Robert Dallapiazza, MD, Ph.D.
Practice Locations
- Raleigh Neurosurgical & Spine Surgery Center
- Raleigh Neurosurgical Clinic
- Raleigh Neurosurgical Clinic - Goldsboro
- Raleigh Neurosurgical Clinic – Pinehurst
- Raleigh Neurosurgical Clinic – Wake Forest
Dr. Dallapiazza joined Raleigh Neurosurgical Clinic in 2022 to start up and lead the functional neurosurgery program at RNC and WakeMed. He focuses on stereotactic, functional, and general neurosurgery. He’s also trained in deep brain stimulation (DBS), a procedure that treats movement disorders through electrodes implanted in the brain.
Dr. Dallapiazza earned his medical degree and doctoral degree in pharmacology through the Medical Scientist Training Program at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. He followed that with a residency in neurosurgery at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, where he served as chief resident, and a fellowship in stereotactic and functional neurosurgery at Toronto Western Hospital in Toronto, Ontario.
He is board certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery.
Dr. Dallapiazza has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications and contributed to several books, most recently Operative Techniques in Epilepsy Surgery. In 2021, he was named a Best Doctor by New Orleans Magazine.
“I have had several back surgeries and after 19 years of being laid up with absolutely no quality of life it has all finally been turned 180 around. I had a very tricky T section surgery and from the beginning he was straight up and told me it was keeping him up at night. June 2025 not only did I turn 54 but I am now living life pain free in the gym 5 days a week feeling better than I did through my entire 40s and no longer need a walker or cane to get around. I can not thank him and Sean as well as the rest of the crew for giving me my quality of life I never thought I would have again!! I refer anyone and everyone I run into with back issues and try explaining where I was just 5 short months ago and they can not believe it and I sure wish anyone I refer to them actually go because I know it will more than likely be the best chance they'll have to have the best outcome!!!”
Patient, Nov. 24, 2025
Education & Training
- University of Wisconsin–Madison; B.S. in Biochemistry (with distinctions); 1998-2002
- University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine; M.D.; 2003-2010
- University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine; Ph.D. in Pharmacology; 2009
- University of Virginia School of Medicine; Neurosurgery Residency; 2010-2015
- Auckland City Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery, Auckland District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand; Senior Registrar/Fellow; 2015-2016
- Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario; Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery Fellowship; 2017-2018