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Aaron A. Cohen-Gadol, M.D., M.Sc.

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Office Address 1801 North Senate Blvd

Suite 610

Indianapolis, IN 46202

E-mail acohenmd@

Phone Number Cell Phone: (317) 362-8760

Office: (317) 396-1300

Fax: (317) 924-8472

CLINICAL STAFF APPOINTMENTS

SPECIALTY: Skull base/Vascular and Epilepsy Surgery September 2006-

Indianapolis Neurosurgical Group (ING)

Clarian Neuroscience Center (Methodist, Indiana University, and Reily Hospitals)

Clinical Assistant Professor

Indiana University Department of Neurosurgery

1801 North Senate Blvd

Suite 610

Indianapolis, IN 46202

Phone number: 317-396-1275

Fax number: 317-924-8472

HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS

Methodist Hospital September 2006-

Indianapolis, IN

St. Vincent Hospital September 2006-

Indianapolis, IN

PREVIOUS CLINICAL STAFF APPOINTMENTS

University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) July 2005 - October 2005

Attending Neurosurgeon

Los Angeles, CA

University of Arkansas Medical Sciences Center November 2005 - June 2006

Instructor in Neurosurgery

Attending Neurosurgeon

Little Rock, AR

Arkansas Children Hospital November 2005 - June 2006

Attending Neurosurgeon

Little Rock, AR

EDUCATION

Fellowships Skull Base/Cerebrovascular Surgery

Mentors: Drs. Al-Mefty, Yaşargil, and Krisht

University of Arkansas Medical Sciences Center (UAMS)

Little Rock, AR, November 2005 - June 2006

Epilepsy Surgery and Brain Mapping/Tumor Surgery

Pediatrics and adults

Mentor: Dr. Dennis D. Spencer

Yale University

New Haven, CT, July 2002 - June 2003

Stereotactic/Functional Neurosurgery

Movement Disorders/Radiosurgery/Pain

Mentor: Dr. Antonio A.F. De Salles

University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, CA, July 2005 - October 2005

Master’s Degree Master’s Degree in Clinical Research

Mayo Graduate School

Rochester, MN, July 2003 - June 2005

Chief Resident Mayo Clinic

Associate Rochester, MN, July 2004 - June 2005

Residency/ Neurological Surgery, Mayo Clinic

Internship Rochester, MN, July 1999 - June 2002

University of California – San Diego

San Diego, CA July 1997- June 1999

Medical School University of Southern California (USC)

Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 1993-1997

M.D. Degree with Highest Distinction, May 1997

Undergraduate University of California, San Diego (UCSD)

San Diego, CA 1990-93

Bachelor of Art in Biomedical Engineering with Highest Distinction, June 1993

Minor in Jazz Music/Ensemble (Trombone)

Short-Term Training Courses

Mayo Course in Microvascular Surgical Techniques

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 5/2004

HONORS AND AWARDS

Health Care Hero – In Advancements of Health Care Category in 2009. Chosen among all physicians in the State of Indiana by the Indianapolis Business Journal.

Residency

Clinician Scholar Award (Torticollis surgery project) - 2003

Fellow – Council of State Neurosurgical Societies - 2004

Scholarly Achievement Award, Mayo Clinic - 2005

Medical School

Alpha Omega Alpha (Elected Junior Year)

Dean’s Scholar, Junior/Senior Continuum

Dean’s Scholar for Academic Excellence

Crowley Scholarship for Academic Excellence

Widney Scholarship

Baxter Foundation Research Grant, 1995

American Diabetes Association Research Grant, 1995

Undergraduate

Best Engineering Student of the Year Award, 1993

Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, 1992-1993

Dean’s List for all Terms, 1990-1993

Golden Key National Honor Society, 1992-1993

Phi Beta Delta (International Scholars) 1992-1993

John Starret Engineering Scholarship, 1993

CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE

Indiana: Number 01062386A

California: Number A68020

Minnesota: Number 42401

Arkansas: Number E-4433

NATIONAL BOARD SCORES

American Board of Neurological Surgery (ABNS): Board Eligible

Written: 662 (98 percentile)

(The sixth highest national score)

Oral: To be taken

EDITORIAL BOARD POSITIONS

Epilepsia – Ad Hoc

NeuroImage – Ad Hoc

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery – Ad Hoc

Clinical Anatomy – Ad hoc

Neurological Research – Ad hoc

Childs Nervous System – Ad hoc

Life Sciences – Ad hoc

Clinical Medicine: Geriatrics – Editorial Board 2007-

Journal of Pediatric Neurology – Editorial Board 2007-

Neurology India – Editorial Board 2003-

Practical Reviews in Neurosurgery 2003-2005

Journal of Neurosurgery–Assistant reviewer to Dr. Dennis Spencer 2002-2003

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)

