Recent Awards, Honors, & Grants

• Dr. Matthew Sun is awarded the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) Synaptive Preuss Research Award (2022)
• Dr. Sophie Peeters is awarded the Neil Peart Neurosurgery Research Award (2021)
• Dr. Benjamin Uy is awarded the UCLA JCCC Fellowship Award (2021)
• Dr. Matthew Sun is awarded the UCLA JCCC Fellowship Award (2021)
• Dr. Bayard Wilson is awarded the Best Clinical Abstract Award by the California Association of Neurological Surgeons (CANS) (2021)
• Dr. Matthew Sun is awarded the Best Basic Science Resident Abstract by Western Neurosurgery (2021)
• Dr. Benjamin Uy is awarded the 2020-2021 T32 Grant
• Dr. Maya Harary is elected to the AANS Young Neurosurgeons Committee (2020)
• Dr. Sophie Peeters is awarded the Southeastern Brain Tumor Foundation (SBTF) board fund NREF Grant (2020)
• Drs. Srinivas Chivikula, Jasmine DiCesare and Sophie Peeters are awarded the NIH R25 Grant
• Dr. Kunal Patel wins Best Basic Science Abstract at NASBS 2020
• Dr. Kunal Patel is awarded the Eli & Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine Clinical Fellowship 
• Drs. Jasmine DiCesare and Sophie Peeters are elected to the Young Neurosurgeons Committee
• Dr. Jasmine DiCesare is elected to the CNS National Resident Committee Member (Project Lead: National Neurosurgery Symposium) and as the AANS Division Coordinator for Affiliated Neurosurgery

Recent and Upcoming Presentations

• Dr. Peter B. Wu, II will present at the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) Meeting on "BOLD Asynchrony is a Contrast-Independent Biomarker of High-Grade Glioma in Patients on Bevacizumab" (2022)
• Dr. Matthew Sun gave oral presentations at the North American Skull Base Society (NASBS) on "Utility of Nonpenetrating titanium clip for primary repair of intraoperative CSF leak in endoscopic endonasal approach for tumor resection - single institutional experience" and "Comparison of Changes in Quality of Life after Endoscopic Endonasal Approach for Craniopharyngiomas versus Anterior Skull Base Meningiomas" (2022)
• Dr. Bayard Wilson presented at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) on "Multi-institutional validation of machine learning based imaging biomarker for predicting surgical candidacy for treating lumbar canal stenosis." (2021)
• Dr. Sophie Peeters presented at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) on "Cold Atmospheric Plasma Selectively Induces Apoptosis and Ferroptosis through Reactive Oxygen Species in High-Grade Glioma" and "Length of Levetiracetam Exposure Impacts Overall Survival in IDH-wildtype Glioblastoma Patients." (2021)
• Dr. H. Westley Phillips presented at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CSN) on "Pediatric Practice Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic." (2021)
• Dr. Sophie Peeters presented at the North American Skull Base Society Virtual Symposium on "Noise Ratio Increases with Miniature Surface Coil Position as Demonstrated by Both Numerical Simulation and Experimental Validation," "The Evolution of Skull Base Reconstruction After Endoscopic Transnasal Transsphenoidal Surgery at at Large Academic Institution," and "Diaphragma Sella Prolapse with Reverse Trendelenburg Enhances the Resection of Large Pituitary Adenomas." (2021)
• Dr. Matthew Sun presented at the North American Skull Base Society Virtual Symposium  on "Quality-of-Life outcome after endoscopic approach for anterior skull base meningiomas." (2021)
• Dr. Sophie Peeters presented at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) on "Dendritic Cell Vaccination is Effective Against H3.3G34R Mutant Glioblastoma in a Novel Syngeneic Genetically Engineered Mouse Model." (2020)

2020-2021 Resident-authored Peer Reviewed Publications 

Gaonkar B, Beckett J, Attiah M, Ahn C, Edwards M, Wilson B, Laiwalla A, Salehi B, Yoo B, Bui AAT, Macyszyn L. Eigenrank by committee: Von-Neumann entropy based data subset selection and failure prediction for deep learning based medical image segmentation. Mediocal Image Analysis. 2021

