Neurological Surgery Residency

Jian BJ, Bloch OG, Yang I, Han SJ, Aranda D, Tihan T, Parsa AT. Adjuvant radiation therapy and chondroid chordoma subtype are associated with a lower tumor recurrence rate of cranial chordoma. J Neurooncol 2010;98(1):101-8.

Cheng JS, Dubal DB, Kim DH, Legleiter J, Cheng IH, Yu GQ, Tesseur I, Wyss-Coray T, Bonaldo P, Mucke L. Collagen VI protects neurons against Abeta toxicity. Nat Neurosci 2009;12(2):119-21.

Chang EF, Clark A, Smith JS, Polley MY, Chang SM, Barbaro NM, Parsa AT, McDermott MW, Berger MS. Functional mapping-guided resection of low-grade gliomas in eloquent areas of the brain: improvement of long-term survival [published online ahead of print July 16, 2010]. J Neurosurg.

Englot DJ, Laurans MS, Abbed K, Bulsara KR. Removal of nail penetrating the basilar artery [published online ahead of print Jun 8 2010]. Neurosurg Rev. 10.1007/s10143-010-0268-3.

Englot DJ, Spann M. Neuropsychology and Neurology. [In] A Guide to Neuropsychological Testing for Health Care Professionals, Arzubi E and Mambrino E (ed). Springer Publishing Company 2010: New York, NY.

Santoro B, Lee JY, Englot DJ, Gildersleeve S, Piskorowski RA, Siegelbaum SA, Winawer MR, Blumenfeld H. Increased seizure severity and seizure-related death in mice lacking HCN1 channels. Epilepsia 2010;51(8):1624-27.

Englot DJ, Modi B, Mishra AM, DeSalvo M, Hyder F, Blumenfeld H. Cortical deactivation induced by subcortical network dysfunction in limbic seizures. J Neurosci 2009;29(14): 13006-18.

Englot DJ, Blumenfeld H. Consciousness and Epilepsy: Why are complex-partial seizures complex? Prog Brain Res 2009;177:147-70.Englot DJ, Blumenfeld H. Functional MRI in basic epilepsy research. [In] Encyclopedia of Basic Epilepsy Research, Schwartzkroin PA (ed). Elsevier B.V. 2009: London, UK.

Jian BJ, Han SJ, Yang I, Waldron JS, Tihan T, Parsa AT. Surgical resection and adjuvant radiotherapy for a large pineal hemangiopericytoma[published online ahead of print June 30, 2010]. J Clin Neurosci. doi:10.1016/j.jocn.2010.01.022.

Jian BJ, Hetts SW, Lawton MT, Gupta N. Pediatric intracranial aneurysms. Neurosurg Clin N Am 2010;21(3):491-501.Jian BJ, Bloch OG, Yang I, Han SJ, Aranda D, Tihan T, Parsa AT. Adjuvant radiation therapy and chondroid chordoma subtype are associated with a lower tumor recurrence rate of cranial chordoma. J Neurooncol 2010;98(1):101-8.

Oh MC, Lim DA. Novel treatment strategies for malignant gliomas using neural stem cells. Neurotherapeutics 2009;6(3):458-64.Richardson RM, Bullock MR. Regeneration and Repair Following Traumatic Brain Injury. In Winn HR (ed): Youmans Neurological Surgery, 6th ed., Elsevier, Philadelphia, PA, 2010.

Richardson RM, Ostrem JL, Starr PA. Surgical Repositioning of Misplaced Subthalamic Electrodes in Parkinson's Disease: Location of Effective and Ineffective Leads. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg 2009;87(5):297-303.

Richardson RM, Singh A, Sun D, Fillmore HL, Dietrich DW, Bullock MR. Stem cell biology in traumatic brain injury: effects of injury and strategies for repair [published online ahead of print June 5, 2009]. J Neurosurg. doi: 10.3171/2009.4.JNS081087.

Richardson RM, Varenika V, Forsayeth JR, Bankiewicz KS. Future applications: gene therapy. Neurosurg Clin N Am 2009;20(2):205-10.

Richardson RM, Berger MS. Neurophysiologic Mapping for Glioma Surgery: Preservation of Functional Areas. In: Gildenberg PL, Tasker PR (eds): Textbook of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, 2nd ed., New York, NY, McGraw Hill, 2009.

Richardson RM, Berger MS. Intraoperative Mapping of Brain Function for Glioma Resection. in Mehta MP, Chang SM, Guha A (ed): Principles and Practice of Neuro-Oncology: A Multidisciplinary Approach, 2nd ed., Demos Medical Publishing, New York, 2010.

