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CURRICULUM VITAE

Allan Joel Belzberg, B.Sc., M.D., FRCSC

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery

The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Curriculum Vitae A. Belzberg, M.D. page 2

CURRICULUM VITAE

Personal Data NAME: BELZBERG, Allan Joel

DATE OF BIRTH: July 1, 1956

PLACE OF BIRTH: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

NATIONALITY: American/Canadian

MAILING ADDRESS Dr. A. Belzberg

Johns Hopkins Hospital

Meyer 5-181, 600 North Wolfe Street

Baltimore, MD 21287-7509

Education

Undergraduate

1974-1978 B.Sc. Honors - First Class

Physiology/Physiological Psychology

University of British Columbia

Graduate School

1978-1979 Graduate Student

Kinsmen Neurological Research Center


Medical School

1979-1982 M.D.

University of Calgary

Calgary, Alberta

Internship

1982-1983 Mixed Surgical/Medical Internship

McGill University Teaching Hospitals

Montreal, Quebec

Neurosurgical Residency Training

1984 - 1989 University of Calgary Teaching Hospitals

Calgary, Alberta

Chairman: Dr. Francis E. LeBlanc

Neurosurgical Fellowships

1989 - 1990 Neurosurgical Research Fellow

University of Calgary

Supervisor: Dr. Bruce I. Tranmer

Research projects testing the efficacy of MK-801, an NMDA receptor

antagonist, in the primate stroke model.

1990 - 1992 Specialty Training Program in Pain/Spine&Peripheral Nerve

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery

Supervisor: Dr. James N. Campbell

Molecular biology research on neuronal receptors

Clinical training in spine and peripheral nerve surgery


Postgraduate Examination/Certification

Licentiate of the Medical Council 1982

of Canada (L.M.C.C.)

American FLEX 1983

Royal College of Surgeons of Canada 1987

Principles of Surgery Examination

Royal College of Surgeons of Canada 1989

Examination in Neurosurgery (FRCSC)

American Board of Neurosurgery 1991

Written Examination

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine 1992

Advanced Training in Pain

Loyola University 1994

Certificate in Bio-Medical Ethics

American Board of Neurosurgery 1997

Oral Examination/Diplomat

Accuray & Sinai Hospital 2003

CyberKnife Training

Professional Experience

Academic Appointments

Clinical Assistant, University of Calgary 1989 - 1990

Department of Neuroscience, Chairman: Dr. R.G. Lee

Instructor, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine 1990 - 1992

Department of Neurosurgery, Chairman: Dr. Donlin M. Long

Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine 1992 - 1999

Department of Neurosurgery, Chairman: Dr. Donlin M. Long

Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine 2000 - present

Department of Neurosurgery, Chairman: Dr. Henry Brem

Staff Appointments

Attending Neurosurgeon, 1990 - present

The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland

Attending Neurosurgeon, 1990 - present

Bay View Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland


Licensure

Province of Newfoundland, No. 4035 1983

Province of Alberta, No. 9398 1987

State of Maryland, No. D40205 1990

Affiliations

American Board of Neurological Surgery

American Association of Neurological Surgeons

Congress of Neurological Surgeons

Neurosurgical Society of America

Sir Sydney Sunderland Society

American Society for Neuroscience

North American Spine Society

American Society for Peripheral Nerve

Peripheral Nerve Society

International Association for the Study of Pain

American Pain Society

Maryland Neurosurgical Society

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada

Canadian Neurosurgical Society

Canadian Neuroscience Society

Research Activities/Grant Participations

Retrograde axonal transport of neuronal toxins to produce a selective ganglionectomy and

prevent neuroma formation.

A. Belzberg, Principle Investigator Program 1

NIH # P01-HD33990-01, 1997 - 2002

Ectopic activity in painful human neuromata

A. Belzberg, Principle Investigator

Blaustein Foundation, 1999 - 2000

Comparison of Surgical Ganglionectomy to Stimulation in the treatment of Cervicogenic

Headache

A. Belzberg, Principal Investigator

Blaustein Foundation, 2001-2002

A Novel Animal Model of Neuroma Induced Neuropathic Pain




Research Activities/Grant Participations cont'd

Use of Gabapentin in a Neuroma Pain

A. Belzberg, Co-PI

Pfizer Corperation, 2003-2004

The interaction of a novel anti-epileptic and neuropathic pain


UCB Phara Inc., 2005-2006

Development of the Mouse Neuroma Model



Neurofibromatosis and the Painful Neuroma

A. Belzberg, Principal Investigator funding $964,000

DOD grant # NF050083, 2005 - 2009

Schwannomatosis, Defining a New Disease

A Belzberg, Principal Investigator

Children’s Tumor Foundation, 2009 - 2011

Awards and Honors

Entrance Scholarship 1974


B.Sc. Honors degree, First Class 1978


Saunders Book Prize - Honors Thesis 1978


Key Note Speaker 1986

Foothills Academy School, Convocation

Assistant Chief, Medical Control 1988

Games of the XV Winter Olympiad

Provincial Government Achievement Award 1988

Province of Alberta

R. Samuel McLaughlin Foundation 1990

Traveling Fellowship Award in Medicine


Award and Honors cont'd

R. Samuel McLaughlin Foundation 1991

Traveling Fellowship Award in Medicine

Invited Participant 1997

Symposium on Brachial Plexus Surgery

Vienna, Austria

Elected to Membership 1998

Sir Sydney Sunderland Society

Invited Faculty 1999

Friends of Narakus Meeting,

Barcelona, Spain

Invited Lecturer 2000

Symposium in Honor of A.Hudson Retirement

University of Toronto, Canada

Elected to Membership 2000

The Neurosurgical Society of America

Outstanding Scientific Paper Presentation 2001


American Association for Hand Surgery

American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery

Joint Annual meeting, San Diego

Invited Participant 2001

International Symposium concerning

Pediatric Brachial Plexus Injury

Hospital for Sick Kids, Toronto, Canada

Irving Sherman Traveling Fellowship 2002

Peripheral Nerve Injury, Paris, France

R. Tasker Award for Research 2002


Invited Surgeon 2003

Pediatric Brachial Plexus Management Program

Herleen, The Netherlands


Award and Honors cont'd

Best Junior Research Paper (Dr. Zhang fellow) 2003

American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery

Kauai, Hawaii

Shared Vision Award (Belzberg, Yohay) 2004

Neurofibromatosis Inc, Mid-Atlantic

Outreach Award 2005

United Brachial Plexus Network

Washington, DC

Marquis Who’s Who 2006

10 Who Made a Difference in Medicine & Healthcare

Segment Featuring Peripheral Nerve Surgery 2007

The Incredible Human Body Television Series

The National Geographic Society

President’s Invited Plenary Lecturer 2009

Understanding Pain, from lab bench to the beside

ASPN Annual Meeting, Hawaii


Administrative

Institutional

President 1983

Intern's Association

McGill University

Co-Chairman 1987

Young Business and Professional Network

Calgary, Alberta

Medical Ethics Committee 1993 - 2000


Planning Committee 1995

Pain Treatment Centers at a Crossroads

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Co-Director, 1995 - 2005

Johns Hopkins Neurosurgery, Peripheral Nerve Division

Baltimore, Maryland

Physician Steering Committee 1996 - 1999

Managed Care Contracts


Medical Council Advisory Board 2001 - 2005


Dept. Chairman Search Committee 2002


Co-Director,

Johns Hopkins Neurofibromatosis Clinic 2004 - present

Director 2006 - present

Johns Hopkins Neurosurgery, Peripheral Nerve Division

Baltimore, Maryland

Director 2007 - present

Pediatric Brachial Plexus Multi-Disciplinary Clinic

Kennedy Krieger Institute


National/International Organizations

Assistant Chief, Medical Control 1988

Games of the XV Winter Olympiad

Scientific Committee 1996


Annual Meeting, St. Louis


AANS/CNS Section on Spine & Peripheral Nerve

Annual Meeting, Newport Beach, CA

Chairman, Peripheral Nerve Task Force 1997 - 2000

Co-Sponsored by the AANS/CNS

Executive Committee 1997- 2001




Annual Meeting, Rancho Mirage, CA


American Pain Society

Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA


American Association of Neurological Surgeons

Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA



Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL



Annual Meeting, Boston, MA

Education Committee 1999 - 2000


Membership Committee 1999 - 2003

North American Spine Society


National/International Organizations cont'd



Annual Meeting, San Diego



Annual Meeting, Cancun

Nominating Committee 2002 - 2005


Medical Advisory Board 2004

UCB Pharma Inc.