Peeters SM, Nagasawa D, Gaonkar B, Niu T, Tucker A, Attiah M, Babayan D, Moreland N, Yang I, Press MC, Macyszyn L. Perioperative dual antiplatelet therapy for patients undergoing spine surgery soon after drug eluting stent placement. Surgical Neurology International. 2021

Wilson B, Gaonkar B, Yoo B, Salehi B, Attiah M, Villaroman D, Ahn C, Edwards M, Laiwalla A, Ratnaparkhi A, Li I, Cook K, Beckett J, Macyszyn L. Predicting Spinal Surgery Candidacy From Imaging Data Using Machine Learning. Neurosurgery. 2021

Medina R, Macyszyn L, Lim AS, Attiah M, Kafka-Peterson K, Kaprelian T, Hegde JV, Venkat P, Lee A, Park SJ, Chang AJ. High-Dose Rate Interstitial Spine Brachytherapy Using an Intraoperative Mobile Computed Tomography-Guided Surgical Navigation System. Operative Neurosurgy. 2021

Mozaffari K, Dejam D, Duong C, Ding K, French A, Ng E, Preet K, Franks A, Kwan I, Phillips HW, Kim DY, Yang I. Systematic Review of Serum Biomarkers in Traumatic Brain Injury. Cureus. 2021 

Bell JS, Florence TJ, Phillips HW, Patel K, Macaluso NJ, Villanueva PG, Naik PK, Kim W. Comparison of the Safety of Prophylactic Anticoagulants After Intracranial Surgery. Neurosurgery. 2021 

Mozaffari K, Ghodrati F, Pradhan A, Ng E, Ding K, Rana S, Duong C, Anderson RN, Enomoto A, Sheppard JP, Sun MZ, Phillips HW, Yang I, Gopen Q. Superior Semicircular Canal Dehiscence Revision Surgery Outcomes: A Single Institution's Experience. World Neurosurgery. 2021

Nagahama Y, Zervos TM, Murata KK, Holman L, Karsonovich T, Parker JJ, Chen JS, Phillips HW, Fajardo M, Nariai H, Hussain SA, Porter BE, Grant GA, Ragheb J, Wang S, O'Neill BR, Alexander AL, Bollo RJ, Fallah A. Real-World Preliminary Experience With Responsive Neurostimulation in Pediatric Epilepsy: A Multicenter Retrospective Observational Study. Neurosurgery. 2021

Preet K, Udawatta M, Mozaffari K, Ong V, Franks A, Ng E, Gaonkar B, Sun MZ, Salamon N, Gopen Q, Yang I. Relationship Between Superior Semicircular Canal Dehiscence Volume with Clinical Symptoms: Case Series. World Neurosurgery. 2021 

Wang S, Sun MZ, Abecassis IJ, Weil AG, Ibrahim GM, Fallah A, Ene C, Leary SES, Cole BL, Lockwood CM, Olson JM, Geyer JR, Ellenbogen RG, Ojemann JG, Wang AC. Predictors of mortality and tumor recurrence in desmoplastic infantile ganglioglioma and astrocytoma-and individual participant data meta-analysis (IPDMA). Journal of Neuro-Oncology. 2021 

Sun MZ, Babayan D, Chen JS, Wang MM, Naik PK, Reitz K, Li JJ, Pouratian N, Kim W. Postoperative Admission of Adult Craniotomy Patients to the Neuroscience Ward Reduces Length of Stay and Cost. Neurosurgery. 2021 

Patel KS, Sun MZ, Willis SL, Alemnew M, De Jong R, Evans AS, Duong C, Gopen Q, Yang I. Selective scalp block decreases short term post-operative pain scores and opioid use after craniotomy: A case series. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. 2021

Thum JA. Resiliency of a perpetual optimist: neurosurgeon Dr. Linda Liau. Neurosurgical Focus. 2021 

