Luigi Di Biase

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Luigi

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Di Biase

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<p class="lessPadding">Dr. Luigi Di Biase is Section Head of Electrophysiology, Director of Arrhythmia Services, and Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) at Einstein/Montefiore. In addition, he serves as Senior Researcher at the Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute at St. David's Medical Center, Austin, Texas.</p>
<p>Improving patient care is the heart of Dr. Di Biase's mission. He believes that this is possible through dedicated clinical practice associated to cutting-edge clinical research. Dr. Di Biase's research focuses on cardiology and electrophysiology with specific emphasis on catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation and ventricular arrhythmias performed either manually or with robotic catheter navigation. Additionally, his research focuses on heart failure, particularly cases treated with cardiac resynchronization therapy devices.</p>
<p>Dr. Di Biase, MD, PhD, FACC, FHRS, is a 2000 graduate (summa cum laude) of the medical school and a 2004 graduate (summa cum laude) of the cardiology residency program at the University of Bari, Bari, Italy. In 2006, he completed a second-level master degree in Electrophysiology and Pacing (summa cum laude) at the University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.</p>
<p>In 2007, Dr. Di Biase received a grant from the Italian National Society of Cardiology to pursue a research fellowship under the supervision of Dr. Andrea Natale at the Miller Family Heart &amp; Vascular Institute at the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio. The following year, he accepted a position in cardiac electrophysiology at the University of Texas Medical School Branch in Galveston, Texas, where he continued to focus on his research projects at St. David's Medical Center under the leadership of Dr. Natale.</p>
<p>Dr. Di Biase was appointed Assistant Professor in 2007 at the University of Foggia, Italy, where he completed the PhD program in cardiovascular physiopathology in November 2010.</p>
<p>In 2009, Dr. Di Biase was appointed Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, where he was promoted to Adjunct Associate Professor in 2012, the same year he joined Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center&nbsp;with the title of Associate Professor, Department of Medicine (Cardiology).</p>
<p>In September 2014 Dr. Di Biase was appointed Section Head of Electrophysiology and Director of Arrhythmia Services at Einstein/Montefiore, while continuing to serve as Senior Researcher at the Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute at St. David's Medical Center.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Subsequently Dr. Di Biase was promoted to the rank of Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine (Cardiology).</p>
<p>Dr. Di Biase is the author of more than 450 publications in indexed journals, about 500 abstracts, and 18 electrophysiology book chapters. He has presented at numerous national and international conferences as an invited speaker.</p>
<p class="lessPadding">Dr. Di Biase is a member of the Italian Federation of Cardiology and Electrophysiology (FIC-AIAC), the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA), the American College of Cardiology (ACC), the American Heart Association (AHA), and a Fellow of the Heart Rhythm Society (FHRS), and the American College of Cardiology (FACC). He is also an honorary member of the Korean Society of Cardiology.</p>
<p class="lessPadding">Dr Di Biase serves as reviewer of major electrophysiology and cardiology journals, and as an editorial board member of&nbsp;<em>Heart Rhythm Journal</em>,&nbsp;<em>Heart Rhythm Journal Case Report</em>, and&nbsp;<em>Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine</em>. He is Associate Editor for&nbsp;<em>Journal Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology (JICE)</em>&nbsp;and Associate Section Editor for&nbsp;<em>Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology (PACE)</em>.</p>
<p class="lessPadding">Dr. Di Biase sees patients on both Einstein and Moses campuses of Montefiore Medical Center and at the Hutch Metro Center at Water Place.</p>
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<p>Improving patient care is the heart of Dr. Di Biase's mission. He believes this is possible through dedicated clinical practice associated to cutting-edge clinical research.</p>

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<p>Dr. Di Biase's research focuses on cardiology and electrophysiology with specific emphasis on catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation and ventricular arrhythmias performed either manually or with robotic catheter navigation. Additionally, his research focuses on heart failure, particularly cases treated with cardiac resynchronization therapy devices.</p>

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<li>Di Biase L, Burkhardt JD, Mohanty P, Sanchez J, Mohanty S, Horton R, Gallinghouse GJ, Bailey SM, Zagrodzky JD, Santangeli P, Hao S, Hongo R, Beheiry S, Themistoclakis S, Bonso A, Rossillo A, Corrado A, Raviele A, Al-Ahmad A, Wang P, Cummings JE, Schweikert RA, Pelargonio G, Dello Russo A, Casella M, Santarelli P, Lewis WR, Natale A. Left atrial appendage: an underrecognized trigger site of atrial fibrillation. Circulation. 2010;122:109-18. PMID 20606120.</li>
<li>Di Biase L, Burkhardt JD, Mohanty P, Sanchez J, Horton R, Gallinghouse GJ, Lakkireddy D, Verma A, Khaykin Y, Hongo R, Hao S, Beheiry S, Pelargonio G, Della Russo A, Casella M, Santarelli P, Santangeli P, Wang P, Al-Ahmad A, Patel D, Themistoclakis S, Bonso A, Rossillo A, Corrado A, Raviele A, Cummings JE, Schweikert RA, Lewis WR, Natale A. Periprocedural stroke and management of major bleeding complications in patients undergoing catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: the impact of periprocedural therapeutic international normalized ratio. Circulation. 2010;121:2550-6. Epub 2010 Jun 1. PMID: 20516376.</li>
<li>Di Biase L, Burkhardt JD, Santangeli P, Mohanty P, Sanchez JE, Horton R, Gallinghouse GJ, Themistoclakis S, Rossillo A, Lakkireddy D, Reddy M, Hao S, Hongo R, Beheiry S, Zagrodzky J, Rong B, Mohanty S, Elayi CS, Forleo G, Pelargonio G, Narducci ML, Dello Russo A, Casella M, Fassini G, Tondo C, Schweikert RA, Natale A. Periprocedural Stroke and Bleeding Complications in Patients Undergoing Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation With Different Anticoagulation Management: Results From the Role of Coumadin in Preventing Thromboembolism in Atrial Fibrillation (AF) Patients Undergoing Catheter Ablation (COMPARE) Randomized Trial. Circulation. 2014 ;129:2638-44.</li>
<li>Di Biase L, Santangeli P, Burkhardt D, Bai R, Mohanty P, Carbucicchio C, Dello Russo A, Casella M, Mohanty S, Pump A, et al. Endo-epicardial homogenization of the scar versus limited substrate ablation for the treatment of electrical storms in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2012; 60:132-141.</li>
<li>Di Biase L, Santangeli P, Anselmino M, Mohanty P, Salvetti I, Gili S, Horton R, Sanchez JE, Bai R, Mohanty S, Pump A, Mauricio Cereceda Brantes, Gallinghouse GJ, Burkhardt JD, Federico Cesarani, Scaglione M, Natale A, Gaita F. Does the left atrial appendage morphology correlate with the risk of stroke in patients with AF? Result from a multicenter study. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2012;60:531-8.</li>
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<p>Luigi Di Biase, MD, PhD, FACC, FHRS, is Section Head of Electrophysiology and Director of Arrhythmia Services at Montefiore as well as Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) at our&nbsp;<a href="http://www.einstein.yu.edu/faculty/13629/luigi-di-biase/&quot; target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Albert Einstein College of Medicine</a>.</p><p>Dr. Di Biase attended University of Bari in Bari, Italy, graduating&nbsp;from its medical school in 2000 and Cardiology residency program in 2004. In 2006, he completed a second-level master&rsquo;s degree in Electrophysiology and Pacing at the University of Insubria, in Varese, Italy.</p><p>In 2007, Dr. Di Biase received a grant from the Italian National Society of Cardiology to pursue a research fellowship at the Miller Family Heart &amp; Vascular Institute at the Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Di Biase completed the PhD program in cardiovascular physiopathology at the University of Foggia, Italy, in 2010.</p><p>Dr. Di Biase's research focuses on cardiology and electrophysiology, with an emphasis on catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation and ventricular arrhythmias performed either manually or with robotic catheter navigation. His research focuses on heart failure, particularly in cases treated with cardiac resynchronization therapy devices.</p><p>Dr. Di Biase is the author of more than 450 publications in indexed journals, roughly 500 abstracts, and 16 electrophysiology book chapters. He has presented as an invited speaker at numerous national and international conferences and serves as Associate Editor for Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology (PACE) as well as&nbsp;the Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology (JICE). He is the Editorial Team Lead for the American College of Cardiology in the field of Electrophysiology. He co-authored the 2017 HRS/EHRA/ECAS/APHRS/SOLAECE expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation, which is globally referenced for best-practices in cardiac ablation.</p><p>Dr. Di Biase is the highest published Electrophysiology faculty member and is also one of the world&rsquo;s most published physicians on the topic of cardiac electrophysiology and atrial fibrillation.<br /><br /> Dr. Di Biase is a member of the Italian Federation of Cardiology and Electrophysiology (FIC- AIAC), the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA), the American College of Cardiology (ACC), and the American Heart Association (AHA). He is a fellow of the Heart Rhythm Society (FHRS) and the American College of Cardiology (FACC), and is an honorary member of the Korean Society of Cardiology.</p>

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Lili Zhang

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Cardiotoxicity of cancer therapy, immune checkpoint inhibitor myocarditis, and the application of multimodality imaging and machine-learning techniques in cardiovascular disease.