Richardson RM, Freed CR, Starr PS. Pallidal neuronal discharge in Parkinsons disease following intraputamenal fetal mesencephalic allograft. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. In Press.

Rowland NC, Goldberg JA, Jaeger D. Cortico-cerebellar coherence and causal connectivity during slow-wave activity. Neuroscience 2010;166(2):698-711.

Rowland NC, Jaeger D. Responses to tactile stimulation in deep cerebellar nucleus neurons result from recurrent activation in multiple pathways. J Neurophysiol 2008;99(2):704-17.

Rowland NC, Jaeger D. Coding of tactile response properties in the rat deep cerebellar nuclei. J Neurophysiol 2005;94(2):1236-51.

Sughrue ME, Rutkowski MJ, Chang EF, Shangari G, Kane AJ, McDermott MW, Berger MS, Parsa AT. Postoperative seizures following the resection of convexity meningiomas: are prophylactic anticonvulsants indicated? [published online ahead of print June 25, 2010]. J Neurosurg.

Sughrue ME, Kaur R, Kane AJ, Rutkowski MJ, Yang I, Pitts LH, Tihan T, Parsa AT. Intratumoral hemorrhage and fibrosis in vestibular schwannoma: a possible mechanism for hearing loss [published online ahead of print June 18, 2010]. doi: 10.3171/2010.5.JNS10256.

Sughrue ME, Cage T, Shangari G, Parsa AT, McDermott MW. Clinical characteristics and surgical outcomes of patients presenting with meningiomas arising predominantly from the floor of the middle fossa. Neurosurgery 2010;67(1):80-6.

Sughrue ME, Grobelny BT, Ducruet AF, Komotar RJ, Mocco J, Sciacca RR, Sander Connolly E. Data presentation in rodent stroke studies and the predictive value of confidence intervals [Review]. J Clin Neurosci 2010;17(1):11-5.

Tate MC, Banerjee A, Vandenberg SR, Tihan T, Chi JH, Ames CP, Parsa AT. Post-radiation reactive changes in a single vertebral body mimicking metastatic pineoblastoma [published online ahead of print October 20, 2009]. J Neurosurg Pediatr. doi: 10.3171/2009.6.PEDS0926.

Tate MC, Aghi MK. Biology of angiogenesis and invasion in glioma [review]. Neurotherapeutics 2009;6(3):447-57.