Executive Committee 2005 -2007


Medical Advisory Board 2007 - present

NF Inc.

Secretary 2007 - 2009

Peripheral Nerve Group, AANS/CNS

Secretary 2009 – 2010

American Society of Peripheral Nerve

Study Section Member / Reviewer 2011

Plastic Surgery Foundation / ASPN

President Elect 2011 - 2012

American Society of Peripheral Nerve

Chairperson 2011 - 2013

Peripheral Nerve Task Force, AANS/CNS

Teaching

Advisees/mentoriship

Jacob Schwarz, Johns Hopkins Medical School

Laboratory experience 1997 - 1998


Advisees/mentoriship cont'd

Jonathan Laryea, South Africa Medical Student

Laboratory experience 1998

Michael Dorsi, Johns Hopkins University

Laboratory experience 1998 - 2003

YoungBo Li, Johns Hopkins University

Post-Doctoral Training, 1998-1999

Zijie Zhang, Johns Hopkins University

Post-Doctoral Training, 1999-2000

Lun Chen, Johns Hopkins University

Post-Doctoral Training 2001-2003

Visiting Professorship

Management of Neuropathic Pain 1994

Southern Maryland Hospital Centers, Clinton,

Diagnosis and Management of Peripheral Nerve Entrapment Syndromes 1995

University of Connecticut, Hartford

Failed Back Syndrome: Management of Painful Spinal Problems 1995

von Hess Foundation for Medical Education, Lancaster, PA

Prevention of Neuroma Formation 1995

University of Calgary, Calgary

Diagnosis and Management of Neuropathic Pain 1996

Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia

Neuropathic Pain: Therapeutic Interventions 1998

Winchester Hospital, West Virginia

Neurosurgical Approaches to Pain Management 1999

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

Management of Peripheral Nerve Injuries 2003

Mayo Clinic, Rochester

Novel Techniques in Nerve Repair 2004

Cedars-Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles


Visiting Professorship cont'd

Injury and Management of Peripheral Nerves 2005

Apollo Hospital System, New Deli, India

Editorial Boards/AdHoc Reviewer

Associate Editor, Neurosurgery 2010 - present

AdHoc Reviewer

Journal of Neurosurgery

Pain

Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System

The Journal of Pain

Spine

National/International Programs

Course Director 1996

Surgery of the Peripheral Nervous System

Uniformed Services University (USUHS), Bethesda, MD

Course Instructor 1996

Surgical Technique in Spinal Instrumentation

Synthese Course in Technique, Hunt Valley, Maryland


Techniques in Brachial Plexus Repair

AANS Course: Surgery of the Brachial Plexus, New Orleans


Surgical techniques in Pain Management

Medtronics Course, Memphis, TN


Anatomy & Surgical Technique Dissection Course

Spine & Peripheral Nerve Annual Meeting, Rancho Mirage, CA



Uniformed Services University (USUHS), Bethesda, MD


Techniques in Peripheral Nerve Repair

CNS Course: Surgery of the Brachial Plexus, Seattle, WA


National/International Programs cont'd


Surgery of the Brachial Plexus

AANS Professional Development Course, New Orleans, LA

Course Instructor/Faculty 1999

Jefferson University Pain Symposium, Orlando, FL


Surgical exposure of the peripheral nerves

Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Boston, MA


Techniques in Interventional Pain Management

Dannemiller Education Foundation, Memphis, TN

Lecturer 2000


Spine & Peripheral Nerve Annual Meeting , Indian Wells, CA


Anatomy of the Peripheral Nervous System

CNS Annual meeting, San Antonio, TX

Director 2000

Management of Acute Nerve Injuries

CNS Annual meeting, San Antonio, TX

Moderator 2001

Brachial Plexus Repair

ASPN Annual meeting, San Diego, CA

Course Instructor /Faculty 2001

Treatment of Peripheral Nerve Problems

Spine & Nerve Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ


Dissection of the peripheral nerves

Congress of Neurosurgery, San Diego, CA

Moderator 2001

Discography: Fact or Fiction

North American Spine Society, Seattle, WA



Moderator 2002

Neuroma Formation

ASPN Annual meeting, Cancun, Mexico

Faculty/Speaker 2002

Controversies in Peripheral Nerve Surgery

Spine & Nerve Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL


The Painful Nerve

Spine & Nerve Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL


Low Back Pain

Neuromodulation Society Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL


Minimal Invasive Spinal Techniques

Congress of Neurological Surgeons Meeting, Philadelphia, PA


Peripheral Nerve Entrapments

Congress of Neurological Surgeons Meeting, Philadelphia, PA


Thoracic Outlet Syndrome

American College of Surgeons, San Francisco, CA


Management of Peripheral Nerve Injury

Spine & Nerve Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL


Advances in Brachial Plexus Reconstruction

American Society for Surgery of the Hand, Rochester, MN


Dissection Course on Peripheral Nerve

CNS Annual Meeting, Denver, CO

Moderator 2004

Brachial Plexus Surgery

AANS Annual meeting, Orlando, FL




Anatomy of the Peripheral Nervous system

CNS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA


Tumors of the Peripheral Nervous System

AANS/CNS Tumor Section Meeting, San Francisco, CA

Meeting Director 2004

Neurofibromatosis for the patient & family

Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore


Discography, a Debate

American Society of Regional Anesthesia, Phoenix, AZ


Management of the Painful Nerve

American Society or Peripheral Nerve, Puerto Rico

Symposium Director 2005

Shoulder Dystocia and Brachial Plexus Injury

Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore


Peripheral Nerve Entrapments

AANS Annual Meeting, New Orleans


Complications of Spinal Surgery

AO Spinal Course, Baltimore


Surgical anatomy of the Brachial Plexus

CNS Annual Meeting, Boston

Faculty/Speaker

ABC’s of Peripheral Nerve Surgery 2006

Spine & Nerve Annual Meeting, Florida

Moderator 2007

Panel: Brachial Plexus Surgery

AAHS/ASRM/ASPN Combined meeting, Puerto Rico



Moderator 2007

Scientific Paper Presentations

ASPN Annual Meeting, Puerto Rico

Moderator/Speaker 2007

Brachial Plexus Birth Palsy Instructional Course

ASPN Annual Meeting, Puerto Rico


Pediatric Brachial Plexus Injury Instructional Course

AAHS Annual Meeting, Puerto Rico


Peripheral Nerve Review Course

Spine & Nerve Annual Meeting, Phoenix

Invited Participant/Speaker 2007

Children’s Tumor Foundation Schwannomatosis Symposium

Park City, Utah

Scientific Paper Review Committee 2007

AANS Annual Meeting, Chicago

Invited Participant/Speaker

Children’s Tumor Foundation NF1/Schwannomatosis Symposium 2008

New York, NY

Moderator/Speaker

Birth related Brachial Plexus Injury Seminar 2008

ASPN Annual Meeting, Los Angeles

Instructor 2008

Course on Peripheral Nerve Anatomy

Spine & Peripheral Nerve Annual Meeting

Moderator/Speaker 2008

1st Sino-European Meeting on Brachial Plexus Injury

Venice, Italy

Panel Member 2008

Controversial Spine & Peripheral Nerve Cases

AANS Annual Meeting, Chicago



Panel Member / Speaker 2008

Management of Peripheral Nerve Injury

CNS Annual Meeting


Update of Neurofibromatosis

Children’s Tumor Foundation Washington Meeting

Faculty Member / Instructor 2009

Uniformed Services Annual Meeting, Bethesda


Peripheral Nerve Entrapment Syndromes

AANS Annual Meeting, San Diego

Moderator / Speaker 2009

Schwannomatosis Update

NF Annual Meeting, Portland

Meeting Chairman 2009

Scwannomatosis, towards establishing a patient database

Johns Hopkins, Baltimore

Speaker 2009

Neurosurgery Board Review Course

Congress of Neurosurgeons, New Orleans


You accidently Cut a Nerve - Now What

ASPN/ASRM Joint Panel, Boca Raton

Moderator / Speaker 2010

Management of Brachial Plexus Lesions

ASPN Annual Meeting, Boca Raton

Moderator 2010

Surgery in Neurofibromatosis

NF2 Meeting Children’s Tumor Foundation

Las Vegas


Upper Extremity Surgical Anatomy & Dissection

AANS Annual Meeting, Philadelphia



Moderator / Session Chair

NF2 and Schwannomatosis: Genetics, Clinical / Translation Research 2010

NF Annual Meeting, Baltimore

Moderator 2010

Neurosurgical Forum- Section on Spine and Nerve

AANS Annual Meeting, San Francisco


Invited Lectures

1) Cervical Trauma: Belzberg AJ

Department of Surgery Symposium, Banff, 1985

2) Nervous Innervation of the Bladder: Belzberg AJ

Department of Surgery Symposium, Banff, 1987

3) Functional Anatomy and Physiology of the CNS: Belzberg AJ

Canadian Society of Neuroscience Nurses, Calgary, 1987

4) Dyslexia in the University Student: Belzberg AJ

Canadian Teachers Association, Toronto, 1988

5) The Vasculature of the Brain: Belzberg AJ

Canadian Society of Neuroscience Nurses, Calgary, 1988

6) The Anatomy and Physiology of Spinal Cord Injury: Belzberg AJ

Canadian Society of Neuroscience Nurses, Edmonton, 1989

7) A New Primate Model For Focal Cerebral Ischemia Research: Belzberg AJ, Auer R,

