Curriculum Vitae

Bizhan Aarabi, M.D., FRSC, FACSProfessor, Department of NeurosurgeryDirector of NeurotraumaR Adams Cowley Shock Trauma CenterUniversity of Maryland School of Medicine

Date April, 2015

 Personal Information

22 South Greene StreetSuite S-12D Baltimore, MD 21201(410) 328-7371(410) 328-1420baarabi@smail.umaryland.eduForeign Language: Farsi

 Education

Saadi High School, 1959-1965, Abadeh, Iran Pre-Med, 1967 Pahlavi University School of Arts and Sciences Shiraz, Iran.M.D. 1973 Pahlavi University Medical School in Shiraz, Iran.

 Post Graduate Education and Training

1972-1973 Nemazee Hospital, Shiraz Iran, Neurosurgical Internship1973-1974 Cook County Hospital, Chicago IL, Surgical Internship1974-1979 Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore MD, Neurosurgical Residency 1980-1980 Wellesley Hospital, Toronto Canada, Neurosurgery Fellowship1981-1981 Hamilton General Hospital, Hamilton Canada, Neurosurgery Fellowship1989-1990 University of Nebraska, Lincoln Nebraska, Neurosurgery Fellowship 

Certifications

Diplomate National Board of Medical Examiners, 1977Diplomate American Board of Neurosurgery, 1982Fellow Royal College Surgeons of Canada, 1983

 

Medical Licensures

1977 Medicine and Surgery, State of Maryland 1989 Medicine and Surgery, State of Nebraska Employment History

1979-1990 Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor, Neurosurgery1990-1995 Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Professor and Chairman, Neurosurgery1995-2000 University of Nebraska Medical Center, Associate Professor, Neurosurgery2000-2007 University of Maryland School of Medicine, Associate Professor, Neurosurgery2000-Present R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Director of Neurotrauma, UMMC2007-Present University of Maryland School of Medicine, Professor, Neurosurgery

Professional Society Memberships

1982-Present Member, American Association of Neurosurgical Surgeons1983-Present Member, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada1984-Present Member, Congress of Neurological Surgeons1990-2001 Member, Joint Section on Tumors of the AANS/CNS1992-2001 Member, New York Academy of Sciences1993-Present Member, Joint Section on Trauma of the AANS/CNS1994-2005 Member, American Medical Association1994-Present Member, American College of Surgeons2001-2004 Member, MedChi, State of Maryland Medical Society2005-2009 University of Maryland School of Medicine Council2006-2010 Liaison, Physician Compliance Liaison, Department of Neurosurgery 2006-2007 Director, University of Maryland Student Neurosurgical Education2007-2014 Member, Institutional Review Board, University of Maryland, Baltimore

Honors and Awards

1973 Valedictorian, Pahlavi University Medical School1973 Highest Achievement Award, Shiraz University Medical School1987 First Prize Award, “Traumatic aneurysms due to missile head wounds”1990 Medal of Honor and Achievement, Iranian Government2001 Hero Award, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center2002 Hero Award, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center2003 Hero Award, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center2004 Hero Award, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center2006 Hero Award, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center2007 Hero Award, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center2010 Hero Award, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center

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Administrative Service

Institutional Service

1993-1995 Trauma Committee, University of Nebraska Medical Center1994-1995 Protocols and Procedures Committee, Nebraska VAMC2000-Present Medical Peer Review Committee, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center2000-2005 Senior Leadership Committee, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center2000-2003 Neurotrauma Designation Committee, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center2000-2002 Research Committee, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center2000-2004 Medical Affairs Advisory Committee, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center2003-2010 Quality Management Committee, Dpt of Neurosurgery2003-Present Performance Improvement Steering Committee, University of Md Medical Center2005-Present University of Maryland School of Medicine Council2006-Present Director, University of Maryland Student Neurosurgical Education2007-Present Member, Institutional Review Board, University of Maryland, Baltimore2015-Present Member, Shock Trauma Oversight Committee

 Local and National Service

1983-Present Editorial Board, Iranian J Medical Sciences. Published quarterly by Shiraz University of Medical Sciences

1994-1995 Secretary, Iowa Midwest Neurosurgical Society2001-Present Work Group endorsed by AANS/CNS and Neurotrauma Foundation to write

guidelines for management of penetrating brain injury2002-2005 Member, Spine Trauma Study Group. An international group of University

faculty dedicated to prospective study of spine trauma, sponsored by Medtronic, Inc.

2003-2005 Member, Scientific Review Committee, Brain Disorders and ClinicalNeurosciences, Center for Scientific Review, National Institute of Health

2005-Present Peer Reviewer for Journal of Trauma2006-Present Editorial Board, Pejouhandeh, Bimonthly Research Journal published by Shaheed

Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran2008-Present Peer Reviewer for Journal of Neurotrauma.2009-Present Elected as one of 4 members of DSMB of OxycyteTM Trial sponsored by Oxygen

Biotherapeutics.2009-Present Member, ZRG1 ETTN-C (10) B Neuroprosthetics and Neurological and Auditory

Devices Small Business SEP, National Institute of Health.2009-Present Peer Reviewer for Critical Care Journal (Biomed Central)2009-Present Peer Reviewer for Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency

Medicine (SJTREM) (Biomed Central)2009-Present Member, Committee On Trauma of the American College of Surgeons.2009-Present Member, Medical Staff, Peer Review Committee, University of Maryland School

of Medicine

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2016.. Member of Editorial Board of OPERATIVE NEUROSURGERY

Mentoring

2006 Esther Kim, Medical Student: UMBC2007-2009 Ali Syed, Medical Student: UMBC2009 Katie Zacherl: UMBC2009 Amita Rajani: UMBC2009-present Khawar Ali: Howard High School 2010 Saira Nisar: UK

Teaching Service

1979-1975 Residency Training Program, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences1995-2000 Monthly didactic lectures, University of Nebraska Medical Center 1995-2000 Neuro Anatomy Course, University of Nebraska Medical Center2000- Present Neuro Anatomy Course, Department of Neurosurgery, University

of Maryland Medical Center. 12 weeks each year from November to March as pre ABNS Board preparation of neurosurgery residents

2006 "Spinal Cord Injury Emergency Management Part II" Lecture Series forNeurology residents, presented July 28, 2006.

2006-2007 Neurological Approaches lecture for 3rd year Medical Students at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Presented August 17, 2006.

2006 "Spinal Cord Injury Emergency Management Part II" Lecture Series forNeurology residents, presented August 22, 2006.

2007 "Spinal Cord Injury Emergency Management Part II" Lecture Series forNeurology residents, presented July, 2007.

2000-2007 Daily work rounds at the STC from 6:30 am to 8:00 am. Review of all the in-patients, review of all the imaging studies and planning for the day.

Grant Support

Current

07/2005- Principal Investigator (3%)07/2013 “North American Clinical Trials Network (NACTN) for Treatment of Spinal Cord

Injury”Christopher and Dana Reese FoundationNCT00178724; CTN1-2004(RG); W81XWH-07-1/0361$505,161.00

07/2007- Co-Investigator (15%) PI: H.M. Eisenberg12/2012 “Citicoline Brain Injury Treatment Trial (CORBIT)”

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Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child and Health and Human Development @NIHNCT00545662; BA-HD042, HD042687-04, HD042738-05, HD042678-03, HD042653-05, HD042689-05, HD042736-04, HD 042686-01A1, HD042652-04, HD042823-05$1,650,000.00

04/2010- Principal Investigator (3%)08/2012 “Safety and Pharmacokinetics of Riluzole in Patients With Traumatic Acute

Spinal Cord Injury”Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation and The Department of DefenseID #HP-40687; IND 79,600; NCT00876889$100,000.00

2011-2013 Co-Investigator PI: H.M. Eisenberg“Glyburide: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Treatment Study of Glyburide in Ischemic Stroke”Department of Defense/USA MRMCContract#W81XWH-08-2-0159$1,465,476.00

2011-2012 Co-Investigator PI: H.M. Eisenberg“Serum Biomarkers: Correlation between biomarkers, MR imaging, and six month ASIA exam in spinal cord injury patients”Department of DefenseID# 10492195$506,251.00

2013- PIRISCIS: Riluzole in Surgery of Cervical Spine InjuryAOSpineID #SPN-12-002 (RISCIS)$68,000+$2500 per enrolled patient

2015 PIStem Cell in SCIStem Cell Incorporated (SCI)ID # CL-SCI-201$440,000

Past

04/2009- Co-Investigator (1%) PI: H.M. Eisenberg05/2010 “A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-Controlled Dose Escalation Study to

Investigate the Safety and Pharmacokinetics after Single and Multiple Doses of

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SLV334 in Sequential Cohorts of Patients with Moderate and Severe Traumatic Brain Injury”Solvay PharmaceuticalsNCT00735085; S334.2.002$17,200.00 per patient, contracted for five

10/27/2009- Co-Principal Investigator (1%) PI: H.M. Eisenberg03/30/2010 “Multi-center prospective randomized trial of early decompressive Craniectomy

in patients with severe brain injury (DECRA)”ANZICS CTG: Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials GroupID # HP-42186; CCT ID # 0396-09; NCT00155987$1,200.00 per patient; contracted for five

Publications: Peer Reviewed

1. Daneshbod K, Aarabi B: Histiocytosis X. Pahlavi Med. X 3:75-79, 1972

2. Clopper RR, Meyer WJ, Udvarhelyi GB, Money J, Aarabi B, Mulvihill JJ, Piasio J: Postsurgical IQ and behavioral data on twenty patients with a history of childhood craniopharyngioma. Psychoneuro-endocrinology 2:365 -372, 1977

3. Abbassioun SK, Aarabi B, and Zarabi M: A comparative study of physiologic intracranial calcification. Pahlavi Med J. Vol 9:152-165, 1978.