Neurological Surgery Residency

Neurological Surgery Residency

BLOCH OG, Jian BJ, Yang I, Han SJ, Aranda D, Ahn BJ, Parsa AT. A systematic review of intracranial chondrosarcoma and survival. J Clin Neurosci. 2009 Sep 29.
Quiñones-Hinojosa A, CHANG EF, Chaichana KL, McDermott MW. Surgical considerations in the management of falcotentorial meningiomas: advantages of the bilateral occipital transtentorial/transfalcine craniotomy for large tumors. Neurosurgery. 2009 May;64(5 Suppl 2):260-8; discussion 268.
Sughrue ME, CHANG EF, Tyrell JB, Kunwar S, Wilson CB, Blevins LS Jr. Pre-operative dopamine agonist therapy improves post-operative tumor control following prolactinoma resection. Pituitary. 2009;12(3):158-64.
CHANG EF, Smith JS, Chang SM, Lamborn KR, Prados MD, Butowski N, Barbaro NM, Parsa AT, Berger MS, McDermott MM. Preoperative prognostic classification system for hemispheric low-grade gliomas in adults. J Neurosurg. 2008 Nov;109(5):817-24.
Bloch OG, JIAN BJ, Yang I, Han SJ, Aranda D, Ahn BJ, Parsa AT. A systematic review of intracranial chondrosarcoma and survival. J Clin Neurosci. 2009 Sep 29.
Aryan HE, Newman CB, LU DC, Hu SS, Tay BK, Bradford DS, Puttlitz CM, Ames CP. Relaxation of forces needed to distract cervical vertebrae after discectomy: a biomechanical study. J Spinal Disord Tech. 2009 Apr;22(2):100-4.
LU DC, Dhall SS, Mummaneni PV. Mini-open removal of extradural foraminal tumors of the lumbar spine. J Neurosurg Spine. 2009 Jan;10(1):46-50.
LU DC, Wang V, Chou D. The use of allograft or autograft and expandable titanium cages for the treatment of vertebral osteomyelitis. Neurosurgery. 2009 Jan;64(1):122-9; discussion 129-30.
LU DC, Zhang H, Zador Z, Verkman AS. Impaired olfaction in mice lacking aquaporin-4 water channels. FASEB J. 2008 Sep;22(9):3216-23. Epub 2008 May 29.
Chou D, LU DC, Weinstein P, Ames CP. Adjacent-level vertebral body fractures after expandable cage reconstruction. J Neurosurg Spine. 2008 Jun;8(6):584-8.
RICHARDSON RM, Larson PS, Bankiewicz KS. Cell and gene delivery to the degenerated striatum: status of preclinical efforts in primate models. Neurosurgery. 2008 Oct; 63:629–644.
RICHARDSON RM, Varenika V, Forsayeth JR, Bankiewicz KS. Future Applications: Gene Therapy. Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2009 Apr;20(2):205-10.
RICHARDSON RM, Bullock MR, Sun S, Fillmore HL, Singh A, Dietrich DW. Stem cell biology in Traumatic Brain Injury: Effects of Injury and Strategies for Repair. J Neurosurg. 2009 Jun 5.
RICHARDSON RM, Ostrem JL, Starr PA. Surgical Repositioning of Misplaced Subthalamic Electrodes in Parkinson's Disease: Location of Effective and Ineffective Leads. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg. 2009 Jul 29;87(5):297-303.
SANAI N, Wachhorst SP, Gupta NM, McDermott MW. Transcerebellar stereotactic biopsy for lesions of the brainstem and peduncles under local anesthesia. Neurosurgery. 2008 Sep;63(3):460-6; discussion 466-8.
SANAI N, Tarapore P, Lee AC, Lawton MT. The current role of microsurgery for posterior circulation aneurysms: a selective approach in the endovascular era. Neurosurgery. 2008 Jun;62(6):1236-49; discussion 1249-53.
Lawton MT, Quinones-Hinojosa A, SANAI N, Malek JY, Dowd CF. Combined microsurgical and endovascular management of complex intracranial aneurysms. Neurosurgery. 2008 Jun;62(6 Suppl 3):1503-15.
SUGHRUE ME, Aranda D, Yang I, Cheung S, Parsa AT, The Natural History of Untreated sporadic Vestibular Schwannomas: A Comprehensive Review of Hearing outcomes, J Neurosurg. 2009 Jun 19.
Yang I, Aranda D, Han SJ, Chennupati S, SUGHRUE ME, Cheung SW, Pitts LH, Parsa AT. Hearing preservation after stereotactic radiosurgery for vestibular schwannoma: a systematic review. J Clin Neurosci. 2009 Jun;16(6):742-7. Epub 2009 Mar 20. Review.
SUGHRUE ME, Mocco J, Mack WJ, Ducruet AF, Komotar RJ, Fischbach RL, Martin TE, Connolly ES Jr. Bioethical considerations in translational research: primate stroke. Am J Bioeth. 2009 May;9(5):3-12.
SUGHRUE ME, Mocco J, Mack WJ, Ducruet AF, Komotar RJ, Fischbach RL, Martin TE, Connolly ES Jr. Response to open peer commentaries on "Bioethical considerations in translational research: primate stroke".  Am J Bioeth. 2009 May;9(5):W1-3.
Yang I, SUGHRUE ME, Han SJ, Fang S, Aranda D, Cheung SW, Pitts LH, Parsa AT. Facial nerve preservation after vestibular schwannoma Gamma Knife radiosurgery. J Neurooncol. 2009 May;93(1):41-8. Epub 2009 May 9. Review.
