Patrick Tracy MD | Connections

Biographical Info

Dr. Patrick Tracy has been a part of our community since he attended Medical School at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria (UICOMP). He has held many appointments at UICOMP including his current position of Clinical Professor of Neurological Surgery, and he is Associate Head of the Department of Neurosurgery.

A leader among his peers, Dr. Tracy has been involved in professional associations at the local, state, national and international level. He has served in various capacities within the Illinois State Neurological Society including President in 2000-2001. He is also a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, American Pain Society and Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Joint Section, Cerebrovascular Surgery (CNS/AANS).

Dr. Tracy is on staff at all three Peoria hospitals and Pekin Hospital. He is extensively published including the chapter, “A History of Neuroanesthesia”, in the book A History of Neurosurgery. Dr. Tracy and his wife, Elizabeth, have one son and one daughter.

Practice Specialty

Movement Disorder Surgery, Epilepsy Surgery, Pain, Spine, Vascular, Carotid Surgery

Academic Rank at UICOMP

Clinical Professor of Neurological Surgery

Board Certification

The American Board of Neurological Surgery, 1993

Education

B.A. – North Central College (Naperville, Illinois), 1979
M.D. – University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, 1983
Internship – University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, 1984
Residency – University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, 1990
Fellowship – Functional Neurosurgery
Fellow: University of Toronto, 1991