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Stephen M. Bloomfield , MD
Area of Specialty: Functional Neurosurgery, Epilepsy, Gamma Knife, Movement Disorders, Neuro-oncology
Professional Appointments: Attending Neurosurgeon, JFK Medical Center,
Edison, New Jersey.
Academic Appointments: Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Seton Hall University School of Graduate Medical Education, South Orange, New Jersey; Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, West Virginia University Medical School 1989-2005; Clinical Instructor, Department of Neurosurgery, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, 1987-1989.
Graduate Education: Surgical Internship Rutgers Medical School, Piscataway, NJ 1980-1981; Neurology Residency, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ 1981-1982; Neurosurgical Residency - Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ 1982-1987; Fellowship, Neurochemical Evaluation of Seizure Disorders, National Institutes of Health, NINCDS 1978; Fellowship, Evaluation and Neurosurgical Treatment of Intractable Epilepsy , UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 1986; Fellowship, Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Neuro-Oncology, UCI, Irvine, CA, 1987-1989.
Medical School: Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico 1975-1977; Rutgers Medical School, Piscataway, NJ 1977-1980
Specialty Board Certification: Board Certified Neurosurgery, 2002.
Professional Memberships: American Academy of Pain Medicine; American Association for the Advancement of Science; American Association of Neurological Surgeons; Section on Pain; Section on Functional and Stereotactic Neurosurgery ; Section on Brain Tumors; Section on Standards within Neurosurgery; American Epilepsy Society; American Medical Association; American Pain Society; American Society of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery; Congress of Neurological Surgery; International Association for the Study of Pain; International Society of Radiosurgery; Monongalia County Medical Association; Movement Disorder Society; National Institutes of Health Alumni Association; Society for Neuroscience's, Northern WV Chapter; West Virginia Association of Neurological Surgeons; West Virginia Medical Association; Brain Tumor Cooperative Group (BTCG)(1989-1995)Executive committee member Subcommittee member for Radiosurgery; Joint Committee of the CNS and AANS on Devices and Drugs (1990-1995); Subcommittee on Implanted Electrodes, Chairperson
Representative Publications:
ABSTRACTS: 1. Haut MW, Cutlip WD, and McFarland D, Stevenson JM, Bloomfield SM : On the nature of Frontal lobe dysfunction in Schizophrenia. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 1992.
• Haut MW, Bloomfield SM , and Franzen MD: Language and memory dysfunction associated with a left thalamic tumor . Clinical Neuropsychologist 4(3), 301, 1990
• Gupta N, and Bloomfield SM : Utility of PET Scanning in patients with metastatic brain tumors. 44 th Annual Mtg of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, 1998
CHAPTERS:
1. Spetzler RF, and Bloomfield SM : Horizons in the management of pediatric cerebrovascular disease. In Wilson C and Edward M (eds): PEDIATRIC CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE-CONTROVERSIES IN NEUROSURGERY University Press, 1989, pp. 451-461.
2. Bloomfield SM , and Carter PL: Intradural-extramedullary tumors of the thoracic spine. In Donlin M. Long (ed): CURRENT THERAPY IN NEUROLOGICAL THERAPY. 2nd Edition Raven Press, 1989, pp.
3. Haut MW, Bloomfield SM, Kashden JL, and Haut JS: Brain Tumors. Chapter 17, In Frank RG and Elliot TR (eds): Handbook of Rehabilitation Psychology. American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C. pgs 359-376, 2000.
4. Sadrolhefazi A and Bloomfield SM : Interhemispheric and Bilateral Chronic Subdural Hematoma. In Neurosurgery Clinics of North America, Vol. 11, No 3, July 2000, pgs 455-463.