Tranmer BI

Alberta Neurosurgical Society, Lake Louisse, 1990

8) The Human Brain, Getting to Know You: Belzberg AJ

Calgary Primary School System, Calgary, 1990

9) Methods of Cervical Stabilization: Belzberg AJ

Canadian Rheumatology Society, Calgary, 1990

10) Management of Acute Nerve Injuries: Belzberg AJ

Kennedy Institute for Pediatric Rehabilitation, Baltimore, 1991

11) Provocative testing in Sympathetically Maintained Pain: Belzberg AJ, Campbell JN,

Meyer R, Davis K

Sunderland Society, Malmo, Sweden, 1992

12) Iatrogenic Nerve Injuries: Belzberg AJ

Surgical Grand Rounds, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, 1992

13) Neurosurgical Treatment of Chronic Pain: Belzberg AJ

American College of Surgeons, New Orleans, 1992

14) Intraoperative Peripheral Nerve Electrical Studies: Belzberg AJ

American Society of Neurophysiology, Baltimore, 1993

15) Surgical Decisions in Peripheral Nerve Surgery: Belzberg AJ

Johns Hopkins Medical/ Surgical Association, Baltimore, 1993

16) Entrapment Syndrome of the Radial Nerve: Belzberg AJ

American Association of Neurosurgeons, Vancouver, 1993

17) The Molecular Biology of SMP: Belzberg AJ

American College of Surgeons, San Francisco, 1993

18) Surgical Repair of the Brachial Plexus: Belzberg AJ

World Congress of Neurosurgeons, Mexico, 1993

19) Sympathetic Pain Syndromes: Belzberg AJ

American Academy of Orofacial Pain, Chicago, 1994

20) Neuronal Tumors of the Cervical Spine: Belzberg AJ

American Cervical Spine Research Society, Baltimore, 1994

21) Controversies in Ulnar Nerve Surgery: Belzberg AJ, Campbell JN

Joint Section on Spine & Peripheral Nerve, Phoenix, 1995


Invited Lectures cont'd

22) Diagnosis & Management of Peripheral Nerve Entrapments: Belzberg AJ

Joint Section on Spine & Peripheral Nerve, Phoenix, 1995

23) Spine Pain--Difficult Cases and Options: Belzberg AJ

Harford College Medical Education Program, Harford, 1995

24) Entrapment Syndromes of the Peripheral Nerves: Belzberg AJ

The Johns Hopkins Annual Pain Update Symposium, Baltimore, 1995

25) Diagnosis of Nerve Pain: Belzberg AJ

University of Calgary Neuroscience Grand Rounds, Calgary, 1995

26) Controversies in Ulnar Nerve Surgery: Belzberg AJ

Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Francisco, 1995

27) Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, Diagnosis and Treatment: Belzberg AJ

Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Francisco, 1995

28) Discography: Is it worth a Pain in the Back? Belzberg AJ

American Pain Society, Los Angeles, 1995

29) Entrapment Neuropathy: Belzberg AJ

Joint Section, Spine and Peripheral nerve, Orlando, 1996

30) Pathophysiology of Hyperalgesia: Belzberg AJ

Int. Conf. on Neurovascular Compressive Trauma Disorders, Boston, 1996

31) Tumors of the Peripheral Nervous System: Belzberg AJ

General Surgery Grand Rounds, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 1996

32) Understanding Neuropathic Pain: Belzberg AJ

American Society for Peripheral Nerve, St. Louis, 1996

33) Diagnosis of Spinal Pain: Belzberg AJ

Johns Hopkins Annual Pain Conference, Baltimore, 1996

34) Indications for Cervical Spinal Instrumentation: Belzberg AJ

Synthese Course in Surgical Technique, Hunt Valley, 1996

35) Techniques in Neurroraphy; Results of Infraclavicular Plexus Operations: Belzberg AJ

AANS Course: Surgery and Management of the Brachial Plexus, New Orleans,

1997

36) Issues in the Management of Ulnar Neuropathy: Belzberg AJ

Section on Disorders of the Spine & Peripheral Nerves, Newport Beach, 1997

37) Management of Peripheral Nerve Injury: Belzberg AJ

AANS Annual Meeting, Denver, 1997

38) Understanding Nerve Pain: Belzberg AJ

Johns Hopkins Topics in Internal Medicine Course, Baltimore, 1997

39) Indications, Risks, and Techniques of Discography: Belzberg AJ

Cleveland Clinic Annual Pain Meeting Proceedings, Cleveland, 1997

40) The Pathophysiology of Neuropathic Pain: Belzberg AJ

XI International Neurosurgical Meeting, Amsterdam, 1997

41) Discography and Spinal Pain: Belzberg AJ

Third Annual Multidisciplinary Pain Medicine Update, Baltimore, 1997

42) Surgical Anatomy of the Spine: Belzberg AJ

Dannemiller Foundation, ITW Course, Memphis, 1997



43) Techniques for Drug Pump Implantation: Belzberg AJ

Dannemiller Foundation, ITW Course, Memphis, 1997

44) Understanding Low Back Pain: Belzberg AJ

Annual Hopkins “A Women’s Journey”, Baltimore, 1997

45) Chronic Pain Management: Belzberg AJ, (Moderator)

American Pain Association, New Orleans, 1997

46) Occipital Neuralgia, Diagnosis and Treatment: Belzberg AJ

University of Calgary Annual Spine Meeting, Banff, 1988

47) Pathophysiology of Hyperalgesia: Belzberg AJ

Spine & Peripheral Nerve Annual Meeting, Rancho Mirage CA, 1998

48) Radial Nerve Entrapment: Belzberg AJ

AANS Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, 1998

49) The Current Management of Peripheral Nerve Injury: Belzberg AJ

Plenary Presentation, AANS Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, 1998

50) The Molecular Basis of Peripheral Neurofibromatosis: Belzberg AJ

International Congress - Genetics in Neuroscience, Italy, 1998

51) Management of the Pediatric Brachial Plexus Injury: Belzberg AJ

Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Seattle, 1998

52) Cervical Trauma, Outcome: Belzberg AJ

North American Spine Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, 1998

53) Spinal Implications of Peripheral Nerve Tumors: Moderator Belzberg AJ

Spine & Peripheral Nerve Annual Meeting, Orlando, 1999

54) Medical Management of Discogenic Pain: Belzberg AJ

Neurosurgical Society of America Annual Meeting, Phoenix, 1999

55) MR Neurography: Belzberg AJ

Neurosurgical Society of America Annual Meeting, Phoenix, 1999

56) Methods of Nerve Transfer: Belzberg AJ

AANS Professional Course, Surgery of the Brachial Plexus, New Orleans, 1999

57) Outcome in Brachial Plexus Repair: Belzberg AJ

AANS Professional Course, Surgery of the Brachial Plexus, New Orleans, 1999

58) Preventing Complications in Carpal Tunnel Surgery: Belzberg AJ

AANS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, 1999

59) The Acute Nerve Injury: Belzberg AJ


60) Discography, Fact or Fiction: Belzberg AJ


61) The Biology of Neuropathic pain: Belzberg AJ

Jefferson University Pain Symposium, Orlando, 1999

62) Understanding Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: Belzberg AJ


63) Arriving at a Consensus on Brachial Plexus Repair: Belzberg AJ, Dorsi M

AAHS/ISRM Brachial Plexus Symposium, Los Angeles, 1999 56) The C7 Transfer in Brachial Plexus Repair: Belzberg AJ, Dorsi M

International Discussion Panel, Boston 1999



65) Neuropathic Pain: Understanding the pathophysiology: Belzberg AJ

Beebe Medical Center Annual Medical, Rehoboth Beach Delaware, 1999

66) Examination of the Peripheral Nervous System: Belzberg AJ

CNS Annual meeting, Boston, 1999

67) Adjuvant treatment of intramedullary spinal cord tumors: Belzberg AJ

CNS Annual meeting, Boston, 1999 68) Radiculopathies: Utilizing Adjuvant Testing: Belzberg AJ

American Academy of Physical Medicine, 13th

World Congress, Washington, 1999

69) Variability in Management of Brachial Plexus Repairs: Belzberg AJ, Dorsi M

Friends of Narakus Meeting, Barcelona, 1999

70) Discography, is it worth the pain?: Belzberg AJ

Spine & Peripheral Nerve Annual Meeting, Indian Wells, CA , 2000

71) Prevention of Neuroma Formation using Selective Ganglionectomy: Belzberg AJ, Li Y,

Meyer R, Dorsi M.