Washington Committee

Quality Improvement Workgroup (QIW)

Membership Committee

Executive committee member 2007-2010

Publication Committee

Executive committee member 2005-2011

History Section

Executive committee member 2004-2007

Young Neurosurgeons Committee (YNC)

YNC News letter (Assistant Editor)

NREF Silent Auction Committee member

History section liaison 2004-

Publication committee liaison 2005-

Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS)

Scientific Program Committee 2008-

Council of State Neurosurgical Societies (CSNS)

CNS representative 2004-

Midwestern delegate 2002-3

American Epilepsy Society (AES)

Membership Committee 2002-5

Annual Course Committee 2007-2010

International Brain Mapping and Intra-operative Surgical Planning Society (IBMISPS)

Board of Directors 2008-

Chairman – Brain Mapping Fellowship 2008-

The Hemispherectomy Foundation – Medical Advisory Board

The pituitary Society

Indiana State Medical Association 2006-

Pituitary Network Association (PNA)

Trigeminal Neuralgia Association (TNA)

Indianapolis Neurosurgical Group

Education and Research Committee 2006-

Sigma Xi (The Scientific Research Society)

INVITED COURSE FACULTY/LECTURESHIP

AANS Course: Minimally Invasive Treatment of Trigeminal Neuralgia – Weekend Practical Course

Chicago - April 2008, San Diego - April 2009

AANS Seminar: Epilepsy: New Surgical Treatment and Management Approaches – Morning Breakfast Seminar

Chicago - April 2008, San Diego - April 2009

AANS Course: “Everything You Need to Know, but Didn’t Learn in Residency: A Primer on How to Choose a Practice and Avoiding Pitfalls” - Weekend practical course

Atlanta - October, 2007

UCLA Radiosurgery and Functional Neurosurgery Tutorial Course

Los Angeles - August 2-4, 2005

Operative Techniques with the Masters – Practical Anatomy Workshop

St Louise - June 5-10, 2003

PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS

Cohen-Gadol AA and Spencer DD. The Legacy of Harvey Cushing: Profiles of Patient Care. Thieme, New York (586 pages) 2007

Association of American Publishers (AAP) awarded the above book an honorable mention in the Clinical Medicine category in the AAP's recognition of the best professional and scholarly books published in 2007. Two awards are given per year in Clinical Medicine.

Tubbs RS and Cohen-Gadol AA. Glossopharyngeal Nerve Stimulation for Epilepsy Control. VDM Publishing House-in press

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Published

1. Miles PD, Romeo O, Higo K, Cohen-Gadol AA, Rafaat K, Olesky JM. TNF-Alpha induced insulin resistance in vivo and its prevention by Troglitazone. Diabetes 46:1678-83, 1997

2. Miles PD, Hart M, Romeo O, Cheng J, Cohen-Gadol AA, Rafaat K, Moossa AR, Olefsky J. Mechanisms of insulin resistance in experimental hyperinsulinemic dogs. J Clin Invest 101: 202-11, 1998

3. Chen JC, O'Day S, Morton D, Essner R, Cohen-Gadol AA, MacPherson D, Giannotta SL, Petrovich Z, Yu C, Apuzzo ML. Stereotactic radiosurgery in the treatment of metastatic disease to the brain. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg 73(1-4):60-3, 1999

4. Lavine SD, Petrovich Z, Cohen-Gadol AA, Masri LS, Morton DL, O'Day SJ, Essner R, Zelman V, Yu C, Luxton G, Apuzzo ML. Gamma knife radiosurgery for metastatic melanoma: An analysis of survival, outcome, and complications. Neurosurgery 44(1):59-66, 1999

5. Kadyrov NA, Friedman JA, Nichols DA, Cohen-Gadol AA, Link MJ, Piepgras DG. Endovascular treatment of an internal carotid artery pseudoaneurysm following transphenoidal surgery. Case Report. J Neurosurg 96(3):624-7, 2002

6. Wetjen NM, Cohen-Gadol AA, Maher CO, Marsh WR, Meyer FB, Cascino GD. Frontal lobe epilepsy: diagnosis and surgical management. Neurosurg Rev 24:119-138, 2002