5. Bloomfield SM (contributor) : Parkinson-Plus Syndrome.
In E-Medicine Textbook in Neurology, Luzzio CC and Lorenzo NY (eds). 2001 http://www.emedicine.com/neuro/contents.htm
6. Bloomfield SM (contributor) : Hypertension and Stroke. In E-Medicine Textbook in Neurology, Saver J and Lorenzo NY (eds). 2001 http://www.emedicine.com/neuro/contents.htm
BOOK REVIEWS:
1. Jerome Engel, Jr. (ed): Surgical treatment of the Epilepsies. Surgical Neurology 1988
ORIGINAL ARTICLES IN JOURNALS: IN PRINT
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Bloomfield SM , White W, and Daspit CP: Microvascular decompression of cranial nerves via the retrolabyrinthine approach . Transactions-Pacific Coast Oto-Ophthalmological Society, pg.231 Vol. 65, 1984. |
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Bloomfield SM and Sonntag VKH: Delayed cerebral vasospasm after uncomplicated operation upon an unruptured aneurysm: Case report. Neurosurg, 1985(17): 792-796 |
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Bloomfield SM , Sonntag VKH, and Spetzler RF: Pineal region lesions: A review. Barrow Neurological Institute Quarterly Pg. 10-23, Vol. 1, No. 3, 1985. |
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Masferrer R, Hadley M, Bloomfield SM , Spetzler RF, and Sonntag VKH: Transoral microsurgical resection of the Odontoid process . Barrow Neurological Institute Quarterly Pg. 34-40, Vol. 1, No. 3, 1985. |
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Bloomfield SM , White W, and Daspit CP: Retrolabyrinthine approach to the cerebellopontine angle for vascular compression syndromes of the cranial nerves . Barrow Neurological Institute Quarterly Pg. 40-45, Vol. 1, No. 4, 1985. |
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Haut MW, Haut J, and Bloomfield SM : Family Issues in the rehabilitation of patients with malignant brain tumors. Neurorehabilitation 1(2), 83, 1991. |
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Blumenthal D, Berho M, Bloomfield SM , Schochet SS, and Kaufman HH: Childhood Meningioma associated with Meningioangiomatosis: a case report. J of Neurosurg (78):287-289, 1993. |
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Yassini P, Sauter K, Schochet SS, Kaufman HH, and Bloomfield SM : Localized Hypertrophic Mononeuropathy (LHN) Involving Spinal Roots and Associated With Sacral Meningocele. J of Neurosurg (79):774-778, 1993. |
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Sinha PP, Bloomfield SM , and Smith GK: The Treatment of Intracranial Lesions With Stereotactic Radiosurgery. WV Med J (90):186-189, 1994. |
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Sauter K, Kaufman HH, Bloomfield SM , Cline S, and Banks D: Treatment of high-dose intrathecal morphine overdose: Case report . J Neurosurg (81):143-146, 1994. |
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Yassini PR, Stickler DL, Bloomfield SM , Wiggens, RC, and Konat GW: Glioma-Stimulated Chemoattraction of Endothelial Cells and Fibroblasts In Vitro: A Model for the Study of Glioma -Induced Angiogenesis: Metabolic Brain Disease, (9 ); 393-401, 1994. |
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Ortiz O, Bloomfield SM , and Schochet S: Vascular Enhancement in Lhermitte-Duclos Disease: Case Report. Neuroradiology 37:545-548, 1995. |
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Haut MW, Cahill J, Cutlip WD, Stevenson JM, Makela EH, and Bloomfield SM: On the nature of the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test performance in Schizophrenia. Psychiatry Res. Nov 1;65(1):15-22, 1996. |
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Bloomfield SM , Hogg J, and Gross R: Analysis of Breakthrough Pain 50 Patients Treated with Intrathecal Morphine Infusion Therapy: Development of Tolerance or Infusion System Malfunction. Proceedings of the Meeting of the American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Marina del Rey, Calif., 1995 Part I Sterotact Funct Neurosurg 65:142-146, 1996. |
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Wetmore S, Korke K, and Bloomfield SM : Profound Hearing Loss from Intra-Vertebral Artery Cisplatin. Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. Volume 116, Number 2, pgs 234-237, February 1997. |