Spine & Peripheral Nerve Annual Meeting, Indian Wells, CA, 2000

72) Pathophysiology of Pain: Belzberg AJ

The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (2nd

Year Class), 2000

73) Novel Techniques of Brachial Plexus Repair: Belzberg AJ

Johns Hopkins Hospital Surgical Grand Rounds, 2000

74) Diagnostic Consideration in Low Back Pain: Belzberg AJ

Southern Pain Society Meeting, Perdito Beach, AB, 2000

75) Evaluation and Management of Peripheral Nerve Entrapments: Belzberg AJ

AANS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, 2000

76) Interplay of human and animal models of neuropathic pain: Belzberg AJ, Li Y, Dorsi M

Annual Summer Pain Meeting, Grand Cayman, 2000 77) Surgical Anatomy of the Ulnar Nerve: Belzberg AJ

CNS Annual Meeting, San Antonio, 2000

78) Spinal Cord Tumors, Management: Belzberg AJ

CNS Annual Meeting, San Antonio, 2000

79) Nerve Transfers in Nerve Repair, Pushing the Envelope: Belzberg AJ

A. Hudson Symposium, Toronto, 2000

80) Understanding the Lumbar Spine: Belzberg AJ

Hopkins Annual “Neurology for the Primary Care Practioner”, Baltimore, 2000

81) Synkinesis after Nerve Transfer Repair: Belzberg AJ

ASPN Annual meeting, San Diego, 2001

82) Understanding Neuropathic Pain: Belzberg AJ

Joint Spine & Nerve Annual Meeting, Phoenix, 2001

83) Treatment of Neuroma with Stimulation: Belzberg AJ

Joint Spine & Nerve Annual Meeting, Phoenix, 2001

84) Cervical Spine Surgical Considerations: Belzberg AJ

Update in Clinical Neurosciences, Baltimore, 2001

85) The end to side nerve repair: Anatomical definition: Belzberg AJ

International Pediatric Brachial Plexus Symposium, Toronto, 2001



86) Management of Spinal Disorders: Belzberg AJ

Southern Pain Society Annual Meeting, Baltimore, 2001

87) Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, Anatomy and Pathophysiology: Belzberg AJ

Congress of Neurological Surgery, San Diego, 2001

88) The pathophysiology of neuroma formation: Belzberg AJ

American Society for Peripheral Nerve, Mexico, 2002

89) Pitfalls in the C7 Nerve Transfer Procedure: Belzberg AJ

Friends of Narakus Meeting, Paris, 2002

90) Neuromodulation of the Painful Nerve: Belzberg AJ

Joint Section on Spine & Peripheral Nerve, Orlando, FL, 2002

91) Mechanisms of Pain: Belzberg AJ

American Neuromodulation Society Annual Meeting, Orlando FL, 2002

92) The Evaluation of Low Back Pain: Belzberg AJ

American Neuromodulation Society Annual Meeting, Orlando FL, 2002

93) Surgical Technique in Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: Belzberg AJ

American College of Surgeons, San Francisco, CA, 2002

94) Epidemiology of Discogenic Back Pain: Belzberg AJ

American Academy of Pain Medicine, New Orleans, LA, 2003


Joint Section on Spine & Peripheral Nerve, Tampa, FL, 2003

96) Timing of Brachial Plexus Surgery: Belzberg AJ

UBPN Annual retreat, Lake George, NY, 2003

97) Management of Neuropathic Pain: Belzberg AJ

UBPN Annual retreat, Lake George, NY, 2003

98) Nerve Entrapments of the Upper Extremity: Belzberg AJ

CNS Annual Meeting, Denver, 2003

99) Surgical Anatomy of the Ulnar Nerve: Belzberg, AJ

CNS Annual Meeting, Denver, 2003

100) Novel Brachial Plexus Repairs and Use of the Free Muscle Transfer: Belzberg AJ,

Deune G

ASPN Annual Meeting, Palms Springs, CA, 2004

101) Keynote Speaker, Evaluation of the Spine: Belzberg AJ

Maryland Chiropractic Annual Meeting, Baltimore, 2004

102) Neuroma Pain: Fact or Fiction? Belzberg AJ

Johns Hopkins Online CME, 2004

www.hopkinscme.edu/index.cfm?fuseaction=course8.begincourse

103) Evaluating the Spine Patient Belzberg AJ

Johns Hopkins Annual Pain Update

X Annual Multidisciplinary Pain Medicine Update, Baltimore, 2004

104) Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors: Belzberg AJ

CNS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, 2004


AANS/CNS Tumor Section Meeting, San Francisco, 2004

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106) Discography, the Cons: Belzberg AJ

ASRA Annual Meeting, Phoenix, 2004

107) The Management of Low Back Pain: Belzberg AJ

ASRA Annual Meeting, Phoenix, 2004

108) Pathophysiology of Painful Neuroma: Belzberg AJ

ASPN Annual Meeting, Puerto Rico, 2005

109) Evidence based pain medicine: Belzberg AJ

Blaustein Grand Rounds, Baltimore, 2005

110) ABCs of Peripheral Nerve Injury, Belzberg AJ

Spine & Nerve Section Meeting, Phoenix, 2005

111) Tumors of the peripheral nervous system, Belzberg AJ


112) Management of Spinal Fluid Leaks, Belzberg AJ

AO Spine Course, Baltimore, 2005

113) The Pediatric Brachial Plexus Injury, Belzberg AJ

Johns Hopkins Birth Injury Symposium, 2005

114) Birth related Brachial Plexus Injury, Belzberg AJ

UBPN Symposium, Washington, 2005

115) Thoracic outlet syndrome, Belzberg AJ, 2005

CNS Annual meeting, Boston

116) Evidence based medicine and Pain Management, Belzberg AJ

Johns Hopkins Annual Pain Medicine Symposium, 2005

117) Surgical repair of the peripheral nervous system, Belzberg AJ

Apollo Hospital, New Deli, 2005 118) Painful Neuromas, Belzberg AJ, 2006

Spine & Peripheral Nerve Section Meeting, Lake Buena Vista, Florida

119) Nerve Transfers in Repair of the Brachial Plexus, Belzberg AJ,

AAHS Annual Meeting, Puerto Rico 2007

120) Management of the Painful Nerve

Spine & Peripheral Nerve Section Meeting, Phoenix, 2007

121) Evaluation of Peripheral Nerve Entrapments

AANS Annual Meeting, Washington, 2007

122) Surgical Management of Schwannomas

Children’s Tumor Foundation Meeting, Park City Utah, 2007 123) Peripheral Nerve Entrapment syndromes