Yang I, Delpolyi A, SUGHRUE ME, Rubenstein J, Bollen AW, Parsa AT. Sarcoidosis of the pineal gland: an unusual presentation of neurosarcoidosis. J Neurooncol. 2009 Jan;91(1):113-6. Epub 2008 Aug 31.
SUGHRUE ME, McDermott MW, Parsa AT. Vision salvage after resection of a giant meningioma in a patient with a loss in light perception. J Neurosurg. 2009 Jan;110(1):109-11.
SUGHRUE ME, Chang EF, Tyrell JB, Kunwar S, Wilson CB, Blevins LS Jr. Pre-operative dopamine agonist therapy improves post-operative tumor control following prolactinoma resection. Pituitary. 2009;12(3):158-64.
Komotar RJ, Zacharia BE, SUGHRUE ME, Mocco J, Carson BS, Tihan T, Otten ML, Burger PC, Garvin JH, Khandji AG, Anderson RC. Magnetic resonance imaging characteristics of pilomyxoid astrocytoma. Neurol Res. 2008 Nov;30(9):945-51. Epub 2008 Jul 25.
Sanai N, TARAPORE P, Lee AC, Lawton MT. The current role of microsurgery for posterior circulation aneurysms: a selective approach in the endovascular era. Neurosurgery. 2008 Jun;62(6):1236-49; discussion 1249-53.
WALDRON JS, Halbach VV, Lawton MT. Microsurgical management of incompletely coiled and recurrent aneurysms: trends, techniques, and observations on coil extrusion. Neurosurgery. 2009 May;64(5 Suppl 2):301-15; discussion 315-7.
Parney IF, WALDRON JS, Parsa AT. Flow cytometry and in vitro analysis of human glioma-associated macrophages. Laboratory investigation. J Neurosurg. 2009 Mar;110(3):572-82.
WALDRON JS, Lawton MT. The supracarotid-infrafrontal approach: surgical technique and clinical application to cavernous malformations in the anteroinferior Basal Ganglia. Neurosurgery. 2009 Mar;64(3 Suppl):86-95; discussion 95.
Chou D, WANG VY, Khan AS. Primary dural repair during minimally invasive microdiscectomy using standard operating room instruments. Neurosurgery. 2009 May;64(5 Suppl 2):356-8; discussion 358-9.
Fusco AJ, Huang DB, Miller D, WANG VY, Vu D, Ghosh G. NF-kappaB p52:RelB heterodimer recognizes two classes of kappaB sites with two distinct modes. EMBO Rep. 2009 Feb;10(2):152-9. Epub 2008 Dec 19.
WANG VY, Deviren V, Ames CP. Reconstruction of C-1 lateral mass with titanium mesh cage after resection of an aneurysmal bone cyst of the atlas. J Neurosurg Spine. 2009 Feb;10(2):117-21.
Ames CP, WANG VY, Deviren V, Vrionis FD. Posterior transpedicular corpectomy and reconstruction of the axial vertebra for metastatic tumor. J Neurosurg Spine. 2009 Feb;10(2):111-6.
Chou D, WANG VY. Trap-door rib-head osteotomies for posterior placement of expandable cages after transpedicular corpectomy: an alternative to lateral extracavitary and costotransversectomy approaches. J Neurosurg Spine. 2009 Jan;10(1):40-5.
Smith JS, WANG VY, Ames CP. Vertebral column resection for rigid spinal deformity. Neurosurgery. 2008 Sep;63(3 Suppl):177-82. Review.
WANG VY, Aryan H, Ames CP. A novel anterior technique for simultaneous single-stage anterior and posterior cervical release for fixed kyphosis. J Neurosurg Spine. 2008 Jun;8(6):594-9.
Sughrue ME, YANG I, Aranda D, Lobo K, Pitts LH, Cheung SW, Parsa AT. The natural history of untreated sporadic vestibular schwannomas: A comprehensive review of hearing outcomes. Journal of Neurosurgery, 2008 J Neurosurg. 2009 Jun 19. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 19538047
YANG I, Sughrue ME, Han S, Fang S, Aranda D, Cheung SW, Pitts LH, Parsa AT. Facial Nerve Preservation after Vestibular Schwannoma Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. J Neurooncol. 2009. May93(1): p. 41-8.
Han S, YANG I, Tihan T, Chang SM, Parsa AT. Secondary gliosarcoma: a review of clinical features and pathological diagnosis. J Neurosurg. 2009 May 1. [Epub] PMID: 19408981
YANG I, Aranda D, Han SJ, Chennupati S, Sughrue ME, Cheung SW, Pitts LH, Parsa AT Hearing preservation after stereotactic radiosurgery for vestibular schwannoma: A systematic review. J Clin Neurosci. 2009 Jun;16(6):742-7. Epub 2009 Mar 20. PMID: 19303780
YANG I, DeIpolyi A, Rubenstein J, Bolen A, Parsa AT. Sarcoidosis of the pineal gland with granulomatous inflammation. Journal of Neuro-Oncology, 2009. 91(1): p. 113-6.
YANG I, Lawton MT. Clipping of complex aneurysms with fenestration tubes: application and assessment of three types of clip techniques. Neurosurgery, 2008. 62 ONS (2): p. 371-9.
DeIpolyi AR, YANG I, Buckley A, Larson DA, Smith V, Barbaro NM, Cheung SW, Parsa AT. Fluctuating response of a cystic vestibular schwannoma to radiosurgery. Neurosurgery, 2008. 62(5):p. 1164-5.