4. Aarabi B, Chambers J: Giant thrombosed aneurysm associated with an arteriovenous malformation. J of Neurosurgery 49:278-282, 1978.

5. Aarabi B, Long DM, McQueen JD: Traumatic internal carotid occlusion at the base of the skull. Surgical Neurology 10(4):233-236, 1978.

6. Aarabi B, Long DM, and Miller NM: Enlarging Optic chiasm glioma with stable visual acuity. Surgical Neurology 10(3):175-177, 1978.

7. Aarabi B, Long DM, and Epstein M: The effect of Cyclic-AMP on cat brain extracellular fluid. Archives of Neurology 36:498-500, 1979.

8. Aarabi B, Pasternok G, Herko O, and Long DM: Familial intradural arachnoid cyst. J of Neurosurg 50:826-829, 1979.

9. Aarabi B, Long DM: Dynamics of cerebral edema (in cat): J of Neurosurg 51:779-784, 1979.

10. Aarabi B, Udvarhelyi GB: Post-surgical visual and neurological evaluation of 32 children with craniopharyngioma. Iranian Journal of Surgery 2:171-188, 1979.

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11. Aarabi B, Gucer G: Spinal cord lipomas unassociated with spinal bifida. Iranian Journal of Surgery 2: 189-206, 1979.

12. Perrin RG, Livingston KE, Aarabi B: Intradural extramedullary spinal metastasis. J Neurosurgery 56:835-837, 1982.

13. Abbassioun K, Aarabi B, Haghshenas M, et al: Spinal cord compression due to extradural extramedullary hematopoiesis in chronic anemias. Iranian J of Medical Sciences 13:21-27, 1986.

14. Aarabi B: Comparative study of bacteriological contamination between primary and secondary exploration of missile head wounds. Neurosurgery 20:610-616, 1987.

15. Aarabi B: Traumatic aneurysms due to high velocity missile head wounds. Neurosurgery 22:1056-1063, 1988.

16. Aarabi B: Causes of infections in penetrating head wounds in the Iran-Iraq War. Neurosurgery 25:913-925, 1989.

17. Aarabi B: High velocity missile scalp wounds; the tip of an iceberg. Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences 14:16-23, 1989.

18. Aarabi B, Koleini MK: Traumatic aneurysms due to missile head wounds: report of twenty cases. Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences 14:26-32, 1989.

19. Aarabi B: Relationship of suturing of the dura to cerebrospinal fluid fistulas. Letter to the Editor, Neurosurgery 27:334, 1990

20. Aarabi B: Surgical outcome in 435 patients who sustained missile head wounds during the Iran-Iraq War. Neurosurgery 27:692-695, 1990.

21. Aarabi B, and Taghipour M: Causes of infections in penetrating head wounds in the Iran-Iraq War. Iranian J of Medical Sciences 16:7-12, 1991.

22. Patil AA, Leibrock LG, Kumar PP, and Aarabi B: Stereotactic approach to skull-base lesions. Skull Base Surgery 1:235-239, 1991.

23. Aarabi B: Brain stem injuries due to missile head wounds during Iran-Iraq War. Iranian J of Medical Sciences 16:117 -123, 1991.

24. Aarabi B: Surgical mortality in 913 patients who sustained missile head wounds during the Iran-Iraq War. Iranian j of Medical Sciences 17:8-13, 1992.

25. Aarabi B: Chiasmatic syndrome due to extramedullary hematopoiesis in beta thalassemia. Iranian J of Medical Sciences 17:145-148, 1992.

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26. Patil A, Kumar P, Leibrock L, Gelber B, Aarabi B: The value of intraoperative scans during CT-guided stereotactic procedures. Neuroradiology 34:453-456, 1992.

27. Aarabi B, Leibrock LG: Neurosurgical approaches to cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea. Ear, Nose and Throat Journal, 71 (7):300-305, July, 1992.

28. Moin H, Taghipour M, Aarabi B: Intradural extramedullary hydatid cyst. Iranian J of Medical Sciences 20:121, 1995.

29. Aarabi. B: Management of traumatic aneurysms caused by high-velocity missile head wounds. Neurosurgery Clinics of North America 6:775-797, 1995.

30. Aarabi B, Taghipour M, Kamgarpour, and Alibaii EA: Cerebral hydatid cysts. Medical J of Islamic Republic of Iran, 10:1-5, 1996.

31. Aarabi B, Alibaii EA, Taghipour M, Kamgarpour A: Comparative study of functional recovery between surgically explored and conservatively managed spinal cord missile injuries. Neurosurgery 37:1133-1140, 1996.

32. Aarabi B, Alibaii EA, Taghipour M, Kamgarpour A: Comparative study of functional recovery for surgically explored and conservatively managed spinal cord missile injuries. Letter to the Editor Neurosurgery 41:1218, 1997.

33. Aarabi B, Haghshenas M, and Rakeii V: Visual failure due to suprasellar extramedullary hematopoiesis in beta thalassemia, case report. Neurosurgery 42:923-926, 1998.

34. Aarabi B, Taghipour M, Alibaii E, Kamgarpour A: Central nervous system infections after military missile head wounds. Neurosurgery 42:500-509, 1998.

35. Aarabi B, Taghipour M, Haghnegahdar A, Farokhi MR, Mobley: Prognostic factors in the occurrence of posttraumatic epilepsy after penetrating head injury suffered during military service. Neurosurgery Focus 8 (1): Article 1, 2000.

36. Thorell William, Aarabi B: History of neurosurgical techniques in head trauma.

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America, January 2001.

37. Aarabi B, Alden TD, Chesnut RM, Downs JH, Ecklund JM, Eisenberg HM, Farace E, Florin RE, Jane, Jr. JA, Krieger MD, Maas AIR, Narayan RK, Potapov AA, Salazar AM, Shaffrey ME, Walters BC. Part 1: guidelines for the management of penetrating brain injury: introduction and methodology. Journal of Trauma-Injury Infection & Critical Care 51(2): S1-6, 2001. Authors of working group listed in alphabetical order.

38. Aarabi B, Alden TD, Chesnut RM, Downs JH, Ecklund JM, Eisenberg HM, Farace E, Florin RE, Jane, Jr. JA, Krieger MD, Maas AIR, Narayan RK, Potapov AA, Salazar AM, Shaffrey ME, Walters BC. Neuroimaging in the management of penetrating brain injury.

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Journal of Trauma-Injury Infection & Critical Care 51(2): S7-11, 2001. Authors of working group listed in alphabetical order.

39. Aarabi B, Alden TD, Chesnut RM, Downs JH, Ecklund JM, Eisenberg HM, Farace E, Florin RE, Jane, Jr. JA, Krieger MD, Maas AIR, Narayan RK, Potapov AA, Salazar AM, Shaffrey ME, Walters BC. Intracranial pressure monitoring in the management of penetrating brain injury. Journal of Trauma-Injury Infection & Critical Care 51(2): S12-15, 2001. Authors of working group listed in alphabetical order.

40. Aarabi B, Alden TD, Chesnut RM, Downs JH, Ecklund JM, Eisenberg HM, Farace E, Florin RE, Jane, Jr. JA, Krieger MD, Maas AIR, Narayan RK, Potapov AA, Salazar AM, Shaffrey ME, Walters BC. Surgical management of penetrating brain injury. Journal of Trauma-Injury Infection & Critical Care 51(2): S16-25, 2001. Authors of working group listed in alphabetical order.

41. Aarabi B, Alden TD, Chesnut RM, Downs JH, Ecklund JM, Eisenberg HM, Farace E, Florin RE, Jane, Jr. JA, Krieger MD, Maas AIR, Narayan RK, Potapov AA, Salazar AM, Shaffrey ME, Walters BC. Vascular complication of penetrating brain injury. Journal of Trauma-Injury Infection & Critical Care 51(2): S26-28, 2001. Authors of working group listed in alphabetical order.

42. Aarabi B, Alden TD, Chesnut RM, Downs JH, Ecklund JM, Eisenberg HM, Farace E, Florin RE, Jane, Jr. JA, Krieger MD, Maas AIR, Narayan RK, Potapov AA, Salazar AM, Shaffrey ME, Walters BC. Management of cerebrospinal fluid leaks. Journal of Trauma-Injury Infection & Critical Care 51(2): S29-33, 2001. Authors of working group listed in alphabetical order.

43. Aarabi B, Alden TD, Chesnut RM, Downs JH, Ecklund JM, Eisenberg HM, Farace E, Florin RE, Jane, Jr. JA, Krieger MD, Maas AIR, Narayan RK, Potapov AA, Salazar AM, Shaffrey ME, Walters BC. Antibiotic prophylaxis for penetrating brain injury. Journal of Trauma-Injury Infection & Critical Care 51(2): S34-40, 2001. Authors of working group listed in alphabetical order.

44. Aarabi B, Alden TD, Chesnut RM, Downs JH, Ecklund JM, Eisenberg HM, Farace E, Florin RE, Jane, Jr. JA, Krieger MD, Maas AIR, Narayan RK, Potapov AA, Salazar AM, Shaffrey ME, Walters BC. Antiseizure prophylaxis for penetrating brain injury. Journal of Trauma-Injury Infection & Critical Care 51(2): S41-43, 2001. Authors of working group listed in alphabetical order.

45. Aarabi B, Alden TD, Chesnut RM, Downs JH, Ecklund JM, Eisenberg HM, Farace E, Florin RE, Jane, Jr. JA, Krieger MD, Maas AIR, Narayan RK, Potapov AA, Salazar AM, Shaffrey ME, Walters BC. Part 2: prognosis in penetrating brain injury. Journal of Trauma-Injury Infection & Critical Care 51(2): S44-86, 2001. Authors of working group listed in alphabetical order.