Thum JA, Chang D, Tata N, Liau LM. Neurosurgeons in 2020: the impact of gender on neurosurgical training, family planning, and workplace culture. Neurosurgical Focus. 2021 

Say I, Niu T, Thum JA, Archie MM, Chen DC, Lu DC. A novel endoscope-assisted technique for lateral lumbar interbody fusion: feasibility study, technical note, and operative video. Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine. 2021 

Wang A, Karunungan KL, Shlobin NA, DiCesare JAT, Holly LT. Diversity and inclusion in neurosurgery. The Lancet Neurology. 2021 

Wang C, Ellingson BM, Islam S, Laiwalla A, Salamon N, Holly LT. Supraspinal functional and structural plasticity in patients undergoing surgery for degenerative cervical myelopathy. Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine. 2021

Kulinich DP, Sheppard JP, Nguyen T, Kondajji AM, Unterberger A, Duong C, Enomoto A, Patel K, Yang I. Radiotherapy versus combination radiotherapy-bevacizumab for the treatment of recurrent high-grade glioma: a systematic review. Acta Neurochirurgica. 2021

Kondajji AM, Evans A, Lum M, Kulinich D, Unterberger A, Ding K, Duong C, Patel K, Yang I. A systematic review of stereotactic radiofrequency ablation for hypothalamic hamartomas. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 2021

Ellingson BM, Patel K, Wang C, Raymond C, Brenner A, de Groot JF, Butowski NA, Zach L, Campian JL, Schlossman J, Rizvi S, Cohen YC, Lowenton-Spier N, Minei TR, Shmueli SF, Wen PY, Cloughesy TF. Validation of diffusion MRI as a biomarker for efficacy using randomized phase III trial of bevacizumab with or without VB-111 in recurrent glioblastoma. Neuro-Oncology Advances. 2021 

Li J, Kaneda MM, Ma J, Li M, Shepard RM, Patel K, Koga T, Sarver A, Furnari F, Xu B, Dhawan S, Ning J, Zhu H, Wu A, You G, Jiang T, Venteicher AS, Rich JN, Glass CK, Varner JA, Chen CC. PI3Kγ inhibition suppresses microglia/TAM accumulation in glioblastoma microenvironment to promote exceptional temozolomide response. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2021 

Peeters SM, Muftuoglu Y, Na B, Daniels DJ, Wang AC. Pediatric Gliomas: Molecular Landscape and Emerging Targets. Neurosurgery Clinics of North America. 2021 

Zanello M, Roux A, Debacker C, Peeters S, Edjlali-Goujon M, Dhermain F, Dezamis E, Oppenheim C, Lechapt-Zalcman E, Harislur M, Varlet P, Chretien F, Devaux B, Pallud J. Postoperative intracerebral haematomas following stereotactic biopsies: Poor planning or poor execution? The International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery. 2021

Malaize H, Samoyeau T, Zanello M, Roux A, Benzakoun J, Peeters S, Zah-Bi G, Edjlali M, Tauziede-Espariat A, Dezamis E, Parraga E, Chrétien F, Varlet P, Plu-Bureau G, Oppenheim C, Pallud J. Evolution of the neurosurgical management of progestin-associated meningiomas: a 23-year single-center experience. Journal of Neuro-Oncology. 2021 

Zanello M, Carron R, Peeters S, Gori P, Roux A, Bloch I, Oppenheim C, Pallud J. Automated neurosurgical stereotactic planning for intraoperative use: a comprehensive review of the literature and perspectives. Neurosurgical Review. 2021 

Zanello M, Roux A, Senova S, Peeters S, Edjlali M, Tauziede-Espariat A, Dezamis E, Parraga E, Zah-Bi G, Harislur M, Oppenheim C, Sauvageon X, Chretien F, Devaux B, Varlet P, Pallud J. Robot-Assisted Stereotactic Biopsies in 377 Consecutive Adult Patients with Supratentorial Diffuse Gliomas: Diagnostic Yield, Safety, and Postoperative Outcomes. World Neurosurgery. 2021 

