PERSONAL DATA

• Birthplace: Austin, Texas
• Date of Birth: October 3, 1963
• Wife: Denise Brager Masson, P.T.
• Military: Lieutenant Commander, United States Navy Reserve, Retired
• License: Florida
  Washington
  Michigan
• American Board of Neurological Surgery,
  Written exam: March 26, 1994, PASS (92nd percentile)
  American Board of Neurological Surgery,
  Oral Exam: November 18, 1999 PASS

EDUCATION

• University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
  Member: Junior Honors Medical Program (7 year BS/MD Honors Program)
  1985: B.S. in Medical and Biochemical Science, with Honors
  1988: M.D.
• Internship: General Surgery (July 1988-June 19-1989)
  University of Florida, Shands Hospital
  Gainesville, Florida
  Director: Kirby Bland, M.D.
• Residency: Neurological Surgery (July 1989-June 1995)
  University of Florida, Shands Hospital
  Gainesville, Florida
  Directory: Albert L. Rhoton, Jr., M.D.
• Fellowship: Skull Base Surgery and Neurobiology- (April 1994- June 1994)
  Subspecialty Rotation
  House Ear Clinic
  Los Angeles, CA
  Director: Derald Brackman, M.D.

EXPERTISE

• Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery
• Microneurosurgical Anatomy
• Skull Base Surgery
• Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery
• Complex Spine Surgery
• Spinal Instrumentation
• Neuronavigation
• Image Guided Spine Surgery
• Artificial Disc
• Intraoperative EP Monitoring
• Biologics in Spinal Surgery

POST GRADUATE TRAINING

• BAK Implants-anterior/posterior/lateral
• Microendoscopic Diskectomy
• Neuronavigation/Computer assisted surgery
              Medtronic, Stealth
              Brainlab, Fluoronav
              Medtronic, O-ring
• Outpatient Spine Surgery
• Ray Cage Implants-posterior
• Linac Radiosurgery
• Complex Image Guided Spine Surgery and Pedicle Screw Placement
• Cervical Spine Decompression and Reconstruction
• Artificial Disc- Lumbar
             Medtronic
             Synthes
• Artificial Disc- Cervical
             Medtronic
             Synthes
• Kyphoplasty
• Vertebroplasty
• Cervical Instrumentation
             Anterior
             Posterior
             Resorbable
• Nuvasive
             XLIF
             TLIF
• Transthoracic Instrumentation
             Synthes
             Medtronic
• Anterior and Retroperiteneal Instrumentation

PRIVILEGES

• Health Central Hospital
  Ten Thousand W. Colonial Drive
  Ocoee, Florida 34761
  (407) 296-1000
• Florida Hospital Celebration Health    
  400 Celebration Place
  Celebration, Florida 34747
  (407) 303-4000
• Orlando Regional Medical Center
  1414 Kuhl Ave.
  Orlando, Florida 32806
  (407) 841-5111
• Downtown Surgery Center
  801 North Orange Avenue    , Ste 630
  Orlando, Florida 32801
  (407) 650-0051

LEADERSHIP

• President, --Neurosurgical Consultants of Florida – May 1999-June 2002
• President, --Neurospine Institute of Orlando—May 2002- present
• Director – Neurological Surgery – Memorial Clinic, Ltd. P.S., Olympia, WA 98506--1996-1999

COMMITTEE

• Health Technology Committee, Economic Development Council, Orlando, January 2002
• Information Technology Committee, Florida Hospital, 1999-2000
• Patient Care Committee, Orlando Regional Healthcare System, 2001
• Compensation Review, Memorial Clinic, 1998
• Spine Center Development, Memorial Clinic, 1998
• OR Guidance Committee, St. Peters Hospital, 1998
• Clinical Pathway Chair, Craniotomy, 1997
• Outpatient Spine, 1998
• Trauma Committee, neurosurgery, 1996-1999, July
• St. Peters Hospital Information Services Committee, 1998
• Spine Center of Excellence Committee, ORMC, 2001-2003
• Level 1 Trauma Committee, ORMC, 2001-2003
• Surgical Product Committee, ORMC, 2002-2003
• Minimally Invasive Center, Health Center, 2004- present
• Minimally Invasive Spine Center-Chair, St. Mary Mercy, Detroit, Pending

