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2020 Department of Neurological Surgery Annual Report Reporting period July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020 Table of Contents: Introduction .................................................................3 Faculty and Residents ...................................................5 Faculty ...................................................................6 Residents ...............................................................8 Stuart Rowe Lecturers .........................................10 Peter J. Jannetta Lecturers ................................... 11 Department Overview ............................................... 13 History ............................................................... 14 Goals/Mission .................................................... 16 Organization ...................................................... 16 Accomplishments of Note ................................ 29 Education Programs .................................................. 35 Faculty Biographies ................................................... 47 Resident Biographies ................................................171 Research ....................................................................213 Overview ...........................................................214 Investigator Research Summaries ................... 228 Research Grant Summary ................................ 242 Alumni: Past Residents ........................................... 249 Donations ................................................................ 259 Statistics ................................................................... 263 Introduction This Is Who We Are n these pages last year, I wrote about ‘what we do.’ I wrote about how our physicians, researchers and staff provide hope and expert, personalized care. I wrote about how we Iaccept the unique challenges of every patient case that is brought before us and how we work to provide a pathway to returning these ‘lives’ to as normal a lifestyle as quickly and as efficiently as possible. I wrote about how our physicians and scientists—with ingenuity and cutting-edge research— Robert M. Friedlander, MD advance neurosurgical care and basic neurosciences. Drawing on our unique and wide-ranging areas of subspecialized expertise, we proudly provide a comprehensive scope of unparalleled Chairman and neurosurgical care—from the basic to the most complex—for patients in western Pennsylvania Walter E. Dandy Professor of Neurological Surgery and for patients throughout the nation and around the globe. This dedication to personalized and innovative care is woven into the essence of the fabric of our roles as health care providers and innovators. This is what we do. More than ever before this dedication was borne out this past year as we all dealt with the unique challenges of working in a COVID-19 world. Isolation, restrictions and uncertainty were new variables that we all needed to deal with. I’m proud to say our physicians, researchers and staff answered the challenge with remarkable dedication, skill and creativity. Patient care remained a top priority during this most challeng- ing time. As most businesses understandably curtailed operations, our staff continued to find ways to provide expert care in a most uncertain world. We continued to provide hope. This is who we are. From the nurses and staff in our clinics, to the physicians developing personalized care plans, to the support personnel in the operating room, we continued our roles as health care providers with a dedicated spirit. Urban legend has it that an eastern European immigrant couple approached Ronald Reagan after he left his presidency and thanked him for helping bring down the Berlin Wall. Reagan’s response was simply, “Just doing my job ma’am.” In the same sense, we are simply—and proudly—doing our jobs. This is who we are. We will continue to strive to move forward in advancing health care for our patients. As the 200+ pages of this report make abundantly clear, our physicians are leaders in their field, pioneering advances in health care, training neurosurgeons of tomorrow and researching innovative new strategies to make neurosurgical care more precise, efficient and beneficial to the lives we deal with every day. As we move forward, our unifying mission is to provide state-of-the-art care today and to continue to serve as the epicenter for neurosurgical innovation. We are proud of our past, committed to providing the very best care today, and eager to carry the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC spirit of progress to even higher levels tomorrow. This is who we are. ■ 3 Introduction 4 Faculty and Residents Faculty and Residents 5 Faculty and Residents Faculty Full-Time Faculty • Associate