Peeters SM, Colby GP, Wang AC. In Reply to the Letter to the Editor Regarding "Spontaneous Resolution of Dural and Pial Arteriovenous Fistulae Arising After Superficial Temporal Artery to Middle Cerebral Artery Bypass for Moyamoya Disease". World Neurosurgery. 2021 

Pallud J, Zanello M, Moiraghi A, Peeters S, Trancart B, Edjlali M, Oppenheim C, Varlet P, Chrétien F, Dhermain F, Roux A, Dezamis E. Surgery of Insular Diffuse Gliomas-Part 1: Transcortical Awake Resection Is Safe and Independently Improves Overall Survival. Neurosurgery. 2021 

Pallud J, Huberfeld G, Dezamis E, Peeters S, Moiraghi A, Gavaret M, Guinard E, Dhermain F, Varlet P, Oppenheim C, Chrétien F, Roux A, Zanello M. Effect of Levetiracetam Use Duration on Overall Survival of Isocitrate Dehydrogenase Wildtype Glioblastoma in Adults: An Observational Study. Neurology. 2021 

Roux A, Ammar H, Moiraghi A, Peeters S, Baroud M, Zah-Bi G, Benzakoun J, Parraga E, Oppenheim C, Benevello C, Chretien F, Varlet P, Dhermain F, Dezamis E, Zanello M, Pallud J. Discriminating surgical bed cysts from bacterial brain abscesses after Carmustine wafer implantation in newly diagnosed IDH-wildtype glioblastomas. Neurosurgical Review. 2021 

Pallud J, Roux A, Trancart B, Peeters S, Moiraghi A, Edjlali M, Oppenheim C, Varlet P, Chrétien F, Dhermain F, Zanello M, Dezamis E. Surgery of Insular Diffuse Gliomas-Part 2: Probabilistic Cortico-Subcortical Atlas of Critical Eloquent Brain Structures and Probabilistic Resection Map During Transcortical Awake Resection. Neurosurgery. 2021 

Peeters S, Levinson S, Wahjoepramono EJ, July J. A case series and review of the mononostril endoscopic transnasal transsphenoidal approach: Safe and effective in a low resource setting. Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery. 2021 

Pelletier JB, Moiraghi A, Zanello M, Roux A, Peeters S, Trancart B, Edjlali M, Lechapt E, Tauziede-Espariat A, Zah-Bi G, Parraga E, Chretien F, Dezamis E, Dhermain F, Pallud J. Is function-based resection using intraoperative awake brain mapping feasible and safe for solitary brain metastases within eloquent areas? Neurosurgical Review. 2021 

Moiraghi A, Roux A, Peeters S, Pelletier JB, Baroud M, Trancart B, Oppenheim C, Lechapt E, Benevello C, Parraga E, Varlet P, Chrétien F, Dezamis E, Zanello M, Pallud J. Feasibility, Safety and Impact on Overall Survival of Awake Resection for Newly Diagnosed Supratentorial IDH-Wildtype Glioblastomas in Adults. Cancers (Basel). 2021

Brown NJ, Wilson B, Shahrestani S, Choi EH, Lien BV, Paladugu A, Tran K, Ransom SC, Tafreshi AR, Ransom RC, Sahyouni R, Chan AY, Yang I. The 100 Most Influential Publications on Medulloblastoma: Areas of Past, Current, and Future Focus. World Neurosurgery. 2021 

Brown NJ, Wilson B, Szabadi S, Quon C, Ong V, Himstead A, Shlobin NA, Yang CY, Lien BV, Shahrestani S, Tran K, Tafreshi AR, Birkenbeuel J, Ransom SC, Choi EH, Sahyouni R, Chan AY, Kheriaty A, Yang I. Ethical considerations and patient safety concerns for cancelling non-urgent surgeries during the COVID-19 pandemic: a review. Patient Safety in Surgery. 2021 

