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CONTACT INFORMATION:
Phone: 310-794-7362
Fax: 310-267-2707

EDUCATION:
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

 

HONORS/AWARDS:

2017 – NIH R25 Grant Recipient
2017 – CalTech Special Tuition Award
Rees Scholarship for Medical Studies
Chornyak Scholarship for Medical Studies
Davenport Hooker Award for Excellence in the Basic Medical Sciences
2011 - Deans Merit Award for Medical Student Research
Colonel Stephen Baryard Fund Fellowship
2008 – NIH Center for AIDS Research Award
2007 – Goldschmidt Research Fellowship

PUBLICATIONS:

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Microsurgical versus endoscopic transsphenoidal resection for acromegaly: a systematic review of outcomes and complications. Chen CJ, Ironside N, Pomeraniec IJ, Chivukula S, Buell TJ, Ding D, Taylor DG, Dallapiazza RF, Lee CC, Bergsneider M., Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2017 Nov;159(11):2193-2207. doi: 10.1007/s00701-017-3318-6. Epub 2017 Sep 14. Review. PMID: 28913667

Diffusion Tensor Imaging-Based Thalamic Segmentation in Deep Brain Stimulation for Chronic Pain Conditions. Kim W, Chivukula S, Hauptman J, Pouratian N., Stereotact Funct Neurosurg. 2016;94(4):225-234. Epub 2016 Aug 19. PMID: 27537848

Radiosurgery for Secondary Trigeminal Neuralgia: Revisiting the Treatment Paradigm.
Chivukula S, Kim W, Zhuo X, Tenn S, Kaprealian T, DeSalles A, Pouratian N., World Neurosurg. 2017 Mar;99:288-294. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2016.09.087. Epub 2016 Oct 1. PMID: 27702706

From Mystics to Modern Times: A History of Craniotomy & Religion.
Newman WC, Chivukula S, Grandhi R., World Neurosurg. 2016 Aug;92:148-50. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2016.04.084. Epub 2016 May 2. Review. PMID: 27150646

Challenging Diagnosis and Surgical Management of a Symptomatic Sellar Spine.
Chivukula S, Everson R, Linetsky M, Heaney A, Bonelli L, Wang MB, Bergsneider M., World Neurosurg. 2016 Jul;91:669.e7-669.e10. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2016.03.046. Epub 2016 Mar 24. PMID: 27018010

Radiosurgical target distance from the root entry zone in the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia.
Sharim J, Lo WL, Kim W, Chivukula S, Tenn S, Kaprealian T, Pouratian N., Pract Radiat Oncol. 2017 Jul - Aug;7(4):221-227. doi: 10.1016/j.prro.2016.12.006. Epub 2016 Dec 23. PMID: 28336479

Long-term outcomes of intradural cervical dorsal root rhizotomy for refractory occipital neuralgia.
Gande AV, Chivukula S, Moossy JJ, Rothfus W, Agarwal V, Horowitz MB, Gardner PA., J Neurosurg. 2016 Jul;125(1):102-10. doi: 10.3171/2015.6.JNS142772. Epub 2015 Dec 18. PMID: 26684782

The Dynamic Gait Index in Evaluating Patients with Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus for Cerebrospinal Fluid Diversion. Chivukula S, Tempel ZJ, Zwagerman NT, Newman WC, Shin SS, Chen CJ, Gardner PA, McDade EM, Ducruet AF., World Neurosurg. 2015 Dec;84(6):1871-6. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2015.08.021. Epub 2015 Aug 29.PMID: 26320865

Endoscopic Endonasal Approach for Adrenocorticotropic Hormone-Secreting Pituitary Adenomas: Outcomes and Analysis of Remission Rates and Tumor Biochemical Activity with Respect to Tumor Invasiveness. Shin SS, Gardner PA, Ng J, Faraji AH, Agarwal N, Chivukula S, Fernandez-Miranda JC, Snyderman CH, Challinor SM., World Neurosurg. 2017 Jun;102:651-658.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2015.07.065. Epub 2015 Aug 5. PMID: 26252984

Infundibular dilations of the posterior communicating arteries: pathogenesis, anatomical variants, aneurysm formation, and subarachnoid hemorrhage. Chen CJ, Moosa S, Ding D, Raper DM, Burke RM, Lee CC, Chivukula S, Wang TR, Starke RM, Crowley RW, Liu KC., J Neurointerv Surg. 2016 Aug;8(8):791-5. doi: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2015-011827. Epub 2015 Jun 18. Review. PMID: 26089400