Professors: • Chairman and Professor: Jeffrey Balzer, PhD Robert M. Friedlander, MD, MA Donald J. Crammond, PhD Avniel Ghuman, PhD • Professors: Stephanie Greene, MD C. Edward Dixon, PhD D. Kojo Hamilton, MD (Vice Chairman, Research) Adam S. Kanter, MD Paul A. Gardner, MD Raymond Sekula Jr, MD, MBA (Executive Vice Chairman, (Vice Chairman, UPMC Central Pa.) Surgical Services) Nilkantha Sen, PhD Peter C. Gerszten, MD, MPH Parthasarathy D. Thirumala, MD Faculty (Vice Chairman, Quality Improvement) Elizabeth Tyler-Kabara, MD, PhD Jorge A. Gonzalez-Martinez, MD, PhD (Left department February 2020) L. Dade Lunsford, MD John J. Moossy, MD • Assistant Professors: Ajay Niranjan, MD, MBA Taylor Abel, MD David O. Okonkwo, MD, PhD Sameer Agnihotri, PhD (Executive Vice Chairman, Nduka Amankulor, MD Clinic Operations) Katherine M. Anetakis, MD Ian F. Pollack, MD Marco Capogrosso, PhD (Vice Chairman, Academic Affairs) Diane L. Carlisle, PhD Mingui Sun, PhD Bradley Gross, MD 2020 faculty and residents. 6 Faculty and Residents Faculty Luke C. Henry, PhD • Research Instructors: Baoli Hu, PhD Daniela Leronni, PhD Gary Kohanbash, MD Witold Lipski, PhD Michael J. Lang, MD Edward A. Monaco III, MD, PhD • Physician Assistants: (Left department June 2020) Alicia Bergell, PA-C Ava Puccio, PhD, RN Jennifer Blumling, CRNP Fang-Cheng (Frank) Yeh, MD, PhD Lauren Carroll, MPAS, PA-C Georgios Zenonos, MD Danielle Corson, MMS, PA-C Pascal O. Zinn, MD, PhD Anne Cully, MPAS, PA-C Komal Eubanks, DNP, CRNP • Clinical Professors: Van Fagert, CRNP Matt El-Kadi, MD, PhD Courtney Gargasz, MPAS, PA-C (Vice Chairman, UPMC Passavant) Nicole Gray, PA-C Joseph C. Maroon, MD Emily Guerriero, MPAS, PA-C Daniel A. Wecht, MD, MSc Chrisanne Hennicke, MPAS, PA-C David S. Zorub, MD Danielle Hudak, PA-C Alexis Kimes, PA-C • Clinical Associate Professors: Sarah Kwiatkowski, CRNP Vincent J. Miele, MD Anneline Lauziere, PA-C Michael J. Rutigliano, MD, MBA Kathleen Mannion, PA-C Lawrence Marcello, PA-C • Clinical Assistant Professors: Maggie Marcus, PA-C Robert L. Bailey, MD Hope Maromonte, MPAS, PA-C J. Brad Bellotte, MD Sally McGinley, PA-C Gregory N. Bowden, MD Kristin Mellon, MPAS, PA-C [Left department July 2019] Jessica Nguyen, MPAS, PA-C Salem El-Zuway, MD Angela Petrosky, MPAS, PA-C Chikezie I. Eseonu, MD Rachel Rogers, MPAS, PA-C David L. Kaufmann, MD Suzan Semroc, PA-C Eva F. Pamias-Portalatin, MD Edward Shaffer, PA-C Rodwan K. Rajjoub, MD Alyssa Simon, PA-C Robert J. Schlegel Jr, MD Svetlana Trofimova, MPAS, PA-C • Research Associate Professors: Yue-Fang Chang, PhD Hideyuki Kano, MD, PhD • Research Assistant Professors: Shaun W. Carlson, PhD Wendy Fellows-Mayle, PhD Esther Jane, PhD Daniel Premkumar, PhD Tanusree Sen, PhD • Clinical Instructors: Jeff Bost, PA-C (Retired August 2019) Erin Thomson, PA-C 7 Faculty and Residents Residents Chief Residents PGY-6 Amir H. Faraji, MD, PhD Nitin Agarwal, MD Medical School: Pittsburgh Medical School: Rutgers Undergraduate School: Florida Undergraduate School: College of New Jersey Hometown: Clearwater, Fla. Hometown: Flemington, N.J. Ezequiel Goldschmidt, MD, PhD Michael McDowell, MD Medical School: Buenos Aires University Med School: Columbia Undergraduate School: Buenos Aires University Undergraduate School: Arizona State Hometown: Buenos Aires, Argentina Hometown: Iron Mountain, Mich. David J. Salvetti, MD Jeremy Stone, MD Medical School: Virginia Medical School: Hawaii Undergraduate School: Vanderbilt Undergraduate School: Case Western Reserve Hometown: Willow Grove, Pa. Hometown: Kaneohe, Hawaii Residents Benjamin M. Zussman, MD Daniel Tonetti, MD Medical School: Jefferson Medical College Medical School: Pittsburgh Undergraduate School: Haverford Undergraduate School: Drexel Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pa. Hometown: Keedysville, Md. 2020 chief residents Amir Faraji, David Salvetti, Ezequiel Goldschmidt and Benjamin Zussman. 8 Faculty and Residents Residents PGY-5 Justiss A. Kallos, MD Nima Alan, MD Medical School: Vanderbilt Medical School: Case Western Undergraduate School: Emory Undergraduate School: British Columbia Hometown: Medford, Ore. Hometown: Vancouver, B.C. Roberta K. Sefcik, MD Enyinna Nwachuku, MD Medical School: Icahn, Mount Sinai Med School: Pittsburgh Undergraduate School: Carnegie Mellon Undergraduate School: Pittsburgh Hometown: Dunedin, Fla. Hometown: Philadelphia, Pa. PGY-2 Alp Ozinpar, MD Hussam Abou-Al-Shaar, MD Medical School: Oregon Medical School: Alfaisal University Undergraduate School: California Undergraduate School: None Hometown: Istanbul, Turkey Hometown: Damascus, Syria Matthew Pease, MD Daryl Fields II, MD, PhD Medical School: Keck/USC Medical School: Wisconsin, Madison Undergraduate School: Duke Undergraduate School: St. John’s (Minn.) Hometown: Alexandria, Va. Hometown: New Hope, Minn. PGY-4 Arka N. Mallela, MD Hanna