7. Cohen-Gadol AA, Britton JW, Friedman JA, Marsh WR. Transient postictal MR abnormality of the corpus callosum in a patient with epilepsy: Case report and review of the literature. J Neurosurg 97:714-717, 2002

8. Ecker RD, Goerss SJ, Meyer FB, Cohen-Gadol AA, Britton JW, Levine JA. Vision of the future: Initial experience with real-time intraoperative high-resolution dynamic infrared imaging (DIRI). J Neurosurg 97:1460-1471, 2002

9. Cohen-Gadol AA, Dekutoski MB, Kim CW, Quast LM, Krauss WE. Safety of supplemental endplate screws in thoracic pedicle hook fixation. J Neurosurg-Spine 98:31-35, 2003

10. Inoue T, Cohen-Gadol AA, Krauss WE. Low-pressure headaches and spinal cord herniation: Case report. J Neurosurg-Spine 98:93-95, 2003

11. Cohen-Gadol AA, Britton JW, Wetjen NM, Marsh WR, Meyer FB, Raffel C. Neurostimulation therapies in epilepsy: current modalities and future directions. Mayo Clin Proc. 78(2):238-48, 2003

12. Cohen-Gadol AA, White CB, Dekutoski MB, Shaughnessy WJ. Arterial-esophageal fistula: A complication of nasogastric tube placement following lumbar spine surgery: Case report. Spine 28(5):E98-E101, 2003

13. Cohen-Gadol AA, Zikel OM, Scheithauer BW, Krauss WE. Spinal meningiomas in patients under age 50: A 21 year experience. J Neurosurg-Spine 98:258-63, 2003

14. Cohen-Gadol, AA, Zikel OM, Aksamit AJ, Miller GM, Scheithauer BW, Krauss WE. Spinal cord biopsy: A review of 38 cases. Neurosurgery 52(4):806-16, 2003

15. Cohen-Gadol AA, Stoffman MR, Spencer DD. Emerging surgical and radiotherapeutic techniques for treating epilepsy. Curr Opin Neurol 16:213-219, 2003

16. Cohen-Gadol AA, Pichelmann MA, Link MJ, Scheithauer BW, Krecke KN, Young WF, Hardy J, Giannini C. Granular cell tumor of the neurohypophysis: a clinicopathologic study of 11 cases. Mayo Clin Proc 78:567-573, 2003

17. Cohen-Gadol AA, Britton JW, Collignon F, Bates LM, Cascino GD, Meyer FB. Central lobule seizures: the use of awake cortical mapping and subdural grid monitoring for resection of seizure focus. J Neurosurg 98: 1255-62, 2003

18. Cohen-Gadol AA, Matsumoto JY, Ahlskog JE, Swansen MA, McClelland R, Davis DH. Selective peripheral denervation for intractable torticollis: Experience with 168 patients at the Mayo Clinic. J Neurosurg 98: 1247-54, 2003

Cohen-Gadol AA, Davis DH. Selective peripheral denervation for intractable torticollis: Experience with 168 patients at the Mayo Clinic Editorial response letter [Comment]. J Neurosurg 100:172, 2004

19. Cohen-Gadol AA, Leavitt JA, Lynch JJ, Marsh WR, Meyer FB, Cascino GD. A prospective analysis of diplopia after temporal lobectomy for mesial temporal lobe sclerosis. J Neurosurg 99:496-499, 2003

20. Maher CO, Cohen-Gadol AA, Raffel C. Cortical resection for epilepsy in children with linear sebaceous nevus syndrome. Pediatr Neurosurg 39: 129-35, 2003

21. Cohen-Gadol AA, Koch CA, Raffel C, Spinner RJ. Confirmation of research publications reported by neurological surgery residency applicants. Surg Neurol 60: 280-4, 2003

22. McIver JI, Link MJ, Giannini C, Cohen-Gadol AA, Driscoll C. Choroid plexus papilloma and meningioma: coincidental posterior fossa tumors. Case report and review of the literature. Surg Neurol 60: 360-365, 2003

23. Cohen-Gadol AA, Spencer DD. The use of an antereomedial subdural strip in the evaluation of medial temporal lobe epilepsy - Technical note. J Neurosurg 99:921-23, 2003

24. Collignon FP, Cohen-Gadol AA, Piepgras DG. Hemangiopericytoma of the confluence of sinuses and the transverse sinuses: Case report. J Neurosurg 99:1085-88, 2003