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<p>Lili Zhang, MD, is Director, Cardio-Oncology Program and Assistant Professor, Cardiology at Montefiore Einstein. A non-invasive cardiologist and a cardiac imaging specialist, Dr. Zhang&rsquo;s clinical focus is in Cardio-Oncology, cardiomyopathy, general cardiology, echocardiography and multimodality cardiac imaging.</p><p>In 2007, Dr. Zhang earned her Doctor of Medicine degree at Peking University, Beijing, China. Further education and postdoctoral training brought her to the U.S., completing her Master of Science in Epidemiology at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in 2011. She then came to Einstein, completing her residency in internal medicine in 2015 and her fellowship in cardiology in 2018. In 2019, Dr. Zhang completed her fellowship in Cardio-Oncology and cardiac imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital.</p><p>Dr. Zhang&rsquo;s research focuses on cardiotoxicity of cancer therapy, immune checkpoint inhibitor myocarditis, cardiovascular care and the application of multimodality imaging and machine-learning techniques in cardiovascular disease. Her research experience includes retrospective studies, prospective cohorts (ARIC and CHS), large multi-cohort consortiums (CHARGE and PAGE consortiums), randomized clinical trials (PROMISE trial), and international collaborative registries (international immune checkpoint inhibitor myocarditis registry and Global Cardio Oncology Registry). She has shared her work through more than 60 manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals and abstract publications.</p><p>Dr. Zhang is board certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease. She is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, and is a member of the American Heart Association and the international Cardio-Oncology Society. In 2021, she was awarded the Glorney-Raisbeck Junior Faculty Research Award in Cardiovascular Disease by New York Academy of Medicine.</p>

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Elissa G. Yozawitz

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Elissa

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<p>Pediatric neurology, epilepsy, neonatal neurology.</p>

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Dr. Yozawitz focuses on the management of neonatal neurology and pediatric epilepsy, particularly children and adolescents with difficult-to-treat seizures.&nbsp; She specializes in a variety of neurological conditions diagnosed in the newborn period, including hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, stroke, and seizures.&nbsp; She has expertise in EEG and advanced medical treatments. She provides care from the neonatal period through adolescence.

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Dr. Yozawitz&rsquo;s research is focused on neonatal seizures and early-life epilepsies, including infantile spasms.&nbsp; She is involved in multicenter studies to improve the diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes for children with epilepsy.&nbsp; She is also involved in assessing EEG changes during anesthesia.

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<p>Elissa G. Yozawitz, MD, is Director of Neonatal Neurology at Children&rsquo;s Hospital at Montefiore Einstein and Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Yozawitz focuses on the neurological management of children, from the neonatal period through adolescence, particularly those with difficult-to-treat seizures. She also specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, stroke and seizures in the newborn. Dr. Yozawitz&rsquo;s expertise includes electroencephalography (EEG) and state-of-the-art treatments.</p><p>After obtaining a Bachelor of Arts in psychology and in health and society from the University of Rochester in 2001, Dr. Yozawitz earned a Doctor of Medicine from the State University of New York Upstate Medical University in 2005. She completed a pediatric residency at Schneider Children&rsquo;s Hospital in 2007, followed by a residency in pediatric neurology at Montefiore Einstein in 2010. Dr. Yozawitz remained at Montefiore Einstein to complete a fellowship in clinical neurophysiology in 2011.</p><p>Dr. Yozawitz&rsquo;s research focuses on improving the identification and efficacy of treating early-life epilepsies, including infantile spasms. Her research also explores EEG changes during anesthesia. Dr. Yozawitz participated in multicenter studies, functioned as site principal investigator and co-investigator for multiple research projects, presented her research findings at national and international scientific meetings, published in numerous peer-reviewed journals and authored several book chapters. She served as a reviewer for medical journals including <em>Epilepsia, Epileptic Disorders, Neurology</em> and the <em>New England Journal of Medicine</em>, among others. For several years, Dr. Yozawitz participated in the work of international committees tasked to revise nosology and treatment guidelines for neonatal and childhood epilepsy.</p><p>Dr. Yozawitz is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in Epilepsy and Neurology, with special certification in Child Neurology. She is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, the American Epilepsy Society and the Child Neurology Society. Dr. Yozawitz repeatedly has been named in Castle Connolly&rsquo;s &ldquo;Regional Top Doctor,&rdquo; &ldquo;Top Doctors: New York Metro Area.&rdquo; She additionally has been listed in <em>New York Magazine&rsquo;s</em> &ldquo;Top Doctors&rdquo; for multiple years.</p>

