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CONTACT INFORMATION:
Phone: 310-794-7362
Fax: 310-267-2707
EDUCATION:
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
HONORS/AWARDS:
2019 – Charles Kuntz Scholar Award – AANS/CNS Annual Meeting
2018 – Charles Kuntz Scholar Award – AANS/CNS Annual Meeting
2018 – Harvard Central Grant
2015 – Russel J. Stumacher, MD Memorial Prize
2015 – Theodore Friedman Prize
2014 – Edward Raffensperger Research Prize
2011 – AANS Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship
2011 – Bellet Scholarship
2011 – Clinical Neuroscience Track Summer Research Fellowship
2005 – National Achievement Scholar
PUBLICATIONS:
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Efficiency of spinal anesthesia versus general anesthesia for lumbar spinal surgery: a retrospective analysis of 544 patients. Pierce JT, Kositratna G, Attiah MA, Kallan MJ, Koenigsberg R, Syre P, Wyler D, Marcotte PJ, Kofke WA, Welch WC., Local Reg Anesth. 2017 Oct 10;10:91-98. doi: 10.2147/LRA.S141233. eCollection 2017. PMID: 29066932
Multi-Parameter Ensemble Learning for Automated Vertebral Body Segmentation in Heterogeneously Acquired Clinical MR Images., Gaonkar B, Xia Y, Villaroman DS, Ko A, Attiah M, Beckett JS, Macyszyn L.
IEEE J Transl Eng Health Med. 2017 Jun 22;5:1800412. doi: 10.1109/JTEHM.2017.2717982. eCollection 2017. PMID: 29018631
A Rodent Model of Dynamic Facial Reanimation Using Functional Electrical Stimulation.
Attiah MA, de Vries J, Richardson AG, Lucas TH., Front Neurosci. 2017 Apr 5;11:193. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2017.00193. eCollection 2017. PMID: 28424583
Direct versus indirect revascularization procedures for moyamoya disease: a comparative effectiveness study. Macyszyn L, Attiah M, Ma TS, Ali Z, Faught R, Hossain A, Man K, Patel H, Sobota R, Zager EL, Stein SC., J Neurosurg. 2017 May;126(5):1523-1529. doi: 10.3171/2015.8.JNS15504. Epub 2016 Jul 29.
PMID: 27471892
To the Editor.
Malhotra NR, Lewis D, Attiah M, Burnett M, Stein S., Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2016 Feb;41(3):E185. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000001358. No abstract available. PMID: 26866745
Long-term quality of life after posterior cervical foraminotomy for radiculopathy.
Faught RW, Church EW, Halpern CH, Balmuri U, Attiah MA, Stein SC, Dante SJ, Welch WC, Simeone FA., Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2016 Mar;142:22-25. doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2016.01.013. Epub 2016 Jan 12. PMID: 26802616
The effects of acute cortical somatosensory deafferentation on grip force control.
Richardson AG, Attiah MA, Berman JI, Chen HI, Liu X, Zhang M, Van der Spiegel J, Lucas TH., Cortex. 2016 Jan;74:1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2015.10.007. Epub 2015 Oct 30. PMID: 26587914
Anterior temporal lobectomy compared with laser thermal hippocampectomy for mesial temporal epilepsy: A threshold analysis study. Attiah MA, Paulo DL, Danish SF, Stein SC, Mani R., Epilepsy Res. 2015 Sep;115:1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2015.05.007. Epub 2015 May 22. PMID: 26220371
Giant cystic sacral schwannoma mimicking tarlov cyst: a case report.
Attiah MA, Syre PP, Pierce J, Belyaeva E, Welch WC., Eur Spine J. 2016 May;25 Suppl 1:84-8. doi: 10.1007/s00586-015-4128-2. Epub 2015 Jul 21. PMID: 26195080
Imaging patterns predict patient survival and molecular subtype in glioblastoma via machine learning techniques. Macyszyn L, Akbari H, Pisapia JM, Da X, Attiah M, Pigrish V, Bi Y, Pal S, Davuluri RV, Roccograndi L, Dahmane N, Martinez-Lage M, Biros G, Wolf RL, Bilello M, O'Rourke DM, Davatzikos C.