25. Cohen-Gadol AA, Spencer DD. Inauguration of pediatric neurosurgery by Harvey W. Cushing: his contributions to the surgery of posterior fossa tumors in children. J Neurosurg: Peds 100(2 Suppl):225-31, 2004

26. Cohen-Gadol AA, DiLuna ML, Spencer DD. Partial epilepsy presenting as episodic dyspnea: a specific network involved in limbic seizure propagation. J Neurosurg 100(3): 565-7, 2004

27. Cohen-Gadol AA, Britton, JW, Worrell GA, Meyer, FB. Transient cortical abnormalities on magnetic resonance imaging after status epilepticus – Case report. Surg Neurol 61:479-82, 2004

28. Cohen-Gadol AA, Krauss WE, Spinner RJ. Delayed central nervous system superficial siderosis following brachial plexus avulsion injury. Neurosurg Focus 16: Article 10, 2004

29. Collignon FP, Cohen-Gadol AA, Krauss, WE. Circumferential decompression of the foramen magnum for the treatment of syringomyelia associated with basilar invagination. Neurosurg Rev 27:168-72, 2004

30. Cohen-Gadol AA, White JB, Lynch JJ, Miller GM, Krauss WE. Synovial cysts of the thoracic spine. J Neurosurg-Spine 1:52-57, 2004

31. Cohen-Gadol AA, Ozduman K, Bronen RA, Kim JH, Spencer DD. Long-term outcome after epilepsy surgery for focal cortical dysplasia. J Neurosurg 101:55-65, 2004

32. Schäuble B, Cascino GD, Pollock BE, Gorman DA, Weigand S, Cohen-Gadol AA, McClelland RL. Seizure outcomes after stereotactic radiosurgery for cerebral arteriovenous malformations. Neurology 63:683-687, 2004

33. Cohen-Gadol AA, Spencer DD. Harvey W. Cushing and cerebrovascular surgery: Part II: Vascular malformations. J Neurosurg 101:553-559, 2004

34. Cohen-Gadol AA, Spencer DD. Harvey W. Cushing and cerebrovascular surgery: Part I: Aneurysms. J Neurosurg 101:547-552, 2004

35. Cohen-Gadol AA, DiLuna ML, Piepmeier J, Spencer DD. Non-enhancing de novo glioblastomas: report of two cases. Neurosurg Rev 27:281-285, 2004

36. Cohen-Gadol AA, Pan JW, Kim JH, Spencer DD, Hetherington HH. Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy: a proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy study and a histopathologic analysis. J Neurosurg 101:613-620, 2004

37. Cohen-Gadol AA, Westerveld M, Alvarez-Carilles J, Stoddard KR, Spencer DD. Intracarotid amytal memory and hippocampal MRI volumetry: validity of the Wada test as an indicator of hippocampal integrity among the candidates for epilepsy surgery. J Neurosurg 101:926-31, 2004

38. Cohen-Gadol AA, Spencer, DD. Epilepsy surgery in 2005. Neurosurgery Quarterly 14:198-203, 2004

39. Cohen-Gadol AA, Spencer DD. The development of techniques for resection of spinal cord tumors by Harvey W. Cushing. J Neurosurg-Spine 2: 92-97, 2005

40. Cohen-Gadol AA, Piepgras DG, Krishnamurthy S, Fessler RD. Residency work-hours reform: the results of a national survey of the program directors and residents in neurosurgery training programs. Neurosurgery 56:398-403, 2005

41. Cohen-Gadol AA, Atkinson P, Krauss WE. CNS superficial siderosis following spinal surgery: case report. J Neurosurg-Spine 2:206-208, 2005

42. Cohen-Gadol AA, Homan MJ, Laws ER, Atkinson JDL, Miller R. The Mayo brothers and Harvey Cushing: a review of their personal letters through their 39-year friendship. J Neurosurg 102:391-396, 2005

43. Pan JW, Kim JH, Cohen-Gadol AA, Pan C, Spencer DD, Hetherington HP. Regional energetic dysfunction in hippocampal epilepsy. Acta Neurol Scand 111:218-24, 2005

44. Voorhees JR, Cohen-Gadol AA, Laws ER, Spencer DD. Battling blood loss in neurosurgery: Harvey Cushing’s embrace of electrosurgery. J Neurosurg 102:745-752, 2005

Cohen-Gadol AA, Voorhees JR, Laws ER, Spencer DD. Battling blood loss in neurosurgery: Harvey Cushing’s embrace of electrosurgery. Editorial response letter [Comment] J Neurosurg 102: 599-600, 2005