Brown NJ, Wilson B, Lien BV, Himstead A, Tafreshi AR, Shahrestani S, Birkenbeuel J, Tran K, Horton D, Paladugu A, Kirillova LR, Yang CY, Ransom SC, Sahyouni R, Yang I. Citation analysis of the most influential ependymoma research articles illustrates improved knowledge of the molecular biology of ependymoma. Neurosurgical Review. 2021 

Zarrin DA, Wilson BR, Teton ZE, Sheldon BL, Dorsi MJ. The Role of Vancomycin Powder During Spinal Cord Stimulator Implantation: A Case Series and Review of the Literature. World Neurosurgery. 2021 

Zhang X, Deibert CP, Kim WJ, Jaman E, Rao AV, Lotze MT, Amankulor NM. Autophagy inhibition is the next step in the treatment of glioblastoma patients following the Stupp era. Cancer Gene Therapy. 2021 

Lee J, Uy BR, Liau LM. Brain Tumor Vaccines. Neurosurgery Clinics of North America. 2021 

Huq S, Kannapadi NV, Casaos J, Lott T, Felder R, Serra R, Gorelick NL, Ruiz-Cardozo MA, Ding AS, Cecia A, Medikonda R, Ehresman J, Brem H, Skuli N, Tyler BM. Preclinical efficacy of ribavirin in SHH and group 3 medulloblastoma. Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics. 2021

Ding AS, Huq S, Casaos J, Raj D, Morales M, Zhao T, Kim T, Srivastava S, Pant A, Serra R, Gorelick NL, Brem H, Tyler B. Targeting of cyclin-dependent kinases in atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumors with multikinase inhibitor TG02. Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics. 2021 

Pinheiro L, Perdomo-Pantoja A, Casaos J, Huq S, Paldor I, Vigilar V, Mangraviti A, Wang Y, Witham TF, Brem H, Tyler B. Captopril inhibits Matrix Metalloproteinase-2 and extends survival as a temozolomide adjuvant in an intracranial gliosarcoma model. Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery. 2021 

Serra R, Zhao T, Huq S, Gorelick NL, Casaos J, Cecia A, Mangraviti A, Eberhart C, Bai R, Olivi A, Brem H, Jackson EM, Tyler B. Disulfiram and copper combination therapy targets NPL4, cancer stem cells and extends survival in a medulloblastoma model. PLoS One. 2021

Segar DJ, Lak AM, Lee S, Harary M, Chavakula V, Lauro P, McDannold N, White J, Cosgrove GR. Lesion location and lesion creation affect outcomes after focused ultrasound thalamotomy. Brain. 2021 

Muftuoglu Y, Pajonk F. Targeting Glioma Stem Cells. Neurosurgery Clinics of North America. 2021 

Baskar R, Reddy V, Tissot MI, Detchou DK, Teton ZE, Morrison JF. Letter: Virtual Reality in Neurosurgical Education: Modernizing the Medical Classroom. Neurosurgery. 2021 

Baisiwala S, Budhiraja S, Goel C, Nandoliya KR, Saathoff MR, Ahmed AU. Spelling Out CICs: A Multi-Organ Examination of the Contributions of Cancer Initiating Cells' Role in Tumor Progression. Stem Cell Reviews and Reports. 2021

Shireman JM, Atashi F, Lee G, Ali ES, Saathoff MR, Park CH, Savchuk S, Baisiwala S, Miska J, Lesniak MS, James CD, Stupp R, Kumthekar P, Horbinski CM, Ben-Sahra I, Ahmed AU. De novo purine biosynthesis is a major driver of chemoresistance in glioblastoma. Brain. 2021 

Chivukula S, Zhang CY, Aflalo T, Jafari M, Pejsa K, Pouratian N, Andersen RA. Neural encoding of actual and imagined touch within human posterior parietal cortex. Elife. 2021 

Takei Y, Yun J, Zheng S, Ollikainen N, Pierson N, White J, Shah S, Thomassie J, Suo S, Eng CL, Guttman M, Yuan GC, Cai L. Integrated spatial genomics reveals global architecture of single nuclei. Nature. 2021 

