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Clinical Academic Neurosurgeons

Jeffrey Balzer, PhD
intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring
cerebral blood flow

Donald J. Crammond, PhD
movement disorders
functional localization in cerebral cortex
motor system physiology

Johnathan Engh, MD
CNS tumors
cranial neuroanatomy
neurosurgical technology innovation

Juan Carlos Fernandez-Miranda, MD
endoscopic pituitary surgery
minimally invasive endoscopic skull base surgery
open cerebrovascular and skull base surgery
brain tumors
pituitary surgery
three-dimensional neuroanatomy
advanced brain imaging techniques
brain connectivity

Robert M. Friedlander, MD
aneurysms
vascular malformations
brain tumors
carotid disease
cerebrovascular disease
Chiari malformation
spinal cord tumors
apoptosis
Huntington’s disease
ALS
stroke

Paul Gardner, MD
endoscopic endonasal skull base surgery
pituitary tumors
minimally invasive surgery
peripheral nerve surgery
neurooncology

Peter C. Gerszten, MD, MPH, FACS
spine surgery
stereotactic radiosurgery of spinal lesions
minimally invasive spine surgical techniques
outcomes research applied to spinal surgical interventions
failed back syndrome
epidural fibrosis

Avniel Singh Ghuman, PhD
dynamics of brain interactions
autism
visual cognition
magnetoencephalography (MEG)

Stephanie Greene, MD
pediatric neurosurgery
brain tumors
vascular malformations
Moya Moya syndrome
Chiari malformation
spinal dysraphism
peripheral nerve disorders
fetal surgery for spina bifida

Miguel E. Habeych, MD, MPH
neurophysiological monitoring
neurophysiology and epidemiology

Michael Bruce Horowitz, MD
endovascular surgery
vascular surgery
microvascular decompression
tumors

Brian Jankowitz, MD
vascular neurosurgery

Hideyuki Kano, MD, PhD
stereotactic radiosurgery
benign and malignant brain tumor
acoustic neuroma
meningiomas
chordomas
brain metastases
gliomas
arteriovenous malformation
cavernous malformation, and for
trigeminal neuralgia
cluster headache
clinical statistics
survival analysis
gene therapy for brain tumors
radioprotective agent

Adam S. Kanter, MD
minimally invasive spine surgery
endosurgical complex spine surgery
artificial disc technology
spinal tumors
experimental therapies for spinal cord regeneration

Douglas Kondziolka, MD, MS
adult and pediatric brain tumors
movement disorder surgery
behavior disorders and surgery
Gamma Knife radiosurgery
trigeminal neuralgia
neurotransplantation
vascular malformations
acoustic neuromas
radiobiology

L. Dade Lunsford, MD
brain tumor management
Gamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgery
movement disorders
trigeminal neuralgia
vascular malformations
sports medicine

Arlan Mintz, MD, MSc
neuro-oncology
stereotactic radiosurgery
vascular surgery
skull base surgery
clinical epidemiology

John J. Moossy, MD
surgical treatment of intractable pain problems

Ajay Niranjan, MD, MBA
brain mapping
magnetoencephalography (MEG)
radiosurgery for brain metastases
trigeminal neuralgia
arteriovenous malformation
meningioma
acoustic neuroma

Hideho Okada, MD, PhD
brain and brain tumors
immunological therapy for brain tumors
gene therapy for brain tumors
roles of microRNAs in brain tumors and immunity

David O. Okonkwo, MD, PhD
brain trauma
spine trauma
scoliosis
spinal deformity
minimally invasive spine surgery
experimental therapies for brain and spinal cord injuries

Alessandro Paluzzi, MD
open and endoscopic skull base surgery
endoscopic pituitary surgery
neuro-oncology

Ian F. Pollack, MD
pediatric neurosurgery
pediatric neuro-oncology
craniofacial surgery
congenital spinal abnormalities
brain tumor clinical trials

R. Mark Richarson, MD, PhD
epilepsy surgery
deep brain stimulation
movement disorder surgery
awake surgery in eloquent brain areas

Richard Spiro, MD
spine surgery
spinal reconstruction
minimally invasive treatment of spinal disorders
spinal tumors
spinal fusion