CNS Annual Meeting, San Diego, 2007

124) Tumors of the peripheral nervous system

CNS Annual Meeting, San Diego, 2007

125) Neurofibromatosis, an update

Kline Retirement Symposium, New Orleans, 2007

126) Peripheral Nerve Injury

University of Calgary Alumni Meeting, Banff, Canada, 2007

127) Surgical Management of Schwannomatosis

Children’s Tumor Foundation Symposium, New York, 2008



128) Surgical Repair of Brachial Plexus Injuries, Geographical Variations

1st Sino-European Meeting on Brachial Plexus Injury, Venice, Italy 2008

129) Lower Extremity Entrapment syndromes

AANS Annual Meeting, Chicago, 2008

130) Management of the Painful Neuroma

ASPN Annual meeting,, Maui, 2009

131) Clinical Trials in Neurofibromatosis

Children’s Tumor Foundation Symposium, Washington, 2009

132) Anatomy of the Peripheral Nervous System

Uniformed Services Annual Spine & Nerve Course, Bethesda, 2009

133) Peripheral Nerve Entrapments of the Lower Extremities

AANS Annual Meeting, San Diego, 2009

134) Drop foot, the diagnosis and management

AANS Annual Meeitng, San Diego, 2009

135) Schwannomatosis Natural History Update

NF Annual Meeting, Portland, 2009

136) Management of Peripheral Nerve Injury / Board review

CNS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, 2009

137) Meralgia Paresthetica


138) Managing Peripheral Nerve Pain


139) Current Trends in Neuropathic Pain Management


140) Nerve Entrapments



Presentations

1) Fluid Management of the Head Injured Patient: Belzberg AJ,

Medical Grand Rounds, McGill University, Montreal, 1982

2) Emergency Room Care in Neurological Injury: Belzberg AJ

Medical Grand Rounds, McGill University, Montreal, 1983

3) Understanding the Blood Brain Barrier: Belzberg AJ

Neuroscience Grand Rounds, University of Calgary, 1986

4) "Bugs in the Belfry", A Look at CNS Infection: Belzberg AJ


5) Subdural Empyema (poster): Belzberg AJ, Long M.

Canadian Congress of Neurological Sciences, Vancouver, 1987

6) The Human Tail and Spinal Dysraphism (poster): Belzberg AJ, Myles ST, Travenan C

Canadian Congress of Neurological Sciences, Quebec City, 1988

7) The Pathophysiology of Spinal Stenosis: Belzberg AJ


8) Metastatic Intradural Extramedullary Carcinoma (poster): Belzberg AJ, Hunter KM,

Jadusingh IH

Canadian Congress of Neurological Sciences, Ottawa, 1989

9) Isolated Cerebellar Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis (poster): Hamilton MG,

Tranmer BI, Curry B, Belzberg AJ

Canadian Congress of Neurological Sciences, Ottawa, 1989

10) Treating Chronic Pain, A Religious Experience: Belzberg AJ


11) Stabilization of Atlanto-Occipital Dislocation (poster): Belzberg AJ, Tranmer BI

Canadian Congress of Neurological Sciences, Banff, 1990

12) Treatment of Erythromelalgia Using Cyproheptadine (poster): Pappagallo M,

Belzberg AJ, Campbell JN

American Pain Society, New Orleans, 1991

13) Diagnosis and Management of Sympathetically Maintained Pain: Campbell JN, Raja SN,

Selig DK, Belzberg AJ, Meyer RA

Bristol-Meyers Squibb Symposium (IV), Montery, 1993

14) Pitfalls in the Diagnosis of Sympathetically Maintained Pain (SMP) (poster):

Belzberg AJ, Manning D, Meleka S, Campbell JN

International Association for the Study of Pain, Paris, 1993

15) Sympathetically Maintained Pain: Establishing the Diagnosis: Belzberg AJ, Meleka S,

Campbell JN

American Society for Peripheral Nerve, Rye, New York, 1994

16) Suicide Transport with Doxorubicin; Elimination of Neuroma Formation in Rat (poster)

Belzberg AJ, Glass, JD, Campbell JN

American Pain Society, Miami, 1994

17) Expression of Alpha1-adrenergic receptor mRNAs in rat models of neuropathic

pain(poster) Oaklander AL, Belzberg AJ

Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, 1995


Presentations cont'd

18) Demonstration of Neuronal Sprouting in a Distal Neuroma (poster): Campbell JN,

Belzberg AJ, Meyer RA

American Pain Society, Los Angeles, 1995

19) End to Side Nerve Sprouting: Belzberg AJ, Campbell JN

American Society for Peripheral Nerve, St. Louis, 1996

20) Nerve Regeneration: Belzberg AJ

Neurosurgical Society of America, London, 1997

21) Malignant Nerve Sheath Tumors : Belzberg AJ, Schwarz J

American Society of Peripheral Nerve, Williamsburg, 1997

22) Innervation of a Distal Divided Nerve Segment: Belzberg AJ

Sunderland Society, Vail, 1997

23) Brachial Plexus Repair with Nerve Transfer: Belzberg AJ, Campbell JN

Neurosurgical Society of America, Quebec, 1998

24) Intradural Cervical Disc Herniation (poster): Clatterbuck RA, Belzberg AJ, Ducker T

Spine & Peripheral Nerve Annual Meeting, Orlando, 1999 25) Mechanical hyperalgesia following an L5 spinal nerve lesion in the rat is not dependent on

input from injured nerve fibers: Belzberg AJ, Li Y, Dorsi M, Meyer RA,

AANS Annual meeting, San Francisco, 2000

26) Surgical Repair of Brachial Plexus Injury: A Multinational Survey of Experienced

Peripheral Nerve Surgeons: Moriarity LJ, Dorsi M, Belzberg AJ,

CNS Annual meeting, San Antonio, 2000

27) Pathophysiolgy Underlying Mechanical Hyperalgesia Following a Spinal Nerve Injury:

Belzberg AJ

ASPN Annual Meeting , San Diego, 2001

28) Ablation and Targeting of DRG cells: Belzberg AJ

ASPN Annual Meeting, San Diego, 2001

29) A novel theory concerning the pathophysiology of neuropathic pain: Belzberg A, Li,

Dorsi M, Meyer R

Neurosurgical Society of America, Amelia Island, 2001

30) An International Survey on Brachial Plexus Repair: Belzberg AJ, Dorsi M, Moriarity LJ

ASPN Annual Meeting, Mexico, 2002

31) Prospective Data Collection Concerning the Brachial Plexus: Belzberg AJ, Dorsi M.

Friends of Narakus Annual Meeting, Paris, 2002

32) Peripheral Nerve Repair: Belzberg AJ

Grand Rounds, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 2002

33) A Novel Model of Neuroma: Chen L, Dorsi M, Belzberg AJ

Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Philadelphia, 2002

34) A Human Chung Model of Neuropathic Pain: Belzberg AJ, Ali Z, Meyer RA

Sunderland Society, Washington, 2002

35) Neuroma Formation in an Animal: Dorsi M, Chen L, Meyer RA, Belzberg AJ


36) Segmental Neurofibromatosis Sarcomatous Degeneration: Schwarz J, Belzberg AJ



Presentations cont'd

37) Effect of Levetiracetam and Morphine in an Animal Model of Neuropathic Pain: Chen L,

Meyer R, Dorsi M, Belzberg AJ


38) Nerve Transfers for C5/C6 Spinal Root Injury: Belzberg AJ, Dorsi M

NSA Annual Meeting, Kohler 2007 39) The TNT neuroma model: Chen L, Dorsi M, Meyer, R, Belzberg AJ

NF Tumor Foundation meeting, Ft. Meyer, Florida, 2008

40) Surgical approach and outcome in patients with malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors

in patients with and without Neurofibromatosis Type 1. Blakeley J, Clarke N,

Dorsi M, Belzberg A, Sciubba D

Children's Tumor Foundation Meeting, Portland, 2009


Publications

Peer-Reviewed Articles

1) Belzberg AJ, Tranmer BI

Stabilization of Traumatic Atlanto-Occipital Dislocation

Journal of Neurosurgery 75:478-482, 1991

2) Belzberg AJ, Myles ST, Trevenen C

Treatment of Tail-Like Appendages

Journal of Pediatric Surgery 26:1243-1245, 1991

3) Belzberg AJ, Campbell JN

Peripheral Nerve Repair.