Takei Y, Zheng S, Yun J, Shah S, Pierson N, White J, Schindler S, Tischbirek CH, Yuan GC, Cai L. Single-cell nuclear architecture across cell types in the mouse brain. Science. 2021 

Petridis PD, Horenstein C, Pereira B, Wu P, Samanamud J, Marie T, Boyett D, Sudhakar T, Sheth SA, McKhann GM, Sisti MB, Bruce JN, Canoll P, Grinband J. BOLD Asynchrony Elucidates Tumor Burden in IDH-Mutated Gliomas. Neuro-Oncology. 2021 

Baisiwala S, Shlobin NA, Cloney MB, Dahdaleh NS. Impact of Resident Participation During Surgery on Neurosurgical Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis. World Neurosurgery. 2020 

Baisiwala S, Hall RR 3rd, Saathoff MR, M Shireman J, Park C, Budhiraja S, Goel C, Warnke L, Hardiman C, Wang JY, McCortney K, Horbinski CM, Ahmed AU. LNX1 Modulates Notch1 Signaling to Promote Expansion of the Glioma Stem Cell Population during Temozolomide Therapy in Glioblastoma. Cancers. 2020 

Jafari M, Aflalo T, Chivukula S, Kellis SS, Salas MA, Norman SL, Pejsa K, Liu CY, Andersen RA. The human primary somatosensory cortex encodes imagined movement in the absence of sensory information. Communications Biology. 2020 

Teton ZE, Raslan AM. Motor Cortex Stimulation for Facial Pain. Progress in Neurolgical Surgery. 2020

Muftuoglu Y, Liau LM. Results From the CheckMate 143 Clinical Trial: Stalemate or New Game Strategy for Glioblastoma Immunotherapy? JAMA Oncology. 2020 

Harary M, Tung JK, Sood S, Corrales CE, Smith T, Iorgulescu JB. Benign purely intraosseous meningioma of the skull: Diagnosis and surgical outcomes. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. 2020

Stopa BM, Harary M, Jhun R, Job A, Izzy S, Smith TR, Gormley WB. Divergence in the epidemiological estimates of traumatic brain injury in the United States: comparison of two national databases. Journal of Neurosurgery. 2020 

Patel KS, Kejriwa S, Thammachantha S, Duong C, Murillo A, Gordon LK, Cloughesy TF, Liau L, Yong W, Yang I, Wadehra M. Increased epithelial membrane protein 2 expression in glioblastoma after treatment with bevacizumab. Neuro-Oncology Advances. 2020 

Patel KS, Yao J, Raymond C, Yong W, Everson R, Liau LM, Nathanson D, Kornblum H, Wang C, Oughourlian T, Lai A, Nghiemphu PL, Pope WB, Cloughesy TF, Ellingson BM. Decorin expression is associated with predictive diffusion MR phenotypes of anti-VEGF efficacy in glioblastoma. Scientific Reports. 2020 

Wang C, Laiwalla A, Salamon N, Ellingson BM, Holly LT. Compensatory brainstem functional and structural connectivity in patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy by probabilistic tractography and functional MRI. Brain Research. 2020

Huq S, Casaos J, Serra R, Peters M, Xia Y, Ding AS, Ehresman J, Kedda JN, Morales M, Gorelick NL, Zhao T, Ishida W, Perdomo-Pantoja A, Cecia A, Ji C, Suk I, Sidransky D, Brait M, Brem H, Skuli N, Tyler B. Repurposing the FDA-Approved Antiviral Drug Ribavirin as Targeted Therapy for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 2020 

Fallah A, Subramaniam T, Phillips HW, Michalet X, Vinters HV, Yong WH, Wu JY, Salamon N, Ellingson BM, Wang AC, Reyes SD, Ibrahim GM, Weil AG, Chang JW, Babayan D, Nguyen JC, Behnke E, Tseng CH, Mathern GW. Novel tonometer device distinguishes brain stiffness in epilepsy surgery. Scientific Reports. 2020 