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Michael Yee

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Michael

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Reza Yassari

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Reza

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<p>Dr. Yassari earned his medical degree from the Vienna School of Medicine in Austria and a Master of Science in Experimental Pathology from the University of Chicago. He completed his residency in Neurosurgery at the University of Chicago Medical Center and was a fellow at the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics. Subsequently he was an instructor at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Spinal Oncology and Reconstructive and Complex Spine with the Dept. of Neurosurgery. Dr. Yassari specializes in the treatment of complex degenerative, traumatic and neoplastic spine diseases, including intrinsic extradural, intradural and intramedullary spinal cord tumors as well as metastatic spine tumors. Dr. Yassari;s clinical focus is in spinal oncology in collaboration with the Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care and the Department of Radiation Oncology. He combines his training in minimally invasive surgery and spinal oncology with the existing infrastructure for advanced intraoperative image guidance technology at Montefiore Medical Center to offer innovative, cutting-edge surgical treatment options to patients with all aspects of spine pathologies, in particular metastatic spine disease.</p>
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<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">YassariR</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">,JahromiB,MacdonaldR.Duralarteriovenousfistulaafter craniotomy for pilocytic astrocytoma in a patient with protein S deficiency. Surg Neurol. 2002 Jul;58(1):59-64; discussion 64. PMID: 12361657 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">KhodarevNN,YuJ,LabayE,DargaT,BrownCK,MauceriHJ,</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Gupta N, Weichselbaum RR. Tumor-endothelium interactions in co- culture: coordinated changes of gene expression profiles and phenotypic properties of endothelial cells. J Cell Sci. 2003 Mar 15;116(Pt 6):1013-22. PMID: 12584245 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">AiharaY,JahromiBS,</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">YassariR</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">,SayamaT,MacdonaldRL.Effectsofa nitric oxide donor on and correlation of changes in cyclic nucleotide levels with experimental vasospasm. Neurosurgery. 2003 Mar;52(3):661-7; discussion 666-7. PMID: 12590692 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">AiharaY,JahromiBS,</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">YassariR</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">,NikitinaE,Agbaje-WilliamsM, Macdonald RL. Molecular profile of vascular ion channels after experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2004 Jan;24(1):75-83. PMID: 14688619 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">MacdonaldRL,CurryDJ,AiharaY,ZhangZD,JahromiBS,</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">YassariR</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. Magnesium and experimental vasospasm. J Neurosurg. 2004 Jan;100(1):106-10. PMID: 14743919 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">YassariR</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">,FrimD.EvaluationandmanagementoftheChiari malformation type 1 for the primary care pediatrician. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2004 Apr;51(2):477-90. Review. PMID: 15062680 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">YassariR</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">,SayamaT,JahromiBS,AiharaY,StoodleyM,MacdonaldRL. Angiographic, hemodynamic and histological characterization of an arteriovenous fistula in rats. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2004 May;146(5):495- 504. Epub 2004 Mar 25. PMID: 15118887 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">CallejaR,</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">YassariR</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">,WilkinsonEP,WebbR.Bladderoutflowobstruction caused by prostatic calculi. ScientificWorldJournal. 2004 Jun 7;4 Suppl 1:46-7. No abstract available. PMID:15349526 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">FaganLH,FergusonS,</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">YassariR</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">,FrimDM.TheChiaripseudotumor cerebri syndrome: symptom recurrence after decompressive surgery for Chiari malformation type I. Pediatr Neurosurg. 2006;42(1):14-9. PMID: 16357496 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Musleh W, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Hecox K, Kohrman M, Chico M, Frim D. Low incidence of subdural grid-related complications in prolonged pediatric EEG monitoring. Pediatr Neurosurg. 2006;42(5):284-7. PMID: 16902339 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. Miracle surgery for foreign patients. Virtual Mentor. 2008 Apr 1;10(4):206-10. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.4.ccas3-0804. No abstract available. PMID: 23206909 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Jahromi BS, Aihara Y, Ai J, Zhang ZD, Weyer G, Nikitina E, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Houamed KM, Macdonald RL. Preserved BK channel function in vasospastic myocytes from a dog model of subarachnoid hemorrhage. J </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Vasc Res. 2008;45(5):402-15. doi: 10.1159/000124864. Epub 2008 Apr </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">10. PMID: 18401179<br /></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Aihara Y, Jahromi BS, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Takahashi M, Macdonald RL. Induction </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">of housekeeping gene expression after subarachnoid hemorrhage in dogs. J Neurosci Methods. 2008 Jul 15;172(1):1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2008.03.020. Epub 2008 Apr 10. PMID: 18490059 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Jahromi BS, Aihara Y, Ai J, Zhang ZD, Weyer G, Nikitina E, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Houamed KM, Macdonald RL. Temporal profile of potassium channel dysfunction in cerebrovascular smooth muscle after experimental subarachnoid haemorrhage. Neurosci Lett. 2008 Jul 25;440(1):81-6. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.05.015. Epub 2008 May 10. PMID: 18547725 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Bydon A, Xu R, Conte JV, Gokaslan ZL, Brinker JA, Witham TF, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. Surgical mystery: where is the missing pituitary rongeur tip? Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2010 Aug 1;35(17):E867-72. doi:10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181d85bec. PMID: 20628330 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Clarke MJ, Hsu W, Suk I, McCarthy E, Black JH 3rd, Sciubba DM, Bydon A, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Witham TF, Gokaslan ZL, Wolinsky JP. Three-level en bloc spondylectomy for chordoma. Neurosurgery. 2011 Jun;68(2 Suppl Operative):325-33; discussion 333. doi: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e31821348c9. PMID: 21368699 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Aliaga L, Hekman KE, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Straus D, Luther G, Chen J, Sampat A, Frim D. A novel scoring system for assessing Chiari malformation type I treatment outcomes. Neurosurgery. 2012 Mar;70(3):656-64; discussion 664-5. doi: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e31823200a6. PMID: 21849925 </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Ammar A, Zarnegar R, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Kinon M. Large central lumbar disc herniation causing acute cauda equina syndrome with loss of evoked potentials during prone positioning for surgery. Surg Neurol Int. 2018 Mar 19;9:66. doi: 10.4103/sni.sni_482_17. eCollection 2018. PMID: 29629233 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">De la Garza-Ramos R, Nakhla J, Gelfand Y, Echt M, Scoco AN, Kinon MD, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. Predicting critical care unit-level complications after long- segment fusion procedures for adult spinal deformity. J Spine Surg. 2018 Mar;4(1):55-61. doi: 10.21037/jss.2018.03.15. PMID: 29732423 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">De la Garza Ramos R, Nakhla J, Echt M, Gelfand Y, Altschul DJ, Cho W, Kinon MD, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. Use of Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 in Vertebral Column Tumor Surgery: A National Investigation. World Neurosurg. World Neurosurg. 2018 Sep;117:e17-e21. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2018.04.190. Epub 2018 May 4. PMID: 29733987 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">De la Garza Ramos R, Nakhla J, Echt M, Schulz JF, Gomez JA, Cho W, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. A National Analysis on Predictors of Discharge to Rehabilitation after Corrective Surgery for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2018 Jun 21. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000002758. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 29933335 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Echt M, De la Garza Ramos R, Nakhla J, Gelfand Y, Cezayirli P, Holland R, Kinon MD, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. The Effect of Cigarette Smoking on Wound Complications After Single-Level Posterolateral and Interbody Fusion for Spondylolisthesis. World Neurosurg. 2018 Aug;116:e824-e829. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2018.05.103. Epub 2018 May 23. PMID: 29803058 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">De la Garza Ramos R, Nakhla J, Echt M, Gelfand Y, Altschul DJ, Cho W, Kinon MD, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. Use of Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 in Vertebral Column Tumor Surgery: A National Investigation. World Neurosurg. World Neurosurg. 2018 Sep;117:e17-e21. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2018.04.190. Epub 2018 May 4. PMID: 29733987 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">De la Garza Ramos R, Nakhla J, Echt M, Gelfand Y, Scoco AN, Kinon MD, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. Risk Factors for 30-Day Readmissions and Reoperations After 3-Column Osteotomy for Spinal Deformity. Global Spine J. 2018 Aug;8(5):483-489. doi: 10.1177/2192568217739886. Epub 2018 Apr 26. PMID: 30258754 </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">De la Garza Ramos R, Nakhla J, Bhashyam N, Ammar AE, Scoco AN, Kinon MD, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. Trends in the Use of Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery: A 10-Year Analysis of 54</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">&thinsp; </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">054 Patients. Int J Spine Surg. 2018 Aug 31;12(4):453-459. doi: 10.14444/5054. eCollection 2018 Aug </span></li>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Invited Faculty/Courses/Conferences/Panellist </span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<ol>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">&ldquo;ManagementoftheNeurotraumaPatient&rdquo;.SynthesTraumaCourse2011. Faculty Member, Palm Beach Garden, July 9-10, 2011. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">&ldquo;PrinciplesofSpinalDisordersforORPersonnel&rdquo;.AOSpineNorthAmerica Course. Faculty Member, AOSpine, Philadelphia Dec 2, 2011. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">&ldquo;ManagementoftheNeurotraumaPatient&rdquo;.SynthesTraumaCourse2012. Faculty Member, Pittsburgh, March 30- April 1, 2012. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">&ldquo;OperativeTechniquesForPedicleScrewPlacement&rdquo;.Medtronic Cadaveric Course. Faculty Member, Montefiore Medical Center, April 21, 2012. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">&ldquo;ThinkBeforeYouLeap,ThereisaTumorBelow.SurgicalManagement of Spinal Tumors.&rdquo; Future Leaders Workshop: Decision Making &amp; Treatment Options for Spine Tumors, Synthes Course, Faculty Member, New York, May 11, 2013. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">&ldquo;SurgicalTreatmentofIntraduralTumors&rdquo;.FutureLeadersWorkshop: Surgical Management of Thoracolumbar Spine Tumors, Synthes Course, Faculty Member, New York, Aug 22-23, 2014. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">&ldquo;PrinciplesandTreatmentofSpinalDisordersforResidents&rdquo;,AOSpine North America Course, Faculty Member, AO Spine, Las Vegas, Jan 23- 24, 2015. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">&ldquo;Cervical Disease Case Discussion&rdquo;, 5</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Annual Johns Hopkins Spine Workshop, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Aug 28-29, 2015. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">&ldquo;MIS Case Discussion&rdquo;, 6</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Annual Johns Hopkins Spine Workshop, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Aug 26-27, 2016. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">New York Society for Neurosurgeons: Resident Research Night, 2016. Member of the Jury, New York, July 27</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2016. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">&ldquo;Principles and Treatment of Spinal Disorders for Residents&rdquo;, AOSpine North America, Faculty Member, AO Spine, Las Vegas, Jan 13-14, 2017. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">New York Society for Neurosurgeons: Resident Research Night, 2017. Member of the Jury, New York, August 17</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2017. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">&ldquo;Cervical Case Discussion&rdquo;, 7</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Annual Johns Hopkins Spine Workshop, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Sept 22-23, 2017. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">&ldquo;Surgical Revision Strategies&rdquo;, The Musculoskeletal Education and Research Center Course, Miami, Oct 7</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2017. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">&ldquo;Minimally Invasive Posterior Approaches&rdquo;, 8</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Annual Johns Hopkins Spine Workshop, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Sept 7-8, 2018. </span></li>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Invited Presentations </span></p>