Neurosurgical Operative Atlas 3(2):119-134, 1993 4) Campbell JN, Belzberg AJ

Use of Disc Distention to Diagnose Pain of Spinal Origin

APS Journal 3(3):157-159, 1994

5) Belzberg, AJ, Meyer, RA

Management of Sympathetically Maintained Pain

Neuroscience Forum 4(1):11-15, 1994

6) Auer, RN, Coupland SG, Jason GW, Archer DP, Payne J, Belzberg AJ, Ohtaki M,

Tranmer BI

Post-Ischemic Therapy with MK-801 (Dizoclipine) in a Primate Model of Transient Focal

Ischemia

Molecular and Chemical Neuropathology, Vol.29, pg 193-210, 1996

7) Holland NR, Belzberg AJ

Intraoperative Electrophysiological Testing During Cross-Chest C7 Nerve Root Transfer

for Brachial Plexus Injury with Root Avulsion

Muscle & Nerve, 20: 903-905, 1997

8) Oaklander AL, Belzberg AJ

Unilateral nerve injury down-regulates mRNA for Na+ channel SCN10A bilaterally in rat

dorsal root ganglia

Molecular Brain Research 52:162-165, 1997


Evidence for end to side sensory nerve regeneration in a human subject

Journal of Neurosurgery, 89:1055-1057, 1998

10) Belzberg AJ, Schwarz J

Management of the Rheumatoid Cervical Spine

Journal of Spinal Disorders, 12(1):81-86, 1999

11) Schwarz J, Belzberg AJ

Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors in the setting of Segmental Neurofibromatosis

Journal of Neurosurgery, 92(2):342-346, 2000

12) Li Y, Dorsi MJ, Meyer RA, Belzberg AJ

Mechanical hyperalgesia after an L5 spinal nerve lesion in the rat is not dependent on input

from injured nerve fibers. Pain, 85:493-502, 2000


Peer-Reviewed Articles cont’d

13) Clatterbuck RA, Belzberg AJ, Ducker T

Intradural cervical disc herniation and Brown-Sequard syndrome.

Journal of Neurosurgery, 92(2 Supp):236-240, 2000


Segmental Neurofibromatosis

Journal of Neurosurgery, 93(3):531-534, 2000

15) Basaria S, McCarthy EF, Belzberg AJ, Ball DW

Case of an Ivory Vertebra

The Journal of Endocrinological Investigation, 2000, 23(8), 533-535

16) Belzberg AJ, Schwarz JP

Management of Ulnar Nerve Entrapment at the Elbow

Techniques in Neurosurgery, 6(1):57-67, 2000

17) Traynelis VC, Andrews BT, Awad IA, Batjer HH, Belzberg A, et al

Resident curriculum guidelines for neurosurgery. Congress of Neurological Surgeons

Education Committee.

Clin Neurosurg. 2000;47:589-681.

18) Laryea JS, Schon LC, Belzberg AJ

Peripheral Nerve Stimulators for Pain Control

Seminars in Neurosurgery, 12(1):125-130, 2001

19) Sheth RN, Belzberg AJ

Diagnosis and Treatment of Thoracic Outlet Syndrome

Neurosurg Clin of NA, 12(2):295-309, 2001

20) Reavey-Cantwell,J.F., Garonzik,I., Viglione,M.P., McCarthy,E.F., Belzberg,A.J.

A brachial plexopathy due to myositis ossificans. Case report and review of the literature

J. Neurosurg., 95(3):525-528, 2001

21) Ali Z, Meyer RA, Belzberg AJ

Neuropathic pain after C7 spinal nerve transection in man.

Pain,, 96:41-47, 2002

22) Sheth RN, Dorsi MJ, Li Y, Murinson BB, Belzberg AJ, Griffin JW, Meyer RA

Mechanical hyperalgesia after an L5 ventral rhizotomy or an L5 ganglionectomy in the rat.

Pain, 96:63-72, 2002

23) Gaffey,T.A., Scheithauer,B.W., Lloyd,R.V., Burger,P.C., Robbins,P., Fereidooni,F.,

Horvath,E., Kovacs,K., Kuroki,T., Young,W.F.,Jr., Sebo,T.J., Riehle,D.L., Belzberg,A.J.

Corticotroph carcinoma of the pituitary: a clinicopathological study. Report of four cases

J. Neurosurg., 96(2):352-360, 2002

24) Chen,L., Dorsi,M., Pogatzki,E., Belzberg,A.J.

A Novel Model of Neuroma Pain

Pain News (AANS/CNS Section on Pain), 9-10, Spring 2003

25) Dorsi,M.J. Chen,L. Meyer,R.A. Pogatzki,E. Belzberg,A.J.

Ronald Tasker Award: a novel model of neuroma pain

Clin.Neurosurg. 50:382-386, 2003

26) Lancelotta,M.P. Sheth,R.N. Meyer,R.A. Belzberg,A.J. Griffin,J.W. Campbell,J.N.

Severity and duration of hyperalgesia in rat varies with type of nerve lesion

Neurosurgery, 53(5):1200-1208, 2003



27) Griffin, J. W., McArthur, J., Polydefkis, M., Murinson, B. B., Belzberg, A. J., Campbell, J.

N. et al. Dostrovsky, J. O., Carr, D. B., and Koltzenburg, M. Painful peripheral

neuropathies and C fiber nociceptors. Proceedings of the 10th World Congress on Pain,

Progress in Pain Research and Management. [24], 155-172. IASP Press, 2003.

28) Belzberg AJ, Dorsi MJ, Storm PB, Moriarity JL

Surgical repair of brachial plexus injury: a multinational survey of experienced peripheral

nerve surgeons. Preview Article 1

Neurosurg Focus 16 (5):1-11, 2004 29) Dorsi MJ, Belzberg AJ

Paraspinal Nerve Sheath Tumors

Neurosurg.Clin.N.Am. 15(2):217-222, 2004

30) Belzberg AJ, Dorsi MJ, Storm PB, Moriarity JL

Surgical repair of brachial plexus injury: a multinational survey of experienced peripheral

nerve surgeons.

J. Neurosurg. 101(3):365-376, 2004

31) Dorsi M, Belzberg AJ

Brachial Plexus Injury - Response

J. Neurosurg. 102(2):404, 2005

32) Sciubba DM, Dorsi MJ, Kretzer R, Belzberg AJ.

Computed tomography reconstruction artifact suggesting cervical spine subluxation

J. Neurosurg Spine. 8(1):84-7, 2008

33) Dorsi MJ, Chen L, Murinson BB, Pogatzki-Kahn EM, Meyer RA, Belzberg AJ

The tibial neuroma transposition (TNT) model of neuroma pain and hyperalgesia

Pain. 134(3):320-34, 2008

34) Anderson S, Lawson C, Belzberg AJ, Lenz FA

Selective Denervation of the Levator Scapula Muscle: Amendment to the Bertrand

Procedure.

J. Neurosurg, 108(4):757-63, 2008

35) Chaudhry V, Russell J, Belzberg A

Decompressive surgery of lower limbs for symmetrical diabetic peripheral neuropathy

Cochrane Database Syst Rev. Jul 16;(3): 2008

36) Liu RW, Smith SE, Tanner PC, Belzberg AJ, McFarland EG,

Skull Fracture and Brain Contusion in a Baseball Player: A Case Report

Human Kinetics - Att 14(1), pp. 35-38, 2009

37) Evans DG, Kalamarides M, Hunter-Schaedle K, Blakeley J, Allen J, Babovic-Vuskanovic D,

Belzberg A, et al Consensus recommendations to accelerate clinical trials for

neurofibromatosis type 2.

Clin Cancer Res. 2009 Aug 15;15(16):5032-9. Epub 2009 Aug 11.

38) Povlsen B, Belzberg A, Hansson T, Dorsi M.

Treatment for thoracic outlet syndrome.

Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2010 Jan 20;(1)

39) Campbell AA, Eckhauser FE, Belzberg AJ, Campbell JN

Obturator nerve transfer as an option for femoral nerve repair: A case study

Neusourgery



40) Dorsi MJ, Hsu W, Belzberg AJ

Epidemiology of Brachial Plexus Injury in the Pediatric Multi-trauma Population in the

United States

J. Neurosurg:Pediatrics, 2010, 5(6):573-577

41) Belzberg MZ, Vartija LK, Belzberg AJ

Nonoperative Versus Operative Management. A Rational for Changing Our Lexicon

Annals of Surgery, 252(4), 2010

42) Dorsi MJ, Lambrinos G, Dellon AL, Belzberg AJ

Dorsal rhizotomy for treatment of bilateral intercostal neuralgia following augmentation

mammaplasty: case report and review of the literature.

Microsurgery, 2011, 31(1):41-4

43) Thawait SK, Chaudhry V, Thawait GK, Wang KC, Belzberg A, Carrino JA, Chhabra A

High-Resolution MR Neurography of Diffuse Peripheral Nerve Lesions

Am J Neuroradiol, in press

44) Huson CK, Acosta MT, Belzberg A, et al.

Back to the Future: Proceeding From the 2010 NF Conference.

American Journal of Medical Genetics, in press

45) Pendleton C, Dorsi, MJ, Belzberg AJ, Cohen-Gadol AA, Quinones-Hinojosa A.