Steed TC, Treiber JM, Taha B, Engin HB, Carter H, Patel KS, Dale AM, Carter BS, Chen CC. Glioblastomas located in proximity to the subventricular zone (SVZ) exhibited enrichment of gene expression profiles associated with the cancer stem cell state. Journal of Neuro-Oncology. 2020 

Patel KS, Everson RG, Yao J, Raymond C, Goldman J, Schlossman J, Tsung J, Tan C, Pope WB, Ji MS, Nguyen NT, Lai A, Nghiemphu PL, Liau LM, Cloughesy TF, Ellingson BM. Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging Phenotypes Predict Overall Survival Benefit From Bevacizumab or Surgery in Recurrent Glioblastoma With Large Tumor Burden. Neurosurgery. 2020 

Sheppard JP, Duong C, Lagman C, Patel K, Sun MZ, Prashant GN, Yang I. In Reply: Systemic Antimicrobial Prophylaxis and Antimicrobial-Coated External Ventricular Drain Catheters for Preventing Ventriculostomy-Related Infections: A Meta-Analysis of 5242 Cases. Neurosurgery. 2020 

Teton ZE, Freedman RS, Tomlinson SB, Linzey JR, Onyewuenyi A, Khahera AS, Hendricks BK, Cohen-Gadol AA. The Neurosurgical Atlas: advancing neurosurgical education in the digital age. Neurosurgical Focus. 2020

Teton ZE, Hendricks BK, Marotta DA, Cohen-Gadol A. Transtentorial Approach to Parahippocampal Lesions: A Technically Challenging Approach for Preserving Temporal Lobe Structures. World Neurosurgery. 2020 

Holste K, Sahyouni R, Teton Z, Chan AY, Englot DJ, Rolston JD. Spasm Freedom Following Microvascular Decompression for Hemifacial Spasm: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. World Neurosurgery. 2020 

Han SJ, Teton Z, Gupta K, Kawamoto A, Raslan AM. Novel Use of Stimulating Fence-Post Technique for Functional Mapping of Subcortical White Matter During Tumor Resection: A Technical Case Series. Operative Neurosurgery. 2020 

Teton ZE, Cheaney B, Obayashi JT, Than KD. PEEK interbody devices for multilevel anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: association with more than 6-fold higher rates of pseudarthrosis compared to structural allograft. Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine. 2020 

2019- 2020 Resident-authored Peer Reviewed Publications (to date June 2020)

Attiah M, Gaonkar B, Alkhalid Y, Villaroman D, Medina R, Ahn C, Niu T, Beckett J, Ames C, Macyszyn L. Natural history of the aging spine: a cross-sectional analysis of spinopelvic parameters in the asymptomatic population. J Neurosurg Spine. 2019

Sheppard JP, Duong C, Romiyo P, Azzam D, Alkhalid Y, Nguyen T, Babayan D, Lagman C, Sun MZ, Prashant GN, Beckett JS, Yang. Patient Safety Analysis in Radiation Burden of Head Computed Tomography Imaging in 1185 Neurosurgical Inpatients. World Neurosurg. 2020

Udawatta M, Alkhalid Y, Nguyen T, Ong V, Woodard J, Sheppard JP, Duong C, Iyengar S, Migdal CW, Mosley V, Yang I.  Patient Satisfaction Ratings of Male and Female Residents Across Subspecialties. Neurosurgery. 2020

Chivukula S, Jafari M, Aflalo T, Yong NA, Pouratian N. Cognition in Sensorimotor Control: Interfacing With the Posterior Parietal Cortex. Front Neurosci. 2019

Sheppard JP, Prashant GN, Chen CHJ, Peeters S, Lagman C, Ong V, Udawatta M, Duong C, Nguyen T, Romiyo P, Gaonkar B, Yong WH, Kaprealian TB, Tenn S, Lee P, Yang I. Timing of adjuvant radiation therapy and survival outcomes after surgical resection of intracranial non-small cell lung cancer metastases. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2019