Spinal and Nucleus Caudalis Dorsal Root Entry Zone Lesioning for Chronic Pain: Efficacy and Outcomes.
Chivukula S, Tempel ZJ, Chen CJ, Shin SS, Gande AV, Moossy JJ., World Neurosurg. 2015 Aug;84(2):494-504. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2015.04.025. Epub 2015 Apr 18. PMID: 25900792

Ommaya reservoir with ventricular catheter placement for chemotherapy with frameless and pinless electromagnetic surgical neuronavigation. Weiner GM, Chivukula S, Chen CJ, Ding D, Engh JA, Amankulor N., Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2015 Mar;130:61-6. doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2014.12.018. Epub 2015 Jan 5. PMID: 25590664

Stereotactic radiosurgery for intracranial dural arteriovenous fistulas: a systematic review.
Chen CJ, Lee CC, Ding D, Starke RM, Chivukula S, Yen CP, Moosa S, Xu Z, Pan DH, Sheehan JP., J Neurosurg. 2015 Feb;122(2):353-62. doi: 10.3171/2014.10.JNS14871. Epub 2014 Dec 5. Review.
PMID: 25479123

The results of a third Gamma Knife procedure for recurrent trigeminal neuralgia.
Tempel ZJ, Chivukula S, Monaco EA 3rd, Bowden G, Kano H, Niranjan A, Chang EF, Sneed PK, Kaufmann AM, Sheehan J, Mathieu D, Lunsford LD., J Neurosurg. 2015 Jan;122(1):169-79. doi: 10.3171/2014.9.JNS132779. PMID: 25361482

Cervical and cervicomedullary spinal cord stimulation for chronic pain: efficacy and outcomes.
Chivukula S, Tempel ZJ, Weiner GM, Gande AV, Chen CJ, Ding D, Moossy JJ., Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2014 Dec;127:33-41. doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2014.09.023. Epub 2014 Oct 2. PMID: 25314370

A Singular Case of Intracranial Sinus Histiocytosis without Massive Lymphadenopathy: Isolated Rosai-Dorfman Disease of the Hypothalamus. Chivukula S, Clark K, Murdoch G, Engh J., J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg. 2015 May;76(3):244-8. doi: 10.1055/s-0034-1382780. Epub 2014 Jun 27.
PMID: 25207593

Volume-staged versus dose-staged radiosurgery outcomes for large intracranial arteriovenous malformations. Moosa S, Chen CJ, Ding D, Lee CC, Chivukula S, Starke RM, Yen CP, Xu Z, Sheehan JP.
Neurosurg Focus. 2014 Sep;37(3):E18. doi: 10.3171/2014.5.FOCUS14205. Review. PMID: 25175437

Seizure outcomes following radiosurgery for cerebral arteriovenous malformations.
Chen CJ, Chivukula S, Ding D, Starke RM, Lee CC, Yen CP, Xu Z, Sheehan JP., Neurosurg Focus. 2014 Sep;37(3):E17. doi: 10.3171/2014.6.FOCUS1454. Review. PMID: 25175436

The early days of hemostasis in neurosurgery.
Chivukula S, Weiner GM, Engh JA., Neurosurg Focus. 2014 Apr;36(4):E5. doi: 10.3171/2014.1.FOCUS13565. PMID: 24684338

A brief history of early neuroanesthesia.
Chivukula S, Grandhi R, Friedlander RM, Neurosurg Focus. 2014 Apr;36(4):E2. doi: 10.3171/2014.2.FOCUS13578. PMID: 24684332

Outcomes after endoscopic port surgery for spontaneous intracerebral hematomas.
Ochalski P, Chivukula S, Shin S, Prevedello D, Engh J., J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg. 2014 May;75(3):195-205; discussion 206. doi: 10.1055/s-0033-1348348. Epub 2013 Aug 9. PMID: 23934780

Paddle lead cervical spinal cord stimulation for failed neck surgery syndrome.
Chivukula S, Tomycz ND, Moossy JJ., Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2013 Oct;115(10):2254-6. doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2013.07.002. Epub 2013 Jul 31. No abstract available.  PMID: 23915914

Endoscopic endonasal skull base surgery in the pediatric population.
Chivukula S, Koutourousiou M, Snyderman CH, Fernandez-Miranda JC, Gardner PA, Tyler-Kabara EC., J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2013 Mar;11(3):227-41. doi: 10.3171/2012.10.PEDS12160. Epub 2012 Dec 14.
PMID: 23240846

What is the prevalence of MRSA colonization in elective spine cases?
Chen AF, Chivukula S, Jacobs LJ, Tetreault MW, Lee JY., Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2012 Oct;470(10):2684-9. doi: 10.1007/s11999-012-2316-5. PMID: 22441994