Mandeep S. Tamber, MD, PhD
epilepsy surgery
pediatric neuro-oncology
hydrocephalus
Chiari malformation
craniofacial disorders
pediatric neuro-oncology clinical trials
prospective studies in pediatric hydrocephalus

Parthasarathy D. Thirumala, MD
intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring
functional cortical mapping
neurophysiological monitoring
minimally invasive endonasal approach

Elizabeth Tyler-Kabara, MD, PhD
cerebral palsy
spasticity
dystonia
movement disorders
pediatric spinal disorders

Researchers

Diane Carlisle, PhD
chemical exposure during pregnancy research

Yue-Fang Change, PhD
longitudinal data analysis
survival analysis
statistical computing
research methodology
injury epidemiology

C. Edward Dixon, PhD
traumatic brain injury research
neurotransmitter agonist therapies
models of traumatic brain injury
clinical studies of pharmacotherapy

Wendy Fellows-Mayle, PhD
immunotherapy of brain tumors
gene therapy of brain tumors
epilepsy
intracranial pressure
craniosynostosis
traumatic brain injury

Robert Ferrante, PhD, MS
neuropathology
mechanisms of neurodegeneration
Huntington's Disease
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
drug development and translational therapeutic strategies
biomarker discovery
human clinical trials

Paola Grandi, PhD
gene therapy for brain tumors using HSV-based vectors
molecular targeting to tumor cells
molecular mechanisms of tumor cell migration
role of miRNAs in cancer progression

Esther Jane, PhD
signaling pathways
malignant glioma cells

Larry W. Jenkins, PhD
2-D electrophoresis and proteomics
neurotransmitter and trophic factor signal transduction
head trauma
cerebral ischemia

Wenyan Jia, PhD
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Daniel R. Premkumar, PhD
molecular mechanisms of receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors malignant human glioma

Ava Puccio, RN, PhD
traumatic brain injury
normothermia
hypothermia
brain oxygenation
genetic expression in TBI patients

Mingui Sun, PhD
biomedical engineering
biomedical instrumentation
biomedical signal
computational neurophysiology
image and video processing
computer-assisted neurosurgery and diagnosis

Hong Qu Yan, MD, LAc
acupuncture research and treatment
traditional Chinese medicine research
traumatic brain imjury
cancer

Hiroko Yano, PhD
neurodegenerative diseases

Yu Zhang, PhD
neurodegenerative diseases
Huntington’s disease
stroke
ALS
Kennedy’s disease

Community Neurosurgeons

Adnan A. Abla, MD
microdiscectomy
laminectomy
anterior cervical discectomy
spinal instrumentation and fusion
spinal tumors

Pedro Aguilar, MD
spine surgery
complex, degenerative, oncology
surgical pain management
international medicine

Eric M. Altschuler, MD
spine surgery
neurosurgical trauma

J. William Bookwalter, III, MD
minimally invasive surgery for the neck and back
artificial disc replacement
ulnar and median nerve problems
peripheral and sacral tumors

Jeffrey Bost, PAC
neurosurgical physician assistant

Daniel M. Bursick, MD
spine surgery
neurosurgical trauma

Matt El-Kadi, MD, PhD
complex spine disorders
spinal stabilization
spinal tumors
minimally invasive spine surgery

David J. Engle, MD
spine surgery
neurosurgical trauma

David L. Kaufmann, MD
spinal surgery
general neurosurgery

Joseph C. Maroon, MD
microdiscectomy
lumbar laminectomy
anterior cervical discectomy
Arnold-Chiari Malformation
pituitary tumors
orbital tumors
acoustic tumors
brain tumors
concussion
sports medicine

Michael J. Rutigliano, MD, MBA
neurosurgical diseases
spinal, peripheral nerve disorders
brain tumors

Daniel A. Wecht, MD, MSc, FACS
vascular neurosurgery
aneurysms
vascular malformations
brain tumors
spinal and peripheral nerve microsurgery
trigeminal neuralgia
chiari malformation
hydrocephalus

Matthew Wetzel, MD
spinal surgery
spinal reconstruction
spinal fusion and instrumentation
spinal tumors
lumbar microdiscectomy
lumbar laminectomy
anterior cervical discectomy
peripheral nerve surgery
carpal tunnel release
ulnar nerve decompression
primary and metastatic brain tumor surgery