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY

• AANS-Active
• Washington State Medical Association
• Thurston County Medical Society
• Orange County Medical Society
• Florida Medical Association
• AO North American Spine
  

RESEARCH

• Dorsal Root Crush Injury and Glial Scar Formation
  Sponsor: Paul Reier, Ph.D.
  Supported by NIH grant
  Fall 1987
• Post-MD Fellowship (July 1989-June1990)
  University of Florida, Department of Neuroscience
  Electrophysiolojgy and Neuroanatomy of Propriosinal Pathways and IA Afferent Fibres
  Supervisor: Louis Ritz, Ph.D.
  Embryonic Transplantation of Central Nervous Tissue in Spinal Cord Trauma
  Supervisor: Paul Reier, Ph.D., Daniel Theele, D. V. M.
• Lateral Recess Stenosis
  Synthes- Active
• Oblique Lumbar Interbody Fusion
  Synthes- Active
• Osiris Therapeutic Allograft Stemcell in Fusion
  Osiris-Active

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• 1988 Instructor, Medical Neuroscience (for first year medical and dental students).
• Instructor, Medical Neuroscience (for first year medical and dental students).
• 1992 Instructor, Medical Neuroscience (for first year medical and dental students).
• August 1991- Instructor, Microsurgical anatomy of the Skull Base, Practical Course
  University of Florida, Department of Neurological Surgery Course Director:
  Albert Rhoton, M.D.
• April 1991- Masson, R. L. and Day, A. L.: Reconstruction of the External Carotid Artery for
  Brain and Retinal Ischemia, Southern Neurosurgical Society, Washington, D.C.
• April 1992- Day, A. L. And Masson, R. L.: Role of the ECA in Stroke. American Associate of
  Neurological Surgeons. National Meeting, Boston, M.A.
• April 1992- Day, A.L., Knego, R.S. and Masson, R.L.: Aneurysms of the Clinoidal Segment.
  American Association of Neurological Surgeons. National Meeting, Boston,
• September 1992- Instructor, Practical Course of Complex Spinal Instrumentation
  University of Florida, Department of Neurological Surgery and Orthopaedics Course Directors: Richard Fessler, M.D., Ph.D. and Michael McMillan, M.D.
• March 1994- Instructor, Practical Course in Complex Spinal Instrumentation University of Florida
  Department of Neurological Surgery and Orthopaedics Course Directors:
  Richard Fessler, M.D., Ph.D. and Michael McMillan, M.D.
• March 1, 1996- Masson, R. L.: Neurologic Cancer. Cancer Update for Primary Care
• Practitioners, 7th Annual Providence St. Peter Hospital Regional Cancer Center and Medical Staff Conference
• March 1996- Olympia, WA, Masson, R. L.: Idiopathic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Neurosurgery
  In Jackson Hole. Jackson Hole, WY.
• June 3, 1996- Masson, R. L.: On the Field Assessment of Head and Neck: Coaches Forum.
  Providence St Peter Hospital, Olympia, WA.
• March 1997 – May 2000- Consultant, Sofamor Danek
  Neuronavigation
  Brainlab
  BAK Implants
• April 1998- Faculty, Spinetech- Sulzer, BAK Cage Implant Course, Squaw Valley
• May 1999- Faculty, Spinetech- Sulzer, BAK Cage Implant Course, Bellingham, WA
• March 1998- Masson, R. L.: Diagnosis and Treatment Acoustic Nevromas, 9th Annual
  Providence St. Peter Hospital Regional Cancer Center and Medical Staff Conference,
  Olympia, WA.
• April 1999- Masson, R. L.: Spinetech- Sulzer, Instructor, Bend, OR>
• May 1999- Masson, R.L.: Spinetech- Sulzer, Instructor, Bellingham, WA.
• June 1999- Masson, R.L.: Spinetech- Sulzer, Practical Course Instructor: BAK Cage Implant,
  Squaw Valley.
• June 1999- Masson, R.L.: Microendoscopic Diskectomy, Vancouver, B.C.
• November 1999- Masson, R.L.: Gateway to the Brain, Microendoscopic Spine Surgery,
  Orlando, FL.
• March 2000- Masson, R.L.: SandLake Hospital, Microendoscopic Spine Surgery, Orlando, FL
• May 2000- Masson, R.L.: SandLake Hospital, Medicine Grand Rounds
• June 2000- Masson, R.L.: SandLake Hospital, 55 Plus Complex Spine Surgery, Orlando, FL
• June 2000- Faculty, AO Synthes, Special Surgical Approaches to the Spine, St Petersburg, Fl
• January 2003- present- Faculty, Synthes Spine
  Oblique Lumbar Interbody Fusion
  Minimal Access Surgery
  Complex Spinal Reconstruction
• October 2006- present- Faculty, Medtronic
  Artificial Disc, Cervical
  Image Guidance in Deformity
  Segmental Surgery in Deformity, Percutaneous Rods
• January 2003- present- Kyphon
  Kyphoplasty versus vertebroplasty for spinal compression fractures
• January 2006- present, AO North American
  Minimal Access Surgery
• March 2008- Cornell University Medical Center, AO Spine Expert Group Minimally Invasive Surgery, iMAS-interpedicular minimal access surgery
• August 5-6, 008- International Minimal Access Spine Surgery Symposium-Cornell University Medical Center, New York, NY, iMAS