46. Dutton RP, Scalea TM, Aarabi B: Prioritizing surgical needs in the patient with multiple

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injuries: Problems In Anesthesia 13:310-321, 2001.

47. Qiu J, Whalen MJ, Lowenstein P, Fiskum G, Fahy B, Darwish R, Aarabi B, Yuan J, Moskowitz MA: Upregulation of the Fas receptor death-inducing signaling complex after traumatic brain injury in mice and humans. J Neurosci 22(9): 3504-11, 2002.

48. Dutton RP, Sewell J, Aarabi B, Scalea TM: Preliminary trial of a noninvasive brain acoustic monitor in trauma patients with severe closed head injury. J Trauma 53:857-63, 2002.

49. Aarabi B: Management of Missile Head Wounds. Neurosurgery Quarterly 13(2): 87-104, 2003.

50. Joseph DK, Dutton RP, Aarabi B, Scalea TM: Decompressive laparotomy to treat intracranial hypertension after traumatic brain injury. J Trauma 57: 687-93, 2004.

51. Martin JE, Mehta R, Aarabi B, Ecklund JE, Martin AH, Ling GS: Intracranial insertion of a nasopharyngeal airway in a patient with craniofacial trauma. Mil Med 169: 496-7, 2004.

52. Como JJ, Sutton ER, McCunn M, Dutton RP, Johnson SB, Aarabi B, Scalea TM. Characterizing the need for mechanical ventilation following cervical spinal cord injury with neurologic deficit. J Trauma 59: 912-6, Oct 2005.

53. Aarabi B, Hesdorffer DC, Ahn E, Aresco C, Scalea TM, Eisenberg HM: Outcome following decompressive craniectomy for malignant swelling following severe head injury. J. Neurosurgery 104:469-479, 2006.

54. Fehlings MG, Furlan JC, Massicotte EM, Arnold P, Aarabi B, Harrop J, Anderson DG, Bono CM, Dvorak M, Fisher C, France J, Hedlund R, Madrazo I, Nockels R, Rampersaud R, Rechtine G, Vaccaro AR; Spine Trauma Study Group. Interobserver and intraobserver reliability of maximum canal compromise and spinal cord compression for evaluation of acute traumatic cervical spinal cord injury. Spine 31: 1719-25, July 2006

55. Miyanji F, Furlan JC, Aarabi B, Arnold PM, Fehlings MG: Correlation of MRI findings with neurological outcome in patients with acute traumatic spinal cord injury: a prospective study in 100 consecutive patients. Radiology 243(3):820-7, 2007.

56. Anderson PA, Moore TA, Davis KW, Molinari RW, Resnick DK, Vaccaro AR, Bono CM, Dimar JR 2nd, Aarabi B, Leverson G; Spinal Trauma Study Group. Cervical spine injury severity score. Assessment of reliability. J Bone Joint Surg Am 89(5):1057- 65, 2007.

57. Whang PG, Vaccaro AR, Poelstra KA, Patel AA, Anderson DG, Albert TJ, HilibrandAS, Harrop JS, Sharan AD, Ratliff JK, Hurlbert RJ, Anderson P, Aarabi B, Sekhon

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LH, Gahr R, Carrino JA.The influence of fracture mechanism and morphology on the reliability and validity of two novel thoracolumbar injury classification systems. Spine 32(7):791-5. 2007.

58. Scalea TM, Bochicchio GV, Habashi N, McCunn M, Shih D, McQuillan K, Aarabi B.

Increased intra-abdominal, intrathoracic, and intracranial pressure after severe brain injury: multiple compartment syndrome. J Trauma 62(3):647-56, 2007.

59. Dvorak MF, Fisher CG, Fehlings MG, Rampersaud YR, Oner FC, Aarabi B, Vaccaro

AR. The surgical approach to subaxial cervical spine injuries: an evidence-basedalgorithm based on the SLIC classification system. Spine 32(23):2620-9 2007.

60. Vaccaro AR, Hulbert RJ, Patel AA, Fisher C, Dvorak M, Lehman RA Jr, AndersonP, Harrop J, Oner FC, Arnold P, Fehlings M, Hedlund R, Madrazo I, Rechtine G,Aarabi B, Shainline M; Spine Trauma Study Group. The subaxial cervical spine injury classification system: a novel approach to recognize the importance of morphology, neurology, and integrity of the disco-ligamentous complex. Spine 32(21):2365-74, 2007.

61. Furlan JC, Fehlings MG, Massicotte EM, Aarabi B, Vaccaro AR, Bono CM, Madrazo I, Villanueva C, Grauer JN, Mikulis D. A quantitative and reproducible method to assess cord compression and canal stenosis after cervical spine trauma: a study of interrater and intrarater reliability. Spine 32(19):2083-91, 2007.

62. Darwish RS, Amiridze N, Aarabi B. Nitrotyrosine as an oxidative stress marker: evidence for involvement in neurologic outcome in human traumatic brain injury. J Trauma. 63(2):439-42.2007.

63. Ahn ES, Aarabi B. Posttraumatic locked-in syndrome from a pontomedullary contusion: case report. J Trauma 63(2):420-3. 2007.

64. Aarabi B, Koltz M, and Ibrahimi D: Hyperextension cervical spine injuries and traumatic central Cord syndrome. Neurosurg Focus 25 (5): E9, 2008.

65. Szerlip N, Bholot O, McCunn M, Aarabi B, Scalea TM: Extracorporeal life support as a treatment for neurogenic pulmonary edema and craiac failure secondary to intracranial hypertension; a case review and review of the literature. J Trauma 67(3):E69-71, 2009.

66. Aarabi B, Hesdorffer DC, Simard JM, Ahn ES, Aresco C, Eisenberg HM, McCunn M, Scalea T: Comparative study of decompressive craniectomy after mass lesion evacuation in severe head injury. Neurosurgery , 64:927-940, 2009.

67. Aarabi B, Chesler D, Maulucci C, Blacklock T and Alexander M: Dynamic of subdural hygroma following decompressive craniectomy: a comparative study. Neurosurg Focus, June 2009.

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68. Aarabi B, Simard M: Traumatic brain injury. Curr Opin Crit Care 15(6)548-553, 2009.

69. Kahraman S, Dutton RP, Hu P, Xiao Y, Aarabi B, Stein DM, Scalea TM: Automated Measurement of “Pressure Times Time Dose” of Intracranial hypertension best predicts outcome after severe traumatic brain injury. J Trauma 69 (1): 110-118, 2009.

70. Rakei SM, Rahmanian A, Aarabi B, Etaati H: Tumor-epilepsy in southern Iran. Iran.Red Crescent Med J. 11 (4): 473-474, 2009.

71. Stein DM, Menaker J, McQuillan K, Handley C, Aarabi B, Scalea TM: Risk factors for organ dysfunction and failure in patients with acute traumatic cervicsl spinal cord injury. Neurocritical Care 13 (1):29-39, 2010.

72. Lenehan B, Fisher CG, Vaccaro A, Fehlings M, Aarabi B, Dvorak MF: The urgency of surgical decompression in acute central cord injuries with spondylosis and without instability. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2010 Oct 1;35(21 Suppl):S180-6.PMID: 20881460.

73. Fehlings MG, Rabin D, Sears W, Cadotte DW, Aarabi B: Current practice in the timing of surgical intervention in spinal cord injury. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2010 Oct 1;35(21 Suppl):S166.

74. Furlan JC, Kailaya-Vasan A, Aarabi B, Fehlings MG: A Novel Approach to Quantitatively Assess Posttraumatic Cervical Spinal Canal Compromise and Spinal Cord Compression: A Multicenter Responsiveness Study. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2010 Dec 29.

75. Aarabi B, Alexander M, Mirvis SE, Shanmuganathan K, Chesler D, Maulucci C, Iguchi M, Aresco C, Blacklock T. Predictors of outcome in acute traumatic central cord syndrome due to spinal stenosis. J Neurosurg Spine. 2011 Jan;14(1):122-30.

76. Dutton RP, Prior K, Cohen R, Wade C, Sewell J, Fouche Y, Stein D, Aarabi B, Scalea TM. Diagnosing mild traumatic brain injury: where are we now? J.Trauma. 2011 Mar:70 (3):554-9.

77. Stein DM, Kufera JA, Lindell A, Murdock KR, Menaker J, Bochicchio GV, Aarabi B, Scalea TM. Association of CSF Biomarkers and Secondary Insults Following Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. Neurocrit Care. 2011 Apr 14(2):200-7.

78. Furlan JC, Kailaya-Vasan A, Aarabi B, Fehlings MG. A novel approach to quantitatively assess post-traumatic cervical spinal canal compromise and spinal cord compression: a multicenter responsiveness study. Spine. 2011 May 1:36(10): 784-93.

79. Stein DM, Lindell A, Murdock KR, Kufera JA, Menaker J, Keledjian K, Bochicchio GV, Aarabi B, Scalea TM. Relationship of serum and cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers with intracranial hypertension and cerebral hypoperfusion after severe traumatic brain injury. J. Trauma. 2011 May: 70(5):1096-103.

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80. Bono CM, Schoenfeld A, Gupta G, Harrop JS, Anderson P, Patel AA, Dimar J, Aarabi B, Dailey A, Vaccaro AR, Gahr R, Shaffrey C, Anderson DG, Rampersaud R. Reliability and Reproducibility of Subaxial Cervical Injury Description System: A Standardized Nomenclature Schema. Spine. 2011 August 1:36(17):E1140-E1144.+

81. Stein BM, Hu PF, Brenner M, Sheth KN, liu KH, Xiong W, Aarabi B, Scalea TM. Brief episodes of intracranial hypertension and cerebral hypoperfusion are associated with poor functional outcome after severe traumatic brain injury. J. Trauma. 2011 Aug:71(2)L364-74.