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Khosrovi H, Kaufmann HH, Hrabovsky E, Bloomfield SM , Prabhu V, and El-Kadi HA: Laparoscopic-Assisted Distal Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Placement. Surg Neurol 49:127-135, 1998. |
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Gupta NC, Nicholson P, and Bloomfield SM : FDG-PET in the Staging Work-up of Patients with Suspected Intracranial Metastatic Tumors. Annals of Surgery, Vol 230, No.2, pg 202-206, 1999. |
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Khosrovi H, Sadrolhefazi A, El-Kadi H, Bloomfield SM, and Schochet SS: Intradural convexity chondroma: a case report and review of diagnostic features. WV Med J. 96(6):612-616, 2000. |
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Selker RG, Shapiro WR, Burger P, Bloomfield SM , et al: The Brain Tumor Cooperative Group NIH Trial 87-01: A Randomized comparison of Surgery, External Radiotherapy, and Carmustine versus Surgery, Interstitial Radiotherapy Boost, External Radiation Therapy, and Carmustine. (51)2:343-357, 2002. |
PUBLICATIONS SIGNIFICANTLY CONTRIBUTED TO WITHOUT AUTHORSHIP:
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Shapiro WR, Green SB, Burger PC, et al: A randomized comparison of Intra-arterial versus Intravenous BCNU with or without Intravenous 5 FU for newly diagnosed patients with malignant gliomas. J Neurosurg 76:772, 1992. |
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Rinaldi P, Young R, Albe-Fessard D, and Chodakiewitz J: Spontaneous neuronal hyperactivity in the medial and intralaminar Thalamic Nuclei of patients with deafferentation pain . J Neurosurg 74(3):415-421, 1991. |
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Brem H, Piantadosi S, Burger P, et al : Placebo controlled trial of safety and efficacy of intra-operative controlled delivery by biodegradable polymers of chemotherapy for recurrent gliomas. Lancet 345:1008-1012, 1995. |
PRESENTATIONS:
1. Bloomfield SM: Pseudoseizures. American Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine. Las Vegas, Nevada. October, 1982.
• Bloomfield SM, Daspit CP, and White W: Microvascular decompression of cranial nerves via the Retrolabyrinthine Transmastoid approach. Pacific Coast Oto-Ophthalmological Society. Monterey, California. May, 1984.
• Bloomfield SM, Shetter A, and Raudszens P: Intraoperative somatosensory evoked potential monitoring: A Critique. Congress of Neurological Surgeons. New York City, New York. October, 1984.
4. Bloomfield SM, and Sonntag VKH: Cervical spine injuries in the trauma patient. Greater Phoenix Trauma Rounds. Maricopa Medical Center, November, 1984.
5. Bloomfield SM, and Sonntag VKH: Traumatic cervical spine subluxations without fracture on plain radiographs: Review of 87 cases. Society of Neurological Surgeons. Phoenix, Arizona. May, 1985.
6. Bloomfield SM, and Sonntag VKH: Halo brace treatment of traumatic cervical spine subluxations without fracture. Congress of Neurological Surgeons. Honolulu, Hawaii. October, 1985.
7. Bloomfield SM, and Sonntag, VKH: Halo brace treatment of traumatic cervical spine subluxations without fracture. Joint Section on Spinal Disorders. San Diego, California. February, 1986.
8. Bloomfield SM, Leib J, and Engel J: Multi-center patient registry and computerized database for the surgical management of intractable epilepsy (Phase I). Temporal Lobe Club, American Epilepsy Society. Seattle, WA, November, 1986.
• Bloomfield SM, Leib J, and Engel J: Multi-center patient registry and computerized database for the surgical management of intractable epilepsy (Phase II). Temporal Lobe Club, American Epilepsy Society. Baltimore, Md, December, 1987.
10. Bloomfield SM, and Sonntag VKH: Comparison of twist-drill craniostomy versus burr-holes in the treatment of chronic subdural hematomas: Review of 70 cases. Rocky Mountain Neurosurgical Society. Park City, Utah, June, 1987.
11. Bloomfield SM, Harrington T, and Beaton M: Complications related to intracranial pressure monitoring: Experience with 1000 patients. Rocky Mountain Neurosurgical Society Park City, Utah. June, 1987.
