Comprehensive Management of Skull Base Tumors (eBook)

Contributors

Remo Accorona, MD

Division of Otorhinolaryngology

“San Maurizio” Hospital

Bolzano, Italy

Badih Adada, MD, FACS

John and Margaret Kruppa Chair in Neurosciences

Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery

Director, Neuroscience Center

Cleveland Clinic Florida

Weston, Florida

Siviero Agazzi, MD, MBA, FACS

Professor and Vice Chairman

Director, Division of Cranial Surgery

Department of Neurosurgery

University of South Florida

Tampa, Florida

Ossama Al-Mefty, MD, FACS

Director of Skull Base Surgery

Brigham andWomen’s Hospital

Harvard Medical School

Boston, Massachusetts

Joao Paulo Almeida, MD

Clinical Fellow

Division of Neurosurgery

TorontoWestern Hospital

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Jaimie Payne Anderson, MS, CCC, SLP

Speech-Language Pathologist

Cleveland Clinic Florida

Weston, Florida

Ramsey Ashour, MD

Assistant Professor

Department of Neurosurgery

Dell Medical School

University of Texas

Austin, Texas

Karolyn H. Au, MD, MSc, FRCS(C)

Assistant Professor

Division of Neurosurgery

University of Alberta

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Samer Ayoubi, MD

Consultant Neurosurgeon

Department of Neurosurgery

Abbassi Medical Centre

Damascus, Syria

Denise Barringer, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S

Manager, Speech Pathology and Audiology

Head and Neck Center

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas

Paolo Battaglia, MD

Assistant Professor

Department of Otorhinolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery

Head and Neck Surgery & Forensic Dissection Research Center

University of Insubria, ASST Sette Laghi

Varese, Italy

Erasmo Barros da Silva Jr., MD, MSc

Department of Neurosurgery

Neuro-Oncology Division

Instituto de Neurologia de Curitiba

Curitiba, Brazil

Diana Bell, MD

Associate Professor

Head and Neck Section

Departments of Pathology and Head and Neck Surgery

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas

Robert S. Benjamin, MD

Clinical Professor

Department of Sarcoma Medical Oncology

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas

Jurij R. Bilyk, MD, FACS

Attending Surgeon, Oculoplastic and Orbital Surgery Service

Wills Eye Hospital

Professor of Ophthalmology

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Luis A. B. Borba, MD, PhD, IFAANS

Professor and Chairman

Department of Neurosurgery

Federal University of Parana

Mackenzie Medical School

Curitiba, Brazil

Mariana E. Bradshaw, PhD, ABPP

Associate Professor

Section of Neuropsychology

Department of Neuro-Oncology

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas

Paul D. Brown, MD

Professor

Co-Section Chief, CNS/Pediatrics

Co-Chair, CNS Disease Group

Department of Radiation Oncology

Mayo Clinic

Rochester, Minnesota

Gregory G. Capra, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Department of Otolaryngology

Naval Medical Center Portsmouth

Portsmouth, Virginia

Ricardo L. Carrau, MD

Professor and Lynne Shepard Jones Chair in Head and Neck Oncology

Director, Comprehensive Skull Base Surgery Program

Departments of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Neurological Surgery, and Speech and Hearing Sciences

The Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio

Paolo Castelnuovo, MD, FACS, FRCS(Ed)

Professor and Chairman

Department of Otorhinolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery

Head and Neck Surgery & Forensic Dissection Research Center

University of Insubria, ASST Sette Laghi

Varese, Italy

Marc C. Chamberlain, MD

Professor

Department of Neurology and Neurological Surgery

University ofWashington

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Seattle, Washington

Jimmy YuWai Chan, MD, MS, PhD

Division of Head and Neck Surgery

Department of Surgery

Queen Mary Hospital

University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Maurício Coelho Neto, MD

Director of Skull Base Surgery

Neurological Institute of Curitiba

Curitiba, Brazil

William T. Couldwell, MD, PhD, FACS

Professor and Chair

Department of Neurosurgery

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah

John R. De Almeida, MD, MSc, FRCSC

Assistant Professor

Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery

Princess Margaret Cancer Center/University Health Network

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Franco DeMonte, MD, FRCSC, FACS

Mary Beth Pawelek Chair in Neurosurgery

Professor of Neurosurgery and Head and Neck Surgery

Director, David C. Nicholson Microsurgical and Endoscopic Center for Clinical Applications Laboratory

Director, Skull Base Program

Department of Neurosurgery

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas

Colin L. W. Driscoll, MD

Professor and Chair

Department of Otorhinolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery

Mayo Clinic

Rochester, Minnesota

Charles S. Ebert Jr., MD, MPH, FACS, FARS, FAAOA

Director, NeuroRhinology: Advanced Rhinology and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery Fellowship

Medical Director, Otolaryngic Allergy Services

Associate Director, Residency Program

Associate Professor

Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery

University of North Carolina

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Steven B. Edelstein, MD, FASA

Professor and Interim Chairman

Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine

Loyola University Medical Center

Maywood, Illinois

Adel K. El-Naggar, MD, PhD

Head & Neck Pathology

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas

James J. Evans, MD, FACS, FAANS

Professor of Neurological Surgery and Otolaryngology

Chief, Brain Tumor and Stereotactic Radiosurgery Division

Director, Cranial Base and Pituitary Surgery

Director, Cranial Base and Endoscopic Surgery Fellowship

Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Christopher J. Farrell, MD

Assistant Professor

Department of Neurosurgery

Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Juan C. Fernandez-Miranda, MD, FACS

Professor of Neurosurgery, Medicine and, by courtesy, ENT-Head and Neck Surgery

Surgical Director of Brain Tumor, Skull Base, and Pituitary Centers

Stanford University Medical Center

Palo Alto, California

Dan M. Fliss, MD

Professor and Chairman

Department of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery and Maxillofacial Surgery

Director, Interdisciplinary Center for Head & Neck Surgical Oncology

Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

Sackler School of Medicine Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv, Israel

Mathieu Forgues, MD

Chief Resident

Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center

New Orleans, Louisiana

Steven J. Frank, MD, FACR

The Bessie McGoldrick Professor of Clinical Cancer Research

Executive Director, Particle Therapy Institute

Professor and Deputy Head, Department of Radiation Oncology

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas

Jacob Freeman, MD

Ocala Neurosurgical Center

Ocala, Florida

Rick A. Friedman, MD, PhD

Professor of Otolaryngology and Neurosurgery

Director of Otology and Neurotology and the UCSD Acoustic Neuroma Center

University of California San Diego

San Diego, California

Gregory N. Fuller, MD, PhD

Professor and Deputy Chair

Chief Neuropathologist

Department of Anatomical Pathology

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas

Bruce J. Gantz, MD

Professor and Head

Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

Iowa City, Iowa

Paul A. Gardner, MD

Associate Professor

Departments of Neurological Surgery and Otolaryngology

Co-Director, UPMC Center for Cranial Base Surgery

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Basavaraj Ghodke, MD, DNB

Professor of Radiology...