45. Voorhees JR, Cohen-Gadol AA, Spencer DD. The early evolution of neurological surgery: conquering increased intracranial pressure, infection, and blood loss. Neurosurg Focus 18:(4)e2, 2005

46. Jacob JT, Cohen-Gadol AA, Maher CO, Meyer FB. Transorbital penetrating brain stem injury in a child: case report. J Neurosurg-Peds: 102:350-352, 2005

47. Krauss WE, Edwards DA, Cohen-Gadol AA. Transthoracic discectomy without interbody fusion. Surg Neurol 63:403-8, 2005

48. Cohen-Gadol AA, Nahed BV, Voorhees JR, Spencer DD. Cushing’s experience with the surgical treatment of spinal dysraphism. J Neurosurg-Peds 102:441-444, 2005

49. Cohen-Gadol AA, Bradley CC, Williamson A, Kim JH, Westerveld M, Duckrow BB, Spencer DD. Normal magnetic resonance imaging and medial temporal lobe epilepsy: the clinical syndrome of paradoxical temporal lobe epilepsy. J Neurosurg 102:902-909, 2005

Spencer, DD, Cohen-Gadol AA. Normal magnetic resonance imaging and medial temporal lobe epilepsy: the clinical syndrome of paradoxical temporal lobe epilepsy. Editorial response letter [Comment] J Neurosurg (in press)

50. Cohen-Gadol AA, Laws ER, Spencer DD. The evolution of Harvey Cushing’s surgical approach to pituitary tumors from transsphenoidal to transfrontal. J Neurosurg 103:372-377, 2005

51. Maramattom BV, Cohen-Gadol AA, Wijdicks EFM, Kallmes D. Segmental cutaneous hemangioma and spinal arteriovenous malformation (Cobb Syndrome): A case report and historical perspective. J Neurosurg-Spine 3:249-252, 2005

52. Cohen-Gadol AA, Liu JK, Laws ER. Cushing’s first case of transsphenoidal surgery: the launch of pituitary surgery era. J Neurosurg 103: 570-574, 2005

53. Jacob JT, Cohen-Gadol AA, Scheithauer BW, Krauss WE. Intramedullary spinal cord gangliocytoma: case report and a review of the literature. Neurosurg Rev 28:326-329, 2005

54. Liu JK, Cohen-Gadol AA, Laws ER Jr, Cole CD, Kan P, Couldwell WT. Harvey Cushing and Oscar Hirsch: Early forefathers of modern transsphenoidal surgery. J Neurosurg 103:1096-1104, 2005

55. Cohen-Gadol AA, Jacob JT, Edwards DA, Krauss WE. Coexistence of intracranial and spinal cavernous malformations: a study of prevalence and natural history. J Neurosurg 104:376-381, 2006

56. Cohen-Gadol AA, Wilhelmi BG, Collignon F, White JB, Britton JW, Cambier DM, Christianson TJH, Marsh WR, Meyer FB, Cascino GD. Long-term outcome of epilepsy surgery among 399 patients with non-lesional seizure foci including mesial temporal lobe sclerosis. J Neurosurg 104:513-524, 2006

57. Cohen-Gadol AA, Mokri B, Piepgras DG, Meyer FB, Atkinson JL. Surgical anatomy of dural defects in spontaneous spinal cerebrospinal fluid leaks. Neurosurgery 58: 238-245, 2006

58. Kumar N, Cohen-Gadol AA, Wright A, Miller GM, Ahlskog JE. Superficial siderosis. Neurology 66:1144-1152, 2006

59. Cohen-Gadol AA, Pollock BE. Radiosurgery for arteriovenous malformations in children. J Neurosurg 104:388-391, 2006

60. Collignon F, Wetjen NM, Cohen-Gadol AA, Cascino GD, Parisi J, Meyer FB, Marsh WR, Roche P, Weigand SD. Altered expression of connexin subtypes in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy in humans. J Neurosurg 105:77-87, 2006

61. Clarke MJ, Cohen-Gadol AA, Ebersold MJ, Cabanela ME. Long-term incidence of subaxial cervical spine instability following cervical arthrodesis surgery in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Surg Neurol 66:136-40, 2006

62. Maher CO, Cohen-Gadol AA, Raffel C. Pediatric neurosurgery. Prog Neurol Surg 19:97-106, 2006

63. Tubbs RS, Loukas M, Shoja MM, Cohen-Gadol AA, Wellons JC 3rd, Oakes WJ. Roots of neuroanatomy, neurology, and neurosurgery as found in the Bible and Talmud. Neurosurgery. 63(1):156-62; discussion 162-3, 2008