<p><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">YassariR</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">.HSV1Encephalitis:DiagnosisandTreatment.Presentedat the Grand Rounds, Section of Neurosurgery, University of Chicago Hospitals, December 1996. </span></p>
<p><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">YassariR</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">.Aforeignbodyinthebladderofa35-year-oldwoman. Presented at the Grand Rounds, Dept. of Urology, Norfolk &amp; Norwich Hospital, November 1997. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">YassariR</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">.NecrotizingFasciitisafterPercutaneousNephrolithotomy. Presented for the </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-style: italic;">William-Fellowes-Prize 1997</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Norfolk &amp; Norwich Hospital, October 1997. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">YassariR</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">.DetectionofHSVDNAinbraintissueby</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-style: italic;">insitu</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Polymerase Chain Reaction. Presented for the </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-style: italic;">Wilhelm-Auerswald-Dissertation-Prize 1997</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Austrian Society of Physicians, May 1998. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">YassariR</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">.TheRoleofEphrinsinthePathogenesisofArterio-Venous Malformations. 93</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">rd </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">American College of Surgeons Meeting, New Orleans, Oct 2007. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">YassariR</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">.LowBackPain.JohnsHopkinsBayviewMedicalCenter. Interactive Seminar with prospective patients. Sept 9</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2010. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">YassariR</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">.BackandNeckPain.JohnsHopkinsBayviewMedicalCenter. Interactive Seminar with prospective patients. Nov 11</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2010. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari, R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. Cervical Spondylosis, Disc Herniation, and OPLL. </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-style: italic;">7</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-style: italic; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-style: italic;">Annual Clinical Meeting Degenerative Disease of the Spine: Diagnosis &amp; Management</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. Montefiore Medical Center, Nov 7</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2010. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari,R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">.SurgicalManagementofCervicalDiscDisease:Anterior Cervical Fusion is the Answer. </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-style: italic;">7</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-style: italic; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-style: italic;">Annual Clinical Meeting Degenerative Disease of the Spine: Diagnosis &amp; Management</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. Montefiore Medical Center, Nov 7</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">,2010. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari, R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. Patterns of Metastatic Disease. </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-style: italic;">7</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-style: italic; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-style: italic;">Annual Clinical Meeting Degenerative Disease of the Spine: Diagnosis &amp; Management</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. Montefiore Medical Center, Nov 7</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2010. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari, R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. Spinal Disease in Cancer Patients. Oncology Grand Rounds, Montefiore Medical Center, Nov, 11</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2010. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari, R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. &ldquo;Symposium: Current Techniques in the Management of Spine Tumors: Diagnosis and Overview of Treatment Options.&rdquo; Panelist, North American Spine Society, 26</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Annual Meeting, Chicago, November 5</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2011. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari, R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. &ldquo;Physiology &amp; Pathophysiology of Intracranial Pressure.&rdquo; St. Barnabas Hospital Trauma Grand Rounds, Nov 9</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2012. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari, R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. &ldquo;Recognition &amp; Treatment of Increased Intracranial Pressure.&rdquo; St. Barnabas Hospital ER Grand Rounds, Dec 12</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2012. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. &ldquo;Surgical Techniques and Methods for Spinal Surgery&rdquo;, 3</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">rd </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">University Central Hospital, Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia, Visiting Professor Neurosurgery, May 19</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2014. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari, R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. &ldquo;Relief and Rebuilding in Times of Crisis: Refugee and Humanitarian Aid.&rdquo; Panelist, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, International Women&rsquo;s Day Global Health Symposium. March 6, 2014. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. &ldquo;Surgical Management of Anterior Fossa &amp; Orbital Roof Defects&rdquo;, National Central Hospital, Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia, Visiting Professor, Dept. of Neurosurgery, May 23</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2014. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. &ldquo;Surgical Management of Intradural Spinal Cord Tumors&rdquo;, 3</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">rd </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">University Central Hospital, Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia, Visiting Professor, Dept. of Neurosurgery, May 20</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2014. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. &ldquo;Neurosurgical Training in the U.S&rdquo;, National Central Hospital, Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia, Visiting Professor, Dept. of Neurosurgery, May 21</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">st</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2014. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">20.</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. &ldquo;Vertebral Development and Malformation&rdquo;, 3</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">rd </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">University Central Hospital, Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia, Visiting Professor, Dept. of Neurosurgery, May 20</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2014. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">21.</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. &ldquo;Chiari Malformation&rdquo;, 3</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">rd </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">University Central Hospital, Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia, Visiting Professor, Dept. of Neurosurgery, May 20</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2014. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">22.</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. &ldquo;Surgical Techniques and Methods for Spinal Surgery&rdquo;, 3</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">rd </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">University Central Hospital, Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia, Visiting Professor, Dept. of Neurosurgery, May 19</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2014. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">23.</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. &ldquo;Resection Technique Thoracic Chest Wall Tumors with Spinal Involvement.&rdquo; Cardiothoracic Surgery Grand Rounds, Montefiore Medical Center, Aug 11</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2014. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">24.</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari, R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. &ldquo;L1 Fracture: Diagnosis and Treatment&rdquo;. AOSpine Course, Principles and Treatment of Spinal Disorders for Residents, Las Vegas, January 23</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">rd</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2015. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">25.</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari, R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. &ldquo;Women&rsquo;s Health: Rewriting the Goals&rdquo;. Panelist, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Women and Global Development Forum. Chicago, March 6</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2015. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">26.</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari, R. </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">&ldquo;Spinal Tumors: Overview of Treatment Options&rdquo; 3</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">rd </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">University Central Hospital, Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia, Visiting Professor, Dept. of Neurosurgery, May 12</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2015. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">27.</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari, R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. "Current Concepts in Endovascular Intracranial Emergencies&rdquo;. Ministry of Health Annual Neuroscience Meeting, Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia, Visiting Professor, Dept. of Neurosurgery, May 15</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2015. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">28.</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. &ldquo;Minimally Invasive Stereotactic Separation Surgery for Resection of Metastatic Spine Lesions: A Feasibility Study&rdquo;. AOSpine Global Spine Congress 2015, Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 21</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">st</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2015. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">29.</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R. </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">&ldquo;Mongolia Initiative 2015&rdquo;. Globus Headquarter, Pennsylvania, Sept 21</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">st</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2015. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">30.</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari, R. </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">&ldquo;Unusual Imaging Findings in the Patient with Spine Pain: To Treat Or Not To Treat?&rdquo; 2015 Annual Assembly, American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Boston, Oct 2</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">nd</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2015. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">31.</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari, R. </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">&ldquo;Management of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhages&rdquo;, Annual Stroke Meeting, Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia, Visiting Professor, Dept. of Neurosurgery, May 27</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2016. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">32.</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari, R. </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">&ldquo;Better Residents, Better Surgeons, Better Hospitals&rdquo;, Grand Rounds, Visiting Professor, Northwestern University, Department of Neurosurgery, Chicago, July 8</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">2016. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">33.</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R. </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">&ldquo;Mongolia Mission 2014-2016&rdquo;. Stryker Headquarter, Long Island, New York, Sept 12</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2016. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">34.</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R. </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">&ldquo;Spinal Oncology: A Multidisciplinary Approach&rdquo;. The Powelton Club, Newburgh, New York, September 24</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2016. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">35.</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R. </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">&ldquo;The Future of Surgical Education&rdquo;. Grand Rounds, Visiting Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery at Columbia University Medical Center and New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, October 28</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2016. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">36.</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari, R. </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">&ldquo;Better Residents, Better Surgeons, Better Hospitals&rdquo;, Grand Rounds, Visiting Professor, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery, Baltimore, December 15</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2016. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">37.