Neurological Surgery Residency

 RICHARDSON RM, Ostrem JL, Starr PA. Surgical Repositioning of Misplaced Subthalamic Electrodes in Parkinson's Disease: Location of Effective and Ineffective Leads. Oral presentation at American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting.
RICHARDSON RM, Freed CR, Starr PS. Pallidal neuronal discharge in Parkinson’s disease following intraputamenal fetal mesencephalic allograft. Oral presentation at World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery Quadrennial Meeting.
SUGHRUE ME, Yang I, Aranda D, Parsa AT, A Comprehensive Review of Facial Nerve and Hearing Outcomes Following Vestibular Schwannoma Microsurgery, 2009 American Association of Neurological Surgeons. San Diego, CA.

Neurological Surgery Residency

BLOCH O, Manley GT. The role of aquaporin-4 in cerebral water transport and edema [Review]. Neurosurg Focus 2007;22(5):E3.

Zador Z, BLOCH O, Yao X, Manley GT. Aquaporins: role in cerebral edema and brain water balance. Prog Brain Res 2007;161:185-94.

CHANG EF, Potts MB, Keles GE, Lamborn KR, Chang SM, Barbaro NM, Berger MS. Seizure characteristics and control following resection in 332 patients with low-grade gliomas. J Neurosurg 2008;108(2):227-35.

CHANG EF, Turner RS, Ostrem JL, Davis VR, Starr PA. Neuronal Responses to Passive Movement in the Globus Pallidus Internus in Primary Dystonia. J Neurophysiol 2007;98(6):3696-707.

Smith JS, CHANG EF, Rosenthal G, Meeker M, von Koch C, Manley GT, Holland MC. The role of early follow-up computed tomography imaging in the management of traumatic brain injury patients with intracranial hemorrhage. J Trauma 2007;63(1):75-82.

de Villers-Sidani E, CHANG EF, Bao S, Merzenich MM. Critical period window for spectral tuning defined in the primary auditory cortex (A1) in the rat. J Neurosci 2007;27(1):180-9.

LU DC, Theodore P, Korn WM, Chou D. Esophageal erosion 9 years after anterior cervical plate implantation. Surg Neurol 2008;[Epub ahead of print].

Lawton MT, LU DC, Young WL; University of California, San Francisco Brain Arteriovenous Malformation Study Project. Sylvian fissure arteriovenous malformations: an application of the Sugita classification to 28 surgical patients. Neurosurgery 2007; 61(1):29-38.

LU DC, Sun PP. Bone morphogenetic protein for salvage fusion in an infant with Down syndrome and craniovertebral instability. Case report. J Neurosurg 2007;106(6 Suppl):480-3.

Aryan HE, LU DC, Acosta FL Jr, Ames CP. Stand-alone anterior lumbar discectomy and fusion with plate: initial experience. Surg Neurol 2007;68(1):7-13.

LU DC, Chou D. Flatback Syndrome. Neurosurg Clin N Am 2007;18(2):289-294

Aryan HE, LU DC, Acosta FL Jr, Hartl R, McCormick PW, Ames CP. Bioabsorbable anterior cervical plating: initial multicenter clinical and radiographic experience. Spine 2007;32(10):1084-8.

Aryan HE, LU DC, Acosta FL Jr, Ames CP. Corpectomy followed by the placement of instrumentation with titanium cages and recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 for vertebral osteomyelitis. J Neurosurg Spine 2007;6(1):23-30.

RICHARDSON RM, Barbaro NM, Alvarez-Buylla A, Baraban SC. Developing cell transplantation for temporal lobe epilepsy. Neurosurg Focus. 2008;24(3-4):E17.

RICHARDSON RM, Berger MS. Neurophysiologic Mapping for Glioma Surgery: Preservation of Functional Areas. In: Gildenberg PL, Tasker PR (eds): Textbook of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, 2nd ed., New York, NY, McGraw Hill, 2008.

Larson PS, RICHARDSON RM, Starr PA, Martin AJ. Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Implanted Deep Brain Stimulators: Experience in a Large Series. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg 2007;86(2):92-100.

RICHARDSON RM, Nguyen B, Holt SE, Broaddus WC, Fillmore HL. Ectopic telomerase expression inhibits neuronal differentiation of NT2 neural progenitor cells. Neurosci Lett 2007;421(2):168-72.

RICHARDSON RM, Sun D, Bullock MR. Neurogenesis after traumatic brain injury [Review]. Neurosurg Clin N Am 2007;18(1):169-81, xi.

Neurological Surgery Residency

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