• Bloomfield SM, Harrington T, and Beaton M: Complications related to intracranial pressure monitoring: Experience with 1000 patients. Congress of Neurological Surgeons. Baltimore, Maryland. October, 1987.
13. Bloomfield SM: Prospective randomized investigations of treatments for patients with Malignant Gliomas. Medical Staff Grand Rounds, Anaheim Memorial Hospital Anaheim, California. May, 1988.
14. Bloomfield SM: Interstitial brachytherapy for the treatment of patient with Malignant Gliomas. Orange County Medical Association. Orange, CA. Sept, 1988.
15. Bloomfield SM: New advances in brain tumor research and therapy. American Cancer Society, Orange County Chapter. Newport Beach, CA. September, 1988.
16. Bloomfield SM: Current trends in neuro-oncology . West Virginia State Medical Society. Greenbrier, West Virginia, August, 1989.
17. Bloomfield SM: Prospective randomized investigations of the treatment of Malignant Gliomas . Charleston Area Medical Center Oncology Grand Rounds. Charleston, WV. September, 1989.
18. Bloomfield SM: Surgical management of pain . Van Wagner Family Practice Conference. Morgantown, West Virginia, October, 1989.
19. Bloomfield SM: Brachytherapy for the treatment of patients with Malignant Gliomas. Monongalia County Medical Society. Morgantown, West Virginia, November 4, 1989.
20. Bloomfield SM: Post-traumatic Epilepsy . New Medico Neurologic Rehabilitation Center, Meadowlands, PA, November, 1989.
21. Bloomfield SM: Use of lasers in neurosurgery . West Virginia State Medical Society. Fairmont, West Virginia, February, 1990.
22. Bloomfield SM: Pain management in cancer patients . WVU Oncology Update 1990: Surviving with Cancer. Morgantown, West Virginia, March, 1990.
23. Young R , Rinaldi P, Bloomfield SM: Spontaneous neuronal hyperactivity in the Intralaminar Thalamic Nuclei of patients with deafferentation pain . American Association of Neurological Surgeons. Nashville, Tennessee, April 3, 1990
24. Haut M , Franzen M, and Bloomfield SM: Language and memory dysfunction associated with a left Thalamic tumor. American Psychological Association. Boston, Massachusetts, August, 1990.
25. Bloomfield SM: Identification and treatment of post-traumatic Epilepsy . New Medico Neurologic Rehabilitation Center, Meadowlands, PA, September, 1990.
26. Bloomfield SM: Brachytherapy in the treatment of Malignant Gliomas . CAMC Oncology Grand Rounds. Charleston, WV. October, 1990.
27. Bloomfield SM: Neurosurgical treatment of chronic intractable pain. Von Wagner Lecture, WV Medical Center. Morgantown, West Virginia, June, 1991.
28. Bloomfield SM: Treatment of chronic pain with implantable devices. Congress of Neurosurgeons. Orlando, Florida. October, 1991.
29. Bloomfield SM: New treatments in neuro-oncology . Charleston Area Medical Center Oncology Grand Rounds. Charleston, WV. November, 1991.
30. Bloomfield SM: Invasive monitoring for the identification and treatment of post- traumatic Epilepsy. New Medico Neurologic Rehabilitation Center, Meadowlands, PA, November, 1991.
31. Haut MW, Cutlip WD, McFarland D, Stevenson JM, Bloomfield SM : On the nature of Frontal lobe dysfunction in Schizophrenia. 11th Annual meeting of the national academy of neuropsychologists. Dallas, TX. November, 1991.
32. Bloomfield SM: Medical and surgical treatment of difficult pain problems . Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital Grand Rounds. Parkersberg, WV. April, 1992.
33. Bloomfield SM: CT. vs MRI for Stereotactic Imaging. International Symposium and Workshop: Stereotactic Surgery and Convergent Beam Radiosurgery. Los Angeles, CA. May, 1992.
34. Bloomfield SM: Functional Stereotaxy . International Symposium and Workshop: Stereotactic Surgery and Convergent Beam Radiosurgery. Los Angeles, CA. May, 1992.
35. Bloomfield SM: Functional neurosurgical treatment of difficult pain syndromes . Broaddus Hospital Medical Grand Rounds. Philippi, WV. July, 1992.