82. Cheran S, Shanmuganathan K, Zhuo J, Mirvis SE, Aarabi B, Alexander MT, Gullapalli RP. Correlation of MR Diffusion Tensor Imaging Parameters with ASIA Motor Scores in Hemorrhagic Acute Spinal Cord Injury. J.Neurotrauma. 2011 August 29. PMID: 21875333 [Epub ahead of print]

83. Kurland D, Hong C, Aarabi B, Gerzanich V, Simard JM. Hemorrhagic Progress of A Contusion After Traumatic Brain Injury: A Review. J. Neurotrauma. 2012 Jan 1;29(1):19-31.

84. Fehlings MG, Vaccaro A, Eilson JR, Singh A, W Cadotte D, Harrop JS, Aarabi B, Shaffrey C, Dvorak M, Fisher C, Arnold P, Massicotte EM, lewis S, Rampersaud R. Early Versus Delayed Decompression for Traumatic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury: Results of the Surgical Timing in Acute Spinal Cord Injury Study (STASCIS). PLoS One. 2012; 7(2):e32037. Epub 2012 Feb 23.

85. Stein DM, Lindell AL, Murdock KR, Kufera JA, Menaker J, Bochicchio GV, Aarabi B, Scalea TM. Use of Serum Biomarkers to Predict Cerebral Hypoxia After Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. J Neurotrauma. 2012 Apr 10;29(6):1140-9.

86. Brenner M, Stein DM, Hu PF, Aarabi B, Sheth K, Scalea TM. Traditional systolic blood pressure targets underestimate hypotension-induced secondary brain injury. J. Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2012 May; 72(5):1135-9.

87. Aarabi B, Simard JM, Kufera JA, Alexander M, Zacherl KM, Mirvis SE, Shanmuganathan K, Schwartzbauer G, Maulucci CM, Slavin J, Ali K, Massetti J, Eisenber HM. Intramedullary lesion expansion on magnetic resonance imaging in patients with motor complete cervical spinal cord injury. J Neurosurgery Spine. 2012 Jul 13 [Epub ahead of print].

88. Wilson JR, Grossman RG, Frankowski R, Kiss A, Davis AM, Kulkarini A, Harrop JS, Aarabi B,Vaccaro A, Tator CH, Dvorak MF, Shaffrey Cl, Harkema S, Guest J, Fehlings M. J. Neurotrauma. 2012 Jun 18 [Epub ahead of print].

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89. Fehlings MG, Vaccaro A, Wilson JR, Kopj ar 8, Harrop JS, Aarabi B, Shaffrey CI, Dvorak MF, Fisher CG, Arnold PM, Massicotte EM, Lewis SJ, Ramper saud YR. Fehlings et al respond. Spine J. 2012 Jun;12( 6) :541-2. PubMed PMID : 22857648.

90. Wilson JR, Vaccaro A, Harrop JS, Aarabi B, Shaffrey C, Dvorak M, Fishe r C, Arnold P, Massicotte EM, Lewis S, Rampersaud R, Okonkwo DO, Fehlings MG. The Impact of Facet Dislocation on Clinical Outcomes after Cervical Spinal Cord Injury: Results of a Multicenter North American Prospective Cohort Study. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2012 Aug 14. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 22895481.

91. Aarabi B, Harrop JS, Tator CH, Alexander M, Dettori JR, Grossman RG, Fehlings MG, Mirvis SE, Shanmuganathan K, Zacherl KM, Burau KD, Frankowski RF, Toups E, Shaffrey CI, Guest JD, Harkema SJ, Habashi NM, Andrews P, Johnson MM, Rosner MK. Predictors of pulmonary complications in blunt traumatic spinal cord injury. J Neurosurg Spine. 20 12 Sepi17(1):38-45. PubMed PMID : 22985369.

92. Guest J, Harrop JS, Aarabi B, Grossman RG, Fawcett JW, Fehlings MG, Tator CH . Optimization of the decision-making process for the selection of therapeutics to undergo clinical testing for spinal cord injury in the North American Clinical Trials Network. J Neurosurg Spine. 2012 Sept17(1) :94-101. PubMed PMID: 22985376.

93. Grossman RG, Frankowski RF, Burau KD, Toups EG, Crommett JW, Johnson MM, Fehlings MG, Tator CH, Shaffrey CI, Harkema SJ , Hodes JE, Aarabi B, Rosner MK, Guest JD, Harrop JS. Incidence and severity of acute complications after spinal cord injury. J Neurosurg Spine . 2012 Sept17(1) :119-28. PubMed PMID: 22985378.

94. Chow DS, Teng Y, Toups EG, Aarabi B, Harrop JS, Shaffrey CI, Johnson MM , Boakye M, Frankowski RF, Fehlings MG, Grossman RG. Pharmacology of riluzole in acute spinal cord injury. J Neurosurg Spine. 2012 Sept17(1) :129-40. PubMed PMID: 22985379 .

95. Fehlings MG, Wilson JR, Frankowski RF, Toups EG, Aarabi B, Harrop JS, Shaffrey CI, Harkema SJ, Guest JD, Tator CH, Burau KD, Johnson MW, Grossman RG. Riluzole for the treatment of acute traumatic spinal cord injury: rationale for and design of the NACTN Phase I clinical trial. J Neurosurg Spine. 2012 Sept17(1) :151-6. PubMed PMID: 22985381.

96. Tator CH, Hashimoto R, Raich A, Norvell D, Fehlings MG, Harrop JS, Guest J, Aarabi B, Grossman RG. Translational potential of preclinical trials of neuroprotection through pharmacotherapy for spinal cord injury. J Neurosurg Spine. 2012 Sept17 (1):157-229 . PubMed PMID: 22985382.

97. Harrop JS, Hashimoto R, Norvell D, Raich A, Aarabi B, Grossman RG, Guest JD, Tator CH, Chapman J, Fehlings MG. Evaluation of clinical experience using cell-based

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therapies in patients with spinal cord injury: a systematic review. J Neurosurg Spine. 2012 Sept17(1):230-46. PubMed PMID: 22 985 383.

98. Sheth KN, Stein DM, Aarabi B, Hu P, Kufera JA, Scalea TM, Hanley DF. Intracranial pressure dose and outcome in traumatic brain injury. Neurocrit Care. 2012 Oct 9. PubMed PMID: 23055087.

99. Dhall SS, Hadley MN, Aarabi B, Gelb DE, Hurlbert RJ, Rozzelle CJ, Ryken TC,Theodore N, Walters BC. Nutritional support after spinal cord injury.Neurosurgery. 2013 Mar;72 Suppl 2:255-9. doi: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e31827728d9.PubMed PMID: 23417196.

100. Dhall SS, Hadley MN, Aarabi B, Gelb DE, Hurlbert RJ, Rozzelle CJ, Ryken TC,Theodore N, Walters BC. Deep venous thrombosis and thromboembolism in patientswith cervical spinal cord injuries. Neurosurgery. 2013 Mar;72 Suppl 2:244-54.doi: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e31827728c0. PubMed PMID: 23417195.

101. Harrigan MR, Hadley MN, Dhall SS, Walters BC, Aarabi B, Gelb DE, Hurlbert RJ, Rozzelle CJ, Ryken TC, Theodore N. Management of vertebral artery injuriesfollowing non-penetrating cervical trauma. Neurosurgery. 2013 Mar;72 Suppl2:234-43. doi: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e31827765f5. PubMed PMID: 23417194.

102. Rozzelle CJ, Aarabi B, Dhall SS, Gelb DE, Hurlbert RJ, Ryken TC, Theodore N,Walters BC, Hadley MN. Spinal cord injury without radiographic abnormality(SCIWORA). Neurosurgery. 2013 Mar;72 Suppl 2:227-33. doi:10.1227/NEU.0b013e3182770ebc. PubMed PMID: 23417193.

103. Rozzelle CJ, Aarabi B, Dhall SS, Gelb DE, Hurlbert RJ, Ryken TC, Theodore N,Walters BC, Hadley MN. Management of pediatric cervical spine and spinal cordinjuries. Neurosurgery. 2013 Mar;72 Suppl 2:205-26. doi:10.1227/NEU.0b013e318277096c. PubMed PMID: 23417192.

104. Aarabi B, Hadley MN, Dhall SS, Gelb DE, Hurlbert RJ, Rozzelle CJ, Ryken TC,Theodore N, Walters BC. Management of acute traumatic central cord syndrome(ATCCS). Neurosurgery. 2013 Mar;72 Suppl 2:195-204. doi:10.1227/NEU.0b013e318276f64b. PubMed PMID: 23417191.

105. Gelb DE, Aarabi B, Dhall SS, Hurlbert RJ, Rozzelle CJ, Ryken TC, Theodore N,Walters BC, Hadley MN. Treatment of subaxial cervical spinal injuries.Neurosurgery. 2013 Mar;72 Suppl 2:187-94. doi: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e318276f637.PubMed PMID: 23417190.

106. Rozzelle CJ, Aarabi B, Dhall SS, Gelb DE, Hurlbert RJ, Ryken TC, Theodore N,Walters BC, Hadley MN. Os odontoideum. Neurosurgery. 2013 Mar;72 Suppl 2:159-69. doi: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e318276ee69. PubMed PMID: 23417188.

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107. Ryken TC, Hadley MN, Aarabi B, Dhall SS, Gelb DE, Hurlbert RJ, Rozzelle CJ,Theodore N, Walters BC. Management of acute combination fractures of the atlasand axis in adults. Neurosurgery. 2013 Mar;72 Suppl 2:151-8. doi:10.1227/NEU.0b013e318276ee55. PubMed PMID: 23417187.