Sheppard JP, Ong V, Lagman C, Udawatta M, Duong C, Nguyen T, Prashant GN, Plurad DS, Kim DY, Yang I. Systemic Antimicrobial Prophylaxis and Antimicrobial-Coated External Ventricular Drain Catheters for Preventing Ventriculostomy-Related Infections: A Meta-Analysis of 5242 Cases. Neurosurgery. 2020

Patel KS, Shu Chen J, Yuan F, Attiah M, Wilson B, Wang MB, Bergsneider M, Kim W. Prediction of post-operative delayed hyponatremia after endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2019

Mckay K, Attiah M, Niu T, Nagasawa D, Patel K, Gaonkar B, Van de Wiele B, Moreland N, Tucker A, Churchman P, Batzdorf U, Macyszyn L. Clinical and surgical management of holocervical spinal cord ependymomas. Surg Neurol Int. 2019

Attiah M, Tucker AM, Perez-Rosendahl M, Niu T, Nagasawa DT, Kodrat E, Martin NA, Nelson S. Epithelioid Osteoblastoma of the Temporal Bone: A Case Report. World Neurosurg. 2019

Attiah M, Sandler K, Medina R, Gaonkar B, McArthur D, Farha G, Selch M, De Salles A, Tenn S, Agazaryan N, Lee P, Steinberg M, Lu D, Macyszyn L, Kaprealian T Comparison of Clinical Outcomes Stratified by Target Delineation for Patients Undergoing Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy for Spinal Metastases. World Neurosurg. 2020

Harris WB, Phillips HW, Chen JS, Weil AG, Ibrahim GM, Fallah A. Seizure outcomes in children with Rasmussen's encephalitis undergoing resective or hemispheric epilepsy surgery: an individual participant data meta-analysis J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2019

Phillips HW, Chen JS, Wilson B, Udawatta M, Prashant G, Nagasawa D, Yang I Social Media Use for Professional Purposes in the Neurosurgical Community: A Multi-Institutional Study. World Neurosurg. 2019

Romiyo P, Ng E, Dejam D, Ding K, Sheppard JP, Duong C, Franks A, Ong V, Udawatta M, Phillips HW, Gopen Q, Yang I. Radiosurgery treatment is associated with improved facial nerve preservation versus repeat resection in recurrent vestibular schwannomas. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2019

Udawatta M, Ng E, Phillips HW, Chen JS, b, Prashant GN, Nagasawa DT, Yang I. Age-related differences in social media use in the neurosurgical community: A multi-institutional study. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2019

Ding K, Romiyo P, Ng E, Udawatta M, Dejam D, Phillips HW, Sun MZ, Yang I. A systematic analysis of stereotactic radiosurgery surveys for residents in neurosurgery training programs J Neurol Sci. 2020

Kaur T, Johanis M, Miao T, Romiyo P, Duong C, Sun MZ, Ferraro R, Salamon N, McArthur D, Yang I, Gopen Q. CT evaluation of normal bone thickness overlying the superior semicircular canal. J Clin Neurosci. 2019

Ding K, Ng E, Romiyo P, Dejam D, Udawatta M, Sun MZ, Gopen Q, Yang I. Meta-analysis of tumor control rates in patients undergoing stereotactic radiosurgery for cystic vestibular schwannomas. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2020

Arsenault JJ, Romiyo P, Miao T, Monteiro K, De Jong R, Kaur T, Johanis M, Duong C, Sheppard JP, Sun MZ, Ferraro R, Salamon N, Yang I, Gopen Q. Thinning or dehiscence of bone in structures of the middle cranial fossa floor in superior semicircular canal dehiscence. J Clin Neurosci. 2020

Malekmohammadi M, Price CM, Hudson AE, DiCesare JAT, Pouratian N. Propofol-induced loss of consciousness is associated with a decrease in thalamocortical connectivity in humans. Brain. 2019

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