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Biography of Dr. Ulrich Batzdorf - This site provides information on Dr. Batzdorf. According to this site, he is a professor and Director of Spinal Neurosurgery and Executive Director of the Spine Center. Specializing in Spinal Neurosurgery, Dr. Batzdorf's primary focus is in the treatment of Chiari malformation, syringomyelia, and spinal cord tumors.

Publications by Dr. Ulrich Batzdorf

·         Syringomyelia associated with foramen magnum arachnoiditis  

·         Slit like syrinx cavities: a persistent central canal 

·         Syringomyelia persistence after Chiari decompression as a result of pseudomeningocele formation: implications for syrinx pathogenesis: report of three cases

 

Biography of Dr. Edward Benzel Dr. Benzel is from the Cleveland Clinic and specializes in Chiari malformation, fibromyalgia and syringomyelia. This site also provides links to the Cleveland Clinic website and spineuniverse.com.  

Publications by Dr. Edward Benzel

·         Stretch-associated injury in cervical spondylotic myelopathy: new concept and review

·         Techniques for the ventral correction of postsurgical cervical kyphotic deformity 

·         Biomechanics of spinal deformity

 

Chiari Institute Biographies - This link leads to a site that has biographies of Dr. Thomas H. Milhorat, Dr. Paolo A. Bolognese, Dr. Roger W. Kula and Dr. Sol Mora

Publications by Dr. Milhorat:

·         Mechanisms of cerebellar tonsil herniation in patients with Chiari malformations as guide to clinical management  

·         Acute syringomyelia: case report 

·         Tailored operative technique for Chiari type I malformation using intraoperative color Doppler ultrasonography. 

·         Chiari I malformation redefined: clinical and radiographic findings for 364 symptomatic patients.

Publications by Dr. Bolognese:

·         Acute syringomyelia: case report

·         Tailored operative technique for Chiari type I malformation using intraoperative color Doppler ultrasonography.

Publications by Dr. Kula:

·         Surgical management of hydrocephalic dementia in Paget's disease of bone: the 6-year outcome of ventriculo-peritoneal shunting

·         Chronic fatigue syndrome: what role does the autonomic nervous system play in the pathophysiology of this complex illness?    

·         Chiari I malformation redefined: clinical and radiographic findings for 364 symptomatic patients

 

Biography of Dr. Richard Ellenbogen - This site provides information on Dr. Ellenbogen, a specialist in pediatric neurosurgery at The University of Washington. This biography lists his research focus, education, honors, awarded research grants, publications and contact information.

Publications by Dr. Ellenbogen

·         Atypical hemifacial microsomia associated with Chiari I malformation and syrinx: further evidence indicating that chiari I malformation is a disorder of the paraaxial mesoderm. Case report and review of the literature

·         Occult intraspinal anomalies in congenital scoliosis   

·         Spontaneous resolution of a cervicothoracic syrinx in a child. Case report and review of the literature.

 

Information on Dr. Scott Falci - According to this site, Rehabilitative neurosurgery is a subspecialty that involves specialized surgeries on patients with traumatic spinal cord injury. These surgeries offer treatment for syringomyelia, post-traumatic tethered spinal cord, pain and spasticity. Dr. Scott Falci is the Chief Neurosurgical Consultant for Craig Hospital. His biography is included on this site.

Publications by Dr.Falci

·         Surgical treatment of posttraumatic cystic and tethered spinal cords

·         Obliteration of a posttraumatic spinal cord cyst with solid human embryonic spinal cord grafts: first clinical attempt 

 

Biography of Dr. Barth Green from the University of Miami - Dr. Green is the Chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of Miami. In addition to being a neurosurgeon, Dr. Green is also an orthopedic surgeon.

Publications by Dr. Green

·         Surgical treatment of post-traumatic myelopathy associated with syringomyelia

·         Outcome after surgical treatment of progressive posttraumatic cystic myelopathy

·         Acute traumatic central cord syndrome--experience using surgical decompression with open-door expansile cervical laminoplasty

 

Biography of Dr. Bermans J Iskandar - UW Children's Hospital The site lists where Dr. Iskandar is located, his primary specialty and subspecialties, professional certifications, as well as hospital affiliations.

Publications by Dr. Iskandar

·         Placement of baclofen pumps through the foramen magnum and upper cervical spine

·         A critical analysis of the Chiari 1.5 malformation

·         Foramen magnum cerebrospinal fluid flow characteristics in children with Chiari I malformation before and after craniocervical decompression

 

Biography of Dr. Arnold Menezes - This is a site that lists the education and accomplishments of Dr. Menezes. Dr. Menezes is from the University of Iowa. The site also provides a link which lists Dr. Menezes publications.

Publications by Dr. Menezes

·         Pediatric spinal deformities

·         Chiari I malformation in the very young child: the spectrum of presentations and experience in 31 children under age 6 years

·         Cervical and thoracic dermal sinus tracts. A case series and review of the literature.

  

Biography of Dr. John Oro - This link lists Dr. Oro’s education, faculty appointments, teaching positions, honors, awards and more. He is currently at the Chiari Treatment Center in Colorado.

Publications by Dr. Oro

·         Evolution of the brain: from behavior to consciousness in 3.4 billion years

·         Spinal cord injury without radiographic abnormality and Chiari malformation

·         Balloon device for experimental graded spinal cord compression in the rat

 

Dr. Diane Mueller-  Dr. Mueller, currently a nurse practitioner at the University of Missouri’s Orthopaedic Institute. This link provides her Biography along with her publications and presentations.

 

 

Dr. Marcus Stoodley- is a neurosurgeon with post-fellowship training in neurovascular surgery. Over the last 15 years he has been investigating the mechanisms of cyst formation within the spinal cord (syringomyelia) and obtained his PhD from the University of Adelaide for this work. This link provides a brief Biography along with links to some recent research.

 

Publications by Dr Stoodley

·         The influence of the relative timing of arterial and subarachnoid space pulse waves on spinal perivascular cerebrospinal fluid flow as a possible factor in syrinx development.

·         Differentiation of endogenous progenitors in an animal model of post-traumatic syringomyelia.

·         Role of the blood-spinal cord barrier in posttraumatic syringomyelia.

 

Dr. Lee Guterman- He is presently an attending neurosurgeon for Buffalo Neurosurgery Group and Medical Director of Stroke for the Catholic Health System of Buffalo. He apportions his duties between general, vascular, and endovascular neurosurgery. He serves on the medical advisory board of numerous medical device companies, and has collaborated with corporate and academic scientists throughout the world. This link provides a Biography and information on his publications.

Dr. David Frim- He specializes in surgical procedures to treat hydrocephalus, congenital anomalies of the nervous system such as Chiari malformation, epilepsy, myelodysplasia, brain and spine tumors, and trauma. The link provides contact information plus a brief Biography.

Publications by Dr. Frim

·         Chiari Drop Attacks: Surgical Decompression and the Role of Tilt Table Testing

 

Dr. Xiao Di- He is a Neurosurgeon currently at the Cleveland Clinic, this link includes biography and contact information.

Publications by Dr Xiao Di

·         Neural endoscopic assisted micro-invasive management of Chiari I malformation

 

·         Endoscopic spinal tethered cord release: operative technique

 

 

Biography of Dr. Peter Carmel -. Dr. Peter W. Carmel, an internationally renowned pediatric neurosurgeon, specializes in brain tumors and congenital malformations in both children and adults.

Publications of Peter Carmel

·         Congenital intradural pathology 

·         Management of the Chiari malformations in childhood

·         Use of a compact intraoperative low-field magnetic imager in pediatric neurosurgery


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