. Murphy’s clinical practice focuses on complex cranial and spinal pathologies including tumors, spinal cord compression, and peripheral nerve surgery. He is a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, AO Spine, the Congress of Neurosurgeons, and the AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves.
Dr. Murphy earned his medical degree from University College Cork in Ireland. He completed his neurosurgery residency at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, which is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis, and a clinical fellowship in functional neurosurgery at the University of California-San Francisco.
Dr. Murphy is active in translational cervical spinal cord injury research. He is the site principal investigator for the Department of Defense Cervical Spinal Cord Injury Trial and previously served as a PI for the Missouri Spinal Cord Injury Research Program. His research has been published in Nature, Journal of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery, and Spine.
To request an appointment with Dr. Murphy, please call (623) 562-5050.
- Fellowship, University of California-San Francisco, Functional Neurosurgery, 2016-2017
- Residency, Washington University in St. Louis, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, 2010-2016
- Basic surgical training, Royal College of Surgeons, 2008-2010
- Internship, Cork University Hospital, 2007-2008
- American Association of Neurological Surgeons
- American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
- Congress of Neurological Surgeons
- Rosenman Innovator, University of California-San Francisco, 2017
- Bay Area Falling Walls Winner, Stanford University, 2016
- Charlie Kuntz Scholar Award, American Association of Neurological Surgeons/Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Section on Disorders of the Spine, 2016
- Augustus McCravey Resident Award, Southern Neurological Society, 2014
- Sanford Larson Research Award, American Association of Neurological Surgeons/Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Section on Disorders of the Spine, 2014
- Spine Clinical Trial Proposal Award, American Association of Neurological Surgeons/Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Section on Disorders of the Spine, 2013
Genome-Wide Analyses Identify Kif5A As A Novel Als Gene
Date: 03/2018
Authors: Aude Nicolas, Kevin P. Kenna, Alan E. Renton, Nicola Ticozzi, Faraz Faghri, Ruth Chia, Janice A. Dominov, Brendan J. Kenna, Mike A. Nalls, Pamela Keagle, Alberto M. Rivera, Wouter van Rheenen, Natalie A. Murphy, Joke J.F.A. van Vugt, Joshua T. Geiger, Rick A. Van der Spek, Hannah A. Pliner, Shankaracharya, Bradley N. Smith, Giuseppe Marangi, Simon D. Topp, Yevgeniya Abramzon, Athina Soragia Gkazi, John D. Eicher, Aoife Kenna, Francesco O. Logullo, Isabella L. Simone, Giancarlo Logroscino, Fabrizio Salvi, Ilaria Bartolomei, Giuseppe Borghero, Maria Rita Murru, Emanuela Costantino, Carla Pani, Roberta Puddu, Carla Caredda, Valeria Piras, Stefania Tranquilli, Stefania Cuccu, Daniela Corongiu, Maurizio Melis, Antonio Milia, Francesco Marrosu, Maria Giovanna Marrosu, Gianluca Floris, Antonino Cannas, Margherita Capasso, Claudia Caponnetto, Gianluigi Mancardi, Paola Origone, Robert Bowser
Kinetics of hydrolysis of endocytosed substrates by mammalian cultured cells: Early introduction of lysosomal enzymes into the endocytic pathway
Date: 01/1990
Authors: Robert Bowser, Robert F. Murphy
Kinetics and temperature dependence of exposure of endocytosed material to proteolytic enzymes and low pH: Evidence for a maturation model for the formation of lysosomes
Date: 01/1987
Authors: Mario Roederer, Robert Bowser, Robert F. Murphy
- English
