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Area of Specialty: Brain Tumors, Functional Neurosurgery, Radiosurgery, Spinal Surgery
Professional Appointments: Co-Director, Surgical Neuro-Oncology, Brain Tumor and Movement Disorder Surgery, New Jersey Neuroscience Institute, JFK Medical Center, Edison, New Jersey.
College Education: BA (religious studies), Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1984.
Medical Education: MD, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, 1990.
Advanced Training: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx , NY (surgical internship and neurosurgery residency); University of California, Los Angeles, CA (functional neurosurgery and stereotactic radiosurgery fellowship)
Certification: American Board of Neurological Surgery
Research Interests: Neural stem cells in brain tumors, therapeutic gene delivery into the CNS.
Professional Experience: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI , Neurosurgery Faculty, 1997-2001; Jacobi Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, Chief, Division of Neurosurgery 2001-2003; Geisinger Health System, Danville, PA, Director, Brain Tumor Program, 2004-2005; University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurological Surgery, Dept. of Neurosurgery, 2006-2008; Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH, Associate, Brain Tumor Institute, 2005-2008, Joint Appointment, Dept. of Neurosurgery, 2006-2008; Cleveland Clinic Florida, Chairman, Dept. of Neurosurgery, 2005-2008, Director, Brain Tumor Institute, 2005-2008.
Professional Societies: American Association of Neurological Surgeons; American College of Surgeons, Fellow; Congress of Neurological Surgeons; Council of State Neurosurgical Societies; North American Spine Society; World Society of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
Representative Publications:
Laurens, E., Darr, A., Montgomery, W., Gilbertson, L., Zahos, P., and Calabro, A., Tyramine-Based Hyaluronan Hydrogels for Nucleus Pulposus Replacement: Characterization by Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). Submitted February 29, 2008.
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