Contributors

Naomi A. Abel, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair
University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine
Tampa, Florida
Failure of carpal tunnel and ulnar nerve surgery
Electrodiagnostics (EDX)
Pseudotumor cerebri syndrome

Puya Alikhani, MD
Associate Professor
Director of Spine Surgery
Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair
University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine
Tampa, Florida
Spine infections

Siviero Agazzi, MD, MBA
Professor and Vice Chairman
Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair
University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine
Tampa, Florida
Vestibular schwannomas

Norberto Andaluz, MD
Attending neurosurgeon
The Christ Hospital
Cincinnati, Ohio
Carotid stenosis and endarterectomy*
Emergency carotid endarterectomy*
Totally occluded carotid artery*

Ramsey Ashour, MD
Assistant Professor
The University of Texas at Austin
Dell Medical School
Austin, Texas
Dural arteriovenous fistulae*

Ali A. Baaj, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurological Surgery
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York Presbyterian Hospital
New York, New York
Moyamoya disease*

Konrad Bach, MD
Resident physician
Tulane University School of Medicine
New Orleans, Louisiana
▶ Ankylosing spondylitis*

Joshua M. Beckman, MD
Attending neurosurgeon
Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio, Texas
Concussion (mTBI)*

Davide M. Croci, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair
University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine
Tampa, Florida
Vestibular schwannomas

Travis Dailey, MD
Attending physician
Advent Hospital, Tampa
Tampa, Florida
▶ Catheter tip granuloma *

Angela Downes, MD
Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
University of Colorado
Lone Tree, Colorado
Stereotactic radiosurgery*
Spontaneous subdural hematoma*

Zeegan George
Medical Student III
University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine
Tampa, Florida
▶ Dural substitutes

Melissa Giarratano, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Pharmacist – Neurosciences
Tampa General Hospital
Tampa, Florida
Antibiotics*

Alexander Haas, MD
Attending physician
Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair
University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine
Tampa, Florida
Colloid cysts*
▶ Rhabdomyolysis*

Ghaith Habboub, MD
Resident physician
Neurological Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio
EVD-related infections*

Shannon Hann, MD
Attending neurosurgeon
Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital
Virginia Beach, Virginia
▶ Neurocutaneous melanosis*

Kevin Heinsimer, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Urology
University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine
Tampa, Florida
▶ Bladder neurophysiology*

Srinivasa Prasad Kanuparthi
Resident physician
Temple University Hospital
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
▶ Pneumorrhachis *

Shah-Naz H. Khan, MD, FRCS(C), FAANS
Chair and Director
Institute of General and Endovascular Neurosurgery
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery
Michigan State University
Flint, Michigan
Endovascular neurosurgery*

Paul R. Krafft, MD
Attending physician
University of Florida, Halifax Health
Daytona Beach, Florida
Cerebellar mutism*

Tsz Y. Lau, MD
Assistant Professor
Houston Methodist Department of NeurosurgerySugar Land, Texas
Subarachnoid hemorrhage*
Cerebral bypass

Cheryl Reese Lawing, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine
University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine
Attending physician
Shriners Healthcare for Children - Florida
Tampa, Florida
▶ Idiopathic adolescent scoliosis

Shih-Sing Liu, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair
University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine
Tampa, Florida
Jugular foramen
Anticoagulation & antiplatelet therapy

Jotham Manwaring, MD
Attending physician
Southern Utah Neurosciences Institute
St. George, Utah
Third ventriculostomy (ETV)
X-linked hydrocephalus*

Carlos R. Martinez, MD, FACR
Courtesy Clinical Professor of Radiology
University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine
Neuroradiologist
Bay Pines VA Hospital
St. Petersberg, Florida
Intracranial hypotension*

Meleine Martinez-Sosa, MD
Resident physician
Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair
University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine
Tampa, Florida
Intracranial hypotension*

Timothy D. Miller Jr., MD
Director of Functional Neurosurgery
Marcus Neuroscience Institute
Boca Raton, Florida
Cerebral vasospasm*

Maxim Mokin, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Medical Director, Endovascular Neurosurgery at Tampa General Hospital
Director of Research, Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair
University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine
Tampa, Florida
Endovascular neurosurgery, update*

Jose Montero, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Internal Medicine
University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine
Tampa, Florida
Antibiotics*

Brooks Osburn, MD
Attending physician
Florida Orthopedic Institute
Tampa, Florida
▶ Neuromyelitis optica (NMO)*

Glen A. Pollock, MD
Attending physician
Raleigh Neurosurgical Clinic
Raleigh, North Carolina
PRES*

Edwin Ramos, MD
Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery
Program Director, Neurosurgery Residency
The University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, Illinois
▶ Hypothalamic hamartomas*

Stephen L. Reintjes Jr., MD
Attending physician
Meritas Health Neurosurgery
North Kansas City, Missouri
Anticoagulation & antiplatelet therapy*
Spinal cord stimulator*

Juan S. Uribe, MD
Professor and Vice Chairman
Department of Neurological Surgery
Chief, Spinal Disorders
Barrow Neurologic Institute
Phoenix, Arizona
Transpsoas approach*
Lhermitte-Duclos disease*
Bone graft materials*
New spine fusion techniques*

Fernando L. Vale, MD
Professor and Chairman
Department of Neurosurgery
Augusta University Medical Center
Augusta, Georgia
▶ Seizure...