“Can’t walk nor raise arms to head”: Harvey Cushing’s Surgical Treatment of

Poliomyelitis

Spine, in press

46) Chhabra A, MD1, Andreisek G, Soldatos T, Wang K, Flammang A, Belzberg A, Carrino J.

MR Neurography: Past, present and future.

American Journal of Roentgenology, in press


Book Chapters and Monographs

1) Belzberg AJ, McGeer PJ, McGeer EG

"Senile Dementia vs Alzheimer's Disease"

Honors Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1979

2) Ewasew WT, Belzberg AJ

Role of Dehydration in Geriatric Psychiatric Illness

Valley View Hospital, Vancouver

Report to the Minister of Health

British Columbia Provincial Grant #665478

1979 - 1981


Peripheral Nerve Injury. In:

Current Therapy in Neurological Disease Ed 4

Johnson, R.T & Griffin, J.W. editors, Mosby-Year book, 1993, pp. 210-214

4) Campbell JN, Raja JN, Selig DK, Belzberg AJ, Meyer RA

Diagnosis and Management of Sympathetically Maintained Pain, In:

Pharmacological Approaches to the Treatment of Chronic Pain: New Concepts and Critical

Issues, Fields & Liebeskind (eds), IASP Press, 1994


Acute Nerve Injuries. In:

Principles of Neurosurgery, Rengachary & Wilkins (eds.), Wolfe Press, 1994

6) Campbell JN, Raja SN, Belzberg AJ, Meyer RA.

Hyperalgesia and the sympathetic nervous system, In:

Touch, Temperature and Pain in Health and Disease. Mechanisms and Assessments, J.

Boivie, P. Hansson and U. Lindblom (eds.), IASP Press, Seattle, pp. 249-265, 1994


Tumors of the Peripheral Nervous System. In:

Neurosurgery (2nd Edition), Wilkins & Rengachary (eds), McGraw Hill, pp. 3217-3225,

1996

8) Belzberg AJ

Introduction to Spectrum of Pain Center Approaches (Chapters 2-5). In:

Progress in Pain Rsearch and Management, Vol 7, IASP Press, Seattle, pp. 27-28, 1996

9) Belzberg AJ

Commentary on Spectrum of Pain Center Approaches (Chapters 2-5). In:

Progress in Pain Rsearch and Management, Vol 7, IASP Press, Seattle pp. 69-74, 1996

10) Chaudry V, Belzberg AJ

Peripheral Nerve Injury

Current Therapy in Neurological Disease Ed 5

Johnson, R.T & Griffin, J.W. editors, Mosby-Year Book, pp 230-239, 1997

11) Belzberg AJ

Book Review--Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology vol 103, pp 418-419, 1997

12) Schwarz J, Belzberg AJ,

Management of Neuropathic Pain. Vascular Disorders of the Upper Extremity Ed3

Machleder, editor, Futura, pp 275-288, 1998


Book Chapters and Monographs cont’d

13) Naff N, Belzberg AJ

Unusual Nerve Compressions

Operative Neurosurgery

Kaye AH, Black PM, editors, Churchill Livingstone, pp 2148-2155, 2000

14) Panchil S, Belzberg AJ

Zygoapophyseal Blocks and Denervations

Surgical Management of Pain

Burchiel, editor, Thieme, New York, pp 666-677, 2001

15) Storm J, Moriarty, Belzberg AJ

Nerve Injuries

Textbook of Neurological Surgery

Batjer, Loftus & Weinzer, editors, Lippincott Williams & Wilkens, pp 2229-2239, 2002

16) Dorsi,MJ, Chen,L., Meyer, RA, Pogatzki, E., Belzberg, A.J.

A novel Model of Neuroma Pain

Clinical Neurosurgery Vol 50,

McKhan,GMm editors, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, pp382-386, 2003

17) Belzberg AJ

Acute Nerve Injuries

Principles of Neurosurgery 2nd

Edition

Rengachary & Ellenbogen, editors, Elsevier Science, pp 387-397, 2005

18) Dorsi MJ, Belzberg AJ

Regional Pain: Low Back

Pain Medicine & Management

Wallace & Staats, editors, McGraw-Hill, pp 141-147, 2005

19) Belzberg AJ, Dorsi MJ

Neoplasms of Peripheral Nerves

Atlas of Neurosurgical Techniques

Fessler & Sekhar editors, Thieme, pp 879-887, 2006

20) Belzberg AJ

Peripheral Nerve Injury

Current Therapy in Neurological Disease

Johnson, Griffin & McArthur editors, Mosby, pp244-254, 2006

21) Dorsi MJ and Belzberg AJ.

Dorsal Root Ganglionectomy and Rhizotomy.

In RF Schmidt, WD Willis Eds. Encyclopedia of Pain. Springer: Germany 2007.


Electrical Stimulation for Painful Neuroma.

In R. Midha, Ed. Surgery of Peripheral Nerves: A Case-Based Approach. Thieme: New

York 2008.


Peripheral Nerve Stimulation

In Bonica’s Management of Pain, fourth edition

Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2009


Book Chapters and Monographs cont’d


Repair of the Brachial Plexus

Strategies for Treating Pain

In Practical Management of Adult and Pediatric Brachial Plexus Palsies. Elsevier: The

Netherlands, in press

25) Dorsi, MJ and Belzber AJ

Peripheral Nerve Tumors.

In Schmidek and Sweet’s Operative Neurosurgical Techniques: Indications, Methods, and

Results, 6th

Edition. Elsevier: Philadelphia [In Press]


Open Carpal Tunnel Release.

In Essential Techniques in Operative Neurosurgery. Elsevier: The Netherlands [In Press]

27 )Dorsi MJ and Belzberg AJ.

Ulnar Nerve Release.

In Essential Techniques in Operative Neurosurgery. Elsevier: The Netherlands [In Press]

28) Belzberg AJ, Melessi M, Dorsi, MJ

Brachial Plexus Injuries

Youmans Neurological Surgery 6th

Edition, in press


Published Abstracts

1) Belzberg AJ, Long M

Chronic Subdural Empyema: A Case Report

Can J Neurosci 14:2, 1987

2) Belzberg AJ, Myles ST, Trevenen C

The Human Tail and Spinal Dysraphism


3) Belzberg AJ, Hunter KM, Jadusingh IH

Metastatic Intradural Extramedullary Carcinoma


4) Hamilton MG, Tranmer BI, Curry B, Belzberg AJ

Isolated Cerebellar Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis


5) Tranmer BI, Hamilton MG, Curry B, Belzberg AJ

Isolated Cerebellar Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis

Neurosurgery 26:4, 1990

6) Belzberg AJ, Tranmer BI

Stabilization of Traumatic Atlanto-Occipital Dislocation


7) Pappagallo M, Belzberg AJ, Campbell JN

Successful treatment of erythromelalgia with high dose cyproheptadine

American Pain Society, Abstracts pg 37, 1991


Preemptive Analgesia: A New Concept in Postoperative Pain Control

American Association of Neurological Surgeons/Section on Pain

April, 1992

8) Belzberg AJ, Manning D, Meleka S, Campbell JN

Pitfalls in the diagnosis of sympathetically maintained pain (SMP)

Proceedings of the VIIth World Congress on Pain. pg 560, 1993

9) Campbell JN, Raja SN, Belzberg AJ, Shir Y, Meyer RA

Mechanisms, Diagnosis, and Therapy of Sympathetically Maintained Pain

Bristol-Meyers Squibb Symposium (IV), 1993

10) Belzberg AJ

Sympathetic Pain Syndromes

Journal of Orofacial Pain 8(1):100, 1994

11) Belzberg AJ, Meleka S, Campbell JN

Sympathetically Maintained Pain: Establishing the Diagnosis

American Society for Peripheral Nerve, Abstracts pg 62, 1994

12) Belzberg AJ, Glass JD, Campbell JN

Suicide Transport with Doxorubicin: Elimination of Neuroma Formation (Rat)

American Pain Society Abstracts, A-98, 1994

13) Oaklander AL, Belzberg AJ

Expression of -adrenergic receptor mRNAs in rat models of neuropathic pain.

Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 21, (Part 1 1995)


Published Abstracts cont’d

14) Belzberg AJ

Discography: Is it worth a Pain in the Back?

American Pain Society Abstracts, 1995

15) Campbell JN, Belzberg AJ

Nerve Fibers in the Proximal End of the Distal Segment of a Previously Severed Nerve in

Man: Evidence for Side-to-End Nerve Sprouting.