108. Ryken TC, Hadley MN, Aarabi B, Dhall SS, Gelb DE, Hurlbert RJ, Rozzelle CJ,Theodore N, Walters BC. Management of isolated fractures of the axis in adults.Neurosurgery. 2013 Mar;72 Suppl 2:132-50. doi: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e318276ee40.PubMed PMID: 23417186.

109. Ryken TC, Aarabi B, Dhall SS, Gelb DE, Hurlbert RJ, Rozzelle CJ, Theodore N, Walters BC, Hadley MN. Management of isolated fractures of the atlas in adults.Neurosurgery. 2013 Mar;72 Suppl 2:127-31. doi: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e318276ee2a.PubMed PMID: 23417185.

110. Theodore N, Aarabi B, Dhall SS, Gelb DE, Hurlbert RJ, Rozzelle CJ, Ryken TC, Walters BC, Hadley MN. The diagnosis and management of traumaticatlanto-occipital dislocation injuries. Neurosurgery. 2013 Mar;72 Suppl 2:114-26.doi: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e31827765e0. PubMed PMID: 23417184.

111. Theodore N, Aarabi B, Dhall SS, Gelb DE, Hurlbert RJ, Rozzelle CJ, Ryken TC, Walters BC, Hadley MN. Occipital condyle fractures. Neurosurgery. 2013 Mar;72Suppl 2:106-13. doi: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e3182775527. PubMed PMID: 23417183.

112. Hurlbert RJ, Hadley MN, Walters BC, Aarabi B, Dhall SS, Gelb DE, Rozzelle CJ,Ryken TC, Theodore N. Pharmacological therapy for acute spinal cord injury.Neurosurgery. 2013 Mar;72 Suppl 2:93-105. doi: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e31827765c6.PubMed PMID: 23417182.

113. Ryken TC, Hurlbert RJ, Hadley MN, Aarabi B, Dhall SS, Gelb DE, Rozzelle CJ,Theodore N, Walters BC. The acute cardiopulmonary management of patients withcervical spinal cord injuries. Neurosurgery. 2013 Mar;72 Suppl 2:84-92. doi:10.1227/NEU.0b013e318276ee16. PubMed PMID: 23417181.

114. Gelb DE, Hadley MN, Aarabi B, Dhall SS, Hurlbert RJ, Rozzelle CJ, Ryken TC,Theodore N, Walters BC. Initial closed reduction of cervical spinalfracture-dislocation injuries. Neurosurgery. 2013 Mar;72 Suppl 2:73-83. doi:10.1227/NEU.0b013e318276ee02. PubMed PMID: 23417180.

115. Ryken TC, Hadley MN, Walters BC, Aarabi B, Dhall SS, Gelb DE, Hurlbert RJ,Rozzelle CJ, Theodore N. Radiographic assessment. Neurosurgery. 2013 Mar;72 Suppl2:54-72. doi: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e318276edee. PubMed PMID: 23417179.

116. Hadley MN, Walters BC, Aarabi B, Dhall SS, Gelb DE, Hurlbert RJ, Rozzelle CJ,

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Ryken TC, Theodore N. Clinical assessment following acute cervical spinal cordinjury. Neurosurgery. 2013 Mar;72 Suppl 2:40-53. doi:10.1227/NEU.0b013e318276edda. PubMed PMID: 23417178.

117. Theodore N, Aarabi B, Dhall SS, Gelb DE, Hurlbert RJ, Rozzelle CJ, Ryken TC, Walters BC, Hadley MN. Transportation of patients with acute traumatic cervicalspine injuries. Neurosurgery. 2013 Mar;72 Suppl 2:35-9. doi:10.1227/NEU.0b013e318276edc5. PubMed PMID: 23417177.

118. Theodore N, Hadley MN, Aarabi B, Dhall SS, Gelb DE, Hurlbert RJ, Rozzelle CJ,Ryken TC, Walters BC. Prehospital cervical spinal immobilization after trauma.Neurosurgery. 2013 Mar;72 Suppl 2:22-34. doi: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e318276edb1.PubMed PMID: 23417176.

119. Grossman RG, Fehlings MG, Frankowski RF, Burau KD, Chow DS, Tator C, Teng A, Toups EG, Harrop JS, Aarabi B, Shaffrey CI, Johnson MM, Harkema SJ, Boakye M,Guest JD, Wilson JR. A prospective, multicenter, phase I matched-comparison grouptrial of safety, pharmacokinetics, and preliminary efficacy of riluzole inpatients with traumatic spinal cord injury. J Neurotrauma. 2014 Feb1;31(3):239-55. doi: 10.1089/neu.2013.2969. Epub 2013 Oct 11. PubMed PMID:23859435; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3904533.

120. Vaccaro AR, Oner C, Kepler CK, Dvorak M, Schnake K, Bellabarba C, Reinhol Aarabi B, Kandziora F, Chapman J, Shanmuganathan R, Fehlings M, Vialle L; AOSpine Spinal Cord Injury & Trauma Knowledge Forum. AOSpine thoracolumbar spine injury classification system: fracture description, neurological status, and keymodifiers. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2013 Nov 1;38(23):2028-37. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3182a8a381. PubMed PMID: 23970107.

121 Sours C, Zhuo J, Janowich J, Aarabi B, Shanmuganathan K, Gullapalli RP. Default mode network interference in mild traumatic brain injury - a pilot resting state study. Brain Res. 2013 Nov 6;1537:201-15. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2013.08.034. Epub 2013 Aug 27. PubMed PMID: 23994210; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3835746.

122 Aarabi B, Mirvis S, Shanmuganathan K, Vaccaro AR, Holmes CJ, Akhtar-Danesh N, Fehlings MG, Dvorak MF. Comparative effectiveness of surgical versus nonoperative management of unilateral, nondisplaced, subaxial cervical spine facet fractures without evidence of spinal cord injury: clinical article. J Neurosurg Spine. 2014 Mar;20(3):270-7. doi: 10.3171/2013.11.SPINE13733. Epub 2014 Jan 3. PubMed PMID: 24405465.

123 Aarabi B, Tofighi B, Kufera JA, Hadley J, Ahn ES, Cooper C, Malik JM, Naff NJ, Chang L, Radley M, Kheder A, Uscinski RH. Predictors of outcome in civilian gunshot wounds to the head. J Neurosurg. 2014 May;120(5):1138-46. doi: 10.3171/2014.1.JNS131869. Epub 2014 Feb 7. PubMed PMID: 24506239.

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124 Simard JM, Woo SK, Aarabi B, Gerzanich V. The Sur1-Trpm4 Channel in Spinal Cord Injury. J Spine. 2013 Aug 17;Suppl 4. pii: 002. PubMed PMID: 24834370; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4019017.

125 Bodanapally UK, Shanmuganathan K, Boscak AR, Jaffray PM, Van der Byl G, Roy AK, Dreizin D, Fleiter TR, Mirvis SE, Krejza J, Aarabi B. Vascular complications of penetrating brain injury: comparison of helical CT angiography andconventional angiography. J Neurosurg. 2014 Nov;121(5):1275-83. doi:10.3171/2014.7.JNS132688. Epub 2014 Aug 29. PubMed PMID: 25170662.

126 Aarabi B. Response. J Neurosurg Spine. 2014 Aug;21(2):311. PubMed PMID: 25221801.

127 Bodanapally UK, Saksobhavivat N, Shanmuganathan K, Aarabi B, Roy AK. Arterial injuries after penetrating brain injury in civilians: risk factors on admission head computed tomography. J Neurosurg. 2015 Jan;122(1):219-26. doi:10.3171/2014.9.JNS14679. PubMed PMID: 25361486.

128 Wright DW, Yeatts SD, Silbergleit R, Palesch YY, Hertzberg VS, Frankel M,Goldstein FC, Caveney AF, Howlett-Smith H, Bengelink EM, Manley GT, Merck LH, Janis LS, Barsan WG; NETT Investigators. Very early administration of progesterone for acute traumatic brain injury. N Engl J Med. 2014 Dec 25;371(26):2457-66. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1404304. Epub 2014 Dec 10. PubMed PMID: 25493974; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4303469.

129 Oner FC, Sadiqi S, Lehr AM, Dvorak MF, Aarabi B, Chapman JR, Fehlings MG, Kandziora F, Rajasekaran S, Vaccaro AR. Towards the development of an outcome instrument for spinal trauma: an international survey of spinal surgeons. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2015 Jan 15;40(2):E91-6. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000000684.PubMed PMID: 25575093.

130 Kepler CK, Vaccaro AR, Koerner JD, Dvorak MF, Kandziora F, Rajasekaran S, Aarabi B, Vialle LR, Fehlings MG, Schroeder GD, Reinhold M, Schnake KJ, Bellabarba C, Cumhur Öner F. Reliability analysis of the AOSpine thoracolumbar spine injury classification system by a worldwide group of naïve spinal surgeons. Eur Spine J. 2015 Jan 20. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25599849

131 Hurlbert RJ, Hadley MN, Walters BC, Aarabi B, Dhall SS, Gelb DE, Rozzelle CJ, Ryken TC, Theodore N. Pharmacological therapy for acute spinal cord injury.Neurosurgery. 2015 Mar;76 Suppl 1:S71-83. doi:10.1227/01.neu.0000462080.04196.f7. PubMed PMID: 25692371.

132 Vaccaro AR, Koerner JD, Radcliff KE, Oner FC, Reinhold M, Schnake KJ,Kandziora F, Fehlings MG, Dvorak MF, Aarabi B, Rajasekaran S, Schroeder GD,Kepler CK, Vialle LR. AOSpine subaxial cervical spine injury classificationsystem. Eur Spine J. 2015 Feb 26. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25716661.