64. Tubbs RS, Parmar A, Noordeh N, Rogers C, Rogers N, Loukas M, Shoja MM, Cohen-Gadol AA, Ital J. Surgical anatomy of the radial nerve and profunda brachii artery within the triangular interval. Anat Embryol. Jul-Sep;113(3):129-34, 2008

65. Van Gompel JJ, Stead SM, Giannini C, Meyer FB, Marsh WR, Fountain E, So E, Cohen-Gadol AA, Lee KH, Worrell GA. Phase I trial: safety and feasibility of intracranial electroencephalography using hybrid subdural electrodes containing macro- and microelectrode arrays. Neurosurg Focus. Sep;25(3):E23, 2008

66. Tubbs RS, Loukas M, Shoja MM, Shokouhi G, Wellons JC, Oakes WJ, Cohen-Gadol AA. The contralateral long thoracic nerve as a donor for upper brachial plexus neurotization procedures: A cadaveric feasibility study. J Neurosurg. Sep 26, 2008

67. Shelton BA, O’Hara E, Tubbs RS, Shoja MM, Barker FG, Cohen-Gadol AA. Emergency suboccipital decompression for respiratory arrest during supratentorial surgery: the untold story of a surgeon’s courage in times of despair. J Neurosurg. Oct. 31, 2008

68. Voorhees JR, Tubbs RS, Nahed B, Cohen-Gadol AA. William S. Halsted and Harvey W. Cushing: reflections on their complex association. J Neurosurg. Oct 31, 2008

69. Akard W. Tubbs RS, Seymour ZA, Hitselberger WE, Cohen-Gadol AA. Evolution of techniques for the resection of vestibular schwannomas: from saving life to saving function. J Neurosurg. Nov. 7, 2008

70. Cohen-Gadol AA. Acute ventriculoperitoneal shunt malfunction following opening of the spinal subarachnoid space. Childs Nerv Syst Jan 29, 2009

71. Tubbs RS, El-Zammer D, Rogers ME, Kelly DR, Lott R, Chua GD, Shoja MM, Loukas M, Oakes WJ, Cohen-Gadol AA. The existence of hypoglossal root ganglion cells in adult humans: potential clinical implications. Surg Radiol Anat. Mar., 31(3): 173-176, 2009

BOOK CHAPTERS

Wetjen NM, Junna MR, Radhakrishnan K, Cohen-Gadol AA, Cascino GD. Resective surgery for neoplasms.

Melamed I, Cohen-Gadol AA. Early post-surgical management of patients with epilepsy. Luders H et al (eds). Textbook of Epilepsy Surgery. (in press)

Connolly PJ, Spencer DD, Cohen-Gadol AA. History of epilepsy surgery. Luders H et al (eds). Textbook of Epilepsy Surgery. (in press)

Cohen-Gadol AA, Al-Mefty O. Skull Base tumors. Berger MS and Bernstein M (eds). Neuro-Oncology: The Essentials. 2nd Edition. Thieme, New York, 2008, 320-333

Cohen-Gadol AA, Spencer DD. MRI-normal medial temporal lobe epilepsy has a less favorable surgical outcome. Miller JW et al (eds). Epilepsy Surgery: Principles and Controversies. New York: Taylor & Francis Group, 2006: 100-104

Cohen-Gadol AA, Spencer DD. Lesionectomy is often adequate for neocortical epilepsy. Miller JW et al (eds). Epilepsy Surgery: Principles and Controversies. New York: Taylor & Francis Group, 2006: 532-536

Cohen-Gadol AA, Jacob JT, Ahlskog JE. Superficial siderosis of the central nervous system. In: Noseworthy J, ed. Neurological Therapeutics: Principles and Practice. 2nd Ed. New York: Martin Dunitz (in press)

Maher CO, Cohen-Gadol AA, Raffel C. Pediatric Neurosurgery, In: Pollock BE, ed., Progress and Neurological Surgery Series: Review of Neurological Surgery by the Evidence-Based Medicine Standard. Karger, Basel (in press)

Cohen-Gadol AA, Maher CO, Krauss WE. The unstable spine after trauma. In: Rabinstein AA and Wijdicks EFM. Tough Calls in Acute Neurology. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2004: 309-18

Cohen-Gadol AA, Krauss WE. Spinal meningiomas. In: Berger et al, eds. Textbook of Neuro-oncology. Philadelphia, Elsevier, 2004: 489-492

Cohen-Gadol AA, Yanez P, Marsh WR, Dekutoski MB. Lateral mass fractures: Diagnosis and surgical management. In: Vaccaro AR, ed. Fractures of the Cervical, Thoracic, and Lumbar Spine. New York: Marcel-Dekker, 2003: 239-253.