</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari, R. </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">&ldquo;Primary Tumors of the Spine: Diagnosis and Treatment&rdquo;. AOSpine Course, Principles and Treatment of Spinal Disorders for Residents, Las Vegas, January 14</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2017. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">38.</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari, R. </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">&ldquo;Hematogenous Infections of the Spine&rdquo;. AOSpine Course, Principles and Treatment of Spinal Disorders for Residents, Las Vegas, January 14</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2017. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">39.</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. &ldquo;Innovation in Surgical Education&rdquo;. Grand Rounds, Visiting Professor, Yale School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, New Haven, March 3</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">rd</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2017. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">40.De la Garza Ramos R, Nakhla J, Purvis T, Sciubba D, Kinon M, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. &ldquo;Factors Associated with Prolonged Ventilation and Reintubation in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery&rdquo;. AO Global Spine Conference, Milan, May 3-6, 2017. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">41.Bhashyam N, De la Garza Ramos R, Nakhla J, Jada A, Nasser R, Purvis T, Sciubba D, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. &ldquo;30-day Readmission and Reoperation after Single-level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion versus Cervical Disc Replacement&rdquo;. AO Global Spine Conference, Milan, May 3-6, 2017. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">42.De la Garza Ramos R, Nakhla J, Bhashyam N, Nasser R, Jada A, Purvis T, Sciubba D, Kinon M, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R. </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">&ldquo;Risk factors for 30-day readmissions and reoperations after three-column osteotomy for complex spinal deformity.&rdquo; AO Global Spine Conference, Milan, May 3-6, 2017. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">43.</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. &ldquo;Surgical Treatment of Encephalocele&rdquo;. 3</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">rd </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">University Central Hospital, Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia, Visiting Professor Neurosurgery, May 22</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">nd</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2017. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">44.</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. &ldquo;Data-Driven Resident Education: A New Approach to Standardizing Residency Training&rdquo;. Grand Rounds, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Dept. of Neurosurgery, October 2</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">nd</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2017. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">45.</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. &ldquo;Towards Data-Driven Residency Training: New Venues and Perspectives&rdquo;. Grand Rounds, Visiting Professor, University of Cincinnati, Dept. of Neurosurgery, October 4</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2017. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">46.</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R. </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">&ldquo;Surgical Revision Strategies&rdquo;, The Musculoskeletal Education and Research Center Course, Miami, October 7</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, 2017. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">47.De la Garza Ramos R, Nouri A, Nakhla J, Patel S, Kinon M, Cheng J, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Fehlings MG. &ldquo;Best versus Worst Neurological Outcome after Surgery for Cervical Degenerative Myelopathy: An Ambispective Analysis of a Global AOSpine Cohort of Patients&rdquo;. Spine Summit 2018 - 34th Annual Meeting of the Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, March 14-17, 2018. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">48.De la Garza Ramos R, Rahmdani S, Nakhla J, Comair M, Kinon M, Sciubba DM, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Bydon A. &ldquo;T1 versus T2 as Lowest Instrumented Vertebra in Multilevel Posterior Cervicothoracic Fusion: A Multicenter Study&rdquo;. Spine Summit 2018 - 34th Annual Meeting of the Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, March 14-17, 2018. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">49.De la Garza Ramos R, Nakhla J, Bhashyam N, Scoco A, Nasser R, Jada A, Kinon M, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. &ldquo;The Effect Of Body Mass Index On Surgical Outcomes After Posterior Spinal Fusion For Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis&rdquo;. AO Global Spine Conference, Singapore, May 2-5, 2018. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">50.Kinon M, Greeley S, Harris JA, Gelfand Y, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Patel P, Mirabile B, Bucklen B. &ldquo;Biomechanical Evaluation Examining the Importance of Posterior Fixation in a Cervical Hybrid Decompression Model using Both Traditional Methods and Zero-Profile Device&rdquo;. AO Global Spine Conference, Singapore, May 2-5, 2018. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">51.Kinon M, Greeley S, Harris JA, Gelfand Y, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Patel P, Mirabile B, Bucklen B. &ldquo;Do Zero-Profile Devices Affect Long-term Stability in a Cervical Hybrid Decompression Model? A Biomechanical In-Vitro Study&rdquo;. AO Global Spine Conference, Singapore, May 2-5, 2018. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">52.</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Helvetica';">Rafael De la Garza Ramos R, Nakhla JP, Sciubba DM, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Helvetica'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Helvetica';">. </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Iliac screw versus S2 alar-iliac screw fixation in adults: a meta-analysis. 4th International Spinal Deformity Symposium</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Helvetica';">, New York, Nov 30 &ndash; Dec 1, 2018. </span></p>
<p><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Poster/Abstracts Presentations </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">YassariR</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">,SayamaT,JahromiBS,AiharaY,MacdonaldRL(2002). &ldquo;Angiographic, hemodynamic and histological characterization of an arteriovenous fistula in rats&rdquo;. 9th Annual Charles Huggins Research Conference, May 11, 2002, Chicago, Illinois. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">YassariR</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">,SayamaT,JahromiBS,AiharaY,MacdonaldRL(2002). &ldquo;Angiographic, hemodynamic and histological characterization of an arteriovenous fistula in rats&rdquo;. 52nd Annual Meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Sept. 21-26, 2002, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">AiharaY,JahromiBS,</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">YassariR</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">,SayamaT,MacdonaldRL(2002). Effect of a nitric oxide donor on experimental vasospasm. 52nd Annual Meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Sept. 21-26, 2002, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">YassariR</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">,MacdonaldRL,SayamaT,JahromiBS,AiharaY(2003). &ldquo;Hemodynamic, angiographic and histological features of a rat arteriovenous fistula model&rdquo;. 6th Joint Meeting of the AANS/CNS Section of Cerebrovascular Surgery and the American Society of Interventional &amp; Therapeutic Neuroradiology, Phoenix, Arizona, Feb. 15-19, 2003. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">AiharaY,JahromiBS,</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">YassariR</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">,SayamaT,MacdonaldRL(2003). &ldquo;Effect of a nitric oxide donor on and correlation of changes in cyclic nucleotide levels with experimental vasospasm&rdquo;. 28th International Stroke Conference, Phoenix, Arizona , Feb. 13-15, 2003. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">AiharaY,JahromiBS,</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">YassariR</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">,SayamaT,MacdonaldRL(2003). &ldquo;Nitric oxide replenishment does not prevent experimental vasospasm: possible block in distal vasorelaxation pathway&rdquo;. 71st Annual Meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, San Diego, California, Apr. 26-May 1, 2003. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">JahromiBS,AiharaY,Agbaje-WilliamsM,NikitinaE,WeyerG,RyanD, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Macdonald RL (2003). &ldquo;Potassium channel dysfunction in cerebral vasospasm&rdquo;. 10th Annual Charles Huggins Research Conference, Chicago, Illinois, May 10, 2003. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">YassariR,</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">FrimDM,FaganL,YaminiB(2003).IndicationforChiari decompression derived from outcome analysis: a retrospective study of 82 patients.10th Annual Charles Huggins Research Conference, Chicago, Illinois, May 10, 2003. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">JahromiBS,AiharaY,WeyerGW,Agbaje-WilliamsM,NikitinaE,</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Macdonald RL (2003). &ldquo;Potassium channel dysfunction in experimental cerebral vasospasm&rdquo;. 71st Annual Meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, San Diego, California, Apr. 26-May 1, 2003. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">10.Jahromi BS, Aihara Y, Agbaje-Williams M, Nikitina E, Weyer GW, Ryan D, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Macdonald RL (2003). Kv2.2 Downregulation Following Experimental Cerebral Vasospasm in Dogs. 8th International Conference on Cerebral Vasospasm, Chicago, Illinois, July 10-12, 2003. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">11.Jahromi BS, Aihara Y, Agbaje-Williams M, Nikitina E, Weyer GW, Ryan D, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Macdonald RL (2003). Voltage-gated potassium channels are downregulated in experimental cerebral vasospasm. 53rd Annual Meeting </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Denver, Colorado, Oct. 18-23, </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">2003.<br />12.Jahromi BS, Aihara Y, Agbaje-Williams M, Nikitina E, Weyer GW, Ryan D, </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Macdonald RL (2004). Downregulation of potassium channels contributes to smooth muscle depolarization and contraction in cerebral vasospasm. 29th International Stroke Conference, San Diego, California, Feb. 5-7, 2004. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">13.</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Hsuh W, Sciubba D, Witham T, Bydon A, Gokaslan Z, Wolinsky JP (2010). &ldquo;The Use of Bone Morphogenic Protein in Cervical Fusion for Cervical Instability: An Outcome Study&rdquo;. Poster at the 4</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">AO Spine Fellow Meeting, Banff, Canada, April 2010 </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">14.Clarke M, Suk I, Sciubba D, Witham T, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Bydon A, Gokaslan Z, Wolinsky JP (2011). &ldquo;Cervical Reconstruction Using Lateral Mass Cages&rdquo;. Poster at the 27</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; vertical-align: 6.000000pt;">th </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Annual Meeting of AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Phoenix, Arizona, March 9-12, 2011 </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">15.Baxi, N, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">(2013). &ldquo;Intraoperative O-arm Image Guided Navigation for the Localization and Resection of Spinal Tumors&rdquo;. Digital Poster at the 2013 AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, March 6 &ndash; 9, 2013. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">16.Nasser R, Sharan A, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">(2014). &ldquo;Minimally Invasive Stereotactic Separation Surgery for Resection of Metastatic Spine Lesion: A Feasibility Study&rdquo;. Digital Poster at the 2014 CNS Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, Oct 18 &ndash; 22, 2014. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">17.Legatt, A, Nakhla, J, Weicker, MA, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari, R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. (2015). &ldquo;Increased Spinal Canal Compression from Patient Positioning Detected by Intraoperative MEP and SEP Monitoring&rdquo;. 2015 Annual Meeting of the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society, Houston, Texas, February 6-8, 2015. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">18.Nakhla J, De la Garza Ramos, Kinon M, Jada A, Nasser R, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. &ldquo;Minimally Invasive Transpedicular Approach for the Treatment of Thoracic Disk Disease: A Technical Note and Comparison to Open Transpedicular Appraoch&rdquo;. 35th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Minimal Intervention in Spinal Surgery (ISMISS), Chicago, Illinois, January 18-20, 2017. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">19.Nakhla J, Garza R, Kobets A, Jacob J, Bhashyam N, Gibber M, Garfein E, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. &ldquo;A Novel Approach to Training Surgical Residents through Standardization and Individualization: A Proof of Concept Project&rdquo;. 2017 ACGME Annual Educational Conference, Orlando, Florida, March 9-12, 2017. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">20.De La Garza Ramos R, Ramhmdani S, Kosztowski T, Xu R, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Bydon, &ldquo;A Prognostic Value of Preoperative Nurick Grade and Time with Symptoms in Patients with Cervical Myelopathy and Gait Impairment&rdquo;. 2017 AANS Meeting, Los Angeles, California, April 22-26, 2017. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">21.De la Garza Ramos R, Nakhla J, Bhashyam N, Scoco A, Nasser R, Jada A, Kinon M, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. &ldquo;Case-control study of risk factors for surgical site infection after three-column osteotomy for complex spine deformity&rdquo;. 