36. Bloomfield SM: Spinal Morphine infusion therapy in the treatment of intractable benign pain syndromes. Hospital Council of Western Pennsylvania Educational Symposium on Spinal Morphine Therapy. Warrendale, PA. September, 1992.
37. Bloomfield SM : Computer guided treatments in neuro-oncology: Radiosurgery, Brachytherapy, Craniotomy, Ventriculoscopy, and Biopsy. CAMC Oncology Grand Rounds. Charleston, WV. September, 1992.
38. Bloomfield SM , Cline S, and Gross R: Intrathecal Morphine Infusion Therapy For Benign Intractable Pain: Experience with 36 cases. Dannmiller Educational Foundation Symposium titled: Opioids and Non-Malignant Pain. Atlanta, Georgia. April, 1993.
39. Bloomfield SM , Cline S, and Gross R: Clinical analysis of breakthrough pain in patients with benign pain treated with intrathecal Morphine infusion therapy. Dannmiller Educational Foundation Symposium titled: Opioids and Non-Malignant Pain. Atlanta, Georgia. April, 1993.
40. Cline S , Bloomfield SM, and Gross R: Analysis of Hormonal Alterations and Polyarthralgias as novel complications of intrathecal Morphine infusion therapy. Dannmiller Educational Foundation Symposium titled: Opioids and Non-Malignant Pain. Atlanta, Georgia. April, 1993.
41. Bloomfield SM: Modern Applications of Radiosurgery West Virginia State Neurosurgical Society Annual Meeting. Morgantown, West Virginia. August, 1993.
42. Bloomfield SM: Ventriculoscopic Guided Stereotactic Aspiration of Colloid Cysts of the Anterior Third Ventricle. Congress of Neurological Surgeons. Vancouver, Canada. October, 1993. (did not present due to illness)
43. Bloomfield SM: Strategies to Avoid Potential Complications of Brachytherapy Fischer-Leibinger Stereotactic Radiation Therapy Meeting Dallas, Texas. November, 1993.
44. Bloomfield SM: Radiosurgery Patient Registry and Database Fischer-Leibinger Stereotactic Radiation Therapy Meeting Dallas, Texas. November, 1993.
45. Bloomfield SM: Radiosurgery and computer guided radiation therapy. Monongalea County Medical Society. Morgantown, West Virginia, March, 1994.
46. Bloomfield SM: Multi-center Radiosurgery Patient Registry & Computerized Database. Fischer-Leibinger Stereotactic Radiation Therapy Meeting Tucson, Arizona, November , 1994.
47. Bloomfield SM: Update in Advances in Neuro-Oncology: 1994 . Neuroscience Symposium,. U of Texas, El Paso, November, 1994.
48. Bloomfield SM: Neuro-Oncology in the Twenty-first Century. Neuroscience Symposium,. U of Texas, El Paso, November, 1994.
49. Bloomfield SM: Pediatric Brain Tumors. WVU-MDTV reach out program for continuing medical education, February,1995.
50. Bloomfield SM , Hogg J, and Gross R: Analysis of Breakthrough Pain in 50 Patients Treated with Intrathecal Morphine Infusion Therapy: Development of Tolerance or Infusion System Malfunction. American Society For Stereotactic And Functional Neurosurgery, Los Angeles, March, 1995.
51. Bloomfield SM , and Gross RT: Intrathecal Morphine Infusion for Chronic Intractable Benign Pain: Experience with 60 patients. Congress of Neurological Surgeons. San Francisco, California, October, 1995.
52. Bloomfield SM , El-Kadi H, and Khosrovi H: Stereotactic Brain Biopsies Performed in the Ct-Scanner: Experience with 100 cases and advantages compared to Stereotactic biopsies in the OR or Free-hand Ct-guided biopsies. Congress of Neurological Surgeons. San Francisco, California, October, 1995.