Neuro Oncol. 2016 Mar;18(3):417-25. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/nov127. Epub 2015 Jul 16. PMID: 26188015
Reducing surgical site infections following craniotomy: examination of the use of topical vancomycin.
Abdullah KG, Attiah MA, Olsen AS, Richardson A, Lucas TH., J Neurosurg. 2015 Dec;123(6):1600-4. doi: 10.3171/2014.12.JNS142092. Epub 2015 Jun 19. PMID: 26090835
Ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement for POEMS syndrome.
Alvarez-Breckenridge CA, Attiah MA, Zachariah M, Gummadavelli A, Yang J, Codd PJ., J Clin Neurosci. 2015 Oct;22(10):1672-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2015.03.042. Epub 2015 Jun 12. PMID: 26077937
Clinical Prediction and Decision Rules in Neurosurgery: A Critical Review.
Stein SC, Attiah MA., Neurosurgery. 2015 Aug;77(2):149-55; discussion 156. doi: 10.1227/NEU.0000000000000818. Review. PMID: 26068135
Cervical laminoforaminotomy for radiculopathy: Symptomatic and functional outcomes in a large cohort with long-term follow-up., Church EW, Halpern CH, Faught RW, Balmuri U, Attiah MA, Hayden S, Kerr M, Maloney-Wilensky E, Bynum J, Dante SJ, Welch WC, Simeone FA.
Surg Neurol Int. 2014 Dec 30;5(Suppl 15):S536-43. doi: 10.4103/2152-7806.148029. eCollection 2014. PMID: 25593773
The new diversity in medical education.
Attiah MA., N Engl J Med. 2014 Oct 16;371(16):1474-6. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp1408460. No abstract available. PMID: 25317868
Anterior surgical management of single-level cervical disc disease: a cost-effectiveness analysis.
Lewis DJ, Attiah MA, Malhotra NR, Burnett MG, Stein SC., Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2014 Dec 1;39(25):2084-92. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000000612. PMID: 25271510
Minds, motherboards, and money: futurism and realism in the neuroethics of BCI technologies.
Attiah MA, Farah MJ., Front Syst Neurosci. 2014 May 15;8:86. doi: 10.3389/fnsys.2014.00086. eCollection 2014. No abstract available. PMID: 24860445
A step-wise approach to deep brain stimulation in mice.
Halpern CH, Attiah MA, Tekriwal A, Baltuch GH., Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2014 Aug;156(8):1515-21. doi: 10.1007/s00701-014-2062-4. Epub 2014 Apr 1. PMID: 24687810
Harnessing plasticity for the treatment of neurosurgical disorders: an overview.
Chen HI, Attiah M, Baltuch G, Smith DH, Hamilton RH, Lucas TH., World Neurosurg. 2014 Nov;82(5):648-59. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2014.02.003. Epub 2014 Feb 8. Review. PMID: 24518888
A piece of my mind. Treat me like a child.
Attiah MA., JAMA. 2013 Aug 21;310(7):693-4. doi: 10.1001/jama.2013.169412. No abstract available. PMID: 23989923
Durability of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery: a meta-regression study.
Attiah MA, Halpern CH, Balmuri U, Vinai P, Mehta S, Baltuch GH, Williams NN, Wadden TA, Stein SC., Ann Surg. 2012 Aug;256(2):251-4. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3182565712. PMID: 22584693
Efficacy of facial nerve-sparing approach in patients with vestibular schwannomas.
Haque R, Wojtasiewicz TJ, Gigante PR, Attiah MA, Huang B, Isaacson SR, Sisti MB., J Neurosurg. 2011 Nov;115(5):917-23. doi: 10.3171/2011.7.JNS101921. Epub 2011 Aug 19. PMID: 2185411