2017 AANS Meeting, Los Angeles, California, April 22-26, 2017. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">22.De la Garza Ramos R, Nakhla J, Bhashyam N, Nasser R, Jada A, Kinon M, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. &ldquo;Trends in The Use of Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery: A 10-year Analysis of 54,054 Patients&rdquo;. 2017 AANS Meeting, Los Angeles, California, April 22-26, 2017. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">23.Nakhla J, De la Garza Ramos, Kinon M, Jada A, Nasser R, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. &ldquo;Impact of kidney disease on acute tubular necrosis and surgical site infection after lumbar fusion&rdquo;. 2017 AANS Meeting, Los Angeles, California, April 22-26, 2017. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">24.Haranhalli N, Gelfand Y, Abramowicz A, Siyez A, Elahi E, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. &ldquo;Surgical and Teaching Mission to Mongolia: Experience and Lessons&rdquo;. 2017 AANS Meeting, Los Angeles, California, April 22-26, 2017. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">25.Bhashyam N, De la Garza Ramos R, Nakhla J, Jacob J, Echt M, Ammar A, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Kinon M. &ldquo;Impact of BMI on 30-day outcomes after spino- pelvic fixation surgery&rdquo;. 2017 AANS Meeting, Los Angeles, California. April 22-26, 2017. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">26.De la Garza Ramos R, Nakhla J, Bhashyam N, Nasser R, Jada A, Purvis T, Sciubba D, Kinon M, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">(2017). &ldquo;Incidence and Factors Associated with Intensive Care Unit-Level Complications in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery&rdquo;. 2017 AO Global Spine Conference, Milan, Italy, May 3-6, 2017. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">27.De la Garza Ramos R, Nakhla J, Bhashyam N, Nasser R, Jada A, Purvis T, Sciubba D, Kinon M, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">(2017). &ldquo;Surgeon Volume Threshold to Reduce Inpatient Morbidity after 1 and 2-Level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion.&rdquo; 2017 AO Global Spine Conference, Milan, Italy, May 3-6, 2017. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">28.De la Garza Ramos R, Nakhla J, Bhashyam N, Nasser R, Jada A, Purvis T, Sciubba D, Kinon M, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">(2017). &ldquo;The Impact of Hospital Teaching Status on Timing of Intervention, Inpatient Morbidity, and Mortality after Surgery for Vertebral Column Fractures with Spinal Cord Injury&rdquo;. 2017 AO Global Spine Conference, Milan, Italy, May 3-6, 2017. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">29.Nakhla J, De la Garza Ramos R, Kinon M, Jada A, Nasser R, Haranhalli N, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">(2017). &ldquo;Minimally Invasive Transpedicular Approach For the Treatment of Thoracic Disc Disease: A Technical Note and Comparison to Open Transpedicular Approach&rdquo;. 2017 AO Global Spine Conference, Milan, Italy, May 3-6, 2017. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">30.De la Garza Ramos R, Nakhla J, Scoco A, Altschul D, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R. </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">(2017). &ldquo;30-day morbidity and mortality after subdural hematoma evacuation in patients with end-stage renal disease&rdquo;. 2017 CNS Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, Oct 7-11, 2017. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">31.De la Garza Ramos R, Nakhla J, Bhashyam N, Kinon M, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. (2017). &ldquo;Predicting critical care unit-level complications after long-segment fusion procedures for adult spinal deformity&rdquo;. 2017 CNS Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, Oct 7-11, 2017. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">32.Bhashyam N, De la Garza Ramos R, Nakhla J, Kinon M, Udemba A, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. (2017). &ldquo;30-Day Outcomes after Vertebroplasty or Kyphoplasty </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">in Patients with Pathological Spinal Fractures&rdquo;. 2017 CNS Meeting, </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Boston, Massachusetts, Oct 7-11, 2017.<br />33.Holland, R, De la Garza Ramos, R, Sabourin, V, Nakhla, J, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari, R. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">&ldquo;</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Incidence of Durotomy in Spine Surgery: A National Inpatient Sample Analysis.&rdquo; 2018 AANS Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 26 &ndash; May 2, 2018. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">34.Nakhla J, De la Garza Ramos R, Echt M, Holland R, Kobets A, Kinon MD, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. &ldquo;Use of Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 in Vertebral Column Tumor Surgery: a National Investigation.&rdquo; 2018 AANS Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 26 &ndash; May 2, 2018. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">35.Kobets AJ, Ammar A, Nakhla J, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'; color: rgb(9.803922%, 9.803922%, 9.803922%);">De la Garza Ramos R, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Kinon M, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Goodrich JT. Craniofacial Miniplate Internal Fixation in Correction of Congenital Kyphosis in an Infant with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome: Technical Report&rdquo;. AO Global Spine Conference, Singapore, May 2-5, 2018. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">36.De la Garza Ramos R, Nakhla J, Bhashyam N, Scoco A, Nasser R, Jada A, Kinon M, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. &ldquo;Revision Surgery after T1 versus T2 as Lowest Instrumented Vertebra in Multilevel Posterior Cervico-Thoracic Fusion&rdquo;. AO Global Spine Conference, Singapore, May 2-5, 2018. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">37.Nakhla J, De la Garza Ramos R, Altschul D, Kinon M, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. &ldquo;Rare Complications in Cervical Spine Surgery: A National Analysis of 370,410 Elective Cases&rdquo;. AO Global Spine Conference, Singapore, May 2-5, 2018. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Nakhla J, Echt M, De la Garza Ramos R, Cezayirli P, Kobets A, Altschul D, Kinon M, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. &ldquo;The Effect of Cigarette Smoking on Wound Complication after Single Level Posterior Lateral and Interbody Fusion for Lumbar Spondylolisthesis&rdquo;. AO Global Spine Conference, Singapore, May 2-5, 2018. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Nakhla J, De la Garza Ramos R, Echt M, Ammar A, Gelfand Y, Kobets A, Kinon M, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. &ldquo;Perioperative Complication in Elderly Patient Undergoing Single Level Posterior Lateral and Interbody Fusion for Lumbar Spondylolisthesis&rdquo;. AO Global Spine Conference, Singapore, May 2-5, 2018. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">De la Garza Ramos R, Nouri A, Nakhla J, Echt M, Kinon M, Cheng JS, Fehlings MG, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. Best versus Worst Neurological Outcome after Surgery for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: An Analysis of A Global AOSpine Cohort of Patients. NASS Spine Across the Sea, Hawaii, June 30-Aug 2, 2018. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Nakhla J, Yassari R, De la Garza R, Nouri Aria, Kobets A, Echt M, Kato S, Fehlings MG, Cheng JS, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. Improvement vs deterioration of the neck disability index after surgery for degenerative cervical myelopathy: An analysis of a global cohort of patients. NASS Spine Across the Sea, Hawaii, June 30-Aug 2, 2018. </span></p>
<p><br /><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Books, Chapters in Books and Review Articles </span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">AiharaY,JahromiBS,</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">YassariR</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">,NikitinaE,Agbaje-WilliamsM, Macdonald RL. &ldquo;Changes in vascular ion channels after subarachnoid </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">haemorrhage&rdquo;. In: </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-style: italic;">Cerebral Vasospasm. Proc. of the 8th Int. Conference</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">ed. Macdonald RL. New York, Thieme Medical Publishers; 2008. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">JahromiBS,AiharaY,Agbaje-WilliamsM,NikitinaE,WeyerG,RyanD, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Macdonald RL. &ldquo;Potassium channels in experimental cerebral vasospasm&rdquo;. In: </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-style: italic;">Cerebral Vasospasm. Proc. of the 8th Int. Conference</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. ed. Macdonald RL. New York, Thieme Medical Publishers; 2008. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">DasenbrockHH,</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">YassariR,</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">WithamT.&ldquo;NeurogenicClaudication: Operative Treatment (Decompression and Fusion)&rdquo;. In: </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-style: italic;">Evidence-Based Orthopaedics</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, BMJ 2011. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">YassariR</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">,WolinskyJP.&ldquo;Atlanto-axialInstabilityandStabilization&rdquo;.In: </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-style: italic;">Operative Neurosurgical Techniques</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. Ed 6, Schmidek &amp; Sweet. Elsevier Saunders Publishers; 2012. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">YassariR</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">,CarsonB,RigamontiD.&ldquo;NeurologicComplicationoftheSpine in Achondroplasia&rdquo;. In: </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-style: italic;">Operative Neurosurgical Techniques</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. Ed 6, Schmidek &amp; Sweet. Elsevier Saunders Publishers; 2012. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">YassariR</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">,MillerT.&ldquo;DecisionMakinginSpinalCare&rdquo;.JNeurointervSurg. Mar 16, 2013. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">YassariR,</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">HoutenJK.&ldquo;SpinalCordAbscess,HemorrhageandTrauma, Disorders of the Spinal Cord&rdquo;. In: </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-style: italic;">Children, Clinics in Developmental Medicine</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, Mac Keith Press 2013. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">YassariR</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">,NakhlaJ,DeLaGarzaR,LukasR.</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">&ldquo;</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">SpinalEpendymoma&rdquo;. 2017. Medlink. http://www.medlink.com/article/spinal_ependymoma </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">NasserR,</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">YassariR</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">,WolinskyJP.&ldquo;Atlanto-axialInstabilityand Stabilization&rdquo;. In: </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-style: italic;">Operative Neurosurgical Techniques</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. Ed 7, Schmidek &amp; Sweet. Elsevier Saunders Publishers; 2017. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">De La Garza R, Groves M, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R. </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">&ldquo;Neurologic Complication of the Spine in Achondroplasia&rdquo;. In: </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-style: italic;">Operative Neurosurgical Techniques</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">. Ed 7, Schmidek &amp; Sweet. Elsevier Saunders Publishers; 2017. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Hamad M, Holland R, Nakhla J, Nepomnyashchaya Y, </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">Yassari R</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">, London, ZN. </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial'; font-weight: bold;">&ldquo;</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT';">Hypopituitarism&rdquo;. 2018. Medlink. http://www.medlink.com/article/hypopituitarism </span></li>
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<p></p>Dr. Yassari earned his medical degree in 1997 from the Medical University of Vienna in Austria with a dissertation in neuropathology. He completed his basic surgical training (1997-1998) in England at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital in Norwich, East Anglia, before relocating to the United States, where he received a master of science degree in experimental pathology at the University of Chicago. He completed his residency in neurosurgery at the University of Chicago Hospital and was a fellow at the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics. Subsequently, he underwent fellowship training in spinal oncology and reconstructive and complex spine surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where he was an instructor in neurosurgery in the Department of Neurosurgery.<br /><br />He started his tenure as Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery at Montefiore and our Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 2010 and rose through the academic ranks to become Professor of Neurological Surgery in 2018. In 2012, Dr. Yassari was designated as Associate Program Director and then in 2014 as the Program Director of the Neurological Surgery Residency Program. He is a founding member and the Director of Surgical Services for the Montefiore Spine Center, a multidisciplinary center for the treatment of patients with spinal disease. In addition, he is a faculty member at our Albert Einstein Global Health Center and leads an annual neurosurgical mission to Mongolia.<br /><br />Dr. Yassari is board certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He is a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), the AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, AOSpine, the American Medical Association and the New York Academy of Sciences.<p></p>