53. Ulewicz D , Saw C, Korb L, and Bloomfield SM: Strategies for Optimizing 3-D Treatment Plans During Linear Accelerator Radiosurgery. International Radiosurgery Meeting, Orlando, Florida, December, 1995
• Bloomfield SM , and Gross RT: Intrathecal Morphine Infusion for Chronic Intractable Benign Pain: Experience with 60 patients. International Neuromodulation Society, Orlando, Florida March, 1996
• Bloomfield SM: Clinical Anatomical Relationships of the Limbic System Visiting Professor Department of Neurosurgery, Birmingham Al, April, 1996
56. Bloomfield SM: Cortical Localization: Optimizing Peri-operative Neuropsychological Outcome in Patients with Parenchymal Brain Tumors Visiting Professor Department of Neurosurgery, Birmingham Al April, 1996
57. Bloomfield SM : Computers in the Practice of Neurosurgery. Fairmont Clinic, Fairmont, WV, December, 1996
58 . Bloomfield SM: Minimalistic Neurosurgery Surgery Update 1997, WVU, Morgantown, WV, November, 1997
• Bloomfield SM: Implanted Devices for the Relief of Intractable Pain Syndromes Intractable Pain Symposium, WVU, Morgantown, WV, November 1998
60. Wilkinson CC , and Bloomfield SM: Intra-operative Instillation of Prophylactic Antibiotics During Shunt Surgery: Incidence of Shunt Infection versus Early Post-Operative Seizures. The Neurosurgical Society of the Virginias, Hot Springs, Virginia, January 19, 2001
61. Miele V , Carr A, Crossley L, Graeber G, and Bloomfield SM: Prognostic Variables of Non Small Cell CA Patients with Metastasis to the Brain-Ten Years Experience. The Neurosurgical Society of the Virginias, Hot Springs, Virginia, January 19, 2001
62. Carr A , Miele V, Price K, and Bloomfield SM: Ten Years Experience with Breakthrough Pain in Patients Treated with Intrathecal Drug Delivery Systems for Intractable Benign Pain. The Neurosurgical Society of the Virginias, Hot Springs, Virginia, January 19, 2001
63. Howes G and Bloomfield SM: Contrast of Three Techniques for Brain Biopsy and Evaluation of Use as Outpatient . The Neurosurgical Society of the Virginias, Hot Springs, Virginia, January 19, 2001
64. Carr A , Miele V, Price K, and Bloomfield SM: Ten years Experience with Breakthrough Pain in Patients Treated w/ Intrathecal Drug Delivery Systems for Intractable Benign Pain. The AANS Annual Mtg, Toronto, Canada, April 22, 2001
65. Miele V, Crossley L, Graeber G, and Bloomfield SM : Prognostic Variables of Non Small Cell CA Patients with Metastasis to the Brain-Ten Years Experience. Congress of Neurological Surgery Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, October, 2001
66. Bloomfield SM: Surgical Approaches to Pineal Region Tumors. WV Neurosurgery Department Fukashima Clinical conference. March 9 th , 2002.
67. Bloomfield SM : Surgical Management of Parkinson's disease. International Symposium on Clinical Neurosciences and Cerebrovascular Skull Base Surgery West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV. April 13, 2002
68. Bloomfield SM: Rehabilitation of Patients with Cortical Injuries. HealthSouth MountainView Regional Rehabilitation Hospital Symposium. Morgantown WV. May 28 th , 2002.
69. Bloomfield SM: Behavioral Neurology of Cortical Lesions. HealthSouth MountainView Regional Rehabilitation Hospital Symposium. Morgantown WV. May 28 th , 2002.
• Bloomfield SM: Behavioral Neurology of Limbic System Pathology. HealthSouth MountainView Regional Rehabilitation Hospital Symposium. Morgantown WV. May 28 th , 2002.
71. Bloomfield SM: Treatment of Patients with Pineal Region Tumors. WV Neurosurgery Department Fukashima Clinical conference. June 14th, 2002.
72. Bloomfield SM: Multi-disciplinary Approaches to the Treatment of Patients with Malignant Gliomas. WV Neurosurgery Department Fukashima Clinical conference. September 17 th , 2002.
