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Specialized Areas of Interest by Physician

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

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

Eric M. Altschuler, MD
spine surgery
neurosurgical trauma

John R. Baker, MD, PhD
cerebrovascular disease

Jeffrey Balzer, PhD
intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring
cerebral blood flow

David Bissonette, PA-C, MBA
physician practice management

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

Jeffrey Bost, PAC
neurological disorder treatment
webmaster

Daniel M. Bursick, MD
spine surgery
neurosurgical trauma

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

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

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

Johnathan Engh, MD
CNS tumors
cranial neuroanatomy
neurosurgical technology innovation

David J. Engle, MD
spine surgery
neurosurgical trauma

Anthony Fabio, MPH, PhD
injury prevention
violence
the contribution of social factors to violence
social epidemiology
research methodology
statistical modeling

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

Juan Carlos Fernandez-Miranda, MD
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

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

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

Stephanie Greene, MD
brain tumors
vascular malformations
Moya Moya syndrome
Chiari malformation
spinal dysraphism
peripheral nerve disorders
epilepsy surgery

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

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

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

Hideyuki Kano, MD, PhD
stereotactic radiosurgery for acoustic neuroma
brain metastases
arteriovenous malformation
cavernous malformation
meningioma
chordoma
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

David L. Kaufmann, MD
spinal surgery
vascular neurosurgery

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

Donald N. Krieger, PhD
[Unavailable]

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

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

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

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

Ajay Niranjan, MD, MBA
radiosurgery for brain metastases
trigeminal neuralgia
arteriovenous malformation
meningioma
acoustic neuroma

Hideho Okada, MD, PhD
tumnor immunological environment analysis
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

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

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

Daniel Monte-Serrat Prevedello, MD
minimally invasive neurosurgery
pituitary surgery
neuroendocrinology
brain tumors
skull base surgery
neuroanatomy

Ava Puccio, RN, PhD
[Unavailable]

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

Peter E. Sheptak, MD
acoustic tumors
sports medicine
spine surgery
lumbar stenosis

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

Mandeep S. Tamber, MD
[Unavailable]

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

Daniel A. Wecht, MD, MSc, FACS
vascular neurosurgery
aneurysms
vascular malformations
brain tumors
spinal microsurgery
peripheral nerve microsurgery

Matthew Wetzel, MD
spinal surgery
spinal reconstruction
spinal fusion
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

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

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