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Rodney L. Wright

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Dr. Wright&rsquo;s clinical interests include HIV during pregnancy, infectious diseases, sexually transmitted infections, global women&rsquo;s health and maternal fetal medicine.

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<p>Rodney L. Wright, MD, MSc, is Director, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakefield Campus at Montefiore and Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women&rsquo;s Health, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Wright&rsquo;s clinical interests include HIV during pregnancy, infectious diseases, sexually transmitted infections, global women&rsquo;s health and maternal fetal medicine.</p><p>After receiving his Bachelor of Arts in biology and psychology from Emory University, Dr. Wright went on to the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, earning his Doctor of Medicine. His post graduate training began at the University of California, Irvine, where he completed a four-year residency in obstetrics and gynecology. Several years later, Dr. Wright pursued a three-year fellowship in maternal fetal medicine at Montefiore-Einstein. After completing this, he continued his education at Einstein, earning his Master of Science in clinical research methods.</p><p>Following his clinical interests, Dr. Wright&rsquo;s research focuses on HIV during pregnancy, prevention of perinatal HIV transmission, cervical dysplasia, HPV and global women&rsquo;s health. He&rsquo;s shared his research and expertise through many peer-reviewed journals, abstracts and invited presentations. He currently serves on the US Department of Health and Human Services Panel on Treatment of Pregnant Women with HIV Infection and Prevention of Perinatal Transmission.</p><p>An active member within the community, Dr. Wright is a member of the New York State AIDS Advisory Council and the New York State Taskforce on Maternal Mortality. He was awarded the Bronx County Medical Society &ldquo;Peer to Peer&rdquo; Excellence in Medicine Award. Dr. Wright received the New York State Commissioner of Health Commissioner&rsquo;s Special Recognition Award in recognition of his work as co-chair of the New York State Perinatal HIV Guidelines Committee and service to the New York State Ending the Epidemic (AIDS) Task Force. Dr. Wright is board certified in both Maternal Fetal Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology and is a member of several professional organizations including the New York Obstetrical Society, the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.</p>

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Diana S. Wolfe

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<p>Diana S Wolfe, MD MPH is an Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics &amp; Gynecology and Women&rsquo;s Health, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine. &nbsp;She is Associate Program Director of the Maternal Fetal Medicine Fellowship Program. &nbsp;</p>
<p>She established the MFM Cardiology Joint Program in 2015&nbsp;in response to the rising contribution of cardiovascular conditions to pregnancy related morbidity and mortality.&nbsp;&nbsp;The aim was to establish a multidisciplinary program to optimize the care of high-risk pregnant patients with known or suspected cardiac disease, as there is a real potential for communication gaps when patients are seen separately in contrast with parallel visits by different specialists.&nbsp;&nbsp;Patients are at all stages of their reproductive lives including preconception, pregnancy and postpartum.&nbsp;&nbsp;She works closely with the department of Cardiology both in the outpatient and inpatient setting to establish delivery plans and continued care postpartum.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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<p>In addition,&nbsp;Dr. Wolfe has worked in global health,&nbsp;her most recent work in Africa was in Butare (Huye), Rwanda, serving as MFM subspecialist in the Human Resources for Health (HRH) program, directed by the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) and the Ministry of Health (MOH) of Rwanda.&nbsp; Dr. Wolfe was the first MFM subspecialist from Einstein to commence HRH at CHUB, Butare, Rwanda.&nbsp;&nbsp;Her interest began&nbsp;locally when she volunteered as a bilingual pregnancy counselor in Escondido, California.&nbsp; She then started working in Africa in 1998 where she served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Mali, West Africa.&nbsp; She was part of the national Maternal and Child Health Program.&nbsp; She worked as health educator in a remote village, Karangasso, located in the Sikasso region, with a birth assistant to develop health education for 7 local villages on subjects such as infant nutrition, prenatal care, family planning, and developing community health committees for each village. &nbsp;She also initiated a birth assistant training program with the head nurse of the nearest local health center that included training subjects such as management of postpartum hemorrhage, contraception, and first steps in obstetric emergencies.&nbsp;&nbsp;During medical school, Dr. Wolfe worked on &ldquo;the Assessment of the Knowledge of Women&rsquo;s Health,&rdquo; a project that initiated with the Bedoin community of Israel.&nbsp; She implemented the same pre and post-training test to the 7 Malian villages where she served in the Peace Corps as well as to several villages in the Peruvian Amazon.&nbsp;</p>
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<li>Wolfe DS, Hameed AB, Taub CC, Zaidi AN, Bortnick AE.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30278179">Addressing maternal mortality: the pregnant cardiac patient.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2019 Feb;220(2):167.e1-167.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2018.09.035. Epub 2018 Sep 29.</li>
<li>Sahasrabudhe N, Teigen N, Wolfe DS, Taub C.&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29581907">Pregnancy after Prosthetic Aortic Valve Replacement: How Do We Monitor Prosthetic Valvular Function during Pregnancy?</a>Case Rep Obstet Gynecol. 2018 Jan 17;2018:4935957. doi: 10.1155/2018/4935957. eCollection 2018.</li>
<li>Kim SY, Wolfe DS, Taub CC.&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29063738">Cardiovascular outcomes of pregnancy in Marfan's syndrome patients: A literature review.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Congenit Heart Dis. 2018 Mar;13(2):203-209. doi: 10.1111/chd.12546. Epub 2017 Oct 23. Review.</li>
<li>Wolfe DS, Williams SF, Ross MG, Beall MH, Apuzzio JJ.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23943702">Does preeclampsia predict the risk of late postpartum eclampsia?</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;AJP Rep. 2013 May;3(1):13-6. doi: 10.1055/s-0032-1329127. Epub 2013 Jan 25.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Wolfe%20D%5BAuthor%5D&amp;cau… D</a>1,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Gong%20M%5BAuthor%5D&amp;caut… M</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Han%20G%5BAuthor%5D&amp;cauth… G</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Magee%20TR%5BAuthor%5D&amp;ca… TR</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Ross%20MG%5BAuthor%5D&amp;cau… MG</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Desai%20M%5BAuthor%5D&amp;cau… M</a>.Nutrient&nbsp;sensor mediated&nbsp;programmed&nbsp;nonalcoholic&nbsp;fatty&nbsp;liver&nbsp;disease&nbsp;in&nbsp;low&nbsp;birthweight offspring.&nbsp;&nbsp;<a title="American journal of obstetrics and gynecology." href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Nutrient+sensor-mediated+prog… J Obstet Gynecol.</a>&nbsp;2012 Oct;207(4):308.e1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2012.07.033. Epub 2012 Jul 31.</li>
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<p>Diana S. Wolfe, MD, MPH, FACOG is Attending Physician at Montefiore and Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women&rsquo;s Health at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Wolfe&rsquo;s clinical focus is on maternal and fetal medicine (MFM). In 2015, she established the MFM-Cardiology Joint Program at Montefiore&mdash;a multidisciplinary program to reduce morbidity and prevent mortality in expecting mothers with cardiovascular disease by optimizing the care of high-risk pregnant patients.</p><p>From 1988 to 1993, Dr. Wolfe pursued her Bachelor of Science in biology through the University of California San Diego, participating in the Education Abroad Program with Universita di Bologna, Italy from 1990 through 1991. In 1996 she began studies at University of California, Berkeley focusing on maternal child health, earning her Master of Public Health in 1998. After two years serving in the health extension of the Child Health Survival Program with the Peace Corps in Mali, Dr. Wolfe pursued her Doctor of Medicine at Ben Gurion University, Israel, receiving her degree in 2004.</p><p>Building on her clinical focus, Dr. Wolfe&rsquo;s research investigates cardio-obstetrics, preconception health, maternal morbidity and contraception in high risk women. She has published her research in several reviewed journals, book chapters and review articles.</p><p>Dr. Wolfe is board certified and is a member of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine. She is active in global health, most recently working in Butare (Huye), Rwanda, serving as MFM subspecialist in the Human Resources for Health program, directed by the Clinton Health Access Initiative and the Ministry of Health of Rwanda.</p>