73. Bloomfield SM: Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for the Treatment of Patients with Metastatic Brain Tumors. First Annual WV Gamma Knife Radiosurgery Symposium. Morgantown, WV, November 8 th , 2002.
74. Bloomfield SM: Pineal Region Tumors. Speaker and Moderator of Subsection. 4 th Pan Pacific Neurosurgery Congress. Honolulu, Hawaii, February 23, 2003.
75. Bloomfield SM : Surgical Management of Gliomas. 2 nd International Symposium on Clinical Neurosciences and Cerebrovascular Skull Base Surgery West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV. October 23, 2003
TELEVISION APPEARANCES:
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Bloomfield SM: Stereotactic Neurosurgical Treatments for Patients with Brain tumors. KBOY, April 1992.
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Bloomfield SM and Guttierez A: Medical and Surgical Treatment for Patients with Intractable Epilepsy. Doctors on Call PBS, October 1997.
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Bloomfield SM and Gutmann L: Medical and Surgical Treatments for Patients with Parkinsons Disease. Doctors on Call, PBS, March 2002.
POSTERS:
1. Bloomfield SM, Shetter A, and Raudszens P: Intra-operative somatosensory evoked potential monitoring: Review of 169 cases. American Association of Neurological Surgeons. San Francisco, CA. April, 1984.
2. Bloomfield SM, Harrington T, and Beaton M: Complications related to intracranial pressure monitoring: Experience with 1000 patients. American Association of Neurological Surgeons. Dallas, Texas. May, 1987.
3. Bloomfield SM, Harrington T, and Beaton M: Intraventricular Gentamycin prophylaxis for ventriculostomies: Prospective randomized study in 120 ventriculostomy patients. Congress of Neurosurgeons. Washington DC. Oct. 1992.
4. Bloomfield SM and McAlister P: Free-hand Ct-guided vs Stereotactic guided brain tumor biopsy: Prospective non-randomized comparison of efficacy, cost, and complications in 200 patients. Congress of Neurosurgeons. Washington DC. Oct. 1992.
5. Pait TG, Kaufman HH, Laws ER, Bloomfield SM, and Ubelaker DH,:
Craniometry: Precursor to Stereotaxic Surgery
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Boston, April, 1993.
• Bloomfield SM, Cline S, and Gross R: Intrathecal Morphine Infusion for Chronic Intractable Benign Pain: Experience with 40 patients . Congress of Neurosurgeons. Vancouver, Canada, October, 1993.
• Bloomfield SM, Cline S, and Gross R: Analysis of Breakthrough Pain in 40 Patients Treated with Intrathecal Morphine Infusion Therapy: Development of Tolerance or Infusion System Malfunction. Congress of Neurosurgeons. Vancouver, Canada, October, 1993.
• Bloomfield SM, Cline S, Herschberger J, and Gross R: Functional Neurosurgical Treatment of Thoracic Post-Herpetic Neuralgia: Spinal Cord Stimulation may be a safer and more effective treatment than Deep Brain Stimulation, Intrathecal Morphine Infusion Therapy, Percutaneous Cervical Cordotomy, Thalamotomy, and DREZ lesions. Congress of Neurosurgeons. Vancouver, Canada, October, 1993.
9. Bloomfield SM, Haut M, Breen L, and Ortiz O: Strategic Approaches to Surgery in Patients with Occipital Lobe Brain Tumors: Congress of Neurosurgeons. Vancouver, Canada, October, 1993.
10. Bloomfield SM, Cline S, and Haut M: Avoidable Encephalopathic Complications of Intraventricular Methotrexate via Ommaya Reservoirs. Congress of Neurosurgeons. Vancouver, Canada, October, 1993.
11. Cline S, Bloomfield SM, and Gross R: Analysis of Hormonal Alterations and Polyarthralgias as novel complications of intrathecal Morphine infusion therapy. Congress of Neurosurgeons. Vancouver, Canada, October, 1993.