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133 Le E, Aarabi B, Hersh DS, Shanmuganathan K, Diaz C, Massetti J, Akhtar-Danesh N. Predictors of intramedullary lesion expansion rate on MR images of patientswith subaxial spinal cord injury. J Neurosurg Spine. 2015 Mar 6:1-11. [Epub aheadof print] PubMed PMID: 25746115.

134 Schroeder GD, Vaccaro AR, Kepler CK, Koerner JD, Oner FC, Dvorak MF, VialleLR, Aarabi B, Bellabarba C, Fehlings MG, Schnake KJ, Kandziora F. EstablishingThe Injury Severity of Thoracolumbar Trauma: Confirmation of the HierarchicalStructure of the AOSpine Thoracolumbar Spine Injury Classification System. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2015 Apr 15;40(8):E498-503. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000000824.PubMed PMID: 25868104.

135 Bizhan A, Mossop C, Aarabi JA. Surgical management of civilian gunshot wounds to the head. Handb Clin Neurol. 2015;127:181-93. doi:10.1016/B978-0-444-52892-6.00012-X. PubMed PMID: 25702217.

136 Kepler CK, Vaccaro AR, Fleischman AN, Traynelis VC, Patel A, Dekutoski MB,Harrop J, Wood KB, Schroeder GD, Bransford R, Aarabi B, Okonkwo DO, Arnold PM,Fehlings MG, Nassr A, Shaffrey C, Yoon ST, Kwon B. Treatment of Axis BodyFractures: A Systematic Review. J Spinal Disord Tech. 2015 Jun 26. [Epub ahead ofprint] PubMed PMID: 26165730.

137 Sadiqi S, Oner FC, Dvorak MF, Aarabi B, Schroeder GD, Vaccaro AR. Theinfluence of spine surgeons' experience on the classification and intraobserverreliability of the novel AOSpine Thoracolumbar Spine Injury Classification System- an international study. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2015 Jul 10. [Epub ahead ofprint] PubMed PMID: 26165219.

138 Vaccaro AR, Schroeder GD, Kepler CK, Cumhur Oner F, Vialle LR, Kandziora F,Koerner JD, Kurd MF, Reinhold M, Schnake KJ, Chapman J, Aarabi B, Fehlings MG,Dvorak MF. The surgical algorithm for the AOSpine thoracolumbar spine injuryclassification system. Eur Spine J. 2015 May 8. [Epub ahead of print] PubMedPMID: 25953527.

139 Kepler CK, Vaccaro AR, Chen E, Patel AA, Ahn H, Nassr A, Shaffrey CI, HarropJ, Schroeder GD, Agarwala A, Dvorak MF, Fourney DR, Wood KB, Traynelis VC, YoonST, Fehlings MG, Aarabi B. Treatment of isolated cervical facet fractures: asystematic review. J Neurosurg Spine. 2015 Oct 30:1-8. [Epub ahead of print]PubMed PMID: 26516667.

140 Schroeder GD, Kepler CK, Koerner JD, Chapman JR, Bellabarba C, Oner FC,Reinhold M, Dvorak MF, Aarabi B, Vialle L, Fehlings MG, Rajasekaran S, Kandziora F, Schnake KJ, Vaccaro AR. Is there a regional difference in morphologyinterpretation of A3 and A4 fractures among different cultures? J NeurosurgSpine. 2015 Oct 9:1-8. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 26451663.

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141 Schroeder GD, Kepler CK, Koerner JD, Oner FC, Fehlings MG, Aarabi B, DvorakMF, Reinhold M, Kandziora F, Bellabarba C, Chapman JR, Vialle LR, Vaccaro AR. AWorldwide Analysis of the Reliability and Perceived Importance of an Injury tothe Posterior Ligamentous Complex in AO Type A Fractures. Global Spine J. 2015Oct;5(5):378-82. doi: 10.1055/s-0035-1549034. Epub 2015 Mar 27. PubMed PMID:26430591; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4577328.

142 Slavin J, Beaty N, Raghavan P, Sansur C, Aarabi B. Magnetic Resonance Imaging to Evaluate Cervical Spinal Cord Injury from Gunshot Wounds from Handguns. World Neurosurg. 2015 Sep 1. pii: S1878-8750(15)01049-9. doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2015.08.033. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 26341429.

143 Oner FC, Sadiqi S, Lehr AM, Aarabi B, Dunn RN, Dvorak MF, Fehlings MG,Kandziora F, Post MW, Rajasekaran S, Vialle L, Vaccaro AR. Toward Developing aSpecific Outcome Instrument for Spine Trauma: An Empirical Cross-sectionalMulticenter ICF-Based Study by AOSpine Knowledge Forum Trauma. Spine (Phila Pa1976). 2015 Sep 1;40(17):1371-9. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000001009. PubMed PMID: 26323025.

144 Schroeder GD, Kepler CK, Koerner JD, Oner FC, Fehlings MG, Aarabi B, SchnakeKJ, Rajasekaran S, Kandziora F, Vialle LR, Vaccaro AR. Can a Thoracolumbar InjurySeverity Score Be Uniformly Applied from T1 to L5 or Are Modifications Necessary?Global Spine J. 2015 Aug;5(4):339-45. doi: 10.1055/s-0035-1549035. Epub 2015 Mar 27. Review. PubMed PMID: 26225284; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4516738.

145 Kepler CK, Vaccaro AR, Fleischman AN, Traynelis VC, Patel AA, Dekutoski MB,Harrop J, Wood KB, Schroeder GD, Bransford R, Aarabi B, Okonkwo DO, Arnold PM,Fehlings MG, Nassr A, Shaffrey C, Yoon ST, Kwon B. Treatment of Axis BodyFractures: A Systematic Review. J Spinal Disord Tech. 2015 Oct 14. [Epub ahead ofprint] PubMed PMID: 26165730.

146 Schroeder GD, Vaccaro AR, Kepler CK, Koerner JD, Oner FC, Dvorak MF, VialleLR, Aarabi B, Bellabarba C, Fehlings MG, Schnake KJ, Kandziora F. Establishingthe injury severity of thoracolumbar trauma: confirmation of the hierarchicalstructure of the AOSpine Thoracolumbar Spine Injury Classification System. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2015 Apr 15;40(8):E498-503. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000000824.PubMed PMID: 25868104.

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147 Kepler CK, Vaccaro AR, Chen E, Patel AA, Ahn H, Nassr A, Shaffrey CI, Harrop J, Schroeder GD, Agarwala A, Dvorak MF, Fourney DR, Wood KB, Traynelis VC, Yoon ST, Fehlings MG, Aarabi B: Treatment of isolated cervical facet fractures: a systematic review. J Neurosurg Spine. 2015 Oct 30:1-8. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 26516667

148 Schroeder GD, Kepler CK, Koerner JD, Chapman JR, Bellabarba C, Oner FC, Reinhold M, Dvorak MF, Aarabi B, Vialle L, Fehlings MG, Rajasekaran S, Kandziora F, Schnake KJ, Vaccaro AR: Is there a regional difference in morphology interpretation of A3 and A4 fractures among different cultures? J Neurosurg Spine. 2015 Oct 9:1-8. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 26451663

149 Schroeder GD, Kepler CK, Koerner JD, Oner FC, Fehlings MG, Aarabi B, Dvorak MF, Reinhold M, Kandziora F, Bellabarba C, Chapman JR, Vialle LR, Vaccaro AR: A Worldwide Analysis of the Reliability and Perceived Importance of an Injury to the Posterior Ligamentous Complex in AO Type A Fractures. Global Spine J. 2015 Oct;5(5):378-82. doi: 10.1055/s-0035-1549034. Epub 2015 Mar 27. PMID: 26430591

150 Kandziora F, Schleicher P, Schnake KJ, Reinhold M, Aarabi B, Bellabarba C, Chapman J, Dvorak M, Fehlings M, Grossman R, Kepler CK, Öner C, Shanmuganathan R, Vialle LR, Vaccaro AR; Erratum: Die AOSpine-Klassifikation thorakolumbaler Wirbelsäulenverletzungen.Spinal Cord Injury & Vertebral Fractures AOSpine Knowledge Forum. Z Orthop Unfall. 2016 Apr;154(2):192-4. doi: 10.1055/s-0042-104952. Epub 2016 Apr 13. German. No abstract available. PMID: 27075053

151 Sadiqi S, Lehr AM, Post MW, Jacobs WC, Aarabi B, Chapman JR, Dunn RN, Dvorak MF, Fehlings MG, Rajasekaran S, Vialle LR, Vaccaro AR, Oner FC: The selection of core international classification of functioning, disability and health (ICF) categories for patient reported outcome measurement in spine trauma patients - results of an international consensus process. Spine J. 2016 Apr 4. pii: S1529-9430(16)30020-1. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2016.03.050. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 27058286

152 Oner FC, Jacobs WC, Lehr AM, Sadiqi S, Post MW, Aarabi B, Chapman JR, Dvorak MF, Fehlings MG, Kandziora F, Rajasekaran S, Vaccaro AR: Toward the Development of a Universal Outcome Instrument for Spine Trauma: A Systematic Review and Content

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Comparison of Outcome Measures Used in Spine Trauma Research Using the ICF as Reference. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2016 Feb;41(4):358-67. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000001207.PMID: 26555824

153 Kepler CK, Vaccaro AR, Schroeder GD, Koerner JD, Vialle LR, Aarabi B, Rajasekaran S, Bellabarba C, Chapman JR, Kandziora F, Schnake KJ, Dvorak MF, Reinhold M, Oner FC: The Thoracolumbar AOSpine Injury Score. Global Spine J. 2016 Jun;6(4):329-34. doi: 10.1055/s-0035-1563610. Epub 2015 Sep 29. PMID:27190734

154 Hersh DS, Hayman E, Aarabi B, Stein D, Diaz C, Massetti J, Schwartzbauer GT: 175 Safety of Anticoagulation for the Treatment of Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis in Adult Trauma Patients. Neurosurgery. 2016 Aug;63 Suppl 1:169-70. doi: 10.1227/01.neu.0000489744.00212.28. PMID 27399454

155 Wilson JR, BSc LT, Aarabi B, Anderson PA, Arnold PM, Brodke DS, Burns A, Chen R, Chiba K, Dettori J, Furlan JC, Harrop JS, Holly LT, Jeji T, Kalsi-Ryan S, Kotter M, Kurpad SN, Kwon BK, Marino R, Martin AR, Massicotte EM, Merli G, Middleton J, Nakashima H, Nagoshi N, Palmieri K, Shamji MF, Singh A, Skelly A, Yee A, Fehlings M: 181 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Spinal Cord Injury: The Optimal Timing of Decompression. Neurosurgery. 2016 Aug;63 Suppl 1:172. doi: 10.1227/01.neu.0000489750.82285.7f PMID 27399460

Publications: Not Peer Reviewed

1. Aarabi B: Transzygomatic approach to skull base tumors, in Samii M (ed), Proceedings of the First International Congress of Skull Base Surgery. Hanover Germany 1993.