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Samson Wiseman

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Daniel A. Weiser

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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Childhood cancer research laboratory</strong></span></p>
<p>Our laboratory is focused on childhood cancer research with a goal of elucidating the underlying biology of the most aggressive malignancies. In such patients with typically incurable cancer, we are striving to identify new approaches to and types of treatment. We have multiple ongoing projects:</p>
<p><strong>+ Identification of biologic drivers of ultra-high-risk neuroblastoma</strong>. Neuroblastoma is one of the most common and deadly childhood cancers. Despite intensive research, there are limited therapeutic strategies for patients with <em>de novo </em>chemotherapy resistance that leads to particularly poor outcomes. We have been studying neuroblastoma since 2009 and are identifying additional biologic drivers of highly lethal tumors.</p>
<p>We compare tumor features from patients with early death from tumor progression compared to those with a maintained complete response. We assess unique histo-morphologic and proteomic features and computationally integrate these data with genomic and transcriptomic datasets to develop a combined predictor of primary refractory disease. Patients with this entity require non-standard and/or intensified treatment. Oncogenic drivers are being characterized in the lab which will facilitate strategies for novel pharmacologic intervention.</p>
<p><strong>+ Characterization of neuroblastoma development from neural crest cells</strong>.&nbsp; We are studying pathways and interactions that results in uncontrolled cell proliferation early in neuroblastoma development with an ultimate goal of identifying new targets and approaches for pharmacologic intervention.</p>
<p><strong>+ Evaluation of novel combinatorial targeted therapeutic approaches in neuroblastoma</strong>.&nbsp; With expected outcomes lagging behind those of more common childhood cancers, children with neuroblastoma require new approaches to treatment. Our lab works with multiple international clinical and research consortium groups to perform preclinical studies that substantiate human clinical trials.&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>+ Detection of circulating tumor DNA in osteosarcoma</strong>. With no reliable non-invasive approach for disease monitoring during and after treatment, we are applying cutting edge next-generation sequencing approaches to identify solid tumors with a blood-based &ldquo;liquid&rdquo; biopsies. This will allow clinicians to assess tumor responsiveness to chemotherapy and predict likelihood of recurrence.</p>
<p><strong>+ Assessment of accelerated aging using miRNA-seq in survivors of childhood cancer</strong>. Chemotherapy has many untoward effects on healthy cells and leads to many signs of accelerated aging in children treated for cancer. Using a known microRNA &ldquo;aging&rdquo; signature discovered at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, we are studying what causes this phenotype in childhood cancer, with a goal of offering improved intervention to minimize long-term toxicity of treatment.</p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Physician Summary</span></strong></p>
<p>Daniel A. Weiser, MD, is board-certified in pediatric hematology/oncology with clinical expertise in neuroblastoma and other tumors of the adrenal glands, kidneys, liver, and gonads. He is the medical director of the intra-abdominal solid tumor program at the Children&rsquo;s Hospital at Montefiore and brings together a highly specialized multi-disciplinary care team to provide comprehensive treatment for diverse pediatric malignancies. In addition, Dr. Weiser directs a childhood cancer research laboratory that focuses on the identification of new targeted agents for cancer therapy, especially in the treatment of rare and aggressive malignancies such as neuroblastoma. His research goals are to understand the role of certain genes in the risk, development, and treatment of cancer. The approaches taken and agents studied hold promise for improving management of all patients with solid tumors.</p>
<p>Dr. Weiser participates in the efforts of a number of professional organizations including the Children&rsquo;s Oncology Group (COG), American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), Advances in Neuroblastoma Research Association (ANRA), National Pediatric Cancer Foundation (NPCF), and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). He has received numerous awards including the Brigid Leventhal Special Merit Award from ASCO and the Conquer Cancer Foundation, and a prestigious K12 from the National Cancer Institute for the training of the next generation of physician-scientists in pediatric cancer. Dr. Weiser is actively involved in teaching and mentorship of trainees, and takes great pride in providing advanced and compassionate care to his patients and their families.</p>
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<li>Neuroblastoma (adrenal tumors)</li>
<li>Wilms tumor (renal tumors)</li>
<li>Hepatoblastoma (liver tumors)</li>
<li>Germ cell tumors (including testicular and ovarian tumors)</li>
<li>Thyroid and other rare tumors</li>
<li>Experimental therapeutics</li>
<li>Cancer genetics and biomarkers</li>
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<li>M.D. &ndash; Stony Brook University, NY</li>
<li>Residency &ndash; Children&rsquo;s Hospital of NY-Presbyterian, Columbia University, NY</li>
<li>Chief Residency &ndash; Children&rsquo;s Hospital of NY-Presbyterian, Columbia University, NY</li>
<li>Fellowship &ndash; The Children&rsquo;s Hospital of Philadelphia, PA</li>
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DR. Weiser's clinical focuses are neuroblastoma and adrenal tumors, Wilms tumor and other kidney (renal) tumors, hepatoblastoma, and other liver tumors, germ cell tumors (including testicular and ovarian tumors), Thyroid and other rare tumors, experimental therapeutics, and cancer genetics and biomarkers.&nbsp;

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Dr. Weiser&rsquo;s research goals are to understand the role of certain genes in the risk, development, and treatment of cancer. The approaches taken and agents studied hold promise in the treatment of all solid tumors. Dr. Weiser&rsquo;s laboratory focuses on childhood cancer research with a goal of elucidating the underlying biology of the most aggressive malignancies. He has multiple ongoing projects, such as identification of biologic drivers of neuroblastoma at ultra-high risk for treatment failure, characterization of neuroblastoma development from neural crest cells, and evaluation of novel combinatorial targeted therapeutic approaches in neuroblastoma, among others.

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<p>Daniel A. Weiser, MD, is a Medical Director of the Intra-abdominal Solid Tumor Program in the Pediatrics Hematology/Oncology department at Children&rsquo;s Hospital at Montefiore. He is also Associate Professor in the Pediatrics and Genetics departments at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. His clinical focuses are neuroblastoma and adrenal tumors, Wilms tumor and other kidney (renal) tumors, hepatoblastoma and other liver tumors, germ cell tumors (including testicular and ovarian tumors), Thyroid and other rare tumors, experimental therapeutics, and cancer genetics and biomarkers. Dr. Weiser is actively involved in teaching and mentorship of trainees and takes great pride in his active participation in patient care.</p><p>Dr. Weiser received his Bachelor of Science in Neurobiology in 1995 at Haverford College, PA. In 2004, he received his Doctor of Medicine at Stony Brook University School of Medicine, NY. He is currently earning his Master of Science in Translational Research at the University of Pennsylvania. He began a residency in Pediatrics at the New York-Presbyterian, Columbia University in 2007. Dr. Weiser then completed a three-year fellowship in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at The Children&rsquo;s Hospital of Philadelphia. </p><p>Dr. Weiser&rsquo;s research goals are to understand the role of certain genes in the risk, development, and treatment of cancer. The approaches taken and agents studied hold promise in the treatment of all solid tumors. Dr. Weiser&rsquo;s laboratory focuses on childhood cancer research with a goal of elucidating the underlying biology of the most aggressive malignancies. He has multiple ongoing projects, such as identification of biologic drivers of neuroblastoma at ultra-high risk for treatment failure, characterization of neuroblastoma development from neural crest cells, and evaluation of novel combinatorial targeted therapeutic approaches in neuroblastoma, among others. His research has been published in many reviewed journals. </p><p>Dr. Weiser participates in the efforts of a number of professional organizations including the Children&rsquo;s Oncology Group (COG), American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). He has received many awards including the Brigid Leventhal Special Merit Award through ASCO, and he has been awarded a prestigious K12 from the NCI for the training of the next generation of physician-scientists in pediatric cancer.</p><p>He is board certified in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and General Pediatrics.</p>

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