12. Bloomfield SM, Haut M, and Tarry W: Ventriculoscopic Guided Stereotactic Aspiration of Colloid Cysts of the Anterior Third Ventricle. Satellite meeting on Molecular Biology of Brain Tumors, Congress of Neurosurgeons. Chicago, Oct, 1994
• Bloomfield SM, and Gross R: Intrathecal Morphine Infusion for Chronic Intractable Benign Pain: Experience with 50 patients. American Society For Stereotactic And Functional Neurosurgery, Los Angeles, March, 1995.
14. Bloomfield SM, Gross R, and Herschberger J: Functional Neurosurgical Treatment of Thoracic Post-Herpetic Neuralgia: Spinal Cord Stimulation may be a safer & more effective treatment than Deep Brain Stimulation, Intrathecal Morphine Infusion, Percutaneous Cervical Cordotomy, Thalamotomy, &DREZ. American Society for Stereotactic And Functional Neurosurgery, Los Angeles, March, 1995.
15. Bloomfield SM, El-Kadi H, Haut M, Ellis B, and Ortiz O: Strategic Approaches to Surgery in Patients with Occipital Lobe Brain Tumors : American Society For Stereotactic And Functional Neurosurgery, Los Angeles, March, 1995.
16. Bloomfield SM, Haut M, and Tarry W: Ventriculoscopic Guided Stereotactic Aspiration of Colloid Cysts of the Anterior Third Ventricle . American Society For Stereotactic And Functional Neurosurgery, Los Angeles, March 9, 1995.
17. Saw C, Korb L, Ulewicz D, and Bloomfield SM: Strategies for Optimizing 3-D Treatment Plans During Linear Accelerator Radiosurgery . International Radiosurgery Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, July, 1995
18. El-Kadi H, Bloomfield SM, Ortiz O, Haut M, and Ellis G: Alexia in Patients with Occipital Lobe Tumors: Functional Anatomy and Multi-disciplinary Strategies to Optimize Surgical Outcome. Congress of Neurological Surgeons. San Francisco, California, October, 1995.
19. Bloomfield SM, Gross R, and Herschberger J: Functional Neurosurgical Treatment of Thoracic Post-Herpetic Neuralgia: Spinal Cord Stimulation may be a safer & more effective treatment than Deep Brain Stimulation, Intrathecal Morphine Infusion , Percutaneous Cervical Cordotomy, Thalamotomy, &DREZ. International Neuromodulation Society meeting, Orlando, Florida March, 1996
20. Saw CB, Krishna KV, Korb LJ, Ulewicz DE, and Bloomfield SM: Systematic study of the relationships between isodose contours and gantry angles in Linac-based radiosurgery. American Association of Physicists in Medicine, AAPM, Philadelphia, PA, July, 1996
21. Haut M and Bloomfield SM: Memory and Executive Functioning Status Post Colloid Cyst Removal. International Neuropsychological Society Annual Mtg, Boston, MA, March, 1999
22. Wilkinson CC, Miele V, and Bloomfield SM: Instillation of Prophylactic Antibiotics into Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts during Shunt Surgery: Incidence of Shunt Infections versus Early Post-Operative Seizures. Congress of Neurological Surgery annual Meeting, San Diego CA, October, 2001.
23. Miele V, Corssley L, Greaber G, and Bloomfield SM: Prognostic Variables of Non Small Cell Cancer Patients with Metastasis to the Brain: Ten Year Experience. Congress of Neurological Surgery annual Meeting, San Diego CA, October, 2001.
24. Multani J, Crowell E, and Bloomfield SM: Chemosensitivity Testing Reliability in Predicting Clinical Response in Patients with Malignant Gliomas. Congress of Neurological Surgery annual Meeting, San Diego CA, October, 2001.
25. Miele V, Price K, Hogg J, and Bloomfield SM: Cerebral Hemosiderosis: Neuroradiological findings and Differential Diagnosis. Congress of Neurological Surgery annual Meeting, San Diego CA, October, 2001.
26. Miele V, Corssley L, Greaber G, and Bloomfield SM: Prognostic Variables of Non Small Cell Cancer Patients with Brain Metastasis: Selection of Patients for Aggressive Treatment. American College of Surgeons Scientific Exhibition, San Francisco CA, October 6-10, 2002.