American Society for Peripheral Nerve, Abstracts pg 52, 1996

16) Belzberg AJ, Zahid A, Meyer RA

Neuropathic pain after surgical division of the C7 root in man

American Pain Society Abstracts, 1996


The Occurrence of Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor in the Setting of Segmental

Neurofibromatosis

Section on Disorders of the Spine & Peripheral Nerves, Abstracts pg 144, Newport Beach

1997

18) Belzberg AJ

Indications, Risks, and Techniques of Discography

Annual Advances in Pain Management Meeting Abstracts, Cleveland Clinic Foundation,

1997

19) Belzberg AJ, Schwarz J

Malignant Nerve Sheath Tumors

American Society of Peripheral Nerve, Abstracts pg 35, 1997


A Painful Neuroma on the Wrong Side of a Nerve Injury

Joint Neurosurgical Society Meeting, Abstracts pg 9, University of Cambridge, England,

1997


Spontaneous Sprouting from Plexus Formation in Axotomized Nerve

The Sunderland Society, Abstracts pg 25, Vail Colorado, 1997

22) Campbell JN, Belzberg AJ

Brachial Plexus Repairs Utilizing Nerve Transfers

Neurosurgical Society of America, Abstracts, Quebec, 1998

23) Belzberg AJ

Molecular Basis of Peripheral Neurofibromatosis

International Congress - Genetics in Neuroscience, Abstracts, Italy, 1998

24) Oropeza,M, Fuchs PN, Bencherif B, Ravert H, Belzberg AJ, Frost JJ

The effect of capsaicin-induced pain on human brain mu opioid receptor binding measured

by PET Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 1998

25) Clatterbuck RA, Belzberg AJ, Ducker T

Intradural cervical disc herniation and Brown-Sequard syndrome

Spine & Peripheral Nerve Annual Meeting, Abstracts, Orlando, 1999

26) Belzberg AJ, Dorsi M

Variability in Management of Brachial Plexus Repairs

Friends of Narakus Annual Meeting, Abstracts, Barcelona, 1999



27) Belzberg AJ

The Biology of Neuropathic pain


28) Belzberg AJ

Understanding Thoracic Outlet Syndrome


29) Yongbo Li, Michael Dorsi, Richard Meyer, Allan Belzberg,

AN EXPERIMENTAL NEUROPATHIC PAIN MODEL: SELECTIVE SENSORY

DEGENERATION RESULTING IN MECHANICAL HYPERALGESIA.

IASP Annual Meeting, Vienna, 1999

30) Belzberg AJ, Li Y, Dorsi M, Meyer RA

Mechanical hyperalgesia following an L5 spinal nerve lesion in the rat is not dependent on

input from injured nerve fibers

AANS Annual meeting, Abstracts pg 123, San Francisco, 2000

31) Sheth RN, Lancelotta MP, Meyer RA, Belzberg AJ, Campbell JN

Duration and severity of hyperalgesia after nerve root section in rat is worse with cut and

ligation compared to crush injury

AANS Annual meeting, Abstracts pg 124, San Francisco, 2000

32) Shir Y, Anderson WS, Sheth RN, Raja SN, Belzberg AJ, Campbell JN

Soy enriched diets do not suppress hyperalgesia associated with inflammation in rats

Society for Neuroscience, Abstracts, Miami, 2000 33) Belzberg AJ, Li Y, Dorsi M, Meyer RA

Interplay of human and animal models of neuropathic pain

Summer Pain Meeting, Grand Cayman, 2000

34) Moriarity LJ, Dorsi M, Belzberg AJ

Surgical Repair of Brachial Plexus Injury: A Multinational Survey of Experienced

Peripheral

Nerve Surgeons:

CNS Annual meeting, San Antonio, 2000

35) Li Y, Dorsi MJ, Murinson BB, Meyer RA, Griffin JW, Belzberg AJ

Mechanical hyperalgesia is related to the extent of cutaneous denervation following an L5

spinal nerve lesion in rat

APS Annual meeting, Atlanta, 2000

36) Belzberg AJ, Li Y, Dorsi MJ, Griffin JW, Meyer RA

Ablation of DRG following OX7-saporin injection.

Sunderland Society Meeting, San Diego, 2001

37) Belzberg AJ, Dorsi MJ, Li, Y, Meyer RA

Pathophysiology Underlying Mechanical Hyperalgesia Following a Spinal Nerve Injury

ASPN Annual Meeting , San Diego, 2001

38) Belzberg AJ, Dorsi MJ, Meyer RA

Ablation and Targeting of DRG cells

ASPN Annual Meeting, San Diego, 2001



39) Belzberg AJ, Li Y, Dorsi MJ, Meyer RA

A novel theory concerning the pathophysiology of neuropathic pain

Neurosurgical Society of America, Amelia Island, 2001

40) Dorsi MJ, Sheth RN, Li Y, Murinson BB, Belzberg AJ, Griffin JW, Meyer RA

Mechanical hyperalgesia after an L5 ventral rhizotomy or an L5 ganglionectomy in the rat

Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, 2001

41) Minahan RE, Mandir AS, Riley LH, Beizberg AJ, Sponseller PD, Kostuik JP

Intraoperative EMG monitoring limitations. Neurology 2001; 3(suppl):A397

42) Chen L, Dorsi MJ, Meyer RA, Murinson BB, Campbell JN, Belzberg AJ

An Animal Model of Neuroma Pain

IASP, San Diego, 2002

43) Belzberg AJ, Ali Z, Meyer RA

A Human Chung Model of Neuropathic Pain


44) Dorsi M, Chen L, Meyer RA, Belzberg AJ

Neuroma Formation in an Animal



Segmental Neurofibromatosis Sarcomatous Degeneration


46) Garonzik IM, Ohara S, Hua SE, Belzberg AJ, Lenz FA

SITES IN THE REGION OF THE THALAMIC PRINCIPAL SOMATIC SENSORY

NUCLEUS (VC) AND VMPO WHERE THRESHOLD MICROSTIMULATION (TMIS)

EVOKES THERMAL (COLD AND WARM SITES) OR PAIN SENSATIONS (PAIN

SITES)

Society For Neuroscience, Orlando FL, 2002

47) Zhang Z, Belzberg AJ, Meyer RA, Griffin JW

Neuronal Lesion with Ox7-saporin Intraneual injection:an Experimental Study in rats

aahs.asrm.aspn.confex abstracts

Phoenix, AZ, October 3-5, 2003

48) Zhang Z, Belzberg AJ, Meyer RA, Griffin JW

Prevention of Neuroma Formation by Selective Inbiting Nerve regeneration with

Intraneurla Injection of x7-Saproin

aahs.asrm.aspn.confex abstracts

Phoenix, AZ, October 3-5, 2003

49) Chen L, Meyer R, Dorsi M, Belzberg AJ

Effect of Levetiracetam and Morphine in an Animal Model of Neuropathic Pain


50) Belzberg AJ, Dorsi M

Nerve Transfer fro C5/C6 spinal nerve root injury

NSA Annual Meeting, Kholer, 2007 51) Chen L, Meyer R, Dorsi M, Belzberg AJ

The TNT neuroma model

NF Tumor Foundation Meeting, Florida, 2008



52) Blakeley J, Nelson C, Dorsi M, Belzberg A, Sciubba DM. Surgical approach and outcome

in patients with malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors in patients with and without

Neurofibromatosis Type 1. Children’s Tumor Foundation Meeting, June 2008, Bonita

Springs, FL.

53) Sciubba DM, Nelson C, Dorsi M, McGirt MJ, Belzberg AJ, Blakeley J. Surgical approach

and outcome in patients with malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors, a 25-year

institutional review. CNS Meeting, October 2008, Orlando, FL.

54) Sciubba DM, Nelson C, Dorsi M, McGirt MJ, Belzberg AJ, Blakeley J. Surgical approach

and outcome in patients with malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors, a 25-year

institutional review. Neurosurgery 2008 Jun;62(6):1408-1408.

55) Sciubba DM, Cheng J, Nelson C, McGirt MJ, Belzberg AJ, Blakeley J. Survival following

surgical resection of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors. 25th Annual Meeting of the

AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of Spine and Peripheral Nerves, March 2009, Phoenix,

Arizona.

56) Belzberg AJ, Campbell A, Eckhauser F, Campbell JN

Obturator to Femoral Nerve Transfer

ASPN Annual Meeting, Boca Raton, 2010

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