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Research

The Department of Neurosurgery is heavily involved in research and publication. The neurosurgery residents have a protected year of dedicated basic science and/or clinical research. Research meetings are held monthly to discuss the progress of various research projects and publications. The residents’ work during this year leads to many awards, publications, and presentations at regional and national meetings. We have had two NREF awardees, one Van Wagenen awardee and numerous New York State and New York City research awardees under the mentorship of our Research Associate Professor and Director, Meena Jhanwar-Uniyal, Ph.D. 

Please see below for a selection of recent research publications:

  • Attending Led
    • Al-Mufti, Fawaz, et al. "Neutrophil–Lymphocyte ratio is associated with poor clinical outcome after mechanical thrombectomy in stroke in patients with COVID-19." Interventional Neuroradiology (2022): 15910199221093896.

    • Al‐Mufti, F. (2022). Fifty Shades of Gray's Neuroanatomy. Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology2(2), e000339.

    • Kinon, M. D., Vazquez, S., Spirollari, E., Ng, C., Naftchi, A. F., Lui, A. K., ... & Bowers, C. A. (2022). Intraoperative navigation in surgical management of traumatic spine injury: a propensity score matching analysis. Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences.

    • Muh, C. R. (2022). Book Review: Pediatric Neurosurgery: Neurosurgery by Example.

    • Beaudreault, C. P., Muh, C. R., Naftchi, A., Spirollari, E., Das, A., Vazquez, S., ... & Wolf, S. M. (2022). Responsive Neurostimulation Targeting the Anterior, Centromedian and Pulvinar Thalamic Nuclei and the Detection of Electrographic Seizures in Pediatric and Young Adult Patients. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience16.

  • Resident Led
    • Dominguez, J. F., Rosberger, H., Garell, P., Gandhi, C. D., & Jhanwar-Uniyal, M. (2022). First, second, and third generation mTOR pathways inhibitors for treatment of glioblastoma. Cancer Research82(12_Supplement), 5410-5410.

    • Dominguez, J. F., Sursal, T., Kazim, S. F., Ng, C., Vazquez, S., Naftchi, A., ... & Bowers, C. A. (2022). Frailty is a risk factor for intracranial abscess and is associated with longer length of stay: a retrospective single institution case-control study. Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences.

    • Salik, I., Dominguez, J. F., Vazquez, S., Ng, C., Das, A., Naftchi, A., ... & Stewart, D. (2022). Socioeconomic characteristics of pediatric traumatic brain injury patients. Clinical neurology and neurosurgery, 107404.

    • Sursal, T., Ronecker, J. S., Dicpinigaitis, A. J., Mohan, A. L., Tobias, M. E., Gandhi, C. D., & Jhanwar-Uniyal, M. (2022). Molecular Stratification of Medulloblastoma: Clinical Outcomes and Therapeutic Interventions. Anticancer Research42(5), 2225-2239.

  • Student Led
    • Clare, K., Stein, A., Damodara, N., Feldstein, E., Alshammari, H., Ali, S., ... & Al-Mufti, F. (2022). Safety and efficacy of a novel robotic transcranial doppler system in subarachnoid hemorrhage. Scientific Reports12(1), 1-6.

    • Dicpinigaitis, A. J., Sursal, T., Morse, C. A., Briskin, C., Dakay, K., Kurian, C., ... & Al-Mufti, F. (2021). Endovascular thrombectomy for treatment of acute ischemic stroke during pregnancy and the early postpartum period. Stroke52(12), 3796-3804.

    • Dicpinigaitis, A. J., Gandhi, C. D., Pisapia, J., Muh, C. R., Cooper, J. B., Tobias, M., ... & Al-Mufti, F. (2022). Endovascular Thrombectomy for Pediatric Acute Ischemic Stroke. Stroke53(5), 1530-1539.

    • Dicpinigaitis, A., Dick-Godfrey, R., Gellerson, O., Shapiro, S., Kamal, H., Kaur, G., ... & Al-Mufti, F. (2022). LB005 Real-world outcomes of endovascular thrombectomy for treatment of acute basilar artery occlusion in the United States: results of the BArONIS study.

    • Dicpinigaitis, A. J., Feldstein, E., Gandhi, C. D., & Hanft, S. (2022). Early Experience Using Omniscient Neurotechnology Fiber Tracking Software for Resection of Intra-Axial Brain Tumors. Operative Neurosurgery22(6), e306-e308.

    • Dicpinigaitis, A. J., Al-Mufti, F., Bempong, P. O., Kazim, S. F., Cooper, J. B., Dominguez, J. F., ... & Bowers, C. A. (2022). Prognostic significance of baseline frailty status in traumatic spinal cord injury. Neurosurgery, 10-1227

    • Dicpinigaitis, A. J., Ogulnick, J. V., Mayer, S. A., Gandhi, C. D., & Al‐Mufti, F. (2022). Increase in Ruptured Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations and Mortality in the United States: Unintended Consequences of the ARUBA Trial?. Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology, e000442.

    • Feldstein, E., Ali, S., Patel, S., Raghavendran, K., Martinez, E., Blowes, L., ... & Al-Mufti, F. (2022). Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Patients with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Incidence, Predictive Factors, and Impact on Mortality. Interventional Neuroradiology, 15910199221082457.

    • Feldstein, E., Zeller, S., Mureb, M., Kamal, H., Shapiro, S. D., Kaur, G., ... & Santarelli, J. (2022). A novel variant of the aortic arch great vessels. Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery214, 107172.

    • Karimov, Z., Kazim, S. F., Schmidt, M., Gandhi, C., Vanderhooft, J., Cole, C., ... & Bowers, C. (2022). Rapid exponential increase in neurosurgery departmental scholarly output following an intensive research initiative. Postgraduate Medical Journal98(1158), 239-245.

    • Li, B., Sursal, T., Martinez, E., Karimov, Z., Feldstein, E., Stein, A., ... & Al-Mufti, F. (2022). An institutional report of heparin induced thrombocytopenia type II in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage patients. Interventional Neuroradiology, 15910199221091643.

    • Lui, A., Feldstein, E., Clare, K., Dicpinigaitis, A. J., Reddy, M., Khan, F., ... & Al-Mufti, F. (2022). Acute ischemic strokes in patients with developmental disabilities: A cross-sectional analysis. Interventional Neuroradiology, 15910199221110327.

    • Spirollari, E., Vazquez, S., Das, A., Wang, R., Ampie, L., Carpenter, A. B., ... & Kinon, M. D. (2022). Characteristics of Patients Selected for Surgical Treatment of Spinal Meningioma. World Neurosurgery.

    • Spirollari, E., Beaudreault, C., Ng, C., Vazquez, S., Chapman, E., Clare, K., ... & Kinon, M. D. (2022). Cervical fusion for adult patients with atlantoaxial rotatory subluxation. Journal of Spine Surgery8(2), 224.

    • Vazquez, S., Graifman, G., Spirollari, E., Ng, C., Uddin, A., Feldstein, E., ... & Al‐Mufti, F. (2022). Incidence and Risk Factors for Acute Transient Contrast‐Induced Neurologic Deficit: A Systematic Review With Meta‐Analysis. Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology2(1), e000142.

    • Zhong, Allison J., et al. "Transcarotid Access for Mechanical Thrombectomy in Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review." Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases 31.5 (2022): 106428.