Book s

1. An introduction to the treatment of craniocerebral battle wounds. Bizhan Aarabi (ed), Office of the Vice-Chancellor for Research. Shiraz University Press, 1987.

2. Beyond Coma: Brain Death, Bizhan Aarabi (ed) Parvaz Press, Shiraz, Iran, 1993, 150 pages.

3. Missile Injuries of the Head and Neck. Bizhan Aarabi and Howard Kaufman (eds), American Association of Neurological Surgeons Publications Office, New Hampshire, 1999.

4. DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY. Bizhan Aarabi Editor, co-editors J Marc Simard and Gary Fiskum. Nova Science Publishers Production date 2017

Book Chapters

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1. Long DM, Arce-Puyo C, Epstein MH, and Aarabi B: Role of Dibutyryl Cyclic Adenosine 3, 5-Monophosphate in the Genesis of Brain Edema, in J Cervos-Navarro & R Ferszt (ed) Advances in Neurology Vol 28: Brain Edema, Pathology, Diagnosis and Therapy. New York; Raven press, 1980, pps: 231-239.

2. Aarabi B: Neurological Complications in Beta-Thalassemia, in Haghshenas M and Zamani A (eds), Thalassemia; Diagnosis and Management. Shiraz University Press, Shiraz, Iran, 1996.

3. Ahmadi J, Levy ML, Aarabi B, Giannota SL: Vascular Lesions Resulting From Head Injury, in Robert H Wilkins, & Setti S Rengachary (eds) Neurosurgery, Second Edition Volume II; McGraw-HILL, NY, 1996, pps:2821-2840.

4. Aarabi B: Alvin M Earle Outline of Neuroanatomy Revised Edition. University of Nebraska Medical Center, Section of Neurosurgery, 1997, pp 150.

5. Aarabi B (editor), Kaufman H (coeditor), Levy M, George E, and Dagi T (consultant

editors): Missile Wounds of the Head and Neck (Volumes I and II). AANS Publications (Topics Series). New Hampshire, release date June, 1999.

6. Aarabi B: History of the Management of Craniocerebral Wounds, in Aarabi, Kaufman H (eds): Missile Wounds of the Head and Neck, Volumes I and II. The American Association of Neurological Surgeons Publications, Neurosurgical Topics. Lebanon, New Hampshire, 1999, pp 3-16.

7. Salazar AM, Aarabi B, Levi L, and Feinsod M: Posttraumatic Epilepsy Following

Craniocerebral Missile Wounds in Recent Armed Conflicts, in Aarabi, Kaufman H (eds): Missile Wounds of the Head and Neck, Volumes I and II. The American Association of Neurological Surgeons Publications, Neurosurgical Topics. Lebanon, New Hampshire, 1999, pp 281-292.

8. Aarabi B, Taghipour M, Kamgarpour A, Alibaii E: Traumatic Intracranial Aneurysms Due to Craniocerebral Missile Wounds, in Aarabi, Kaufman H (eds): Missile Wounds of the Head and Neck, Volumes I and II. The American Association of Neurological Surgeons Publications, Neurosurgical Topics. Lebanon, New Hampshire, 1999, pp 293-314.

9. Aarabi B: Cranial Nerve Injuries at the Skull Base After Craniocerebral Missile Wounds, in Aarabi, Kaufman H (eds): Missile Wounds of the Head and Neck, Volumes I and II. The American Association of Neurological Surgeons Publications, Neurosurgical Topics. Lebanon, New Hampshire, 1999, pp343-351.

10. Dutton R, Scalea T, Aarabi B: Problems in Anesthesia, Trauma Care Volume 13, Number 3. Prioritizing Surgical Needs in the Patient with Multiple Injuries. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2001, pp310-321.

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11. Aarabi B, Eisenberg H, Murphy K, Morrison C, and Weinmann M: Textbook of Neurointensive Care. Traumatic Brain Injury: Management and Complications. Saunders 2004, pp771- 794.

12. Aarabi B, Eisenberg H, Ahn E, Chiu W, Wintermark M: Minimally Invasive Procedures in Traumatic Brain Injury. Peter Black and Mark Proctor (editors) Humana Press Inc, Totowa, NJ 2005, pp 399-420.

13. Aarabi B, O’Malley B, Martin J, and Eisenberg H: Surgical Management of Cerebrospinal Fluid Leaks. Atlas of Neurosurgical Techniques, Thieme New York 2006, pp 927-937.

14. Aarabi B, Neal Christopher J, and Philp Allan: Special Considerations in the Evaluation of Patients with Combined Head and Spinal Injuries and Multiple System Trauma. In Neurosurgical Emergencies. Christopher M. Loftus (ed), Second Edition, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Thieme 2008, pp 159-171.

15. Aarabi B, Bell R, Iguchi: Surgical Approaches for Cervical Spine Fractures. Chapter 13. in ‘Spine Trauma, Adult and Pediatric’, Kim, D, Ludwig S, Vaccaro A (eds). To be published by Thieme Medical Publications and released ~2-2008.

Multimedia 1. Aarabi B, Videotapes. Trauma and Brain Injury. Shiraz University of Medical Sciences.

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Major Invited Speeches or Talks

1. The value of statistics in post war reconstruction research. Presented at the 1987 Congress of Postwar Reconstruction Annual Meeting, Shiraz, Fars, Iran.

2. CNS infections due to missile head wounds. Presented at the 1988 Sina Medical Congress Annual Meeting, Tehran, Iran.

3. The Present Perspective of Neurosurgery in IRAN. Presented at the Iowa Midwest Neurosurgical Society Meeting, Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.A., October 14, 1989.

4. Traumatic Aneurysms. Presented at Neurosurgery Grand Rounds, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.A., December 13, 1989.

5. Brain Death. Presented at the Fourth International Congress of Geographic Medicine, held in 1991 in Shiraz, Fars, Iran.

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6. Orbital Tumors. Presented at Neurosurgery Grand Rounds, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.A., April 1, 1992.

7. Management of Traumatic Intracranial Aneurysms. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Pakistan Society of Neurosurgeons, Lahore, Pakistan, February 1993.

8. Traumatic Aneurysms. Presented at 5th Annual Surgical Conference, U.A.E. Abu Dhabi, December 13-15, 1994.

9. Traumatic Aneurysms: As a guest speaker at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery, February 14, 1996.

10. Brain Death: Presented at the ‘ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION SYMPOSIUM ‘on May 3, 1997, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.

11. Traumatic intracranial aneurysms (TICA) due to penetrating brain injury. Luncheon Seminar. Presented at the 50th Anniversary of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons held in San Antonio, Texas September 23-28, 2000.

12. October 21 at 9 am: Nursing School UMMS, “Special Topics in Trauma Nursing”. My talk was “management of penetrating head injury”. One hour.

13. November 5, 2000: Garret Community College, Western Maryland. EMS symposium on Trauma. Invited Speaker. Topic: “Management of Head and Spine injuries” 2 hours.

14. November 9, 2000: Essex Community College. Course on “Head Neck and Spine”. Paramedic Program. 2 ½ hours.

15. Current Standards of Care for the Traumatic Brain Injury Patient, Western Maryland Health System, April 2003.

16. May 2003: Timing of Surgery in Cervical Spine Injuries, Maryland Brain and Spine, Annapolis, Maryland.

17. June 1, 2004: Lecture at the Prince George’s Hospital. The title of the speech was “Guidelines for Management of Severe Head Injury”.

18. April 28, 2005: Lecture at University of Maryland Express Care Eastern Shore Program. Topic: ICP Control and Management.

19. May 3, 2005: Lecture at John Hopkins Hospital. Topic: Decompressive craniectomy for severe head injury.

20. May 12- 14, 2005: STSG (Spine Trauma Study Group) held in Dallas Texas. Topic: Surgical Management of SCI, Late Surgery.

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21. May 16-17, 2005: NIH Meeting in New York. Topic: TBI, Clinical Trials Meeting.

22. April 2006: Cerebral Ischemia, at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons in San Francisco, CA.

23. April 3, 2006: STC Grand Round Talk of Decompressive Craniectomy for Head Injury.

24. April, 2007: Management of spine and TBI at the STC, talk to the Iranian delegate in US, Guests of the State Department.

25. August 11, 2007: TBI Symposium, Bethesda National Naval Medical Center, a. Guidelines for Management of Penetrating Brain Injury.b. Traumatic Intracranial Aneurysms.c. Civilian vs Military Penetrating Brain Injury.