Dekutoski MB, Cohen-Gadol AA. Flexion distraction injuries of the cervical spine: A clinical spectrum. In: Vaccaro AR, ed. Fractures of the Cervical, Thoracic, and Lumbar Spine. New York: Marcel-Dekker, 2003: 191-205.

Cohen-Gadol AA, Pichelmann MA. Head and Spinal Cord Injury in Adults. In: Noseworthy J, ed. Neurological Therapeutics: Principles and Practice. New York: Martin Dunitz, 2003: 1221-37

Stoffman MR, Cohen-Gadol AA, Spencer SS, Spencer DD. Presurgical epilepsy evaluation in patients with tumors. (in press)

Wetjen NM, Radhakrishnan K, Cohen-Gadol AA, Cascino GD. Lesional epilepsy: Tumors, Vascular Lesions, and Infections. In Shorvon, et al. (eds.) The Treatment of Epilepsy, 2nd Edition, Blackwell Scientific, Oxford 757-770, 2004

Cohen-Gadol AA, Wetjen NW, Quast LM, Ebersold MJ. Retrosigmoid approach to vestibular schwannomas, In Spetzler RF et al, (eds): Operative Techniques in Neurosurgery. 4(1): 19-23 WB Saunders Co, 2001.

Cohen-Gadol AA, Spinner R. Painful Neuromas: Evaluation and Surgical Management, in Wilkins RH, et al (eds): Neurosurgery. McGraw-Hill

ORAL AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Junna MR, Buechler, RD, Cohen-Gadol, AA, Cascino GD. Prognostic Importance of Risk Factors for Temporal Lobe Epilepsy in Patients Undergoing Surgical Treatment.

American Epilepsy Society meeting, December 2007

Some of Harvey Cushing’s contributions to posterior fossa neurosurgery

UCLA Neurosurgery Ground Rounds. August 2005

Liu JK, Abeloff D, Cohen-Gadol AA, Crosby RW, Lees GP, Couldwell WT. Max Brödel: His art, legacy, and contributions to neurosurgery through medical illustration

American Association of Neurological Surgeons, New Orleans, 2005

Perforating arteries of the proximal anterior cerebral circulation: surgical anatomy and clinical implications

Mayo Clinic Neurosurgery Department Ground Rounds. October 8, 2004

Cohen-Gadol AA, Piepgras DG, Krishnamurthy S, Fessler RD. Resident duty-hours reform: The results of a national survey of the program directors and residents in neurosurgery training programs

Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Francisco, 2004

Functional hemispherectomy for intractable epilepsy

Mayo Clinic Pediatric Neurology Division Ground Rounds. May 13, 2004

Torticollis surgery

Mayo Clinic Neurosurgery Department Ground Rounds. May 8, 2004

Functional hemispherectomy: indications and technical considerations

Mayo Clinic Neurosurgery Department Ground Rounds. March 13, 2004

Temporal lobe epilepsy. Emerging concepts in diagnosis and surgical treatment

Mayo Clinic Neurosurgery Department Ground Rounds. October 28, 2003

Cohen-Gadol AA, Pan JW, Kim J, Spencer DD, Hetherington H. Spectroscopic MR imaging and correlation with histopathology in temporal lobe epilepsy

American Epilepsy Society Meeting, Boston, 2003

Westerveld M, Spencer SS, Cohen-Gadol AA, Alvarez-Carilles J, Stoddard K, Kim J, Spencer DD. Further support for dissociation of naming and memory in relation to

hippocampal pathology

American Epilepsy Society Meeting, Boston, 2003

Cohen-Gadol AA, Clarke MJ, Ebersold MJ, Cabanela ME. Long-term outcome for the surgical treatment of rheumatoid arthritis of the cervical spine

Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Denver, 2003

White JB, Cohen-Gadol AA, Cambier DM, Meyer FB, Marsh WR, Cascino GD. Long-term outcome of epilepsy surgery in 526 patients with pharmacoresistant localization-related epilepsy

Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Denver, 2003

Torres-Russotto D, Friedman JA, Cohen-Gadol AA, Meyer FB. Hemorrhage risk of giant arteriovenous malformations