PUBLICATIONS

• Masson, R.L., Sparkes, M., and Ritz, L.: Descending Projections to the Rat Sacroaudal Spinal
  Cord. Journal Comparative Neurology. 307: 120-130. 1991.
• Ritz, L., Bailey, S.M., Carter, R.L., Sparkes, M., Masson, R.L., and Rhoton, E.L.: Crossed and
  Uncrossed Projections to Cat Sacrocaudal Spinal Cord: II, Axons from muscle Spindle
  Primary Endings. Journal of Comparative Neurology. 304: 316-329. 1991
• Masson, R.L. and Day, A.L.: Aneurysmal Intracerebral Hemorrhage. Neurosurgical Clinics of
  North America. 1993
• Day, A.L., Masson, R.L., and Knego, R.S.: Surgical Management of Cavernous Sinus Aneurysms
  And Fistulae. Operative Neurosurgery. Editors: Schmidek/Sweet. New Edition.
  Release Summer 1994.
• Glasser, R., Masson, R.L., Mickle, J.P., and Peters, K.: Embolization of a Dural AV Fistula of the
  Ventral Cervical Spinal Canal in a Nine Year Old. Neurosurgery. 33 (6). 1993
• Day, A.L., Knego, R.S., and Masson, R.L.: Aneurysms of the Clinoidal Segment. Publication
  Pending.
• Day, A.L. and Masson, R.L.: Reconstruction of the External Carotid Artery for Brain and Retinal
  Ischemia. Publication Pending.
• 1996- Fessler, R.F. and Masson, R.L.: Management of Thoracic Fractures. Princliples of Spinal
  Surgery, Menezes and Sonntag, McGraw-Hill.

EDITORIAL

• Golf Fitness Magazine (2006-present)
  Advisory Board
  Editorial Review
• Discovery Health Network (2004- present)
  Impact: Stories of Survival
  Consultant and Expert

MEDICALOLEAGAL

• Independent Medical Evaluation (2003- present)
• Expert Witness (2003- present)
• IME Expert-SEAK, Inc (2006-present)

CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS

• 1992-2001- Consultant- Spinetech-Sulzer
  BAK Implant
• 2003- Consultant- Codman
  ICP Monitoring
• 2006- present- Consultant- Synthes Spine
  Education
  Research
  Product Development
  Minimally Access Surgery
• 2006- present- Consultant-Medronic
  Education
  Artificial Disc
  MAST in deformity
• 2006- present- Consultant- Osiris Therapeutic
  Spinal Fusion and Biologics

PERSONAL INTERESTS

• Children: Kyle, Brett, Casey, Alexander
• Flying, Skiing, Scuba Diving, Surfing, Sports,
• Pilot - Private, instrument ratings, Commercial, High Performance Single Engine and Multi-engine
• Scuba - Open Water, Cave and Wreck Master, Advanced Open Water, Nitric and Mixed Gas
• Boating - Captain