26. September 2007: Cranioplasty workshop for the nursing staff of the area hospitals. Supported by Synthes Co.

27. May 31-June 1, 2008: Surgical Treatment of Acute Cervical Spine Injuries. ASNR Annual Meeting in New Orleans, USA.

28. June 21, 2008: Timing of Surgery in Cervical Spinal Cord Injuries. ASIA (American Spinal Injury Association) Annual Meeting in San Diego, California, USA.

29. July 29, 2008: Decompressive Craniectomy for severe head injury (SHI), Neurotrauma Symposium jointly held by Section on Neurotrauma and Critical Care of AANS and Neurotrauma Society, held in Orlando Florida.

30. September 23-24, 2010: Focus Conference on Hot Topics in craniocerebral trauma. “Decompressive Craniectomy” presented in Rome Italy.

31. September 30, 2010: Injury Prevention and Trauma Response Seminar; Modular Concept in Traumatic Brain Injury. Presented at the Shock Trauma Auditorium.

32. October 17, 2010: Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting Practical Course (PC 28). Trauma Update (Part II): Spinal Cord 2nd Colum Injury.

33. December 15, 2010: Grand Rounds Presentation: Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School.

Presentations, Teaching Courses, International meetings

1. Transseptal-transsphenoidal microadenomectomy of pituitary tumors. Presented at the 1985 Shiraz Surgical Society Annual Meeting, Shiraz, Fars, Iran.

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2. Bacterial contamination in primary and secondary exploration of missile head wounds. Presented at the 1986 International Congress of Geographic Medicine Annual Meeting, Shiraz, Fars, Iran.

3. Traumatic aneurysms due to high velocity missile head wounds. Presented at the 1987 AANS Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A.

4. Bacterial contamination of missile head wounds. Presented at the 1987 Iranian Surgical Society Annual Meeting. Tehran, Iran.

5. Central Nervous System Infections due to High Velocity Missile Head Wounds. Presented at the 1988 AANS Annual Meeting, Toronto, ONTARIO, CANADA.

6. CNS infections due to missile head wounds from Iran-Iraq War. Presented at the 1988 International Congress of Geographic Medicine Annual Meeting, Shiraz, Fars, Iran.

7. Traumatic Aneurysms, report of 20 cases. Presented at the Trauma Symposium held in 1989 in Kerman, Iran.

8. Experience with neurosurgical infections during the Iran-Iraq War. Presented at the Trauma Symposium held in 1990 in Zahedan, Iran.

9. Surgical outcome in 435 patients with missile head wounds from; the frontlines of Iran-Iraq War. Presented at the 1990 Iranian Association of Surgeons Annual Meeting. Tehran, Iran.

10. Pathogenesis of traumatic aneurysms. Presented at the 1990 Iranian Association of Surgeons Annual Meeting, Tehran, Iran.

11. The current state of brain transplantation. Presented at the Fourth International Congress of Geographic Medicine, held in 1991 in Shiraz, Iran.

12. High velocity missile spinal cord injuries from the front lines of Iran-Iraq War. Presented at the 1992 Annual Congress of Modern Practice in Neurosurgery, Tehran, Iran.

13. Transzygomatic resection of orbital tumors. Presented at the annual meeting of the Iranian Neurosurgical Society, Tehran, Iran, March 10, 1992.

14. Orbital Tumors. Presented at Neurosurgery Grand Rounds, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.A., April 1, 1992.

15. Transzygomatic Resection of 25 Intraorbital Tumors. Iowa Midwest Neurosurgical Society Meeting, Iowa City, Iowa, May 2, 1992.

16. Transzygomatic approach to orbital tumors. Presented at the First International Congress of Base of Skull Surgery held in June 1992 in Hannover, Germany.

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17. Surgical resection of jugular foramen tumors. Presented at the Annual Meeting of The Iranian Neurosurgical Society, Shiraz, Iran, Dec, 1993.

18. A comparative study of functional recovery in surgical versus conservative management of missile injuries of spinal cord during 8 years of the Iran-Iraq War. Poster # 1330, the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. San Diego, April, 1994.

19. Post-traumatic epilepsy in 653 patients who sustained missile head wounds during the Iran-Iraq War. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Iowa Midwest Neurosurgical Society, Omaha, NE, May 14, 1994.

20. Surgical management of petroclival meningiomas. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Iowa Midwest Neurosurgical Society. Omaha, Nebraska, September, 1995.

21. Suprasellar extramedullary erythropoiesis: Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons from April 26-May 3, 1996 in Minneapolis Minnesota.

22. Missile Injuries of the Spinal Cord: Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Iowa Midwest Neurosurgical Society, May 18, 1996, Kansas City, Kansas.

23. Post-Traumatic Epilepsy: Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons from April 26-May 3, 1996 in Minneapolis Minnesota.

24. Central Nervous System Infections After Military Missile Head Wounds: Presented at The 10th International Congress of Geographic Medicine & 6th Iranian Congress of Infectious and Tropical Diseases. Nov 10-13, 1997, Shiraz Iran.

25. Orbitofrontal and Transzygomatic approach to orbital tumors. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Iowa Midwest Neurosurgical Society, held in Lincoln NE, November 3, 1998.

26. Mortality following missile head wounds (Experience from Iran-Iraq War). Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Iowa Midwest Neurosurgical Society, held in Lincoln NE, November 3, 1998.

27. Cranial nerve injuries at the skull base due to missile head wounds. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Iowa Midwest Neurosurgical Society, held in Omaha NE, June 12, 1999.

28. Cranial nerve injuries at the base of skull due to penetrating head injury. Presented at the International Meeting of Skull Base Surgery held in Mashad, Iran from September 11-15, 1999.

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29. The relationship between contamination and infection in penetrating brain trauma: A multivariate analysis. Presented at the 50th Anniversary of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons held in San Antonio, Texas September 23-28, 2000.

30. Neuroanatomy Course for 12 weeks from November, 2000 to March, 2001 for neurosurgery residents at the Department of Neurosurgery.

31. Neuroanatomy Course for 12 weeks from November, 2001 to March, 2002 for neurosurgery residents at the Department of Neurosurgery.

32. Neuroanatomy Course for 12 weeks from November, 2002 to March, 2003 for neurosurgery residents at the Department of Neurosurgery.

33. Neuroanatomy Course for 12 weeks from November, 2003 to March, 2004 for neurosurgery residents at the Department of Neurosurgery.

34. Neuroanatomy Course for 12 weeks from November, 2004 to March, 2005 for neurosurgery residents at the Department of Neurosurgery.

35. Neuroanatomy Course for 12 weeks from November, 2005 to March, 2006 for neurosurgery residents at the Department of Neurosurgery.

36. Decompressive Craniectomy Guidelines for PBI (Penetrating Brain Injury) held at the Alhada Armed Forces hospital in Saudi Arabia, May 9-10, 2005.

37. Chair, work group to establish the guidelines for management of blunt vascular injuries at the STC, January 2006.

38. Interview for STC Heroes Gala, January 2006.

39. Data Busters Committee of NIH supported TBI-CT meeting to train co-investigators how to read computed tomography of head for the COBRIT RCT study April, 2006.

40. Decompressive Craniectomy Abstract presentation at the AANS Annual Meeting in San Francisco, April, 2006.

41. Lecture at the Easton Memorial Hospital, EMT May, 2006.

42. STC resident lecture series, TBI, May, 2006.

43. STC resident lecture series, TBI, August, 2006.

44. STC resident lecture series, TBI, June, 2007.

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45. Neurosurgical Spinal Cord Injury Assessment Meeting with neurosurgery nursing staff in order to write the standard protocol for spinal cord injury assessment according to the ASIA Scale. July 2007.

46. Emergency Assessment of Spinal Cord Injury. Neurology Residents Lecture, July 2007.

47. Surgical Treatment of Acute Cervical Spine Injuries at the ASNR Annual Meeting in New Orleans, June, 2008.

48. ASIA Meeting in New Orleans Meeting was held from June 19-21, 2008. "Timing of

Spinal Cord Decompression in Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury".  This talk was given in the Annual Meeting of the ASIA Meeting in San Diego CA. 

49. National Neurotrauma Symposium (NNS) in Orlando from July 27-31.  Decompressive Craniectomy in Severe Head Injury on July 29, 2008.

50. Spine Trauma. PC28 Presented from 8-12 PM at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting on October 24-29, 2009 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

51. Predictors of Outcome in Traumatic Central Cord Syndrome due to Spinal Stenosis. Presented at the Annual Meeting of American Association of Neurological Surgeons on May 4, 2010 held in Philadelphia PA.

52. Management of Spine Trauma Practical Course: ATCCS. Presented on May 3, 2010 at the Breakfast Seminars of AANS Annual Meeting held in Philadelphia PA.

53. Acute Traumatic Central Cord Syndrome: Poster presentation at the International Spinal Cord Meeting in Kartause Ittington Zurich. August 26-28, 2010.

54. Subaxial Injury Classification 2nd Severity Scoring System (SLIC System): A validation Study; Poster presentation at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, held October 16-21, 2010, in San Francisco, California.

55. Subaxial Injury Classification 2nd Severity Scoring System (SLIC System): A validation Study; Poster presentation at the Christopher and Dana Reeves Foundation Symposium, held December 11-12, 2010, in Phoenix Arizona.

56. Moderator, American College of Surgeons: Traumatic Brain Injury Mini-Symposium at the Annual Meeting of Clinical Congress in Chicago, held October 2, 2012.

56. Spinal Cord and Spinal Column Injury. Presented at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, held October 6, 2012, in Chicago, IL.

57. Intramedullary lesion as the Predictor of outcome in spinal cord injury. Presented on October 14, 2012, at the Annual Meeting for the Society of Neuroscience held October 13-17, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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58. Facet Fracture Systematic Review/Plans for retrospective/prospective studies. Presented February 16, 2013, at The ACSR 2013 Research Meeting held February 15-16, 2013 in San Diego, California

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