Meet Dr. Metzger
Dr. Metzger was born in Redondo Beach, Calif., and grew up in Camarillo, California. He graduated from Stanford
University in 1987 with a bachelors of science degree in biological
sciences. He earned his medical degree from the University
of California at San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine in
1992. During his medical school training he became interested in
neurological surgery through brain tumor research performed in
the laboratory of Dr. Philip Cogen in the UCSF
Brain Tumor Research Center (BTRC). He spent an additional
year in medical school doing brain tumor research under the support
of a Howard
Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Medical Student Research Training
Grant and received
additional support from HHMI for the remainder of his medical school.
Dr. Metzger stayed at UCSF for post-graduate training, and completed
a surgical internship in the Department
of Surgery in 1993 and
a residency
in the Department
of Neurological Surgery at UCSF in 1998. In addition, Dr. Metzger
completed postgraduate training in the UCSF Department of Neurological
Surgery,
where he received advanced training in Gamma
Knife Radiosurgery.
After completing his postgraduate training, Dr. Metzger joined
the faculty at Case
Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio
where he was an Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Radiation
Oncology. He served as Director of the Surgical Neuro-Oncology
and Gamma Knife Radiosurgery Programs at University Hospitals of Cleveland.
He was also a member of medical staff at Southwest General Health Center
in Middleburg Heights, Ohio
and Louis Stokes Veterans Administration Hospital
in Cleveland. While at Case Western Reserve University,
Dr. Metzger was involved in medical student teaching and residency
training, and he maintained a research laboratory which investigated
the molecular genetics of malignant brain tumors.
Dr. Metzger has practiced neurosurgery in
New Mexico since 2001. He initially practiced with Drs. Hal Hankinson
and Mark Erasmus at New Mexico Neurosurgery. He opened his own
practice, Southwest Neurosurgical Associates, in February of 2004.
He practices
general neurological surgery at Presbyterian Hospital and Lovelace Medical Center - Downtown. Dr. Metzger is Chief of the neurosurgery division at Presbyterian Hospital and is Medical Director of the Gamma Knife Center of New Mexico.
Dr. Metzger’s professional affiliations include membership in
the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor
Medical Society, the American
Association of Neurological Surgeons, the Congress
of Neurological Surgeons, and the Leksell
Gamma Knife Society.
His awards and distinctions include the 1997
Resident Award from the
Congress
of Neurological
Surgeons and the 1997
Preuss Research Award from the American Association of Neurological
Surgeons.
He has lectured and written extensively on brain tumors, image-guided
neurosurgery, and Gamma Knife radiosurgery. Dr. Metzger is board
certified in neurological surgery from the American
Board of Neurological Surgery.
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