Cerebrovascular section meeting, San Diego, 2003

Perforators of the proximal anterior cerebral circulation: Surgical Anatomy and Clinical Implications

Yale Neurosurgery Department Ground Rounds. May 28, 2003

White JB, Cohen-Gadol AA, Koch CA, Krauss WE. Dysphonia and dysphagia following anterior cervical spine surgery

American Association of Neurological Surgeons, San Diego, April 2003

Cohen-Gadol AA, Koch CA, Raffel C, Spinner RJ. Confirmation of research publications reported by neurological surgery applicants

American Association of Neurological Surgeons, San Diego, April 2003

Cohen-Gadol AA, Matsumoto JY, Ahlskog JE, Davis DH. Selective peripheral denervation for intractable torticollis: The Mayo Clinic experience with 168 patients

American Association of Neurological Surgeons, San Diego, April 2003

Westerveld M, Cohen-Gadol AA, Stoddard K, Alvarez-Carilles J, Spencer SS, Spencer DD. Intracarotid amytal memory and hippocampal volume measurements: Validity of the Wada as an indicator of MRI determined hippocampal atrophy

International Neuropsychology Society, Berlin, July 2002

Cohen-Gadol AA, Bates LM, Meyer FB, Cascino GD. Central lobule seizures: Utilization of awake cortical mapping and subdural grid monitoring for seizure focus resection

American Epilepsy Society meeting in Seattle, December 2002

Cohen-Gadol AA, Britton JW, Sirven JI, Chabolla DR, Zimmerman RS, Marsh WR, Meyer FB, Wharen RE, Drazkowski JF, Cascino GD, Doll KE. Vagus nerve stimulation in patients older than 60: A multicenter study

American Epilepsy Society meeting, Seattle, December 2002

Cohen-Gadol AA, Dekutoski MB, Kim CW, Quast LM, Krauss WE. Safety of supplemental endplate screws in thoracic pedicle hook fixation Congress of Neurological Surgeons meeting, Philadelphia, September 2002

Cohen-Gadol AA, Matsumoto JY, Ahlskog JE, Davis DH. Selective peripheral denervation for intractable torticollis: The Mayo Clinic experience with 168 patients

Movement Disorder Society meeting, Miami Beach, November 2002

Kadyrov NA, Friedman JA, Nichols DA, Cohen-Gadol AA, Link MJ, Piepgras DG. Endovascular treatment of an internal carotid artery pseudoaneurysm following transsphenoidal surgery. case report

Cerebrovascular section meeting, February 2002

Cohen-Gadol AA, Britton JW, Marsh WR, Meyer FB. Management strategies for the side effects associated with initiation of vagus nerve stimulation

American Epilepsy Society meeting in Philadelphia, November 2001

Cohen-Gadol AA, Pichelmann MA, Link MJ, Scheithauer BW, Krecke KN, Young WF, Hardy J, Giannini C. Granular cell tumor of the neurohypophysis: a clinicopathologic study of 11 cases

American Association of Neurological Surgeons meeting in Toronto, April 2001

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Residency

The Mayo Clinic basketball team (Fellows United): Captain 2000-2001

Medical School

President - Alpha Omega Alpha

President and Director - XL (Exchange Learning): Program

Offering tutoring to Jr. High School students in South Central Los Angeles, 1994-1995

Editor - Univeristy of Southern California Journal of Medicine 1996-97

Forward Position - USC Intramural Basketball Team 1994-95

Chairman - Honors and Scholarship Committee 1994

Representative - I/II Year Curriculum Committee 1994, 1996

Volunteer - Clinica Outreach Program: Providing health care in local south-central clinics 1995

Interviewer - USC School of Medicine Admissions Committee 1996

Undergraduate

President - Golden Key National Honor Society, 1991-1993

Captain - Basketball Team, local Jewish Community Center 1992-93

President and Founder - The Faculty and Student Interaction Program at UCSD, 1992-1993

President - The Life Science Student Organization, 1992-1993

Vice-President – The Cultural Programming Finance Board, 1991-1992

Representative - Associated Students in the Committee of Honors and Scholarships of the Academic Senate, 1990

Volunteer - Sharp Memorial Hospital, Neurosurgical ICU, 1992-1993

Trombone Player - UCSD Jazz Band, 1992-1993

HOBBIES AND INTERESTS

Basketball, Running, Weight Lifting

Letters of support can be provided upon request.

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